This week, the market appeared to shift dramatically from “stalling out at all-time highs” to more of a “big time risk-off selloff move” kind of situation. The warning signs were building in August, but, so far, September is ringing all kinds of market topping alarm bells. Let’s review three key charts that tell the story of this...

In this StockCharts TV video, Mary Ellen reviews the current downtrend taking place in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, and highlights the “uninverting” yield curve. She finishes with a deep dive into Nvidia, sharing how to handle the stock depending on your investment horizon. This video originally premiered September 6, 2024. You can watch it on our...

After a week of wavering action, the stock market made a directional move—a lot lower—after Friday’s jobs data. Investors are concerned about the economy, and the narrative has switched from inflation worries to thinking that perhaps the Fed is too late in cutting rates. Today’s MarketCarpet shows a lot of red. It will be interesting to...

We are always on the lookout for chart patterns. Recently, we’ve found a bearish head-and-shoulders developing on Semiconductors (SMH). Looking at the daily chart below, we can see the pattern developing. However, we do have to point out participation. Note the very low percentages on %Stocks > 20/50EMAs. These are clearly oversold readings and, if...

In this exclusive StockCharts TV video, Joe shares how he identifies and trades a reversal pattern. Highlighting what causes him to focus in on a stock, he shares the 1-2-3 reversal pattern, along with the keys in MACD and ADX that allow you to improve the risk/reward equation in your trade. Joe also answers a...

As we have discussed many times, financial markets are fractal. Different timeframes produce similar price structures. This is a very valuable phenomena for the study and practice of trading. When tracking the intraday time frame; Wyckoff structures of Accumulation, Markup, Distribution and Markdown repeat over and over. This creates a laboratory for study and analysis....

When the stock market is hobbling along, trying to determine whether the recent jobs and manufacturing data are good or bad for the economy, it’s easy to miss some of the stocks that could make intermediate-term profitable returns. One stock that has shown strong technical strength in the last couple of days is Tesla, Inc....

In early 2024, MicroStrategy (MSTR) became a meme stock favorite thanks to its close ties to Bitcoin. If you rode the hype to its peak in March, hopefully you cashed out before hedge funds began shorting it heavily and going long Bitcoin instead. How would you have known that hedge funds would begin plunging the...

In this video from StockCharts TV, Julius evaluates the completed monthly charts for August, noting the strength of defensive sectors. He then analyzes a monthly RRG and seeks alignment for the observations from the price charts. Could “sideways” be the most positive scenario for the S&P 500 these next few weeks? This video was originally...

I hope you had a relaxing, restful long weekend, and welcome to September. It was a pretty dismal post-Labor Day trading session. We all know September is the worst for stocks, but let’s hope the first day’s action doesn’t foretell how the rest of it will play out. All the broader equity indexes are down, with...