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Mish's Market Minute10h ago
Bitcoin Pulls Back Over Its Pivotal 30k Price Level
Tuesday morning's trading session continued a large sell-off in Bitcoin, which recently lingered near 41k in the prior weeks before selling off to roughly 29k Read More
DecisionPoint11h ago
Bitcoin Bounces Off Important Support
On the Bitcoin chart, an important support line at about 30,000 provides the base for a large rounded top. A rounded top is considered to be bearish, with the expectation that, if the support fails, much lower prices are likely Read More
RRG Charts15h ago
Sector Spotlight: SPX on the Edge
On this edition of StockCharts TV's Sector Spotlight, after spending almost an entire show on a question from the mailbag last week, I shift gears again and highlight the most important rotations in asset classes and sectors Read More
DecisionPoint1d ago
DP TV: Short-Term Buying Initiation!
In this episode of DecisionPoint, Carl discusses last Friday's "selling exhaustion" and today's new "upside initiation climax Read More
Mish's Market Minute1d ago
How to Effectively Use a Moving Average Confirmation Rule
On Friday, the major indices, including the small-cap Russell 2000 (IWM) and S&P 500 (SPY) closed underneath their 50-day moving average. However, on Monday, both reversed and ended the day above their 50-DMA Read More
Art's Charts1d ago
Downside Participation Expands - Here's How to Measure and the Key Levels to Watch
SPY experienced its biggest weekly decline (-2.2%) since late February and the nine-week Rate-of-Change turned negative for the first time since late October. The ETF also closed below its 10-day SMA for the first time since late January Read More
Top Advisors Corner2d ago
At the Edge of Chaos: A Break Below SPY 415 Could Mean "Coitans" for the Stock Market
"It's coitains for you Rocky, coitains" – Bugs Bunny in "Racketeer Rabbit" (1940) A decisive break below 415 on the S&P 500 SPDR ETF could trigger a selling avalanche and create a large mess for the stock market in a hurry Read More
Analyzing India3d ago
Week Ahead: Technical Structure Shows NIFTY's Upside Capped Near This Point; RRG Chart Continues Throwing Mixed Cues
The Indian equity markets took a breather in the week gone by as they halted four consecutive weeks of gains. Over the past month, the NIFTY had piled up 1121.55 points of gains. However, over the past five days, the NIFTY retraced after marking its fresh lifetime high at 15901 Read More
ChartWatchers4d ago
The Rotation is Real - Here's One Area That Stands to Shine
The U.S. markets ended the week in the red, with the S&P 500 breaking below its key area of support today on heavy volume Read More
The Traders Journal4d ago
How To Rank, Rate And Grade The Stocks In Your Watchlist
We chartists are a dedicated lot, but at the risk of alienating my fellow technicians, we are sometimes too myopically focused just on charts at the expense of profits and have been known to succumb to something I'll label "The Shiny Chart Syndrome" Read More
ChartWatchers4d ago
These Two Growth Stocks are Likely Pausing Before a Big Run Ahead
One of our key ChartLists at EarningsBeats.com is our Raised Guidance ChartList. As the name implies, it tracks companies that raised their revenue and/or EPS expectations at some point over the last 90 days Read More
ChartWatchers4d ago
Can Positive Short & Intermediate Indicators for the Dollar Tip Long-Term Balance to the Bullish Side?
Chart 1 shows that, since 2015, the Dollar Index has been in a narrowing trading range bounded by two converging trendlines. That period has also embraced the end part of the 2011-2016 bull market, a mini-bear and bull market and the current bear Read More
Mish's Market Minute4d ago
Is Stagflation Creeping Up?
After Wednesday's Fed announcement, the stock market has been sitting in an uneasy state. The U.S Dollar (UUP) has not only firmed, but pushed over resistance from its 200-day moving average at 24.69, confirming an accumulation phase Read More
The Mindful Investor4d ago
Four Lessons From Four Charts in My Office
I have four paper charts hanging in my office. I use these as the background for most of my videos, and you can usually see one in the background when we shoot The Final Bar every afternoon Read More
ChartWatchers4d ago
Is The Bond Market Sending Us Warning Signals?
There's been a lot of talk and articles on rates, rising yields, and rate hikes lately. That seems like a good moment for a reminder of the fact that Relative Rotation Graphs can also be very well used to visualize the (relative) movement of yields for various maturities Read More
Top Advisors Corner5d ago
Tin Has a Message for the Dollar
The US Dollar Index is headed for a multi-month uptrend, if you can believe the message from tin prices. Tin is an industrial metal, used in electronics and for making corrosion-resistant coatings for other metals Read More
The Canadian Technician5d ago
The Federal Elephant in The Room
First it was the pandemic trade. Then it was the re-opening trade. On Thursday, after the Fed, it looked like a return to tech but not much else. Oil stocks were sold hard. Gold stocks were buried. Bank stocks got hit hard. Lumber got cut Read More
The MEM Edge5d ago
Chartwise Women: Navigating These Choppy Markets
In this week's edition of Chartwise Women, Erin and Mary Ellen focus on determining the market tides and how to find and follow the treasure map and charts Read More
Stock Talk with Joe Rabil5d ago
Let's Get it Started!
