Alex Cole

Alex Cole


Alex has led technical analysis and data visualization teams for over 15 years, directing both business strategy and product development of analytics tools for investment professionals. Learn More 

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Communications Trying to Prop Up Equity "Go" Trend

Communications Trying to Prop Up Equity "Go" Trend

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. The "Go" trend in equities continued again this past week but we saw some weakness as GoNoGo trend painted a few weaker aqua bars. Treasury bond prices experienced a change in trend as a few bars of...   READ MORE 

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Equities Remain in Strong "Go" Trend as Tech Returns to Leadership

Equities Remain in Strong "Go" Trend as Tech Returns to Leadership

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. The "Go" trend in equities continued again this past week and we saw a full week of uninterrupted bright blue bars. Treasury bond prices painted "Go" bars and the week ended with strong blue bars....   READ MORE 

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Equities Remain in Strong "Go" Trend, Edging Ever Higher

Equities Remain in Strong "Go" Trend, Edging Ever Higher

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. The "Go" trend in equities continues this week and we saw an uninterrupted week of strong blue bars. Treasury bond prices have seen a return to a "Go" trend with a pale aqua bar at...   READ MORE 

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The Finances Look Good For Equity Trend

The Finances Look Good For Equity Trend

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. The "Go" trend in equities has proved to be resilient as we saw strong blue "Go" bars return this week. Treasury bond prices remained in a "NoGo" although this week we did see...   READ MORE 

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Equities Look for "Energy" in "Go" Trend

Equities Look for "Energy" in "Go" Trend

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. Equities saw the "Go" trend continue this week but we saw weaker aqua bars at the end of the week. Treasury bond prices painted strong purple "NoGo" bars as the weight of the evidence suggested...   READ MORE 

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Equity "Go" Trend Sees Surge in Strength as Financials Drive Price Higher

Equity "Go" Trend Sees Surge in Strength as Financials Drive Price Higher

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. Equities saw the "Go" trend continued this week and price gapped higher after some weaker aqua bars. We now see GoNoGo Trend painting strong blue bars at new highs. Treasury bond prices remained in a "NoGo&...   READ MORE 

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Equities Hang on to Weaker "Go" Trend as Communications Offers a Helping Hand

Equities Hang on to Weaker "Go" Trend as Communications Offers a Helping Hand

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. Equities saw the "Go" trend remain in place this week but we saw weakness with a few aqua bars. GoNoGo Trend shows that the "NoGo" trend strengthened at the end of the week in treasury...   READ MORE 

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Equities Remain in "Go" Trend as We See Rotation into Utilities

Equities Remain in "Go" Trend as We See Rotation into Utilities

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. Equities saw the "Go" trend continue this week as the indicator painted strong blue bars the entire week. Treasury bond prices saw the "NoGo" trend continue with a week of strong purple bars. U.S....   READ MORE 

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Equities Remain in "Go" Trend and Lean into Energy

Equities Remain in "Go" Trend and Lean into Energy

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. Equities saw the trend remain and as the week came to a close we saw more strong blue "Go" bars as price rallied close to prior highs. GoNoGo Trend shows that there has been a change in...   READ MORE 

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Equities Remain in Strong "Go" Trend as Communications Begin to Excel

Equities Remain in Strong "Go" Trend as Communications Begin to Excel

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. Equities saw the "Go" trend remain strong with another uninterrupted week of strong blue "Go" bars. Treasury bond prices remained in the "Go" trend as well but we saw a whole week of...   READ MORE 

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Equities Remain in Strong "Go" Trend, Powered by Financials

Equities Remain in Strong "Go" Trend, Powered by Financials

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. Equities saw the "Go" trend remain strong with an uninterrupted week of strong blue "Go" bars. Treasury bond prices remained in the "Go" trend as well but we saw weaker aqua bars as...   READ MORE 

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Equity Markets Rebound As Discretionary Out-Performs

Equity Markets Rebound As Discretionary Out-Performs

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. Equities saw the "Go" trend return after a triplet of uncertain "Go Fish" bars. We saw blue "Go" bars from Wednesday on. Treasury bond prices remained in a strong "Go" trend...   READ MORE 

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Equities Say "Go Fish"; How "Healthy" are the Markets?

Equities Say "Go Fish"; How "Healthy" are the Markets?

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. Equities flashed an uncertain "Go Fish" bar at the end of the week as the markets became even more unsettled. Treasury bond prices remained in a "Go" trend and saw that trend was strong for...   READ MORE 

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Equities Hold Firm in "Go" Trend as Industrials Play Strong Defense

Equities Hold Firm in "Go" Trend as Industrials Play Strong Defense

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. Equities consolidated their new "Go" trend this week. We see that the indicator painted mostly strong blue bars even as price moved mostly sideways. Treasury bond prices remained in a "Go" trend but painted an...   READ MORE 

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Strong Week for Equities as Defense Holds its Long Term "Go" Trend

Strong Week for Equities as Defense Holds its Long Term "Go" Trend

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. Equities continue their path out of the "NoGo" correction. This week we saw amber "Go Fish" bars over the second half of the week. GoNoGo Trend shows that the trend in treasury bond prices saw...   READ MORE 

