Apple $432 Support Back In Play But A Bottom May Have Already Arrived

This is a chart review I should have written during the day Monday or at least Monday night. The drama could not be much higher immediately ahead of January earnings, and the stock is throwing up important trading signals. Apple (AAPL) gapped down on Monday morning and closed with a 3.5% loss on very heavy … Read more

A Trading Plan For Herbalife: A Pullback Likely Before A New Trading Range

“This is the hedge-fund equivalent of Stalingrad. Someone is going to lose big. And the victor will be so bloodied that the word victory will sound hollow… For a short-seller who is as risk-averse as me watching this is pure hedge-fund porn.” From “Bill Ackman enters the city of Stalingrad,” John Hempton of Bronte Capital, … Read more

Chart Review: Stronger Signs Of A Bottom for Marvell Technology

I have made two cases for sticking with Marvell Technology (MRVL). On December 19, 2012, I wrote “Marvell Technology Continues Fighting Its Downtrend By Increasing Stock Repurchases” suggesting that the time was drawing near for a payoff on all the billions MRVL has spent buying back its shares. I liked the buybacks combined with a … Read more

T2108 Update (January 10, 2013) – Triple Top Almost Cleared On Seventh Overbought Day

(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 highly 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 … Read more

T2108 Update (January 9, 2013) – Technical Tensions Build As Extreme Overbought Conditions Persist

(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 highly 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 … Read more