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Three Behavioral Biases Impacting Your Portfolio Right Now

by David Keller

In this video, Dave reveals three common behavioral biases, shows how they can negatively impact your portfolio returns, and describes how to use the StockCharts platform to minimize these biases in your investment process  Read More

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Watch For These Seasonality Patterns in 2025

by Julius de Kempenaer

In this exclusive StockCharts video, Julius shares a new approach to seasonality by using a more granular, data-set constructed UDI (User Defined Index) for every sector. Using the UDI functionality on StockCharts  Read More

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Martin Pring's Market Roundup

Forget Technology and Take a Look at This Sector

by Martin Pring

Technology stocks, in the form of the SPDR Technology ETF (XLK), have been on a tear since their secular low in 2009. That strength has not only resulted in higher absolute prices, but also striking relative action. Chart 1 compares the XLK to its long-term KST  Read More

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Walmart, Costco, and Sprouts: The Ultimate Trade War Survivors?

by Karl Montevirgen

Monday's market opening was a doozy, with all three indices down nearly 2% in overnight trading. This was in response to President Trump's 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada and a 10% tariff on China  Read More

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BULLISH on These Options Trade Ideas

by Tony Zhang

In this video, Tony shares his weekly market review, discussing growth vs. value, volatility, commodities, and more. From there, he shares his list of bearish and bullish options trade ideas, including META, AMGN, GOOGL, NVDA, DIS, and more  Read More

Trading Places with Tom Bowley

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Volatility ($VIX) May Be Providing Clues of a Big Market Drop

by Tom Bowley

Secondary market signals are beginning to line up for a further drop, which can sometimes provide false signals. The primary indicator for me is always the combination of price/volume  Read More

DecisionPoint

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DP Trading Room: Tariff Trepidation

by Erin Swenlin

Trading is being affected by the scare of a trade war. With new tariffs being placed on Mexico, Canada and China, the market fell heavily on Friday  Read More

Trading Places with Tom Bowley

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Be Careful With These Topping Candles

by Tom Bowley

"When do I sell?" is easily the most-asked question I've received over the years. There are multiple answers to this question based on certain variables. The first key variable is whether you're a day trader, short-term swing trader, or long-term buy and holder  Read More

Trading Places with Tom Bowley

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We're Topping With BEARISH Action Ahead!

by Tom Bowley

Listen, I'm generally a fairly optimistic guy. I tend to see the good in the stock market, while many others continuously focus on potential selloffs ahead. I remain mostly bullish for good reason as the S&P 500 has risen 75% of all years since 1950  Read More

The MEM Edge

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DeepSeek Rattles AI Stocks - Should You Buy The Dip?

by Mary Ellen McGonagle

In this video, Mary Ellen unpacks the week after the news drop roiled markets; coupled with major earnings reports, it's been a rough week  Read More

DecisionPoint

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S&P 600 (IJR) Silver Cross BUY Signal May Arrive Too Late

by Erin Swenlin

Today on the S&P 600 (IJR), the 20-day EMA nearly crossed above the 50-day EMA for a "Silver Cross" IT Trend Model BUY Signal. Price is really going nowhere. Bulls might look at it as a bull flag, but the 'flag' is horizontal, not trending lower  Read More

Art's Charts

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Cybersecurity Makes Yet Another Statement

by Arthur Hill

The Cybersecurity ETF (CIBR) has been leading the market for a solid four months and recorded yet another new high this week  Read More

RRG Charts

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The Best Five Sectors, #5

by Julius de Kempenaer

Technology Moves Back into Top-5 As we wrap up another trading week, a notable shift has occurred in the sector rankings. The technology sector, after a brief hiatus, has clawed its way back into the top 5, pushing energy down to the 7th position  Read More

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XLF's Record Highs: Buy the Dip or Bail Out Now?

by Karl Montevirgen

As the FOMC prepared to announce its rate decision on Wednesday, the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF), which had been steadily climbing since the end of 2023, was approaching a new record high  Read More

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An Enticing Gold Mining Stock with a Strong SCTR Score

by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan

Gold stocks have risen, even after the Federal Reserve decided to keep interest rates unchanged. So it wasn't surprising to find a few gold mining stocks filtered in my StockCharts Technical Rank (SCTR) scan  Read More

Stock Talk with Joe Rabil

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Quantum Computing Stocks You NEED to See

by Joe Rabil

In this exclusive StockCharts video, Joe shares the details of his favorite MACD setup. Joe then covers NVDA, and cryptocurrencies, before covering which Quantum Computing stocks look the best right now, including IONQ and RGTI  Read More

ChartWatchers

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AI Stocks and Their Impact on the Stock Market: Hype or Reality?

by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan

The week started with a wild ride when DeepSeek created a bizarre "deep sink" day in the stock market. NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA) was one of the most actively traded stocks, closing lower by 16.97%  Read More

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Snowflake and Twilio Stocks are Surging: Here's What to Do Now!

by Karl Montevirgen

While StockCharts offers numerous tools you can use to find top stocks or top-gaining stocks, I decided to focus on an Outperforming SPY: 3-Month Relative Highs scan to see if I can find a few resilient stocks in early-stage trends, especially after Monday's huge market rout  Read More

ChartWatchers

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Investing in the Age of Tariffs: Safeguard Your Portfolio Now

by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan

Trade tariffs have been hogging the headlines since last year, and have been a sticky debate point heading into the 2024 US elections. With newly-elected US President Donald Trump in office, the fear of tariffs is front and center in investors' minds  Read More

DecisionPoint

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DP Trading Room: Black Swan Monday

by Erin Swenlin

The market opened with a bang as news of a cheaper Artificial Intelligence program, DeepSeek out of China. It has spurred investors to rethink the overbought Technology space, AI in particular. NVDA was down over 17% and other high profile AI companies also suffered  Read More

