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Spotting Tradable Pullbacks after Trend Reversing Surges

Most stocks surged with the broader market in the fourth quarter of 2023. SPY and QQQ extended their advances in 2024, but some stocks did not partake and fell back. Even so, some of these stocks show signs of long-term trend reversals and their declines in

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Chart Trader – 240229: MDY, URA, CGSP, ZTS, CAH (Premium)

The short-term uptrend remains intact for SPY. The first chart updates SPX %Above 50-day SMA and SPX 4-week High-Low Percent. Over 90% of S&P 500 stocks were above their 50-day SMAs in early January and only 64% are above here in late February (mustard arrow). Fewer stocks are participating

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Finding Leaders and Bullish Signals on the Price Chart

Chartists can improve their odds by focusing on stocks that are in long-term uptrends and showing upside leadership. This is similar to a dual-momentum approach, which was covered last week. Today’s example will use the 40-week SMA to define the trend, a 52-week high

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ChartTrader – SPY and QQQ Establish First Supports, XLK Forms Island Reversal, Support for CIBR, IGV, SMH, Setups for IBB, LHX (Premium)

We are in a bull market, but some indicators are still pointing to a corrective period and a correction may have started last week. First, fewer stocks made it back above their 50-day SMAs as SPY moved higher in the first half of February. Second, seasonal patterns turned negative last week (mid February). Thinking in tornado terms, a tornado

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Capturing the Momentum Phenomenon

The momentum phenomenon has been a fixture in the US equity markets for decades. There are two types of momentum to consider: absolute momentum and relative momentum. Absolute momentum refers to the underlying trend, up or down

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ChartTrader – SPY and QQQ Lead, Breadth Continues to Deteriorates, Seasonality Looms, Symbol Setups: ALGN, IOT, LHX (Premium)

The weight of the evidence remains bullish, but the stars are aligning for a correction. SPY and QQQ are overbought. Breadth is deteriorating within the S&P 500. Small-caps and mid-caps are weak with MDY and IWM forging lower highs from December to February. Seasonally, February is one of the weakest months of the year.

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Gold is Making Waves Again (Free)

Gold is not the most exciting asset at the moment, but it is in a long-term uptrend and it is perhaps the strongest commodity out there. There are also signs that the January decline is ending as RSI hits a momentum support zone and a bullish continuation pattern forms.

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