Latest News

Don't Ignore This Chart!

Blog Thumbnail

AppLovin's 1,303% Rise: The Hidden Power of the SCTR Report

by Karl Montevirgen

How do you find the next big stock before it gains the investing public's attention? It's tricky, but there are only two ways to spot a so-called "hot stock" before the social buzz  Read More

RRG Charts

Blog Thumbnail

Is the USD Setting Up for a Perfect Rally?

by Julius de Kempenaer

After the election, things have hardly settled in the world. New developments in the Ukraine-Russian conflict and the Middle East are still volatile. Worst of all, I am in Redmond, WA this week, where last night's storm caused a massive power outage in this region  Read More

Members Only

Martin Pring's Market Roundup

These Country ETFs are Looking Particularly Vulnerable

by Martin Pring

Chart 1, below, compares the S&P Composite to the Europe Australia Far East ETF (EFA), which is effectively the rest of the world. It shows that US equities have been on a tear against its rivals since the financial crisis  Read More

Stock Talk with Joe Rabil

Blog Thumbnail

Be ALERT for Warning Signs - S&P 500 Downturn

by Joe Rabil

In this exclusive StockCharts video, Joe goes into detail on the S&P 500 ETF (SPY), sharing why using MACD and ADX together can be beneficial -- especially in the current environment  Read More

The Mindful Investor

Blog Thumbnail

Sector Rotation Suggests Offense Over Defense

by David Keller

Institutional investors tend to focus heavily on relative strength; after all, this is essentially how they are evaluated in their performance as money managers! In this article, let's review three ways to analyze relative strength and what these charts are telling us about secto  Read More

Don't Ignore This Chart!

Blog Thumbnail

SCTR Report: The Palantir Trade Follow-Up—Transform Insights into Actions

by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan

There are times when the price action of a stock is worth analyzing further. This article is a follow-up to last week's StockCharts Technical Rank (SCTR) Report pick, Palantir Technologies (PLTR)  Read More

The Mindful Investor

Blog Thumbnail

Three Ways Top Investors Track Sector Rotation

by David Keller

In this video, Dave outlines three tools he uses on the StockCharts platform to analyze sector rotation, from sector relative strength ratios to the powerful Relative Rotation Graphs (RRG)  Read More

Art's Charts

Blog Thumbnail

A Tale of Two Semiconductor ETFs - Why is SMH holding up better than SOXX?

by Arthur Hill

Even though the iShares Semiconductor ETF (SMH) and the VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) have many similarities, there are some big differences in their component weightings and performance. Namely, SMH allows more concentration than SOXX and SMH is holding up better than SOXX  Read More

OptionsPlay

Blog Thumbnail

Macro Market Outlook and Best Options Trade Ideas!

by Tony Zhang

Join Tony as he walks you through a Macro Market outlook, where he shares his top bearish and bullish options trading ideas, These include Disney (DIS), Shopify (SHOP), Intel (INTC), Adobe (ADBE), and Apple (AAPL). He explores growth vs  Read More

ChartWatchers

Blog Thumbnail

MarketCarpets Secrets: How to Spot Winning Stocks in Minutes!

by Karl Montevirgen

When looking for stocks to invest in, spotting strong stocks in promising sectors poised to bounce can be tricky and complicated  Read More

DecisionPoint

Blog Thumbnail

Stocks: "...a PERMANENTLY high plateau"?

by Erin Swenlin

Today we explore the bullish sentiment that has taken SPX valuations to the moon. There are many out there that believe we have hit a plateau on prices that will continue permanently  Read More

GoNoGo Charts

Blog Thumbnail

Equities Look for "Energy" in "Go" Trend

by Tyler Wood, Alex Cole

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. Equities saw the "Go" trend continue this week but we saw weaker aqua bars at the end of the week. Treasury bond prices painted strong purple "NoGo" bars as the weight of the evidence suggested the "NoGo" will continue. U.S  Read More

Trading Places with Tom Bowley

Blog Thumbnail

3 Breakouts Ready for Massive Climbs!

by Tom Bowley

As the secular bull market takes a short-term pause, now is the time to research tremendous opportunities that lie ahead  Read More

The MEM Edge

Blog Thumbnail

Don't Miss These Breakouts Poised to Trade Higher!

by Mary Ellen McGonagle

In this StockCharts TV video, Mary Ellen reveals what took place last week and how the markets closed. She also revealed what drove price action, and what to be on the lookout for next week. In addition, she shares several stocks that broke out of powerful bases on bullish news  Read More