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Financials Power Price Rally off Lows

Financials Power Price Rally off Lows

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. Equities remained in a "NoGo" trend this past week however after gapping lower on Monday, prices rallied until on Friday GoNoGo Trend painted a weaker pink bar. Treasury bond prices painted weaker aqua "Go" bars...   READ MORE 

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Stocks Get Defensive as Market Index Enters "NoGo"

Stocks Get Defensive as Market Index Enters "NoGo"

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. Equities could not hold onto "Go" colors any longer and we saw a strong purple "NoGo" bar as the trend changed on the last bar of the week. GoNoGo Trend painted strong blue "Go&...   READ MORE 

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Equities Struggle As More Sectors Try To Keep the Trend Afloat

Equities Struggle As More Sectors Try To Keep the Trend Afloat

Good morning, and welcome to this week's Flight Path. Equities had another tough week last week, and we saw an amber "Go Fish" bar for the first time since this latest "Go" trend began. Encouragingly, GoNoGo Trend painted a weak aqua "Go"...   READ MORE 

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FINANCIALS BEGIN TO OUTPERFORM AS EQUITY "GO" TREND WEAKENS

FINANCIALS BEGIN TO OUTPERFORM AS EQUITY "GO" TREND WEAKENS

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. We saw a lot of weakness this week but so far the "Go" trend has held in U.S. equities. GoNoGo Trend has reflected the weakness with a couple of aqua "Go" bars late in...   READ MORE 

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TIME TO USE YOUR DISCRETION AS SECTOR HELPS PROP UP EQUITIES?

TIME TO USE YOUR DISCRETION AS SECTOR HELPS PROP UP EQUITIES?

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. It was another strong week for U.S. equities as we saw S&P hit new highs on a week of strong blue "Go" bars. Treasury bond prices had a good weeks as well with a...   READ MORE 

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COMMUNICATIONS SECTOR JOINS TECHNOLOGY SECTOR TO HELP BUOY EQUITY MARKETS

COMMUNICATIONS SECTOR JOINS TECHNOLOGY SECTOR TO HELP BUOY EQUITY MARKETS

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. "Go" bars were the order of the week again for U.S. equities and the end of the week saw a return to strong blue bars. Treasury bond prices also were able to maintain "Go"...   READ MORE 

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TECHNOLOGY AGAIN PROVIDES ONLY SPARK FOR MARKETS

TECHNOLOGY AGAIN PROVIDES ONLY SPARK FOR MARKETS

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. We saw another strong week of blue "Go" bars for the equity index. Treasury bond prices also maintained strong blue "Go" colors for the entire week. U.S. commodities almost did the same, but the...   READ MORE 

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EQUITIES HIT ALL TIME HIGHS AGAIN WITH TECHNOLOGY IN THE DRIVING SEAT

EQUITIES HIT ALL TIME HIGHS AGAIN WITH TECHNOLOGY IN THE DRIVING SEAT

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. Equities remained very strong this week as we saw a continued string of bright blue bars and a new price high. Treasury bond prices saw a surge in strength in the second half of the week as we see...   READ MORE 

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Equities Hit New All-Time Highs as Communications Joins Leadership Party

Equities Hit New All-Time Highs as Communications Joins Leadership Party

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. Equities rebounded this week as we saw a string of strong blue "Go" bars and price hit a new higher high. Treasury bond prices returned to a "Go" trend with their own week of strong...   READ MORE 

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UTILITIES TRYING TO "POWER" UP EQUITY MARKETS

UTILITIES TRYING TO "POWER" UP EQUITY MARKETS

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. We saw continued weakness this week in U.S. equities although there was a big rebound on Friday's bar. Treasury bond prices entered a period of uncertainty as we see GoNoGo Trend paint successive amber "Go...   READ MORE 

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EQUITIES REMAIN IN "GO" TREND WITH SPARSE LEADERSHIP FROM TECH AND UTILITIES

EQUITIES REMAIN IN "GO" TREND WITH SPARSE LEADERSHIP FROM TECH AND UTILITIES

KEY TAKEAWAYS * Relative Strength * Market Trend * Narrow Breadth Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. We saw some weakness this week as price pulled back a little from all time highs. Momentum cooled, we saw this in the form of Go Countertrend Correction Icons (red arrows)...   READ MORE 

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EQUITIES HIT ALL TIME HIGHS AS TECHNOLOGY JOINS LEADERSHIP GROUPS

EQUITIES HIT ALL TIME HIGHS AS TECHNOLOGY JOINS LEADERSHIP GROUPS

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. The "Go" trend in equities is well and truly back as we saw a string of uninterrupted blue bars this week and price hit a new all time high. Treasury bond prices entered a weak "Go&...   READ MORE 

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$SPY FLAGS NEW "GO" TREND IN THE FACE OF DEFENSIVE STRENGTH

$SPY FLAGS NEW "GO" TREND IN THE FACE OF DEFENSIVE STRENGTH

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. We saw some resolution of the uncertainty in the markets this past week. Equities came out of a string of amber "Go Fish" bars to paint an aqua "Go" bar on Friday. The $SPY is...   READ MORE 

