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Three Key Macro Charts I’m Watching on Vacation

Three Key Macro Charts I’m Watching on Vacation

Here are the key levels to watch in the S&P 500 as well as META, MSFT, and AAPL. As long as the index and stocks hold above key support levels, the uptrend in stocks is in good shape. ...   READ MORE 

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Friday Chart Fix: 2024 vs. 2025, Commodities with a Dash of Crypto, Moment of Truth for IWM, The Tesla Squeeze

Friday Chart Fix: 2024 vs. 2025, Commodities with a Dash of Crypto, Moment of Truth for IWM, The Tesla Squeeze

Here's a deep dive into the differences between the 2024 bull market and 2025 bull run, small-cap performance, the price action in Bitcoin and gold, and the Bollinger Band squeeze in Tesla's stock price....   READ MORE 

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Short-term rally in Apple stock could be start of bigger move

Apple's Strongest 2-Day ROC Since April: Breakout or Bull Trap?

Apple (AAPL) jumps on tariff relief headlines. See the ROC thrust, 200-day moving average test, gap levels at $213/$203, and targets to $237-$250....   READ MORE 

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Smart Investors are Watching These Chart Signals: Here's Why

Smart Investors are Watching These Chart Signals: Here's Why

Discover what Bollinger Bands and RSI are signaling for the S&P 500. Learn how low volatility and key momentum indicators could point to the next market breakout....   READ MORE 

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How We Beat the S&P 500 by 20% This Quarter!

How We Beat the S&P 500 by 20% This Quarter!

Tom breaks down how his model portfolios have consistently outperformed the S&P 500 — including a 24.5% return for the aggressive portfolio over the past quarter, against the S&P 500’s 5%. He covers market signals following the Fed’s recent rate decision, explains why Wall...   READ MORE 

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Up stocks, down stocks, sideways stocks.

The Good, the Bad, and the Sideways

As U.S. equity indexes hit new highs, not all stocks are keeping pace. Explore these three stocks that are at key technical junctures with charts that highlight trend shifts, risk levels, and actionable signals....   READ MORE 

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Top 10 Charts to Watch August 2025!

Top 10 Charts to Watch August 2025!

Join Grayson Roze as he reveals his top 10 stock charts to watch this month including SFM, BSX, AFRM and SYF. From breakout strategies to moving average setups, he walks through technical analysis techniques using relative strength, momentum, and trend-following indicators. Viewers will also gain insight into key market trends...   READ MORE 

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Top 10 Stock Charts for August 2025 You Need to Watch Now

Top 10 Stock Charts for August 2025 You Need to Watch Now

Join Dave as he shares ten actionable stock charts for August 2025 that he’s watching closely. From breakout setups to key reversals, David highlights tickers like Tesla, Meta, Caterpillar, Motorola, and Newmont Mining that show compelling technical patterns. He also walks through how to manage the full trading process...   READ MORE 

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Markets Drop! But These Stocks Are Still Leading

Markets Drop! But These Stocks Are Still Leading

Mary Ellen McGonagle breaks down this week’s market volatility and what it means for investors. She explains how inflation and employment data triggered technical breakdowns in key indexes, and discusses why volatility, relative strength, and leadership stocks (including MPWR, TER, and Cadence Design) should remain on your radar. Mary...   READ MORE 

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Last Week’s Market Action Showed Signs of Exhaustion, Especially In This One Key Stock

Last Week’s Market Action Showed Signs of Exhaustion, Especially In This One Key Stock

Explore how recent bearish weekly patterns in the S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Microsoft could signal an intermediate-term trend reversal. Learn why confirmation is key in technical analysis....   READ MORE 

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Warning Signs in the Charts: How to Survive a Late-Summer Shakeout

Warning Signs in the Charts: How to Survive a Late-Summer Shakeout

The stock market rally may be hitting a wall as volatility spikes and bearish signals emerge. Discover key technical warnings, seasonal trends, and how traders and investors should prepare for a choppy August–September....   READ MORE 

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Week Ahead: Nifty Tests Key Support Levels—May Weaken If Levels Violated

Week Ahead: Nifty Tests Key Support Levels—May Weaken If Levels Violated

The Nifty closed the week lower, trading within a narrow range. Volatility also rose. Monitor short-term support levels as we head into next week. Discover which sectors are leading and which are lagging....   READ MORE 

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Thursday's Stock Market Dive: Noise or a Warning? Let the Charts Decide

Thursday's Stock Market Dive: Noise or a Warning? Let the Charts Decide

Was Thursday's market dip a warning sign or just noise? Explore market trends, sentiment, and sector rotation, and learn how the StockCharts Market Summary page can help you stay one step ahead....   READ MORE 

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Meta, Microsoft Blow Past Earnings — Are These Stock Next?

Meta, Microsoft Blow Past Earnings — Are These Stock Next?

