Above the 40 (February 27, 2019) – A Lingering Waiting Game As Overbought Period Reaches Important Threshold

AT40 = 80.0% of stocks are trading above their respective 40-day moving averages (DMAs) (23rd overbought day)AT200 = 45.5% of stocks are trading above their respective 200DMAsVIX = 14.7Short-term Trading Call: neutral Stock Market Commentary And still the waiting game rolls along. News on the US-China trade front generated some excitement to start the week, … Read more

Above the 40 (February 22, 2019) – An Extended Overbought Rally Slowly Grinding Resistance Away

AT40 = 85.7% of stocks are trading above their respective 40-day moving averages (DMAs) (20th overbought day)AT200 = 47.3% of stocks are trading above their respective 200DMAs (4-month high which reverses the October, 2018 breakdown)VIX = 13.5Short-term Trading Call: neutral Stock Market Commentary The waiting game continues within a bullish cloak. An extended overbought rally … Read more

Molson Coors Brewing Taps Out

I guess all that corn syrup is weighing down Molson Coors (TAP). I did not have a chance to follow-up on my positive technical outlook on TAP because a poor earnings response took the stock down today by a whopping 9.4%. The stock gapped down below support at both its 50 and 200-day moving averages … Read more

Above the 40 (December 20, 2018) – Oversold Chronicles: Small-Caps Tumble Toward A Post-Election Reversal

AT40 = 9.4% of stocks are trading above their respective 40-day moving averages (DMAs) (oversold day #5, 35-month low!)AT200 = 12.8% of stocks are trading above their respective 200DMAs (new 34-month low)VIX = 28.4 (10-month high, intraday high at 30.3)Short-term Trading Call: bullish (caveats below!) Commentary The plunge continues. AT40 (T2108), the percentage of stocks … Read more

Above the 40 (November 2, 2018) – The Bounce from Oversold Survives An Early Test

AT40 = 22.0% of stocks are trading above their respective 40-day moving averages (DMAs) – ends an 11-day oversold period that followed a 4-day oversold period AT200 = 31.6% of stocks are trading above their respective 200DMAs VIX = 19.5 Short-term Trading Call: bullish Commentary If you are a long-term passive index investor, you can … Read more