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Scanning for Most Extended Stocks from 200d SMA to End July

Let’s update our ongoing stock scan of the uptrending stocks most overextended and downtrending stocks most under-extended stocks from their 200 day Simple Moving Average. This scan provides candidates to trade pro-trend retracement entries or alternatively, aggressive reversal or ‘fade’ candidates for those inclined to trade counter-trend movement. We’ll start with the Most Over-extended Stocks…

Pay Attention to July 25 Intraday Market Internals

With the SP500 logically retracing lower from the 1,700 level, pay attention to the mid-day picture of Market Internals and the visual divergence that undercut the sell-off for the moment. Here’s the pure SP500 Breadth or Advancing Stocks minus Declining Stocks during the session: With the SP500 trading down intraday into the 1,680 level, a…

A Quick Note on the Recent Stock and Crude Oil Divergence

If you closely follow the day-to-day activities on the Intermarket Landscape, you probably saw Crude Oil diverge relative to the new highs in the SP500. If not, let’s take a look at the close connection that’s been strained temporarily with respect to price action over the last few sessions. Here’s the broader intraday picture: The…

Quick Updating Trade Planning and Levels to Watch in Gold GLD

Gold continued its downtrend but recently retraced to a key decision point in terms of short-term trading strategies. Let’s zoom-in on this level and note the corresponding targets on a bullish breakout or bearish downtrend continuation. First, the Daily Chart of GLD: For the moment, the critical planning level is the $130 per share quadruple…

Scenario Planning after the Gap and Trap in Microsoft MSFT

Microsoft shares had been trading on a lengthy divergence ahead of last week’s down-gap action that locked in another Bull Trap at the Highs. Let’s take a look at the current Daily and Weekly Chart of Microsoft for key price levels to watch along with possible trading opportunities that arise from these levels. We’ll start…

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Scanning for Stocks with the Highest Consecutive Up Closes in an Uptrend

With the SP500 recently closing up eight sessions in a row, let’s scan for the stocks in the SP500 that also showed the greatest number of consecutive daily and weekly chart closes to the upside to continue an uptrend in a bull market. These stocks may not otherwise show up on other types of scans…

Checking SP500 Market Internals and Price Pathways at the Highs

With the SP500 closing at all-time highs, let’s take a look at Market Internals and plot two Price Pathways for trading either a breakout or retracement outcome into known and obvious resistance. We’ll start with the SP500 Daily Chart itself: The main idea for swing trade (or even intraday) planning is that the SP500 is…

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Charting the Top Three Strongest Stock Market Sectors at New Highs

With the US Stock Market closing again at all-time highs into the 1,675 target, let’s take a moment to look under the market at the Top Three Sectors (ETFs) also at new all-time highs (not all sectors are participating equally in the rally). We’ll start with a Comparison Chart of the Top Three Sectors: The…

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What Strength in Retail Hints about the Broader Stock Market

In case you missed it, many Retail and Consumer Discretionary stocks have been breaking either to new 52-week highs or new all-time highs and we continue to see strength in the related ETFs. Let’s take a look at the breakouts in the Retail ETF (XRT), broader Consumer Discretionary Sector (XLY) and ponder what that suggests…