A double top is an bearish technical reversal pattern that forms after an asset reaches a high price two consecutive times with a moderate decline between the two highs. Often, an asset’s price will experience a peak, before retracing back to a level of support. It usually climbs before reversing back and regressing to mean … Read more
Timing TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Major Indices Week of April 28, 2023 Stocks traded in a volatile outside week up last week with all the major indices ending higher for the week. Friday’s rally trade was also the end of the month of April and it was the best monthly performance for stocks since January of this … Read more
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Major Indices Week of April 21, 2023 Stocks ended the trading week flat in extremely tight weekly ranges with all the major indices ending slightly lower on the week with the Dow down -0.22%, the S&P down -0.10 and the Nasdaq down -0.42. Now, with critical timing for stocks running through Monday’s trade, … Read more
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Stocks traded higher all week to stage a big recovery week as the first quarter came to an end. US bank stocks recovered as well with an advance of +4.57% with the Dow up +3.22%, the S&P500 up +3.48% and the Nasdaq up +3.37%. The action moves sentiment out of the fear side … Read more
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS The DJIA staged a brutal outside week down and closed on the bottom of the weeks range, down -4.44%. Prices decidedly cleared the December lows and met a longer-term wave count objective at 32192/32170…settling below that level on the daily/weekly. The hourly chart is extremely oversold with the close on Friday and the … Read more
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS The DJIA staged an upside reversal week and settled in the top of the weekly range, up +1.75% on the week. The market tested the last major wave lows on the daily, set back in December, before reversing with a strong performance to finish out the week on Friday. The hourly has reached … Read more
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS The DJIA opened lower, in a shortened trading week, and never looked back…with prices plunging -2.98% and ending on the bottom of the week’s range at the lowest weekly close since the end of October 2022. On the daily chart, the close is the lowest since December 20, 2022. Overall, the market is … Read more
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS The DJIA traded a narrow, inside week and settled slightly lower…closing down -0.17% toward the middle of the week’s range. The action does little to the charts as the Dow has basically been stuck in a trading range since the wide range of December 22, 2022. Sentiment remains neutral with a slight bias … Read more
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS The DJIA traded a whipsaw week and closed down -0.15% as the blue chips once again lagged the S&P, Nasdaq and Russell…which closed up +1.62, +3.31 and +3.88 respectively. Sentiment remains slightly neutral while momentum indicators have turned toward ‘greed’ with the 52-week high/low reaching an extremely frothy +2.90 on last Friday’s close. … Read more
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS The DJIA traded an inside week and settled in the upper end of the weekly range, closing out the week with an advance of +1.8%. The Dow continued to lag the S&P, Nasdaq and Russell which had stronger intraweek performances. Sentiment is leaning toward greed again and the 52-week new highs/lows closed at … Read more