ChartWatchers

Blog Thumbnail

Tech Stocks Plunge: What This Means for Investors

by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan

"The economy is not sending any signals that we need to be in a hurry to lower rates." These words from Chairman Powell impacted the stock market much more than this week's inflation data  Read More

DecisionPoint

Blog Thumbnail

Biotechs Fall Apart with Dark Cross Neutral Signal

by Erin Swenlin

(This is an excerpt from the subscriber-only DP Weekly Wrap for Friday) On Friday, the Biotechnology ETF (IBB) 20-day EMA crossed down through the 50-day EMA (Dark Cross) and above the 200-day EMA, generating an IT Trend Model NEUTRAL Signal  Read More

The Mindful Investor

Blog Thumbnail

Are the Magnificent 7 Still the Kings of Wall Street?

by David Keller

There's no denying the strength that the mega-cap growth names have exerted on the equity markets in 2024  Read More

OptionsPlay

Blog Thumbnail

Spotting a Bullish Opportunity in Zscaler (ZS) with OptionsPlay Strategy Center

by Tony Zhang

As the cybersecurity landscape continues to evolve with increasing digital threats, Zscaler, Inc. (ZS) stands out as a new opportunity after lagging for most of 2024. Recent chart setups in Zscaler stock suggest ZS may be gearing up for a significant bullish trend  Read More

Analyzing India

Blog Thumbnail

Week Ahead: NIFTY May See Mild Rebounds; Painful Mean Reversion May Continue

by Milan Vaishnav

The Indian benchmark Nifty 50 extended its corrective decline. Over the past four sessions of a truncated week, the Nifty 50 index remained largely under selling pressure, and the markets continued with their process of mean-reversion  Read More

ChartWatchers

Blog Thumbnail

Riding the Cryptocurrency Wave: How to Maximize Your Gains

by Karl Montevirgen

With cryptocurrencies evolving from speculative assets to a global economic force, investors face a critical question: how can you filter out the noise to pinpoint coins that truly matter? Whether cryptocurrency trading is part of your financial strategy or not, it's becoming cle  Read More

OptionsPlay

Blog Thumbnail

Upgrade Your Options Trading with OptionsPlay on StockCharts

by Grayson Roze, Tony Zhang

Should you buy calls/puts? Should you write covered calls? Or should you trade bull/bear vertical spreads? That's a lot to chew on -- and it's just the beginning. Once you decide on a strategy, you'll have to decide on which strikes and expirations to choose  Read More

Trading Places with Tom Bowley

Blog Thumbnail

This Industry Just Broke Out And Is Poised To Lead U.S. Equities Higher

by Tom Bowley

Now that Q4 historical bullishness has kicked in, it's time to allow the bears to go into hibernation, while the bulls search for key leadership to drive prices higher  Read More

The Mindful Investor

Blog Thumbnail

The Sign of Strong Charts Getting Stronger

by David Keller

I was originally taught to use RSI as a swing trading tool, helping me to identify when the price of a particular asset was overextended to the upside and downside  Read More

DecisionPoint

Blog Thumbnail

Key Support Levels for Gold

by Erin Swenlin

In today's DP Alert short video we discuss the key support levels for Gold as it has likely begun a longer-term correction. We also take a look at Gold Miners under the hood! Charts and commentary are taken from our subscriber-only DP Alert publication  Read More

Stock Talk with Joe Rabil

Blog Thumbnail

Simple Way to Find Confluence FAST Using Moving Averages

by Joe Rabil

In this exclusive StockCharts video, Joe explains how to use an 18 simple moving average in multiple timeframes to identify when a stock has confluence amongst 2-3 timeframes. He shows how to start with the higher timeframes first, before working down to the lower ones  Read More

Don't Ignore This Chart!

