The Russell 2000 ETF is in the nascent stages of an uptrend, but the Russell Microcap ETF is still short of a breakout. The Russell 1000 ETF left both behind over the last few months with a steady uptrend and continued leadership.

The new high parade continued this week with the S&P 500 SPDR and four sector SPDRs hitting new highs. The

The Nasdaq AD Line is not keeping pace with the Nasdaq Composite, but this is not necessarily bearish. Note that the Nasdaq hit a new high in July and again on November 1st

The Biotech ETF (IBB) is making a bullish statement with recent developments in momentum, volume and trend.

The market as a whole is not firing on all cylinders, but that is not really important. What, then, is

Bullish continuation patterns are my favorite patterns when it comes to stocks and ETFs. As the name suggests, bullish continuation

The Industrials SPDR (XLI) and Finance SPDR (XLF) are two of the big six sectors in the S&P 500 and

The lack of new highs may seem like a concern, but one cannot talk about new highs without also looking at new lows because there are two sides to the story.

SPY closed well below its intraday high to put this follow-through day in question. Nevertheless, chartists should not loose sight of the bigger picture.

There was a big change in the Fed balance sheet over the last few weeks that investors should know – and not fight.

The Russell is a clumsy index prone to big swings that do not foreshadow major bull and bear markets.

Here’s a technique to use S&P 500 High-Low Percent for long-term market timing and the High-Low Line for short-term timing.

While the important market-cap weighted sector SPDRs continue to hold up well, some key equal weight sectors are not performing well.

Mean-reversion signals provide a great way to trade in the direction of the bigger uptrend after a pullback. The trick