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DEFENSE TRIES TO HELP EQUITIES MOVE OFF LOWS

DEFENSE TRIES TO HELP EQUITIES MOVE OFF LOWS

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. The equity "NoGo" trend struggled this week as prices climbed from lows. We see an amber "Go Fish" bar as the market tries to understand the trend. GoNoGo Trend paints pink "NoGo" bars...   READ MORE 

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EQUITIES CLIMB OFF LOWS WITH A PUSH FROM AEROSPACE AS "NOGO" PREVAILS

EQUITIES CLIMB OFF LOWS WITH A PUSH FROM AEROSPACE AS "NOGO" PREVAILS

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. The equity "NoGo" trend continued this week even with some relief rallies as price attempted to move higher from the recent low. We see GoNoGo Trend painting weaker "NoGo" bars as the week ended. Treasury...   READ MORE 

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Equities Struggle in Strong "NoGo" as Materials try to Curb the Damage

Equities Struggle in Strong "NoGo" as Materials try to Curb the Damage

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. The equity "Go" trend is over. We saw a pink "NoGo" bar following an amber "Go Fish" bar of uncertainty and then that was followed by strong purple bars as the week continued....   READ MORE 

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Equity Markets Struggle to Hold onto "Go" trend as Industrials Try to Lead | Apr 15 2024

Equity Markets Struggle to Hold onto "Go" trend as Industrials Try to Lead | Apr 15 2024

Good morning and welcome to this week's Flight Path. The equity "Go" trend continued this week but we saw some weakness as GoNoGo Trend paints a string of weaker aqua bars to close out the week. We haven't seen a new high in a...   READ MORE 

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GNG TV: Materials, Industrials, Financials, Oh My...!

GNG TV: Materials, Industrials, Financials, Oh My...!

On this week's edition of the GoNoGo Charts show from StockCharts TV, as the S&P 500 continues the rally at all time highs, Alex and Tyler take a look at GoNoGo Trend® conditions of several areas of the market. The recent breakout in Gold has much...   READ MORE 

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GNG TV: A STRONG Week for Equities and Internet Stocks SOAR!

GNG TV: A STRONG Week for Equities and Internet Stocks SOAR!

On this week's edition of the GoNoGo Charts show from StockCharts TV, Alex takes a look at the market using the GoNoGo methodology as the S&P 500 digests the rally to all time highs. After using the GoNoGo Asset Map to look at the trends across...   READ MORE 

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GNG TV: Active vs. Passive Investing

GNG TV: Active vs. Passive Investing

As the S&P 500 digests the rally to all time highs, Alex and Tyler take a look at GoNoGo Trend® conditions of several areas of the market on this edition of the GoNoGo Charts show. Amongst US equity indices, the Nasdaq and S&P offer more constructive...   READ MORE 

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GNG TV: Nothing "CRYPTIC" About These Go Trends!

GNG TV: Nothing "CRYPTIC" About These Go Trends!

As the SEC approved spot Bitcoin ETFs Wednesday, investors in a broad basket of cryptocurrencies witnessed strengthening Go trends and substantial advances in trends which took hold in October 2023. In this edition of the GoNoGo Charts show, Alex and Tyler review current trends across asset classes and sector groups....   READ MORE 

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GNG TV: Remaining Objective About Trading Rules is CRITICAL!

GNG TV: Remaining Objective About Trading Rules is CRITICAL!

In this edition of the GoNoGo Charts show, Alex and Tyler take a look at the GoNoGo Trend® conditions of several key areas of the market. The seasonal roadmap of 2023 may be overemphasized by many market commentators, and remaining objective about trading rules is critical in times like these....   READ MORE 

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GNG TV: GO TRENDS Emerging Across the Globe!

GNG TV: GO TRENDS Emerging Across the Globe!

In this edition of the GoNoGo Charts show, as the S&P 500 continues trading at all-time highs on this final trading day of the year, Alex and Tyler take a look at GoNoGo Trend® conditions across asset classes, style boxes, and emerging markets indices. The conditions in the...   READ MORE 

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GNG TV: Buying Opportunity or Trend Reversal?

GNG TV: Buying Opportunity or Trend Reversal?

In this edition of the GoNoGo Charts show, Tyler and Alex dive into the current trends and momentum in the markets, in order to help navigate through the ever-changing landscape of stocks, bonds, commodities, and the dollar. Is the recent pullback in the S&P 500 is just a...   READ MORE 

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GNG TV: S&P 500 Breakout -- Will the Rally Continue to All-Time Highs by Year End?

GNG TV: S&P 500 Breakout -- Will the Rally Continue to All-Time Highs by Year End?

In this edition of the GoNoGo Charts show, as equities rally with speed from 4600 to 4700 this week, Alex and Tyler take a look across style boxes, cap scales, asset classes, and sectors, and review small-cap industrials that are part of the broadening leadership groups giving legs to this...   READ MORE