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…
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…
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…
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…
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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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…
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…
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Friday’s session saw an initial breakout above key “make or break” resistance in the US Equity Indexes, and Monday morning’s action further confirmed the breakout and opened the Bullish Price Pathway higher. Let’s take a quick look at the SP500, Dow Jones, and NASDAQ to highlight the breakout, key area to watch, and upside price…