T2108 Update (March 24, 2014) – A Day Momentum Died

(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

Chart Review Madness: Bearishness Abounds

As promised, here is a cornucopia of charts. To me, this is still just a small sample of the very enticing and intriguing charts popping up everywhere as more evidence builds that some kind of top is getting printed in the stock market. In particular, note my selection of momentum charts that are wobbling, weakening, … Read more

T2108 Update (November 7, 2013) – Divergence Resolves Into Overdue Downdraft

(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

An Elon Musk Day: Downtrend Forming for Tesla; A Post-Earnings Opportunity for Solar City

Elon Musk took a small hit on his two high-flying darlings Tesla (TSLA) and Solar City (SCTY) in the wake of recent earnings. Both represent some intriguing technical trading opportunities that I review in brief here. Tesla (TSLA) I used twitter to talk about Tesla pre and post-earnings. On Tuesday, November 5, I noted a … Read more

Solar City Pre-Earnings Technical Review – November, 2013 Edition

Solar City has traded down double digits after each of its three earnings reports: 3/6/2013 -14.4% 5/13/2013 -12.4% 8/7/2013 -10.8% So of course this will happen a fourth time in a row, right? Well, not so fast. The first post-earnings decline simply reversed a pre-earnings run-up. The stock continued upward from there. The second post-earnings … Read more

T2108 Update (July 17, 2013) – Small Stall At All-Time Intraday High; Chart Review Madness

(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

Chart Review: IBM, SolarCity, Apple, and Google

This chart review includes a follow-up from last week’s chart review of International Business Machines (IBM) and SolarCity (SCTY). International Business Machines (IBM) The potential hammer bottom I identified last week got follow-through, but it was too messy to trade. It took two days for IBM to close at a higher price than the high … Read more

Chart Review: IBM Roundtrip Prints Potential Bottom; SolarCity Ready to Explode Again

International Business Machines (IBM) International Business Machines (IBM) experienced an unusually large post-earnings drop of 8.3% on April 19th. This was despite reaffirming its FY13 earnings guidance. After one more day of selling, it was off to the races. In less than a month, IBM had recovered all its post-earnings losses. The stock churned and … Read more

T2108 Update (May 22, 2013) – Overbought Period Ends With Blow-Off Tops And Sell Signals

(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