The month of November was been a positive one for the broader market, but it was also one that sent a number of mixed signals. The first week saw a sharp jump in the indices followed by a gap even higher to start the second week. But that gap-up day turned decidedly negative by the… Read More »
Bitcoin has been making a steady series of higher highs and higher lows since it established its March low. In the process, it has also completed the right side of an inverse head and shoulders pattern. This pattern projects a considerably higher price target. But there is another interesting technical dynamic on the weekly chart… Read More »
Last week the NASDAQ Composite broke the long term trend line that has defined the six month March/September rally. Since then it has been trading in a narrow range below that uptrend line and around its 50 day moving average. The price action since the NAZ made its recent high and the consolidation after the… Read More »
Reverse engineering a chart pattern is a simple but unique way to upgrade your scanning methodology, and it can prevent highway-like chart hypnosis.
The S&P 500 Index bounced up 20% from its Monday low to its Thursday closing high. It seemed primed for the bounce and in Tuesday’s article where we pointed out a bullish morningstar reversal pattern. But we also mentioned that a V-shaped recovery was not what many technicians wanted to see. Volatility is extreme and… Read More »
After the close on Monday I wrote about the bearish technical divergences that were present on the chart. The prior week RightView Trading was featured on the “Off the Charts” on Mad Money with Jim Cramer. In the segment we pointed out the bearish divergence between the Cap-Weighted S&P 500 Index, with a heavy concentration… Read More »
Monday’s market decline was brutal. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down over 1,000 points. The S&P 500 Index opened below its 50 day moving average and below a long term uptrend line on the daily chart. The S&P did attempt a bit of a recovery in the Monday session around 3:00 o’clock in the… Read More »
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The first that comes to mind when you think of Bitcoin ($BTC) is volatility. The digital currency has certainly seen some dramatic price swings over the last several years. But take a look at the weekly chart of Bitcoin and you notice something unexpected. While even the smaller swings in price represent large dollar moves,… Read More »
Surprisingly, over the last four months the share price of Tesla (TSLA) has outperformed the S&P 500 index by about 15%. The stock made a low in June and then quickly reversed direction climbing higher into July. A sudden downside gap reversed that upside momentum and took price back down to the $210 level. This… Read More »