Well, we're on Day 1 of the Santa Rally and so far the fat man is delivering bigly!

Speaking of deliveries, it's likely your 2021 Holiday Season featured the services of our trade today.

Let's get right to it!

From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

Check out this week's Momentum Report, our weekly summation of all the major indexes at a Macro, International, Sector, and Industry Group level.

By analyzing the short-term data in these reports, we get a more tactical view of the current state of markets. This information then helps us put near-term developments into the big picture context and provides insights regarding the structural trends at play.

Let's jump right into it with some of the major takeaways from this week's report:

* ASC Plus Members can access the Momentum Report by clicking the link at the bottom of this post.

Macro Universe:

• This week, our macro universe was in the green as 83% of our list closed higher with a median return of 1.58%.
• The US 10-Year Yield $TNX was the winner this week, closing with a 6.49% gain.
• The biggest loser was the Volatility index $VIX which posted a loss of -16.74%.
• There was an 8% gain in the percentage of assets on our list within 5% of their 52-week highs – currently at 53%.
• 45% of our sector list made fresh...

Wall Street sell side analysts are coming out with their 2022 forecasts.

And we all know how accurate those tend to be ;)

In the latest float of the bear parade, wall street's sell side analysts are putting out some of the most bearish forecasts in recent memory.

From the WSJ,

And we already know that Individual investors (AAII) and Financial Advisors (II) are much more bearish going into 2022 than they were over the prior two years.

We're seeing almost half the amount of...

Our general approach following Bitcoin's correction is to sit on the sidelines while the market grinds sideways.

We've seen this play out, with most crypto assets trading under contracting price action.

The case continues to be if we're below the 53,000 to 54,000 zone, we want to remain patient before deploying cash into more aggressive long positions.

There have been a few exceptions that we'll discuss in today's report. But patience continues to be the prudent approach for the vast majority of names out there for now.

This week's biggest development is a dramatic rise in speculative activity, exacerbating volatility and the probability of a long/short squeeze.

This week we’re looking at a long setup in the market's favourite bullish space, IT.

IT has been displaying strength even in a sideways market. Such strength is crucial to note.

Let's take a look at what we have today!

We retired our "Five Bull Market Barometers" in mid-July last year to make room for a new weekly post that's focused on the three most important charts for the week ahead.

This is that post, so let's jump into this week's edition.

As we enter the final week of the year, what's on your mind?

Let us know. We love to hear from you!

I'll go first.

People are so scared. They're afraid of their own shadows.

And they're quick to blame others instead of looking in the mirror.

At first glance, this might seem sad. But sad for who?

Just because you're angry doesn't mean the rest of us have to be.

I see it as opportunity.

The official period for this year's Santa Claus Rally begins on Monday December 27th.

Remember, the Santa Claus Rally includes the last 5 days of the year, and the first 2 days of the following year. So this year's SCR starts on Monday Dec 27th and runs through Tuesday Jan 4th.

The first half of December wasn't the best time for stock investors. But keep in mind that historically, it's the second half of December that's the most bullish time of this month for stocks.

So what should we expect for this year's Santa Claus Rally?

Well, for me it's less about Santa showing up and more about the implications of him not showing up.

Let me explain.

It's Saturday Sunday Morning Chartoons time. 

This is the weekly post that aggregates all the charts we put together throughout the week and organizes them all into one, easy to flip through deck.

You can find the whole list of trades here.

Below you'll find the full PDF of this week's charts:

With Cryptos finally waking up a bit this week, we're seeing new flowers popping in our gardens.

There are some familiar names ripping like Terra $LUNA, Avalanche $AVAX and Near Protocol $NEAR, but there are also some new ones than some of you might not be familiar with.

Today I want to talk about the Oasis Network $ROSE.

When looking at the chart, it looks a lot like many others out there. This is another one of those, "We only want to be long if we're above the first half highs", type coins.

From the desk of Steven Strazza @Sstrazza and Ian Culley @Ianculley    

As we approach year-end, we're diving into the individual commodity groups to gauge the status of the primary trends and to get a better idea of where we’re likely headed in 2022. 

Last week, we highlighted precious metals -- by far the worst performers of 2021 with a -10.59% return thus far. We think there's a good chance they'll turn things around next year and start participating.

Today, we’re going to review the other end of the spectrum in terms of performance -- energy! 

While base metals and ags have posted strong gains over the trailing 12-months -- 25.96% and 28.22% respectively -- energy has been the real leader, quietly printing a 46.33% gain despite recent selling pressure.

After crude oil collapsed below zero last year, the entire group had its work cut out. But they’ve covered an amazing amount of ground in a short period of time, and we think they have further to go.

Let’s take a look at what’s happening in this leadership group and how we want to position ourselves as we...

From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

Our International Hall of Famers list is composed of the 50 largest US-listed international stocks, or ADRs. We’ve also sprinkled in some of the largest ADRs from countries that did not make the market-cap cut. 

These stocks range from some well-known mega-cap multinationals such as Toyota Motor and Royal Dutch Shell to some large-cap global disruptors such as Sea Ltd and Shopify.

It’s got all the big names and more -- but only those that are based outside the US. You can find all the largest US stocks on our original Hall of Famers list.

The beauty of these scans is really in their simplicity.

We take the 50 largest names each week and then apply technical filters in a way that the strongest stocks with the most momentum rise to the top.

Based on the market environment, we can also flip the scan on its head and filter for weakness.

Let’s dive in and take a look at some of the most important stocks from around the world.

Here’s this week’s list:

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