There's a saying among market participants that "all gaps need to be filled" or "all gaps are eventually filled", but as with most market generalizations, this saying...
We always hear the phrases "fading strength" or "selling into strength" from market participants, but what does that mean from a practical standpoint? How do you know what to sell? When do you...
Over the last three weeks Sun Pharmaceuticals has been doing its best Deutsche Bank impression, losing roughly a third of its value and trading at levels not seen since March 2013.
As the largest component of the Nifty Pharmaceuticals Index...
This post is a continuation of our "Free Chart of The Week", which focused on the use of an equally-weighted Pharmaceuticals Index to make the case that the...
I've seen way too much at this point to underestimate what the market is capable of doing. People call me all the time and say, "JC crazy market huh?" or "Did you see that crazy move in XYZ". Yea I saw it. So what? As Jay-Z said in...
How do you feel about a little buy-the-dip action in the crude oil space? Given that there's juicy options premiums to sell into here, it is certainly worth a discussion.
It has been quite a one-way ride lower for crude since early October,...
You hear it all the time, "Cash is King". But we forget that it really can be. Not all the time, very few times in fact, but cash does serve a great purpose.
There are a lot of institutions that are not allowed to go to cash, as part of their...
Crude Oil is down roughly 35% over the last two months as record bullish sentiment unwound and prices fell in what was essentially a straight line. There hasn't been any reason to bottom-fish...
It's a market of stocks, after all. The indexes are one thing, but the components that drive them are another. Last week we laid out a list of the stocks we wanted to be...
Whenever in doubt, zoom out. Monthly charts are a great way to do that. On November 30th we got new daily, weekly and monthly candles. This is a lot of new data that we have to work with.
We're gonna throw an idea out there for the bulls. They aren't dead yet, apparently. And we don't need to look too far before we come across the healthcare sector and stocks like Pfizer $PFE and UnitedHealth Group $UNH that are at or near all-time...
The stock market has spoken and it seems clear that we’re stuck in between some pretty significant levels of support and resistance. This argues for more of a sideways mess type of a market vs a complete collapse, at least for now.
Welcome back! Thanksgiving week is past us and now we can focus on finishing out 2018 strong.
We don't feel like the market is setting up for any type of major bounce or reversal here or any time soon. We also are cognizant of the fact that US...
During our family's feast this year I'll be reflecting on my gratitude to each and every one of our subscribers, and to my team here at All Star Charts. I could not ask for a more engaged audience and a more top-notch group...
I'm on the east coast this week for the Thanksgiving holiday so I came into the city to say hi to friends. Catherine Murray and I had a nice conversation on BNN Bloomberg about US Stocks, Interest Rates and what Credit Spreads are suggesting for...
