I describe the market action before the opening bell and after the close and discuss set-ups for the next day.
Let’s take a quick look at Apple (AAPL) as it breaks free of a lower “Value Area” and moves toward the current price pocket and then note the upside breakout targets should price continue its upside movement. This is a new style of chart so I’ll take a moment to explain some of the details….
If you think the US S&P 500 has been non-stop bullish, have you seen Spain? Spain’s Bolsa de Madrid IBEX 35 Index along with the related iShares ETF (symbol EWP) have been incredibly strong since the July 2013 low, overtaking the S&P 500 on a Relative Strength basis. Let’s take a look at Spain’s strength…
A quick scan of the Dow Jones Industrials (30) stocks reveals nine names in a strong uptrend breaking to new highs. Let’s take a moment to highlight these stocks and compare their daily charts for possible trading candidates: Using clean charting data from FinViz.com (one of my favorite trader websites), we see the uptrending and…
With Gold breaking free of its falling wedge or flag trendline pattern, upside trading targets are now in play. Let’s start with the Daily Chart and note the breakout and potential target levels should gold indeed hold above its breakout levels. Here’s two perspectives on the Daily Chart levels: As we’ll see from the chart…
Chipotle (CMG) offers plenty of lessons of pro-trend trading tactics such as retracement and breakout trades in a strongly trending stock. Let’s start with the Weekly Chart and study the lessons and current activity in this strongly trending popular stock. The main concept I wanted to highlight is the “persistence of rally” or sustained uptrend…
With the recent breakout to new highs, the market is experiencing above average volume during the upswing which serves as a confirmation of the rally in motion. Let’s take a look at other phases during the broader S&P 500 market rally for similar periods of increasing volume during bullish phases. The chart above – created…
India’s “Nifty 50” and Bombay Stock Exchange/Sensex broke to new highs recently along with the US Equity Indexes. Let’s take a broader perspective beyond the daily charts to a Weekly “V-Spike” trendline channel and a larger Ascending Triangle Pattern on the Monthly Chart. We’ll start with a comparison of the Monthly Charts: Using StockCharts data,…
Which stocks have closed the most days to the upside for the prior few weeks and also days? How might we trade these stocks? Let’s take a look at the “Most Consecutive Closes to the Upside,” starting with the Weekly Chart Scan: Using TradeStation data and screener, we find the following stocks have closed 8,…
Which sectors are on the move at the moment while the indexes break to new all-time highs and which are lagging behind? Let’s update our Sector Rotation or Sector Strength charts and see for ourselves! Using StockCharts data, we see the nine major AMEX Sector ETFs displayed in order of the Sector Rotation Model (from…
Not to be outdone by Google’s breakout above $1,000 per share this morning, Amazon (AMZN) shares also broke to all-time highs this morning to continue the persistent uptrending action already in motion. Let’s start with the Weekly Trend Structure and then move to the current daily breakout: One of the foundational principles of technical analysis…