Tom recaps a pivotal week for the markets, as the Fed holds rates steady despite signs of softening economic growth. Tom breaks down the rare dissent among Fed governors, the market’s sharp reaction during Jerome Powell’s press conference, and the technical fallout across major indexes, especially small caps...   READ MORE 

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3 Types of Breakouts To Upgrade Your Portfolio

3 Types of Breakouts To Upgrade Your Portfolio

Use this StockCharts scan to identify three categories of stocks and ETFs that are making new three-month highs....   READ MORE 

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Avoid This Common RSI Mistake (And What to Do Instead)

Avoid This Common RSI Mistake (And What to Do Instead)

Master RSI strategies with Joe! Follow along as Joe shares his refined method using dual timeframes and a two-RSI approach; see how he uses RSI-20 as a trend filter and RSI-5 as an entry signal to avoid common mistakes and enhance trading precision. Joe breaks down real chart examples on...   READ MORE 

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Catch Big Moves Early With This Breakout Scan!

Catch Big Moves Early With This Breakout Scan!

Follow along as Dave shares the one stock scan he runs every week to uncover potential breakout candidates. He explains the three types of chart setups that frequently appear, each with their own trading implications, and walks through how he structures trades according to type. He also illustrates how to...   READ MORE 

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Is It Time to Take Another Look at China?

Is It Time to Take Another Look at China?

Here's an analysis of the recent bullish developments in the Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index and liquid Chinese ETFs. ...   READ MORE 

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Hook the stock market's key trends on StockCharts before you head out fishing for the summer.

Before You Cast Away, Hook the Market's Key Trends on StockCharts

Check these must-see StockCharts signals before you cast off for the summer and see whether August's market currents say "stay the course" or "make adjustments."...   READ MORE 

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These Breakout Stocks Are Leading the Market Right Now

These Breakout Stocks Are Leading the Market Right Now

Markets hit another all-time high as rotation accelerates into biotech, software, and alt-energy names. Follow along as Mary Ellen breaks down the top-performing sectors and ETFs, including key breakouts in Bloom Energy, DoorDash, and Deckers. She also highlights meme stocks' action, examines what international leadership in countries like Spain...   READ MORE 

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Is the Charging Bull Getting Tired?

Is the Charging Bull Getting Tired?

Optimism surrounds the stock market indexes with lofty price targets. Could the fulfillment of Point & Figure targets mean the end of a bull market? Find out here. ...   READ MORE 

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The Week Ahead: NIFTY Will Have a Lot Of Reactions To Offer; Stares At Important Supports

The Week Ahead: NIFTY Will Have a Lot Of Reactions To Offer; Stares At Important Supports

Nifty ended the week slightly lower after trading within a narrow range. With key levels in focus and technical indicators showing mixed signals, markets may remain sideways for a while....   READ MORE 

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Using Relative Rotation Graphs to Visualize Sector Rotation

Using Relative Rotation Graphs to Visualize Sector Rotation

Relative Rotation Graphs or RRGs will help investors to keep an eye on relative trends that unfold within a universe. Among other things this will help to visualize sector rotation...   READ MORE 

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Chart Mania - 23 ATR Move in QQQ - Metals Lead 2025 - XLV Oversold - XLU Breakout - ITB Moment of Truth

Chart Mania - 23 ATR Move in QQQ - Metals Lead 2025 - XLV Oversold - XLU Breakout - ITB Moment of Truth

Tech stocks are heating up, utilities break out, metals lead, and homebuilders hit a moment of truth....   READ MORE 

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S&P 500 Breaking Out Again: What This Means for Your Portfolio

S&P 500 Breaking Out Again: What This Means for Your Portfolio

The S&P 500 ($SPX) just logged its fifth straight trading box breakout, which means that, of the five trading ranges the index has experienced since the April lows, all have been resolved to the upside. How much longer can this last? That's been the biggest question...   READ MORE 

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Momentum Leaders Are Rotating — Here's How to Find Them

Momentum Leaders Are Rotating — Here's How to Find Them

Is the market's next surge already underway? Find out with Tom Bowley's breakdown of where the money is flowing now and how you can get in front of it. In this video, Tom covers key moves in the major indexes, revealing strength in transports, small caps,...   READ MORE 

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Emerging Markets May Be on the Cusp of a Major Breakout

Emerging Markets May Be on the Cusp of a Major Breakout

Emerging markets, in the form of the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM), have been underperforming the DJ World Index since 2010 -- but that may be about to change. After all, Chart 1 shows that the RS line has crossed above a three-year down trendline and experienced a long-term...   READ MORE 

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A Wild Ride For the History Books: 2025 Mid-Year Recap

A Wild Ride For the History Books: 2025 Mid-Year Recap

Markets don't usually hit record highs, then risk falling into bearish territory, and spring back to new highs within six months. But that's what happened in 2025. In this special mid-year recap, Grayson Roze sits down with David Keller, CMT, to show how disciplined routines, price-based...   READ MORE 

