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ChartPacks: The Quick and Easy Way to UNLEASH THE POWER of Your StockCharts Account

ChartPacks: The Quick and Easy Way to UNLEASH THE POWER of Your StockCharts Account

On this week's edition of StockCharts TV'sStockCharts in Focus, Grayson talks all about ChartPacks -- the QUICKEST and EASIEST way to enhance your StockCharts account (old or new) in just one click! ChartPacks are pre-created collections of ChartLists that you can install right into your account;...   READ MORE 

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Beware of Shorts in EXTREME Cycle Lows For The Market

Beware of Shorts in EXTREME Cycle Lows For The Market

The internals have all cycled to extreme low areas, which tells TG that being short would be risky -- just like being super long at the end of July was also risky. The pendulum has swung to the lows, and now, in this week's edition of Moxie Indicator...   READ MORE 

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Is it Possible for the S&P 500 to Hold the 4300 Level?

Is it Possible for the S&P 500 to Hold the 4300 Level?

In this edition of StockCharts TV'sThe Final Bar, Samantha LaDuc of LaDuc Capital breaks down the implications of higher interest rates and why semiconductors remain a crucial space to watch. Host David Keller, CMT tracks the recent rally in Bitcoin and identifies two key names testing moving average...   READ MORE 

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What to Do When The MACD Is Broken

What to Do When The MACD Is Broken

On this week's edition of Stock Talk with Joe Rabil, Joe explains how the creator of the MACD, Gerald Appel, used this indicator as an overbought/oversold oscillator. He shows how using the SPY on the daily chart as an example. He then explains what to do when...   READ MORE 

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Looking at Recent Market PULLBACK in a Long-Term Context & More!

Looking at Recent Market PULLBACK in a Long-Term Context & More!

In this edition of StockCharts TV'sThe Final Bar, Joe Rabil of Rabil Stock Research walks through his monthly, weekly, and daily S&P 500 charts to put the recent market pullback into proper long-term context. Host David Keller, CMT digs into breadth indicators that have turned quite...   READ MORE 

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Riding Out the Storm in Less-Than-Ideal Conditions

Riding Out the Storm in Less-Than-Ideal Conditions

In this week's edition of Trading Simplified, Dave shows his methodology in action by sticking with the original plan with his portfolio vs. giving up due to less-than-ideal conditions. He then resumes his series on the wisdom of Jesse Livermore. This week, Dave discusses that there is a...   READ MORE 

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SharpCharts vs. ACP - Comparing & Contrasting Your Charting Platform Choices

SharpCharts vs. ACP - Comparing & Contrasting Your Charting Platform Choices

On this week's edition of StockCharts TV'sStockCharts in Focus, Grayson explores the two primary charting platforms on StockCharts - SharpCharts and ACP - to highlight the strengths of each, compare and contrast the two and share his thoughts on when and why you may want to...   READ MORE 

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Nvidia Stock: Why It's Screaming a Spectacular Buy Signal

Nvidia Stock: Why It's Screaming a Spectacular Buy Signal

KEY TAKEAWAYS * NVDA stock is holding on to the support of its 100-day moving average * NVDA has maintained a high StockCharts Technical Rank (SCTR) since early 2023 * NVDA's relative strength with respect to the S&P 500 is approaching 200% Nvidia's stock has maintained a...   READ MORE 

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Market Begs: Tell Us Something Good!

Market Begs: Tell Us Something Good!

We compiled a list of the 10 biggest uncertainties in the stock market right now. In no particular order: 1. China-trade wars and chip wars 2. Oil and food inflation 3. Strikes 4. Government shutdown 5. Corporate and individual bankruptcies on the rise 6. Commercial real estate and banking 7....   READ MORE 

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Week Ahead: NIFTY Forms A Potential Top; Low VIX Continues To Stay A Concern

Week Ahead: NIFTY Forms A Potential Top; Low VIX Continues To Stay A Concern

In the previous technical note, it was mentioned that the markets are prone to some consolidation and corrective retracements due to the technical setup on the charts. It was also mentioned that the precariously low levels of volatility need to be watched, and this also can keep the markets vulnerable...   READ MORE 

