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About the author: , MBA, CMT, is a veteran full-time stock market investor who has traded his own account since 1989 unburdened by the distraction of clients. He holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, is a past president of the Technical Securities Analysts Association (TSAA), and is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). After several successful entrepreneurial business ventures, Gatis retired in his early 40s to focus on investing in the financial markets. With consistent success as a stock market trader, he began teaching investments at the post-college level in 2000 and continues to do so today. Learn More

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About the author: is the author of Trading for Dummies and Tensile Trading: The 10 Essential Stages of Stock Market Mastery. He is also the Director of Operations at StockCharts.com and the co-founder of Stock Market Mastery. Grayson speaks regularly at investment seminars across the country, including to organizations such as the CMT Association and the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII). He holds a Bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College, where he studied Economics and Psychology. Learn More

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"10 I'm Stalking" - Top Charts and Intriguing Trades (Week of 07.13.2020)

by Grayson Roze

Every weekend, my "Sunday Portfolio Review" ends with the same rigorous search process. With my market evaluation and portfolio analysis routines complete, I turn my attention to the discovery phase. This is the fun part...Read More 

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Here Comes The Sun

by Gatis Roze

I'm in the midst of a major life change. After 25 years in downtown Seattle, I've decided to move my office. Doing this during the fog of a pandemic seemed irrational at first blush...Read More 

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My Daily Five: Island Reversal on VTI, The "Market Mindset Meter", Summer Seasonality And Two Of The "10 I'm Stalking" This Week

by Grayson Roze

Today, I kicked off the week by hosting another episode of "Your Daily Five", one of our newest series on StockCharts TV where we bring you a concise, action-packed daily rundown of the five most important charts that you need to be watching...Read More 

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Peter Lynch's Radar: Stage #2

by Gatis Roze

Years ago, Peter Lynch (of Fidelity Magellan fame) preached that when looking for investment ideas, stock pickers should look closely where they shop and find those new alluring products and retail stores that held the most promise...Read More 

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"10 I'm Stalking" - Top Charts and Intriguing Trades (Week of June 1st, 2020)

by Grayson Roze

Every weekend, my "Sunday Portfolio Review" ends with the same rigorous search process. With my market evaluation and portfolio analysis routines complete, I turn my attention to the discovery phase. This is the fun part...Read More 

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This Technician's Confession: There's One Essential Fundamental Indicator I've Embraced For Decades

by Gatis Roze

I've acknowledged in numerous previous blogs and in our book that I'm not exclusively a 100% pure chartist. I know... blasphemy! Yes, I use fundamentals. I need fundamentals, I won't trade without fundamentals. But the key is that I'm neither a fundamentalist nor a technician...Read More 

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"10 I'm Stalking" - Top Charts and Intriguing Trades (Week of May 25, 2020)

by Grayson Roze

As you may well know, I talk a lot about my weekly routine. More specifically, I talk a lot about my "Sunday Portfolio Review". I've said it before and I'll say it again – my weekend review is the most important part of my investing process...Read More 

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My Daily Five: Changing Tides In The S&P Groups, VTI At Key Price Levels, Breadth Improving and Offense Leading

by Grayson Roze

What a way to start the week! Yesterday afternoon, I had the pleasure of hosting "Your Daily Five", our latest series on StockCharts TV where we bring you a concise, action-packed daily rundown of the five most important charts that you need to be watching...Read More 

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Pro Sports Drafts: 7 Essential Lessons Investors Should Learn From The NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL

by Gatis Roze

In a recent survey of serious investors, it was uncovered that a majority are earnest sports fans. Count me guilty. As I write this, we just completed the National Football League's (NFL) draft. But the focus here is not on simply one sport...Read More 

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This Hasn't Been More Crucial In The 12 Years Since 2008: ChartPack Update #27 (Q1 / 2020)

by Gatis Roze

It's a new age. On March 25th, StockCharts TV held a sensational one-hour summit with 13 commentators focused on "Navigating the Bear Market". What came afterwards was equally big news...Read More