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How Can I Focus on One Sector Using the Market Carpet?

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Chartists can focus on one sector by starting with the Sector Market Carpet covering all nine sectors. Each sector is labeled with a heading at the top. Click on this heading to expand that sector and focus on the stocks within the sector.

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The example below isolates the technology sector. Chartists can see more options by hovering over a square and clicking the right mouse button. In particular, users can show the ticker symbols in each square to see which stocks are in the red and which are in the green.

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Arthur Hill
About the author: , CMT, is a Senior Technical Analyst at StockCharts.com. He has written articles for numerous financial publications including Barrons and Stocks & Commodities magazine. Focusing predominantly on US equities and ETFs, his systematic approach of identifying trend, finding signals within the trend, and setting key price levels has made him an esteemed technician. In addition to his CMT designation, Arthur holds an MBA from the Cass Business School at City University in London. Learn More
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