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Martin Pring's Market Roundup

Some Silver Linings Following a Day of AI Panic

by Martin Pring

I woke up this morning noting that NASDAQ futures had been down nearly 1,000 points at their overnight intraday low. Later, I tuned into a couple of general purpose, as opposed to financial, cable news channels. They, too, were talking about the sell-off and its rationale  Read More

The Mindful Investor

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What's NEXT for Semiconductors After Monday's SHOCKING Drop?

by David Keller

In this video, Dave reviews the VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) from a technical analysis perspective  Read More

OptionsPlay

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Still BULLISH NVDA Despite DeepSeek?

by Tony Zhang

In this video, Tony gives a macro review of where we currently stand with the broader markets given the impact of DeepSeek on the AI space. He then shares some trade ideas for the week, including NVDA, META, LULU, DIS, & AAPL  Read More

The Traders Journal

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Six Dance Steps to Remember for an Extended Market

by Gatis Roze

"An investment in Knowledge pays the best interest." — Benjamin Franklin It's time to revisit a few timeless lessons regarding extended markets. As I write this, the last correction of any significance was in 2022  Read More

Analyzing India

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Week Ahead: NIFTY to Stay Tentative Over 6-Day Trading Week; RRG Shows Defensive Sectoral Setup

by Milan Vaishnav

The Indian equities continued to trade with a corrective undertone as they ended the week on a mildly negative note. Over the past five sessions, the Nifty continued facing selling pressure at higher levels while staying mainly in a range  Read More

The MEM Edge

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BEWARE! META, TSLA, AMZN, MSFT & AAPL Report Earnings Next Week!

by Mary Ellen McGonagle

In this video, Mary Ellen reviews the new uptrend in the S&P 500, and highlights what's driving it higher. She then shares new pockets of strength that are poised to take off, and what to be on the lookout for ahead of next week's M7 earnings reports  Read More

RRG Charts

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The Best Five Sectors, #4

by Julius de Kempenaer

No changes in the top-5 At the end of this week, there were no changes in the ranking of the top-5 sectors  Read More

The Mindful Investor

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Semiconductors Have More to Prove Before Breakout is Believed

by David Keller

Despite the strength in some key growth stocks in January, semiconductors have been decidedly rangebound for most of the last six months  Read More

ChartWatchers

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Investors are Pouring Into Gold Miners—Here's What You Need to Know!

by Karl Montevirgen

Gold mining stocks have been climbing since the end of December, a trend that usually goes unnoticed unless gold — often dismissed as an "old relic" — undergoes one of its periodic shifts into a timely and relevant asset  Read More

Art's Charts

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Mag7 ETF Leads as Bullish Pattern Forms - Charting the Trends and Trading Setups for the Mag7 Stocks

by Arthur Hill

The Mag7 ETF (MAGS) formed another short-term bullish continuation pattern as it worked its way higher since the triangle breakout in mid September  Read More

DecisionPoint

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Biotechs Looking Up - Two Stocks To Take Advantage

by Erin Swenlin

The Biotech industry group is making a comeback, with the 'under the hood' chart displaying new strength coming into the group. We have a constructive bottom that price is breaking from and, while it does need to overcome resistance at the 200-day EMA, it looks encouraging  Read More

OptionsPlay

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Lowering the Bar: Why Lowe's Could Head South

by Tony Zhang

Despite periodic rallies that have buoyed the home improvement retail sector, Lowe's (LOW) is showing signs of potential weakness. Recent price action in Lowe's stock and lagging growth metrics suggest that its latest attempt to sustain a breakout may run out of steam  Read More

Trading Places with Tom Bowley

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What's the Secret to Crushing the S&P 500?

by Tom Bowley

Remember that old commercial, "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature?" Well, there should be another one pertaining to the stock market, "Don't bet against a secular bull market advance!" We're all trained, or brainwashed, if you will, to believe that the next major stock market to  Read More

ChartWatchers

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NVDA, TSMC, and Broadcom: Top Semiconductor Plays as SMH Hits New Highs

by Karl Montevirgen

In the last quarter of 2024, semiconductors have been walking a tightrope between tariff fears and supply chain uncertainties  Read More

RRG Charts

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Energy Picks Up and Consumer Discretionary Continues to Lead

by Julius de Kempenaer

I have been traveling in the US since 1/15 and attended the CMTA Mid-Winter retreat in Tampa, FL 1/16-1/17 and then moved to Redmond, WA to work from the StockCharts.com office this week  Read More

The Mindful Investor

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Market Internals Point to Large Growth Leadership

by David Keller

As the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 once again test new all-time highs this week, I'm struck by how leadership trends have shifted around quite a bit since mid-December  Read More

Stock Talk with Joe Rabil

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Discover the BEST Way to Spot TREND CHANGES

by Joe Rabil

In this exclusive StockCharts video, Joe demonstrates how to use the 1-2-3 reversal pattern as a buy signal on the weekly chart. This approach can be used when the monthly chart is in a strong position  Read More

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Cisco Systems' Stock Keeps Hitting All-Time Highs: Investment Tips to Maximize Your Success

by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan

When you think of Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO), you associate the company with hardware — networking, routers, and security. However, its investment in artificial intelligence (AI) makes it a stock worth monitoring  Read More

The Mindful Investor

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Five Key Market Ratios Every Investor Should Follow

by David Keller

In this video, Dave shares five charts from his ChartList of market ratios that investors can use to track changing market conditions through 2025  Read More

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Martin Pring's Market Roundup

Stocks are Facing an Important Test

by Martin Pring

I have been expecting a bull market correction for about a month, but it's not been as deep as I expected. Now, however, several indexes have completed small bullish two-bar reversal patterns on the weekly charts  Read More