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GNG TV: "Go" Trends in Rates & Dollar Causing Problems for Equity

GNG TV: "Go" Trends in Rates & Dollar Causing Problems for Equity

In this edition of the GoNoGo Charts show, with rates gapping higher and breaking above resistance, Alex and Tyler walk through the macro charts that can have an impact on markets. After discussing rates, they look at the dollar, which also is in a strong "Go" trend. This...   READ MORE 

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It's Time to Get Long

It's Time to Get Long

As a follower of my "Focus on Stocks" blog, you know we had a signal to sell on the opening Sunday night (10th day left). That was forecast last month... now I think it's time to start to get long. Where? At the August lows. When?...   READ MORE 

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Fed Keeps Hands Off Rates, Leaves DOOR OPEN for More Hikes!

Fed Keeps Hands Off Rates, Leaves DOOR OPEN for More Hikes!

In this edition of StockCharts TV'sThe Final Bar, Danielle Shay of Simpler Trading joins Dave to discuss what's the technical take on the FAANG stocks after today's Fed announcement going into earnings season? Powell and Co. leave rates unchanged, leave the door open for...   READ MORE 

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Jesse Livermore on Mistakes & Rising From the Ashes

Jesse Livermore on Mistakes & Rising From the Ashes

In this week's edition of Trading Simplified, Dave continues his series on Jesse Livermore. In spite of Livermore's greatness, he made a lot of mistakes, and these mistakes often resulted in him blowing up. In this episode, Dave discusses how Livermore let extraneous influences force him...   READ MORE 

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Timing the Market With the WillTrend Indicator

Timing the Market With the WillTrend Indicator

KEY TAKEAWAYS * The WillTrend indicator helps identify stock trends and optimal entry and exit points * The WillTrend indicator provides clear signals in weekly and daily charts that help determine actionable trading scenarios * It's important to take each signal within the context of the stock's current technical...   READ MORE 

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When to BUY, When to SELL, and When to SIT On Your Hands

When to BUY, When to SELL, and When to SIT On Your Hands

In this edition of StockCharts TV'sThe Final Bar, guest Dave Landry of DaveLandry.com shares his own approach to what he calls the "Three Whens"- when to buy, when to sell, and when to sit on your hands! Meanwhile, host Dave Keller reviews charts of...   READ MORE 

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Analyzing Risks for Mega-Cap Growth Stocks Before Key FED Meeting

Analyzing Risks for Mega-Cap Growth Stocks Before Key FED Meeting

In this edition of StockCharts TV'sThe Final Bar, Dave conducts a deep dive into current market breadth indicators, including advance-decline data, the McClellan Oscillator, and the Bullish Percent Index. He reviews key support and resistance levels for AAPL, TSLA, NVDA, and other growth stocks as the market waits...   READ MORE 

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Quick Access to Your Chart Templates, The Secret Sauce That Makes ACP Fly

Quick Access to Your Chart Templates, The Secret Sauce That Makes ACP Fly

On this week's edition of StockCharts TV'sStockCharts in Focus, Grayson demonstrates the importance of Chart Templates in StockCharts' ACP platform, then pulls back the covers on a new "quick access" feature that just launched in the platform. StockCharts users can now access any...   READ MORE 

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Sector Spotlight: The Current State of ARGoN -- Applying the Concept to 30 DOW Stocks

Sector Spotlight: The Current State of ARGoN -- Applying the Concept to 30 DOW Stocks

In this episode of StockCharts TV's Sector Spotlight, I continue my chat with Ralph Acampora in the StockCharts.com studio. After recording our previous video (see here!), I put Ralph on the spot, and together we flip through the 30 Dow stocks, calling the current price and relative...   READ MORE 

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MEM TV: Best Ways for You to Hedge Tech Weakness

MEM TV: Best Ways for You to Hedge Tech Weakness

In this episode of StockCharts TV'sThe MEM Edge, Mary Ellen McGonagle shares her outlook for the markets heading into next week's interest rate decision by the Federal Reserve. She also reviews why Technology was the weakest sector and what it means for the group. She then...   READ MORE 