Blog Thumbnail

The SCTR Report: Palantir Stock's Rise Makes It the Hottest AI Play

by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan

Palantir Technologies (PLTR) has occasionally appeared in the Top 10 StockCharts Technical Rank (SCTR) Reports. More recently, it has reached the top 5, making it a stock worth analyzing. Palantir is a data analytics company that could benefit from the AI boom  Read More

Members Only

Martin Pring's Market Roundup

The Dollar's Technical Position is Crucial from a Short, Intermediate, Primary, and Secular Standpoint

by Martin Pring

Chart 1 shows the Dollar Index has been in a trading range for the last couple of years and is now at resistance in the form of its upper part. The big question relates as to whether it can break to the upside, or if the resistance will once again be overwhelming  Read More

The Mindful Investor

Blog Thumbnail

Are Extremely Overbought Conditions Good or Bad for Stocks?

by David Keller

When a stock shows an RSI value above 80, is that a good thing or a bad thing? In this video, Dave reviews a series of examples showing this "extreme overbought" condition, highlights how these signals usually occur not at the end of, but often earlier in an uptrend phase, and un  Read More

ChartWatchers

Blog Thumbnail

Riding the Stock Market's Wave: How to Maximize Your Gains

by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan

The post-election euphoria may have taken a breather on Tuesday, as the US stock market indexes closed lower. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite ($COMPQ) was only lower by 0.09%, whereas the S&P 600 Small Cap Index ($SML) was down the most—it closed lower by 1.54%  Read More

Don't Ignore This Chart!

Blog Thumbnail

What Seasonality Charts Reveal About the Top Sectors to Watch Right Now!

by Karl Montevirgen

Where might you invest as the year winds down and holiday spending kicks into high gear? A look at historical seasonality trends might help you figure out which sectors tend to outperform in the final months and into the new year  Read More

RRG Charts

Blog Thumbnail

MUST SEE Updates to RRG Charts on StockCharts!

by Julius de Kempenaer

In this video from StockCharts TV, Julius pulls the curtain back on the updated Relative Rotation Graphs that are now available on the StockCharts website  Read More

GoNoGo Charts

Blog Thumbnail

Equity "Go" Trend Sees Surge in Strength as Financials Drive Price Higher

by Tyler Wood, Alex Cole

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. Equities saw the "Go" trend continued this week and price gapped higher after some weaker aqua bars. We now see GoNoGo Trend painting strong blue bars at new highs  Read More

DecisionPoint

Blog Thumbnail

Is the Trump Rally Like the Reagan Rally?

by Erin Swenlin

Today Carl compares this week's Trump Rally with the rally we saw after Reagan was elected in 1980. There are similarities and differences. The Trump rally has lifted certain sectors of the market as well as Cryptocurrencies. While the Reagan rally had different catalysts  Read More

Trading Places with Tom Bowley

Blog Thumbnail

Secular Bull Market Continues, But With Major Rotation

by Tom Bowley

Enjoying these HUGE rallies is much easier when you have confidence the stock market is in a secular bull market and heading higher. It also helps when you enter a period of historical strength - the absolute best strength that we see anytime throughout the calendar year  Read More

Analyzing India

Blog Thumbnail

Week Ahead: NIFTY Likely to Stay Sluggish; Multiple Resistances Nestled in This Zone

by Milan Vaishnav

The markets remained tentative over the past five days while continuing to trade with a weak undertone, while the Nifty digested the reaction to the US election outcome  Read More

The MEM Edge

Blog Thumbnail

Best Way to Capitalize on Election Rally!

by Mary Ellen McGonagle

In this StockCharts TV video, Mary Ellen presents a deep dive into last week's sharp rally in the markets. She highlights what areas could perform best under a Trump administration and how to spot a pullback. She takes a close look at the "New Economy" and how best to capitalize  Read More

ChartWatchers

Blog Thumbnail

Stock Market Hits Record Levels: Prepare for What Inflation Can Bring Next

by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan

Another packed week for the stock market has come to a close. The broader stock market indexes broke out of their sideways trading range with the S&P 500 ($SPX), Nasdaq Composite ($COMPQ), and Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU) closing the week out at record levels  Read More

RRG Charts

Blog Thumbnail

Three Sectors Leading SPY Back to Offense

by Julius de Kempenaer

First of all, for those of you looking for a new video this week, I have intentionally skipped it because I didn't want to make a video right before such an important event with much uncertainty  Read More

Members Only

Martin Pring's Market Roundup

This Sector is Worth Watching, Not Just For Itself But as a Market Bellwether

by Martin Pring

Last week, I drew your attention to the fact that out that three US market sectors had experienced bearish two-bar reversals on the weekly charts and were likely to retrace some of their previous advances  Read More

ChartWatchers

Blog Thumbnail

Election Aftermath: Unleashing Profitable Small Cap Stocks

by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan

The risk-on sentiment has returned to the stock market. Stocks traded significantly higher ahead of the open on Wednesday after former President Trump's victory. With the uncertainty of the election results out of the way, investors were ready to pile back into equities  Read More