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Return of the Meme Stock Frenzy: Is Now the Time to Shift Your Investment Focus?

by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan

Today's stock market action uncovered some unusual activity  Read More

The Final Bar

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S&P 7000 By End of 2024?

by David Keller

In this edition of StockCharts TV's The Final Bar, guest David Hunter of Contrarian Macro Advisors shares his updated target for the S&P 500, and makes the case for a bullish melt-up phase for stocks, bonds, and gold  Read More

RRG Charts

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When These Levels Break, The S&P 500 Is Going To Explode Higher

by Julius de Kempenaer

Summary The Relative Rotation Graph for US Sectors for this week mainly shows a continuation of the rotations as they were underway last week. XLB : Moving from lagging into improving at a strong RRG-Heading, underscoring the building up of relative strength for this sector  Read More

Don't Ignore This Chart!

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KRE's Impending Plunge: What This Emerging Crisis Means

by Karl Montevirgen

Full disclosure: While there are many ways to view the following, this article will deliberately view the matter from a bearish angle  Read More

The Final Bar

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Three Industrial Stocks With Room to Run!

by David Keller

In this edition of StockCharts TV's The Final Bar, Dave welcomes guest Mary Ellen McGonagle of MEM Investment Research. David compares two stocks in the same industry group with dramatically different chart patterns  Read More

DecisionPoint

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Surprise Negative Divergence on Nasdaq Advance-Decline Line

by Erin Swenlin

We were perusing the Advance-Decline Line charts that we have and noticed something that surprised us. The Nasdaq Advance-Decline Line is trending lower while prices continue higher. This is negative divergence we didn't expect to see  Read More

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Martin Pring's Market Roundup

Don't Bet on Lower Rates

by Martin Pring

To paraphrase the late great contrarian Humphrey Neil: When everyone thinks alike, it's usually time to look for a turn in the market  Read More

DecisionPoint

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DP Trading Room: Shake Up at Boeing (BA)

by Erin Swenlin

Today Carl and Erin reviewed the Boeing (BA) chart together discussing the technical ramifications of the step down of the CEO and two other board members. We do note that the CEO will finish out the year so problems could continue throughout the year  Read More

Analyzing India

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Week Ahead: Short Week May Not See NIFTY Adopting Sustained Directional Bias; Volatility May Return

by Milan Vaishnav

After a corrective action the week before, the markets continued to wear a tentative look throughout this past week as well  Read More

Trading Places with Tom Bowley

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You Need To Understand NOW What Changed After The Fed Announcement

by Tom Bowley

I've always liked to look at certain points during a bull market or bear market where the character of the market could change based on key fundamental news. We were at one of those points on Wednesday as 2 o'clock approached  Read More

Trading Places with Tom Bowley

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Stocks Are Going UP "With or Without You"

by Tom Bowley

U2 is one of my favorite bands and I can't help but think of their song, "With or Without You", when I look at an S&P 500 chart. This secular bull market is waiting for no one. You're either in it or you're not  Read More

Art's Charts

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An Indicator to Define the Trend and Quantify Momentum

by Arthur Hill

The 200-day SMA is perhaps the most widely used long-term moving average. As its name implies, it is a simple indicator that chartists can use for trend-following and momentum strategies. For trend-following, we just need to know where prices stand relative to the 200-day SMA  Read More

The Mindful Investor

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Look Out Below! The Bear Case For Apple

by David Keller

The big news for Apple Inc. (AAPL) this week was a huge antitrust case from the US government. While the outcome of that particular situation is uncertain, one reality that has been quite certain is that AAPL is no longer pounding higher like its "magnificent" brethren  Read More

ChartWatchers

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The Stock Market This Week: What This Surging Bull Means

by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan

It was an action-packed week in the stock market. The FOMC decided to keep interest rates unchanged, and also indicated there could be three rate cuts this year  Read More

The MEM Edge

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MEM TV: Get In EARLY! These Areas Are Seeing LIFT OFF

by Mary Ellen McGonagle

In this episode of StockCharts TV's The MEM Edge, Mary Ellen reviews what's shaping up in the broader markets after the Fed announced their rate cut plans. She also shares how to use ETFs to shape your investment decisions for the longer term  Read More

The Final Bar

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The Best Leading Indicator for Stocks

by David Keller

In this edition of StockCharts TV's The Final Bar, Dave brings you another mailbag show! Explore the differences between RSI and Accumulation Distribution for stocks. Compare the benefits of SharpCharts or ACP on StockCharts  Read More

Wyckoff Power Charting

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Energy Heats Up

by Bruce Fraser

Crude Oil struck an intraday low on December 13th of 2023, the same day as Fed Chair Powell's notable press conference. This concluded a decline from approximately $95 (at the end of the 3rd quarter) to under $68 (near the end of the 4th quarter)  Read More

The Final Bar

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Post-Fed Rally Ignites Flurry of New Highs

by David Keller

In this edition of StockCharts TV's The Final Bar, Dave comments on AAPL's breakdown on antitrust legislation, the breakouts occurring in the homebuilder space, and how to play names like WDC gapping into key resistance levels  Read More

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Martin Pring's Market Roundup

Is China a Basket Case or a Screaming Buy?

by Martin Pring

By now it's common knowledge that the Chinese property sector is in crisis, foreign investment has slowed, and youth unemployment is at record levels. Should be time to sell Chinese equities, right? After all, we don't know when the other shoe is going to drop  Read More

Dancing with the Trend

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Market Research and Analysis - Part 2: Using Technical Indicators

by Greg Morris

Note to the reader: This is the thirteenth in a series of articles I'm publishing here taken from my book, "Investing with the Trend." Hopefully, you will find this content useful  Read More

Stock Talk with Joe Rabil

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The Top Candlestick Pattern For Entries

by Joe Rabil

On this week's edition of Stock Talk with Joe Rabil, Joe demonstrates how to use the "Big Green Bar" candlestick pattern. This candlestick provides great confirmation on certain types of entry points, and can also be helpful for exits  Read More

The Final Bar

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Market Rips Higher After Fed Announcement

by David Keller

In this edition of StockCharts TV's The Final Bar, Dave tracks the S&P 500's first close above the 5200 level as risk assets pop higher following Fed Chair Powell's comments this afternoon  Read More

Don't Ignore This Chart!

