The U.S. Dollar and the British Pound Tag Important 2015 Milestones

On Friday, July 17, 2015, the U.S. dollar index (UUP) closed just below the short-term downtrend in place since it made a multi-year high in March. And for those who fear a strong dollar is bad for the U.S. economy, or at least the stock market, the S&P 500 (SPY) is apparently out to prove … Read more

T2108 Update (July 16, 2015) – Another Completed Cycle of Fear

(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. It helps to identify extremes in market sentiment that are likely to reverse. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page. You can follow real-time T2108 commentary on twitter using the #T2108 hashtag. T2108-related trades and other trades are … Read more

Breakout Charts with Caveats: Google and Amazon.com

In previous posts, I have pointed to the charts of Google (GOOG) and Amazon.com (AMZN) as very bullish setups. Google has alternated between vindication and disappointment as a big breakout in March eventually gave way to a choppy slide below a declining 50-day moving average (DMA). Amazon.com (AMZN) has slowly boiled since earnings in late … Read more

T2108 Update (July 13, 2015) – A Market Springboard or Bookends?

(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. It helps to identify extremes in market sentiment that are likely to reverse. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page. You can follow real-time T2108 commentary on twitter using the #T2108 hashtag. T2108-related trades and other trades are … Read more

T2108 Update (July 10, 2015) – A Light Appears Behind the Pressure Cooker

(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. It helps to identify extremes in market sentiment that are likely to reverse. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page. You can follow real-time T2108 commentary on twitter using the #T2108 hashtag. T2108-related trades and other trades are … Read more