Steep Retracement Midday Update and Trending Stock Scan Sept 22

Well this is fun, isn’t it?  The market actually traded lower after many days of straight-up price action. It’s almost like the law of gravity actually applies again to the stock market! That being said, let’s take a look at our S&P 500 intraday chart, note a stunning signal from Breadth, and then chart our…

Planning the Pullback in the Big Three US Equity Indexes

In simplest terms, a pullback or retracement is the most logical thing to expect for the US Stock Market at the moment. However, logical does not mean guaranteed. Let’s chart the S&P 500, Dow Jones, and NASDAQ to plan the possible pullback already underway: Stepping back in September, we saw a similar “overextended” rally into…

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About that Death Cross in the Russell IWM…

I’ve been hearing a lot of discussion about the “Death Cross” in the Russell 2000, particularly in the IWM ETF. Let’s identify what a “Death Cross” is and then test out prior performance of “Death Crosses” specifically in the IWM Russell 2000 ETF. Here’s a current chart – and we’ll step inside it all shortly:…

New Highs Again and Trending Stock Scan for Reversal Day Sept 19

Perhaps not surprisingly, the stock market pushed yet again to another intraday high today as the non-stop bullish uptrend continued, yet this time we saw a quick retracement down to the rising trendline. Let’s start with our updated, uptrending S&P 500 intraday chart: A stable rising trendline pattern contains the progressive higher highs and higher…

New High Market Update and Stock Scan Sept 18

Perhaps not surprisingly, the stock market pushed yet again to another intraday high today as the non-stop bullish uptrend continued. Let’s take a look at our current S&P 500 levels, Sector Breadth, and note the top trending stocks of the day: Yesterday’s Fed Day simply spurred additional buying pressure into the market – initially from…