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What Bitcoin Is, and How That Has Changed

by Tom McClellan

The proponents of Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies have long argued that it is like gold, serving as another venue for storing your wealth and not having it subject to the vicissitudes of fiat currencies  Read More

The Final Bar

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Confirmed! Head-and-Shoulders Top Pattern for the S&P 500!

by David Keller

In this edition of StockCharts TV's The Final Bar, Mish Schneider of MarketGauge shares why the most important ETFs to watch are Retailers (XRT) and Small Caps (IWM) and also shares their latest plugin on the StockCharts ACP platform  Read More

ChartWatchers

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Seasonality and Fundamentals Converging on GLD

by Karl Montevirgen

Gold has been hovering in a range over the last three months. It's as if the yellow metal was waiting for something major to knee-jerk its trajectory. Maybe you're bullish on gold for reasons straying beyond mainstream economic or geopolitical uncertainties  Read More

Stock Talk with Joe Rabil

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1-2-3 Change in Trend Setup

by Joe Rabil

On this week's edition of Stock Talk with Joe Rabil, Joe explains the 1-2-3 change in trend sequence in multiple timeframes. First, he discusses focuses on the higher timeframe and how to identify a zone or a pool of support  Read More

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Larry Williams Focus On Stocks

It's Time to Get Long

by Larry Williams

As a follower of my "Focus on Stocks" blog, you know we had a signal to sell on the opening Sunday night (10th day left). That was forecast last month now I think it's time to start to get long. Where? At the August lows. When? By the last day of September. That's my plan  Read More

Art's Charts

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Energy-related Commodities Lead, but Oil Looks Vulnerable

by Arthur Hill

It has been a rough ride for most commodities this year and especially over the last 100 trading days (since May). Of the twelve spot prices I track, nine are up and three are down. Precious metals, base metals, lumber and grains are all down  Read More

Mish's Market Minute

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When Calendar Ranges, Leadership, Momentum and Price Align

by Mish Schneider

We are so excited that StockCharts.com is now offering you our ACP plugins, we had to write about it for today's Daily, especially since you can read anywhere the thousands of differing opinions on what Powell said today and the implications for the market  Read More

The Final Bar

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Fed Keeps Hands Off Rates, Leaves DOOR OPEN for More Hikes!

by David Keller

In this edition of StockCharts TV's The Final Bar, Danielle Shay of Simpler Trading joins Dave to discuss what's the technical take on the FAANG stocks after today's Fed announcement going into earnings season? Powell and Co  Read More

Dave Landry's Trading Simplified

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Jesse Livermore on Mistakes & Rising From the Ashes

by Dave Landry

In this week's edition of Trading Simplified, Dave continues his series on Jesse Livermore. In spite of Livermore's greatness, he made a lot of mistakes, and these mistakes often resulted in him blowing up  Read More

ChartWatchers

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Timing the Market With the WillTrend Indicator

by Karl Montevirgen

Successful market timing relies on choosing the right market to time. In the StockChartsACP suite of Larry Williams plug-in indicators, three of them—Williams True Seasonal, Williams Money Flow Index, and Williams Sentiment Index—were designed with that purpose in mind  Read More

Mish's Market Minute

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Wage Inflation: The Stats and the Underlying Implications

by Mish Schneider

While the UAW strike continues, and the debate on how much it matters in the scheme of things rages on, other wage trends are emerging. Amazon (AZMN) today announced it will hire about 250,000 logistics personnel for the holiday season at a wage of $20.50 per hour  Read More

The Final Bar

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When to BUY, When to SELL, and When to SIT On Your Hands

by David Keller

In this edition of StockCharts TV's The Final Bar, guest Dave Landry of DaveLandry  Read More

Top Advisors Corner

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The Ord Oracle September 18, 2023

by Tim Ord

SPX Monitoring purposes; Short SPX on 9/1/23 at 4515.77; cover short 9/5/23 at 4496.83 = gain .43%. Gain Since 12/20/22: 15.93%. Monitoring Purposes GOLD: Long GDX on 10/9/20 at 40.78. Chart 1 This week is the weakest week of the year, according to seasonality  Read More