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Coinbase Stock Didn't Crash, But the Trade Still Raked in Cash

by Karl Montevirgen

As a trader, calling market tops (or bottoms) is a difficult and potentially dangerous thing to do. Calling a market top on a fundamentally strong stock during a strong uptrend is probably a foolish thing to do  Read More

The Final Bar

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Downside Risk in a Bullish Market

by David Keller

In this edition of StockCharts TV's The Final Bar, Dave welcomes guest Chris Ciovacco of Ciovacco Capital Management  Read More

RRG Charts

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Energy: A Long-Term Turnaround in Relative Strength is Brewing

by Julius de Kempenaer

Energy Improving in Three Time Frames Watching the sector rotation at the start of this week shows a continued improvement for the Energy sector (XLE)  Read More

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Larry Williams Focus On Stocks

Larry's "Family Gathering" March 19, 2024 Recording

by Larry Williams

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"Fill the Gap" with the CMT

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The Bond Market is Signaling a Potential Short-Term Trading Opportunity

by Stewart Taylor

In our last piece, we presented a long term/secular outlook for intermediate-term Treasuries, where we concluded that the structural break above the secular downtrend from the September 1981 high, coupled with the push above the November 2018 pivot @ 3  Read More

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Larry Williams Focus On Stocks

"Family Gathering" Meeting Today at 2:00 PM Eastern

by StockCharts Team

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The Final Bar

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How Would YOU Rank the Magnificent 7 Stocks?

by David Keller

In this edition of StockCharts TV's The Final Bar, Dave recaps the continued leadership rotation from growth to value, with SMCI breaking below $1000 and GOOGL dropping a shooting star candle on Monday's session  Read More

DecisionPoint

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DP Trading Room: Use a Price Momentum Oscillator (PMO) Sort to Find Winners!

by Erin Swenlin

Today Carl and Erin open the show with an example of how you can find stock and ETF relative strength using a Price Momentum Oscillator (PMO) sort. Many may not know but PMO readings can be compared to one another to determine relative strength  Read More

Art's Charts

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Rates Look Set to Rise as TLT Resumes its Downtrend

by Arthur Hill

The 20+ Yr Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) failed again at the falling 40-week SMA and looks poised to resume its bigger downtrend. Keep in mind that bonds and yields move in the opposite direction  Read More

Trading Places with Tom Bowley

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Ignore The Naysayers, This Market Is On FIRE!!!

by Tom Bowley

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Last week was interesting for sure. Both February Core CPI (consumer price index) and February Core PPI (producer price index) came in above expectations. The headline PPI number doubled expectations  Read More

Trading Places with Tom Bowley

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GREAT News: This Bull Market is Expanding!

by Tom Bowley

We have seen just about everything we've needed to see to confirm this powerful secular bull market advance since the beginning of 2023. There was really only one thing missing and it's not missing any longer. I'll get to that in a minute  Read More

Analyzing India

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Week Ahead: Technical Setup Stays Weak; NIFTY May See Corrective Pressure At Higher Levels

by Milan Vaishnav

After inching higher for six weeks with intermittent corrective bouts, Indian equities finally took a breather and succumbed to a corrective move as it ended the week on a negative note  Read More

The MEM Edge

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How To Profit From Bullish Gap-Down Reversals

by Mary Ellen McGonagle

The S&P 500 ended the week with a slight pullback that has this Index closing below its key 10-day simple moving average, but above its 21-day moving average. With the RSI and MACD in positive territory, the near-term uptrend in this Index remains in place  Read More

The MEM Edge

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MEM TV: Risk-Off Signals Possible Downside Ahead

by Mary Ellen McGonagle

In this episode of StockCharts TV's The MEM Edge, Mary Ellen reviews investors' responses to the rise in interest rates after inflation numbers come in higher than expected. She also shares how riskier areas of the market sold off while cyclicals came into favor  Read More

StockCharts In Focus

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Stop Trading In The WRONG DIRECTION With This Simple Rule

by Grayson Roze

On this week's edition of StockCharts TV's StockCharts in Focus, Grayson shares a little trick out of his own process to make sure he's trading in the right direction  Read More

The Mindful Investor

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What's the Downside Risk for QQQ?

by David Keller

The Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQ) is beginning to show further signs of deterioration, from bearish momentum divergences between price and RSI to weakening breadth using the Bullish Percent Index  Read More

The Final Bar

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Spot The Warning Signs of Bankruptcy!

by David Keller

In this edition of StockCharts TV's The Final Bar, Dave presents an in-depth discussion on technical analysis patterns, market trends, and risk management  Read More

DecisionPoint

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Decisive Long-Term Breakout for Gold

by Carl Swenlin

This month, the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) broke out to new, all-time highs. That was a significant long-term move, which we will discuss when we get to the monthly chart  Read More