Apple Inc (AAPL) suffered just as other stocks yesterday, and fell victim to the ‘end-of-day’ plunge Wednesday. Although it’s virtually impossible to know how far a price move will go or how quickly it will occur, Apple signaled a momentum divergence that could have clued you in that the risk (short term) increased for intraday…
Today’s intraday action began with the promise of another trend day in the market, but ended on a terrible note, reversing the action into the close and causing a cascade off intraday highs for most stocks. Let’s peek at the action via the DIA (Dow Jones ETF): Trend days often start with an overnight gap…
With the US Dollar Strengthening, Gold prices have been falling lately and have officially confirmed a strong sell signal on the daily chart. Let’s view this action: Gold ($GOLD) Daily Chart: There’s a few things I want to highlight on this chart. I have literally highlighted (and expanded) the most recent sell signal in the…
Let’s look at three recent powerhouses that have been strongly pushing their way higher on less and less volume, which serves as a non-confirmation of higher prices. First, Potash (POT): This darling fertilizer stock which has been so strong through 2007 to present is now forming a potential blow-off top. Volume surged as price also…
Let’s look at internet giant Google (GOOG) to see if the stock may be at support or resistance. There’s a few patterns to note in the stock. First, look at the triangle consolidation (not shown) that preceded the price reversal at the start of 2008. Second, notice the stair-steps of lower lows that were met…
I’ve been doing some simulated trading on some FOREX cross-pairs and have been thoroughly impressed with the ‘trendiness’ that occurs with greater stability than stock index charts. I wanted to highlight three recent examples of this concept which is exciting to me. A ‘trend’ is a series or progression of higher highs and higher lows…
I’ve you’ve never seen a clear Head and Shoulders pattern, look immediately to Kendle International (KNDL). The stock is forming a broad H&S pattern, and the Right Shoulder actually developed a mini-H&S pattern within it – it’s one of the strangest patterns I’ve seen. I annotated this chart for visual clarity. The black lines represent…
Alcoa (AA), a Dow Jones component that manufactures aluminum and is taking advantage of the recent materials rise, broke key resistance to make a new high in 2008 today, and could continue higher to make potential all-time highs soon. Let’s see what’s up: The stock broke a rectangle consolidation period from $34 to $39 per…
Today’s US Stock Market Indexes surprised us with a semi-trend day. The day began with a perfect gap-fade and then gave us a ‘double-distribution’ trend day. Let’s look at it! In the DIA 5-minute chart, we see the day start with an opening gap that was filled and then the market trended in the direction…
So far, the US Stock Market Index trading has been stable using simple strategies that I have discussed frequently on the blog. Let’s examine the U-Turn Buy (or Saucer/Rounded Bottom) action along with the classic Gap-Fade trade today. You can almost ‘feel’ the balance shifting through simple visual inspection of the price action alone to…