“The economy is not sending any signals that we need to be in a hurry to lower rates.” These words from Chairman Powell impacted the stock market much more than this week’s inflation data. The stock market started selling off on Thursday afternoon and continued to do so Friday, with the broader stock market indexes closing lower. The Dow Jones ...

In this StockCharts TV video, Mary Ellen reveals what took place last week and how the markets closed. She also revealed what drove price action, and what to be on the lookout for next week. In addition, she shares several stocks that broke out of powerful bases on bullish news. This video originally premiered November 15, 2024. You can watch it ...

There’s no denying the strength that the mega cap growth names have exerted on the equity markets in 2024.  With their outsized weight in the major equity averages, and their strong performance into November 2024, the Magnificent 7 stocks in many ways reflect the investor optimism that has been much of the story of this bull market. But with these ...

(This is an excerpt from the subscriber-only DP Weekly Wrap for Friday) Friday, the Biotechnology ETF (IBB) 20-day EMA crossed down through the 50-day EMA (Dark Cross), above the 200-day EMA, generating an IT Trend Model NEUTRAL Signal. IBB recently switched to a BUY Signal on Friday November 8 and we said at the time, “IBB is approaching the top ...

As the cybersecurity landscape continues to evolve with increasing digital threats, Zscaler, Inc. (ZS) stands out as a new opportunity after lagging for most of 2024. Recent chart setups in Zscaler stock suggest ZS may be gearing up for a significant bullish trend. In this analysis, we will break down the bullish signals and Zscaler’s financials, and then outline an ...

The Indian benchmark Nifty 50 extended its corrective decline. Over the past four sessions of a truncated week, the Nifty 50 index remained largely under selling pressure. Throughout the past week, the markets continued with their process of mean-reversion. The volatility, though, did not show any major surge. The volatility gauge, IndiaVIX rose by a modest 2.11% to 14.77. The ...

With cryptocurrencies evolving from speculative assets to a global economic force, investors face a critical question: how can you filter out the noise to pinpoint coins that truly matter? Whether cryptocurrency trading is part of your financial strategy or not, it’s becoming clear that certain coins have moved beyond speculation and are now positioned as potential drivers of the future ...

Should you buy calls/puts? Should you write covered calls? Or should you trade bull/bear vertical spreads? That’s a lot to chew on — and it’s just the beginning. Once you decide on a strategy, you’ll have to decide on which strikes and expirations to choose. Trading options, after all involves analyzing a lot of data points, which can be very ...

Now that Q4 historical bullishness has kicked in, it’s time to allow the bears to go into hibernation, while the bulls search for key leadership to drive prices higher. Before I highlight a key industry group that just moved into all-time high territory, it’s important to understand the history of the stock market and which groups tend to carry the ...

I was originally taught to use RSI as a swing trading tool, helping me to identify when the price of a particular asset was overextended to the upside and downside.  And on the swing trading time frame, that approach very much works, especially if you employ a shorter time period for the indicator. But RSI can also be used for ...