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Chart of the Day: Palantir Stabilizes Above Old Highs
by David Russell | Mar 26, 2024
Palantir Technologies has advanced as investors embrace AI and non-government customers embrace its products. Is its current pullback offering an opportunity? The first pattern on today’s chart is the pair of rallies after the last two quarterly reports. Those may...
Is the Fed Almost Done? Stocks Break Out On Hopes of a Soft Landing
by David Russell | Jun 20, 2023
Stocks jumped to a 13-month high as investors hoped the Federal Reserve is almost done hiking interest rates. The S&P 500 rallied above its peak from last August, gaining 2.6 percent between Friday, June 9, and Friday, June 16. The technology-heavy Nasdaq-100...
Potential Reversal Patterns After Fed’s Hawkish Pause: Market Trends This Week
by David Russell | Jun 15, 2023
Downloads are available here. MACD cross days available here. Register for Market Trends here. Sizing Up the S&P 500 Bearish outside day and doji candlestick Potentially overbought, according to Keltner Pullback custom indicator S&P 500 rose for 5...
Suddenly Lots of Stocks Are Hitting New Highs
by David Russell | Jun 14, 2023
More stocks are showing signs of a breakout as the Federal Reserve meets and the S&P 500 jumps above last summer's peak. Forty-three members of the S&P 500 made new 52-week highs on Tuesday, according to TradeStation data. It was the highest total since April...
Technical Analysis: Don’t Forget About Alphabet
by David Russell | Jun 13, 2023
Alphabet has been on the sidelines since a big rally in May. Is it time for traders to think about more upside? The first pattern on today’s chart is last August’s peak around $122.43. GOOGL chopped on either side of the level for three weeks but has mostly stayed...
Stocks Approach August Highs Amid Talk of a New Bull Market
by David Russell | Jun 12, 2023
Talk of a new bull market is buzzing on Wall Street with the Federal Reserve expected to stop raising interest rates. The S&P 500 rose 0.4 percent between Friday, June 2, and Friday, June 9. It was the fourth straight positive week, the index's longest winning...
Buyers Rotate to Cyclicals as Tech Cools Before Fed: Market Trends This Week
by David Russell | Jun 8, 2023
Downloads are available here. MACD cross days available here. Register for Market Trends here. Sizing Up the S&P 500 VIX nears February 2020 low Advance/Decline Line rises as breadth catches up S&P 500 potentially overbought above Keltner Channel CME...
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Growth Comeback? Nasdaq Surged Last Week Amid Banking Scares
by David Russell | Mar 20, 2023
Stocks face a confusing mix of positives and negatives, but the biggest story could be an unexpected surge in the Nasdaq-100. The technology-heavy index rallied 5.8 percent between Friday, March 10, and Friday March 17. In absolute terms, it was the biggest weekly...

Earnings Season Begins on a Strong Note, Thanks to Snap and Chipotle
by David Russell | Jul 23, 2021
Earnings season is off to a bullish start as companies like Snap, Chipotle Mexican Grill and Coca-Cola blitz past estimates. That variety of companies -- social media, casual dining and hospitals -- highlights the breadth of the stock market's earning power. It shows...

Call Buyers Target Square as Jack Dorsey Talks Crypto with Elon Musk
by David Russell | Jul 22, 2021
Yesterday was big for cryptocurrencies as Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey spoke publicly about Bitcoin. The event also triggered a wave of bullish options activity in Dorsey's payments company, Square. Most of the volume focused on the short-term 23-July 255 calls. Buyers...

A Certain Chart Pattern Keeps Popping Up as Smaller Tech Stocks Come to Life
by David Russell | Jul 21, 2021
Last year saw dramatic rallies in smaller technology stocks like Nio and Snap. This month, several of those same companies have the same potentially bullish chart pattern. The table below lists companies whose 50-day moving averages recently crossed above their...

Jerome Powell Stays Dovish: What It Means for Your Money
by David Russell | Jul 15, 2021
The Federal Reserve emphasized its commitment to low interest rates yesterday, a move with potentially big implications for investors. "There is still a long way to go," before hiking rates, Fed Chair Jerome Powell told lawmakers in testimony. He added that...