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Sector Spotlight: The Story of ARGoN (Acampora's Relative Grid of Nine)

Sector Spotlight: The Story of ARGoN (Acampora's Relative Grid of Nine)

In this episode of StockCharts TV's Sector Spotlight, I chat with guest Ralph Acampora in the StockCharts.com studio in Redmond, WA. We discuss the birth of ARGoN, a special way of looking at markets from both a price and a relative perspective. Once upon a time, Ralph...   READ MORE 

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Three ETFs Suggest Further Downside

Three ETFs Suggest Further Downside

This past week had all the potential to see a revival of the great bull market of 2023. The September inflation data, Apple's latest product announcements, and Arm's IPO all seemed had the possibility to reignite the fire of bullishness for investors. By Friday's...   READ MORE 

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Deep Dive Into Stop Losses, Volatility Hacks, and Bullish Rotation

Deep Dive Into Stop Losses, Volatility Hacks, and Bullish Rotation

In this edition of StockCharts TV'sThe Final Bar, Dave drops a special all-mailbag episode, including viewer questions on using Average True Range for stop losses, stocks vs. bonds, India's test of all-time highs, and best practices for price volatility. This video originally premiered on September 15,...   READ MORE 

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Using the Chikou Span to Identify Early Trading Signals

Using the Chikou Span to Identify Early Trading Signals

KEY TAKEAWAYS * Like a swiss army knife, the Ichimoku Kinko Hyo is a multi-purpose indicator that can be used to shape your trading setups and decisions * The Chikou Span, with its 26-day look-back, can be used to confirm market sentiment and identify potential trend reversals * Even as a retroactive feature,...   READ MORE 

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Timeless Lessons from the Godfather of Technical Analysis

Timeless Lessons from the Godfather of Technical Analysis

In this edition of StockCharts TV'sThe Final Bar, Dave sits down with Ralph Acampora, CMT, co-founder of the CMT Association, for a memorable conversation on all things technical analysis. They review lessons learned from the October 2022 market low, words of wisdom for traders new to technical analysis,...   READ MORE 

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Bonds: Don't Forget the Long-Term Trend

Bonds: Don't Forget the Long-Term Trend

Many of the forecasts I hear regarding bonds seem to be based upon what bonds have done for most of the last 40 years, without acknowledging what has happened more recently. The chart below shows that 30-Year T-Bonds were in a rising trend from the 1982 low, but, in early...   READ MORE 

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Fresh Look at Long Bonds

Fresh Look at Long Bonds

I doubt any of our readers are too surprised by the CPI reading coming in a bit hotter than expected. The bulk of it was in energy costs. Food costs were, mixed with bread and meat, up, while eggs and milk were down. Services inflation was up slightly, while shelter...   READ MORE 

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Finding and Trading Instrument Bottoms

Finding and Trading Instrument Bottoms

In June, we wrote about the bottom in oil and cannabis through USO and MSOS (ETFs) respectively. In July, we wrote about the potential top in NASDAQ and SPY. In August, we wrote about the importance of the retail sector; XRT is below the July calendar range and a major...   READ MORE 

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The Bull Case for Commodities

The Bull Case for Commodities

In this edition of StockCharts TV'sThe Final Bar, David Cox, CFA CMT of Raymond James reviews underperformance for defensive sectors like Utilities and describes why commodities should be an area of focus for investors. Host David Keller, CMT reviews today's drop in ORCL and AAPL as...   READ MORE 

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Don't Even Think About Investing Without Addressing These 10 Essentials (Part 1: Essentials #1 - #5)

Don't Even Think About Investing Without Addressing These 10 Essentials (Part 1: Essentials #1 - #5)

We investors are frequently guilty of hearing only what we want to hear. The justification often being "that doesn't apply to me." Or my other favorite line, "Oh, I don't do that." In my previous blog — a tribute to William J. O&...   READ MORE 

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Larry's LIVE "Family Gathering" Webinar Airs THIS WEEK - Thursday, September 14th at 3:00pm EDT!