In this inaugural edition of Stock Talk with Joe Rabil, Joe gives his background of 30 years and insights into his approach to the market. He gives a quick introduction to his history, format for future shows, and use of technical analysis Read More
Don't Ignore This Chart!5d ago
Cactus, Not The Plant, Is Breaking Out.
In yesterday's article in the RRG blog, I highlighted the Oil&Equipment Services industry as potentially interesting. Using the scan-manager to find the members of this industry gives 78 matching results Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley5d ago
The Fed Has Spoken; What Did Wall Street Hear?
The latest FOMC meeting has come and gone. Fed Chair Jay Powell capped it off by recognizing that inflation was hotter than expected and even signaling that the Fed is ready to hike rates by the end of 2023, stepping up its earlier April guidance of "no rates hikes before 2024 Read More
Mish's Market Minute6d ago
Can the Economic Modern Family Hold its Current Price Range?
After the FOMC minutes were released on Wednesday, the market responded with a sharp selloff. The Feds' underestimation of rising inflation pushed them to consider scheduling rate increases in 2023 Read More
RRG Charts6d ago
Financials and Energy Sectors Are (Re-)Gaining Strength -- Which Industries to Watch?
The Relative Rotation Graph for US sectors shows interesting rotations on the tails of the Financials and the Energy sectors. These two sectors are inside the weakening quadrant on the RRG, but ranking highest on the JdK RS-Ratio scale Read More
Dave Landry's Trading Simplified6d ago
Thinking Like a Trader, Part 2
In this edition of Trading Simplified, Dave continues his discussion on the fact that successful trading is more about attitude and less about aptitude. If you want to succeed at trading, then think like a trader. Dave also goes on to continue to show his methodology in action Read More
Top Advisors Corner6d ago
The Ord Oracle June 15, 2021
SPX Monitoring Purposes: Sold 6/1/21 SPX at 4202.04 gain 2.1%; Long 5/19/21 at 4115.68. Monitoring Purposes GOLD: Long GDX on 10/9/20 at 40.78. Long-Term SPX Monitor Purposes: Sold long SPX on 1/15/21 at 3768.25= gain 10.80%; Long SPX on 10/26/20 at 3400.97 Read More
Mish's Market Minute1w ago
The Hidden Opportunity in Soft Commodities
On Monday, we talked about transitory inflation and decided that, if general demand for goods was to continue with such strength, one of the best places to keep an eye on for investing opportunities could be in soft commodities Read More
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Martin Pring's Market Roundup1w ago
Can Positive Short & Intermediate Indicators for the Dollar Tip Long-Term Balance to the Bullish Side?
Chart 1 shows that, since 2015, the Dollar Index has been in a narrowing trading range bounded by two converging trendlines. That period has also embraced the end part of the 2011-2016 bull market, a mini bear and bull market and the current bear Read More
RRG Charts1w ago
Sector Spotlight: Does RRG Really Matter?
On this edition of StockCharts TV's Sector Spotlight, I address an email I received from a user with the subject line "Does RRG Really Matter?" At first glance, one could think a lot of things about such a subject line Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley1w ago
It's Options Expiration Week, Be Careful With This Semiconductor
Listen, NVDA has been one of the strongest market performers in 2021 and I believe there's a very good chance it goes much higher. But if I wanted to buy it, I'd likely wait a week or so Read More
DecisionPoint1w ago
DP TV: Timing Entries with the PMO
In this episode of DecisionPoint, Erin (flying solo) starts with the DecisionPoint market overview, drilling down and uncovering three sectors that are showing new strength Read More
Mish's Market Minute1w ago
What is the Deal with Transitory Inflation?
The Federal Reserve has called inflation transitory as they look for the economy to continue to recover and for more people to enter the workforce Read More
Top Advisors Corner1w ago
At the Edge of Chaos: Beat Choppy Market with Acute Attention to Detail
The path of least resistance for stocks remains up for now, as the S&P 500 (SPX) finally closed above the 4200 resistance area, although money continues to rotate from past leadership sectors to new areas Read More
DecisionPoint1w ago
Rally Is Being Undermined
Most people are familiar with the Golden Cross, which is when the 50EMA of a price index crosses up through the 200EMA Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley1w ago
Weekend Recap: Inflation Soars But Who Cares?
In The News It was a light week for headlines as there wasn't much in the way of either economic or earnings news. Thursday did provide us our next glimpse into the inflation story as May CPI jumped 0.6%, ahead of the 0.4% expectation. That left headline CPI at 5 Read More
Analyzing India1w ago
Week Ahead: NIFTY Has High Call Writing at These Levels; RRG Chart Continues Offering Mixed Cues
While trading on a narrower range, the NIFTY continued its up move and ended on a positive note for the fourth consecutive week. The NIFTY went on to mark its incremental fresh lifetime high as it continued trending higher on reduced and decelerating momentum Read More
ChartWatchers1w ago
"Diamonds in the Rough" - Last Week's Darlings and Dud
Each week in my DecisionPoint Diamonds reports, I give readers 10+ stock picks to consider. This week, we had 11 picks Read More
The MEM Edge1w ago
Uptrend in NASDAQ Continues!
In this episode of StockCharts TV's The MEM Edge, Mary Ellen reviews why the Nasdaq outperformed last week and how you can capitalize Read More
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