Art's Charts

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Two Key Groups Take a Turn for the Worse

by Arthur Hill

A few large-caps and large-cap techs are holding up, but other areas of the market are showing weakness. Namely, the Retail SPDR (XRT) and Regional Bank ETF (KRE) are two of the weakest groups right now  Read More

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Martin Pring's Market Roundup

Two Charts I'm Watching Closely for Potential Breakouts

by Martin Pring

The title of this article should really be more in the vein of two technical situations I am watching, because the long-term forces look as if they may be converging with short-term ones to form a kind of potential bullish reverse domino effect  Read More

Mish's Market Minute

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History Rhymes: 1974-1976 vs. 2022-2024?

by Mish Schneider

How many of you have heard me say that commodities are inherently volatile? Clearly, from this chart, you can see that after the oil rally in the mid 1970s, the CPI went from nearly 9% in 1974 down to 2% in 1976. Sugar, my favorite barometer of inflation, ran to $  Read More

The Final Bar

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Analyzing Risks for Mega-Cap Growth Stocks Before Key FED Meeting

by David Keller

In this edition of StockCharts TV's The Final Bar, Dave conducts a deep dive into current market breadth indicators, including advance-decline data, the McClellan Oscillator, and the Bullish Percent Index  Read More

Chaikin Analytics

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The Halftime Show: Homebuilder and Building Product Stocks in Downtrend

by Pete Carmasino

In this week's edition of StockCharts TV's Halftime, Pete reviews the NVDA chart, which closed its nearest gap today. He then looks at the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 charts, as well as home builder DR Horton and building products company Masco -- both are breaking down on trend  Read More

DecisionPoint

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DP Trading Room: Mega-Caps Looking Bearish

by Carl Swenlin, Erin Swenlin

In this week's edition of The DecisionPoint Trading Room, Carl notes that the "Magnificent 7" stocks are looking "toppy", with only a few exceptions. These leadership stocks could put downside pressure on an already weak market  Read More

ChartWatchers

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Q4 Stock Market Outlook: 3 Analysts, 3 Insights

by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan

Traders and investors don't generally look forward to September. Besides being the end of summer vacations and back-to-school season, the stock market usually hits its weakest point at this time of the year  Read More

Moxie Indicator Minutes

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Market Up & Down -- Don't Try to Push Your Trades!

by TG Watkins

The market continues to be weak and thin, as TG explains in this week's edition of Moxie Indicator Minutes. There are a few stocks moving up, but the majority are going sideways or down. This is not a great environment for going long, so don't try to push your trades  Read More

RRG Charts

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This Is The Only Segment Of The Market Worth Paying Attention To Now.

by Julius de Kempenaer

RRG sending a clear message The Relative Rotation Graph above shows the rotation for the combined Size and Growth/Value segments in the market. And the message is pretty clear. First of all, there are NO tails inside the leading- and no tails inside the lagging quadrant  Read More

Top Advisors Corner

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A Big Inflection Point in QQQ Nears; Bond Yields Test Top of Key Trading Range

by Joe Duarte

If your gut is telling you that something big is brewing in the markets, don't ignore it. The relationship between interest rates and stocks is about to be tested, perhaps in a big way  Read More

Analyzing India

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Week Ahead: Low VIX May Keep NIFTY Vulnerable To Profit-Taking Bouts; These Sectors May Offer Resilience

by Milan Vaishnav

Extending their move, Indian equities advanced higher and closed with yet another weekly gain. Four out of five days over the past week saw the markets ending with gains  Read More

StockCharts In Focus

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Quick Access to Your Chart Templates, The Secret Sauce That Makes ACP Fly

by Grayson Roze

On this week's edition of StockCharts TV's StockCharts in Focus, Grayson demonstrates the importance of Chart Templates in StockCharts' ACP platform, then pulls back the covers on a new "quick access" feature that just launched in the platform  Read More

RRG Charts

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Sector Spotlight: The Current State of ARGoN -- Applying the Concept to 30 DOW Stocks

by Julius de Kempenaer

In this episode of StockCharts TV's Sector Spotlight, I continue my chat with Ralph Acampora in the StockCharts.com studio  Read More

