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SPY reached a milestone this week as it held above its 50-day SMA for more than 100 days, which was the seventh such occurrence since 2000. Even though SPY is 2.2% above its 50-day, only half of its components are
Commodities are still an option, even in the AI age. Precious metals and their respective miners continue to lead the market with big moves since early August. Industrial metals are strong overall with copper catching a big bid this week.
Today’s report features two stocks with leading uptrends, two stocks with short-term breakouts and four utility stocks with breakouts. Most of these stocks come from strong areas of the stock market: software, defense and utilities. Quest Diagnostics is part of
The weight of the evidence remains bullish for stocks, but this is not a bull market that lifts all boats. Strength is concentrated in three sectors: Technology, Consumer Discretionary and Communication Services. Outside of these sectors, I am also seeing
The bull run continues with large-caps and large-cap techs leading the charge. SPY, QQQ and XLK hit fresh new highs this week. Breadth is strong enough to support a bull market with 62.80% of S&P 500 stocks above their 200-day
There are two stock markets. First, we have the large-cap driven ETFs, such as SPY and QQQ, where the top ten stocks account for a disproportionate share. Second, we have the rest of the stock market, which covers the other
Bonds, precious metals, industrial metals and Bitcoin all moved higher in September. Throw in stocks and we have bull markets almost everywhere. Bonds extended on their late June signal, gold and silver extended on their late August breakouts, and Bitcoin
The S&P 500 SPDR (SPY) remains in a confirmed uptrend with a new high on Wednesday. SPY edged higher on Tuesday and Wednesday, but there were more declining stocks than advancing stocks on both days. Participation is wearing thin
Welcome to the Friday Chart Fix! Bonds are surging, but not outperforming stocks, which is positive for stocks. Mid-caps show the most internal strength, but the Russell 2000 ETF is outperforming the S&P MidCap 400 SPDR. Healthcare breadth improved with
The Market Regime page defines the stock market environment: bull or bear market. Three trend/breadth models quantify performance for stocks in the S&P 500, Nasdaq 100 and S&P 1500. Yield spreads capture credit market conditions, while Treasury yield trends reflect
This report features stocks with uptrends and bullish setups. We start with Coindesk as it makes one step backward after two steps forward. Attention then turns to short-term consolidation patterns in DoorDash, Gilead, Howmet, Kratos and Palantir. MKS Inc is
Today’s report starts with one paragraph and one chart summing up current market conditions, which are bullish. Techs are lagging the last five weeks, but other parts of the market are picking up the slack. Attention then turns to ETFs
Welcome to the Friday Chart Fix! Today’s report starts with a bullish breadth indicator and the level to watch going forward. We then turn to the strongest sector: Communication Services. It has been on fire since May and continues to
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SPY, QQQ and XLK are in uptrends with the mid-late August lows marking first support. Support breaks would reverse the short-term uptrends and argue for a corrective period.
Precious metals continue to lead the financial markets as gold, silver and their respective miners hit new highs. The recent breakouts were not a surprise because bullish continuation patterns formed in August. We are also seeing continued strength in Base
This report features stocks with tradable setups or breakouts. Each chart features an analysis checklist covering the trend, relative performance, condition, pattern at work, re-evaluation level and special considerations. Uptrends and bullish continuation patterns are the maintain, but reversal candidates
Even though stocks are ripe for a corrective period, the weight of the evidence supports a bull market. As such, a pullback would be a considered as a correction within the bull market. SPY is in a leading uptrend, 60+
The long-term trend is up for the major index ETFs, breadth indicators are majority bullish and yield spreads remain narrow. These three items support the bull market for stocks. Short-term, however, signs are emerging that a correction could be coming.
Welcome to the Friday Chart Fix. Today’s report starts with the percentage of stocks above their 200-day SMAs, which hit a multi-month high as uptrends expand. The Technology SPDR is above its 200-day, but consolidating the last four weeks as