Larry's LIVE "Family Gathering" Webinar Airs THIS WEEK - Thursday, September 14th at 3:00pm EDT!

Larry is going LIVE! Don't miss the upcoming "Family Gathering" webinar with Larry Williams, airing live through Zoom this Thursday, September 14th at 3:00pm EDT. In this must-see event, Larry will be presenting his current opinions on a broad variety of current market topics, directly...   READ MORE 

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DP Trading Room: Can Tech's Bullish Bias Hold?

DP Trading Room: Can Tech's Bullish Bias Hold?

In this week's edition of The DecisionPoint Trading Room, Carl reviews the markets and shares the new DecisionPoint BIAS assessment list. Erin concentrates on Technology (XLK) and Utilities (XLU). Technology is only sector holding a bullish bias in the intermediate and long terms, will that hold up? Utilities...   READ MORE 

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When Facing a Market Pullback, RUN THESE SCANS!

When Facing a Market Pullback, RUN THESE SCANS!

In this edition of StockCharts TV'sThe Final Bar, Dave recaps a big up day for TSLA and bearish engulfing pattern for energy stocks. He answers viewer questions on growth stocks during rising rate environment and shares two scans to identify potential opportunities during corrective periods. This video originally...   READ MORE 

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Called It! The Drop in AAPL Before the Bell

Called It! The Drop in AAPL Before the Bell

On this week's edition of Moxie Indicator Minutes, TG presents a perfect example of what it is like being in the Moxie trading room, and the benefits the subscribers get from my trading methodology. TG was able to point out that AAPL was most likely going to pullback,...   READ MORE 

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StyleButtons: The Key to an Optimized Charting Process! Here's How I Use ‘Em

StyleButtons: The Key to an Optimized Charting Process! Here's How I Use ‘Em

On this week's edition of StockCharts TV'sStockCharts in Focus, Grayson shares one of the simplest yet most effective ways to streamline and enhance your charting routines on the SharpCharts workbench: StyleButtons. By assigning your favorite "ChartStyles" (chart templates that include all of the indicators,...   READ MORE 

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MEM TV: Major Tech Group Turns Negative

MEM TV: Major Tech Group Turns Negative

In this episode of StockCharts TV'sThe MEM Edge, Mary Ellen McGonagle reviews the weakness in the broader markets while highlighting bright spots amid base breakouts. She also shares best ways to prepare your watch list and why the Dow Industrial Index outperformed. This video originally premiered September 8,...   READ MORE 

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Which is More Likely -- SPX Over 4600 or Below 4200?

Which is More Likely -- SPX Over 4600 or Below 4200?

KEY TAKEAWAYS * Top investors use probabilistic analysis to think through different scenarios to determine which appears the most likely. * By thinking through each of four potential future paths for the S&P 500, we can be better prepared for whichever scenario actually plays out in the coming weeks. We...   READ MORE 

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BONDS & CASH - But Can We Find Better Income Alternatives?

BONDS & CASH - But Can We Find Better Income Alternatives?

In this edition of StockCharts TV'sThe Final Bar, Dave wraps the week with a focus on weakening breadth conditions, the Russell 2000 and underperformance of small caps, and strong energy stocks driven by stronger crude oil prices. He answers viewer questions on using ETFs instead of bonds or...   READ MORE 

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Can the Windowmaker Natural Gas Resuscitate?

Can the Windowmaker Natural Gas Resuscitate?

Probably the worst or at least one of the worst performers in the overall market and in the commodities market, natural gas is choppy and lifeless. So why write about it? For starters, we love an underdog. Perhaps a bit too contrarian, as the reasons for the decline in natural...   READ MORE 

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Optimizing Your Stock Selection With the Williams True Seasonal Indicator

Optimizing Your Stock Selection With the Williams True Seasonal Indicator

KEY TAKEAWAYS * The Williams True Seasonal is a unique tool that detects stocks via seasonality patterns * The Williams True Seasonal indicator differs from other seasonality indicators in that it provides greater accuracy by tweaking the way it uses data * The main benefit in using the Williams True Seasonal indicator is...   READ MORE