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Tech Taps the Brakes, Homebuilders Hit the Gas: See the Rotation on StockCharts Today

Tech Taps the Brakes, Homebuilders Hit the Gas: See the Rotation on StockCharts Today

Technology stocks cool before earnings, but the Nasdaq holds above a key moving average. See rotation, support, and key charts on StockCharts to stay ready....   READ MORE 

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The Best Five Sectors, #28

The Best Five Sectors, #28

The Technology sector continues to dominate, while Industrials are rotating out of the leading quadrant....   READ MORE 

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Week Ahead: NIFTY Violates Short-Term Supports; Still Tentatively Devoid of Any Major Triggers

Week Ahead: NIFTY Violates Short-Term Supports; Still Tentatively Devoid of Any Major Triggers

The Nifty traded in a broadly sideways and range-bound manner throughout the week, ending it with a modest decline. The Index oscillated within a narrow 276-point range, between 25144.60 on the higher end and 24918.65 on the lower end, before settling mildly lower. The India VIX declined by...   READ MORE 

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The Real Drivers of This Market: AI, Semis & Robotics

The Real Drivers of This Market: AI, Semis & Robotics

In this video, Mary Ellen spotlights the areas driving market momentum following Taiwan Semiconductor's record-breaking earnings report. She analyzes continued strength in semiconductors, utilities, industrials, and AI-driven sectors, plus highlights new leadership in robotics and innovation-focused ETFs like ARK. From there, Mary Ellen breaks down weakness in health...   READ MORE 

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July Strength, Late-Summer Caution: 3 Charts to Watch

July Strength, Late-Summer Caution: 3 Charts to Watch

July seasonality is lifting the S&P 500 as breadth and bullish sentiment hold up. Discover which charts to watch before the choppier August to October stretch. ...   READ MORE 

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This Market Sector is Starting to Emerge as a Leader; Can it Complete the Job?

This Market Sector is Starting to Emerge as a Leader; Can it Complete the Job?

Many years ago, I developed a couple of indexes that were designed to give me a sense of whether industry groups benefiting from inflationary conditions were outperforming those who performed better under deflationary ones. It was my way of recognizing the fact that, in a broad sense, the business cycle...   READ MORE 

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These HOT Industry Groups are Fueling This Secular Bull Market

These HOT Industry Groups are Fueling This Secular Bull Market

Join Tom as he covers key inflation data, earnings season highlights, and sector rotation trends. He breaks down recent price action in major indexes like the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, with a close look at the 20-day moving average as a support gauge. Tom spotlights standout industry groups...   READ MORE 

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30 Dow Stocks in 20 Minutes: Joe Rabil's Mid-Year Technical Check

30 Dow Stocks in 20 Minutes: Joe Rabil's Mid-Year Technical Check

This week, Joe analyzes all 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks in a rapid-fire format, offering key technical takeaways and highlighting potential setups in the process. Using his multi-timeframe momentum and trend approach, Joe shows how institutional investors assess relative strength, chart structure, ADX signals, and support zones. From Boeing&...   READ MORE 

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Four Symbols, One Big Message: What the Charts are Telling Us

Four Symbols, One Big Message: What the Charts are Telling Us

From the S&P 500's pause within a bullish trend, to critical support levels in semiconductors, plus bullish breakouts in Ethereum and Bitcoin, Frank highlights how the market's recent consolidation may lead to major upside. In this video, Frank explores how to use StockCharts to...   READ MORE 

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Bitcoin Breaks to an All-Time High; Should We Uncork the Champagne?

Bitcoin Breaks to an All-Time High; Should We Uncork the Champagne?

Bitcoin broke out to a new all-time high last week, so it seemed to me that it would be a good time to come out with a bullish article. After all, Chart 1 shows that a solid breakout came from a one-year reverse head-and-shoulders pattern, which was also accompanied by...   READ MORE 

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From Hammer to Harami: Using StockCharts to Crack the Candlestick Code

From Hammer to Harami: Using StockCharts to Crack the Candlestick Code

Join Dave as he reviews three common candle patterns traders can use to identify potential turning points. From bullish engulfing patterns to evening star patterns, Dave gives insights on how to leverage these powerful candle signals to anticipate market shifts. He also shows combining candle patterns with conventional technical analysis...   READ MORE 

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The Best Five Sectors, #27

The Best Five Sectors, #27

KEY TAKEAWAYS * Materials sector climbs to #5 in rankings, displacing Utilities * Technology maintains leadership, but Communication Services and Financials show weakness * Daily RRG reveals potential for Materials, caution needed for Comm Services and Financials * Portfolio drawdown continues, currently 8% behind S&P 500 YTD After a relatively quiet week...   READ MORE