The MEM Edge

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MEM TV: Best Ways for You to Hedge Tech Weakness

by Mary Ellen McGonagle

In this episode of StockCharts TV's The MEM Edge, Mary Ellen McGonagle shares her outlook for the markets heading into next week's interest rate decision by the Federal Reserve. She also reviews why Technology was the weakest sector and what it means for the group  Read More

The MEM Edge

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The Largest IPO In 2 Years Launched Last Week - Here's What It Means For Other Areas Of The Markets

by Mary Ellen McGonagle

Shares of British chip designer Arm (ARM) surged in price after its stock market debut on Thursday - closing up 25% from its IPO price. The gains put the company's valuation at more than $64 billion, making it the biggest new offering in 2 years  Read More

RRG Charts

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Sector Spotlight: The Story of ARGoN (Acampora's Relative Grid of Nine)

by Julius de Kempenaer

In this episode of StockCharts TV's Sector Spotlight, I chat with guest Ralph Acampora in the StockCharts.com studio in Redmond, WA. We discuss the birth of ARGoN, a special way of looking at markets from both a price and a relative perspective  Read More

The Mindful Investor

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Three ETFs Suggest Further Downside

by David Keller

This past week had all the potential to see a revival of the great bull market of 2023. The September inflation data, Apple's latest product announcements, and Arm's IPO all seemed had the possibility to reignite the fire of bullishness for investors  Read More

The Final Bar

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Deep Dive Into Stop Losses, Volatility Hacks, and Bullish Rotation

by David Keller

In this edition of StockCharts TV's The Final Bar, Dave drops a special all-mailbag episode, including viewer questions on using Average True Range for stop losses, stocks vs. bonds, India's test of all-time highs, and best practices for price volatility  Read More

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Larry Williams Focus On Stocks

Larry's "Family Gathering" Full September Webinar -- AVAILABLE NOW!

by Larry Williams

Larry's "Family Gathering" webinar is now available! Whether you missed it and need to catch up, or just want to review the information Larry presented, you can now see the full recording below  Read More

ChartWatchers

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Using the Chikou Span to Identify Early Trading Signals

by Karl Montevirgen

The Ichimoku Kinko Hyo (or Ichimoku for short) is like a Swiss army knife of an indicator, designed for everything from projecting support and resistance to identifying trade signals  Read More

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John Murphy's Market Message

RISING CRUDE OIL IS PUNISHING TRANSPORTS

by John Murphy

RISING OIL PRICES HURT TRANSPORTS Transportation stocks are one of the groups most sensitive to the direction of energy prices. That makes sense since fuel is so important to their bottom line  Read More

The Final Bar

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Timeless Lessons from the Godfather of Technical Analysis

by David Keller

In this edition of StockCharts TV's The Final Bar, Dave sits down with Ralph Acampora, CMT, co-founder of the CMT Association, for a memorable conversation on all things technical analysis  Read More

GoNoGo Charts

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GNG TV: Growth & Energy LEAD as S&P Chops Around

by Alex Cole, Tyler Wood

In this edition of the GoNoGo Charts show, Alex and Tyler present trend analysis across the asset classes, sectors, and individual securities  Read More

DecisionPoint

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Bonds: Don't Forget the Long-Term Trend

by Carl Swenlin

Many of the forecasts I hear regarding bonds seem to be based upon what bonds have done for most of the last 40 years, without acknowledging what has happened more recently  Read More

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Martin Pring's Market Roundup

This Sector Looks Really Sick Long-Term

by Martin Pring

The overall market has been rallying since registering its low last October. However, there is one sector which, in August, fell below its October low on a monthly closing basis. More serious is the fact that it recently violated a 23-year secular up trendline  Read More

Art's Charts

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IWM Closes below Long-term Moving Average. Does it Matter?

by Arthur Hill

The Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) closed below the 200-day SMA for the first time since, well, June 1st. The last cross was not that long ago and recent crosses simply resulted in whipsaws. Truth be told, 200-day SMA crosses are not that relevant for IWM  Read More

Top Advisors Corner

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Unemployment to Rise into 2024

by Tom McClellan

Back in March 2023, I wrote a piece here titled, "Three Signs Employment Is Going to Take a Hit". It looked at 3 different leading indication relationships that were all calling for a rise in the unemployment rate  Read More