Pop Quiz – would you have made more money holding bonds all of 2014 or stocks? Easy, right? Stocks made many new all-time highs throughout the year and advanced 13% for a great year. Did you know bonds – at least measured by tradable ETF TLT – almost doubled that gain? It’s very hard to…
Which way will top trending stock Apple (AAPL) swing next? Let’s pinpoint the key levels and chart our trade planning pathways! We’ll start with the Daily Chart for a broader overview: I enjoy keeping analysis and trade planning simple. With that, let’s start with the basic uptrend in motion (bullish unless proven otherwise) and the…
This morning’s breakout above the market resistance level triggered a wave of buying – both from bulls but also from bears, rapidly buying to cover losses from misplaced short-sold positions. Let’s update our chart and highlight the top trending stocks of today. As I highlighted to members, the “Rounded Reversal” on January 6th set the…
For today’s “Post-Fed Minutes Update,” let’s focus on the top four Relative Strength leaders and laggards as possible trading candidates. Without further delay, here are our top four strongest intraday trending stocks at the moment: This list is similar to our Daily Update Posts using the relative strength algorithmic scan off the opening price. Today’s…
I’ve been highlighting this “Arc” or “Mirror Image” Pattern in the S&P 500 and US Stock market to members as it developed, but let’s take a look at the pattern as it nears completion. Here’s the S&P 500 “Arc” or “Mirror Image Foldback” Pattern in currently motion: A “Mirror Image Foldback” Price Pattern is a…
Stocks tumbled sharply this morning, breaking a key support level which exacerbated the selling pressure already underway. Let’s update our levels and note the strongest downtrending (collapsing) stocks for today’s trading session. I’ll provide a more detailed update and targets for Daily Members but for now, let’s focus on the failure to hold the price…
So far, stocks are taking a breather (retracing) to end 2014 with two final days of selling pressure. Still, the S&P 500 will be up around 13% for the year – an impressive gain for a single year. For our last mid-day update post of 2014, let’s focus on what the market is saying and…
CME Group (CME) is forming an ‘Arc Trendline’ pattern that is among my favorite patterns to trade. Let’s view the arc, note the levels, and highlight profit opportunities from future movement: Imagine these curved or arc trendlines as you would regular trendlines where price tends to trade down from resistance and up off support. However,…
We’re accustomed to seeing stocks at all-time highs but what about other markets? And what do long-term charts – specifically back to the early 1980’s – show about stocks, the Dollar, Gold, Oil, and US Treasury Yields? There’s only one way to find out these insights from the long-term frame: Let’s see them! We’ll highlight…
As 2014 quickly rushes to a close, let’s highlight today’s strongest trending stocks and note potential opportunities that may develop from these candidates. Here’s our daily list of strongest intraday trending bullish stocks: I selected these stocks using our daily relative strength algorithm (which I use in each day’s free blog update post), only this…