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DP ALERT WEEKLY WRAP: SPY Rallies Back to Finish the Day Higher

The SPY was up just +0.04% today. It clawed back from a loss of over 2% to close on that positive note. A review of trading for the week on the 5-minute candlestick reveals that this end of day rally broke through overhead resistance at yesterday's lows...

Published on 2022-05-21T00:45:05Z by Carl Swenlin, Erin Swenlin

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DP DIAMONDS RECAP: Better Than SPY, But That Doesn't Mean Much

"Diamonds in the Rough" were mostly down on the week, but on average we did better than the SPY. As the title of today's edition implies and Shania Twain sings, "That Don't Impress Me Much". The biggest losers were from Tuesday where I picked Healthcare and a High Dividend ETF...

Published on 2022-05-20T22:17:10Z by Erin Swenlin

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DP ALERT: Sentiment Still Very Bearish (Which Is Bullish)

The NAAIM Exposure Index has reached its lowest point since the price top in late-2021, which should have the attention of short-term traders wanting to catch the next bounce...

Published on 2022-05-19T23:30:11Z by Carl Swenlin, Erin Swenlin

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DP DIAMONDS: Reader Requests Heavy Materials

Materials (XLB) was the winning sector today. It beat out second place Healthcare (XLV) by over a half percent. It didn't surprise me to see some Materials stocks on the lists of readers. I also have an interesting request from the beat down Technology sector...

Published on 2022-05-19T22:32:58Z by Erin Swenlin

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DP ALERT: Bear Slashes Back; Target (TGT) Sinks Comsumer Staples Sector (XLP)

Target (TGT) had a big miss on earnings today and declined almost -25%. Being a component of Consumer Staples Sector (XLP), this disaster caused one of the three remaining unscathed S&P Sectors to "have a great fall," and to break support and a rising trend line...

Published on 2022-05-18T23:38:14Z by Carl Swenlin, Erin Swenlin

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DP DIAMONDS: Positive OBV Divergences

The market took a beating today. The only issues that were up were Bonds, Gold, Nat Gas and SPCX (SPAC & New Issues ETF). That's it on our ETF Tracker which covers nearly all of the major indexes and industry groups...

Published on 2022-05-18T22:12:45Z by Erin Swenlin

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DP ALERT: An Upside Exhaustion Climax

We know there is a "spoiler" in the title, but we wanted you to keep the upside exhaustion climax in mind as we look at the charts and indicators...

Published on 2022-05-18T00:47:53Z by Carl Swenlin, Erin Swenlin

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DP DIAMONDS: Adding the StockCharts Technical Rank to Weekly Charts

I and many other analysts have been discussing "relative strength". The primary measurement we use is "price relative". Basically we take a ratio of the stock/ETF and the SPY. We compare price to price...

Published on 2022-05-17T23:23:52Z by Erin Swenlin

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DP ALERT: Energy Sector (XLE) Back on a PMO BUY Signal

XLE broke out intraday but finished right on resistance at the close. We expect price to push through and close above given the brand new PMO crossover BUY signal that was triggered today...

Published on 2022-05-17T00:22:17Z by Carl Swenlin, Erin Swenlin

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DP TV: Chart Patterns for Bull and Bear Markets

In this special edition of DecisionPoint, Erin goes through the primary chart patterns and how they can be used to determine upside and downside targets. She discusses how the market in general can affect the resolution of chart patterns...

Published on 2022-05-17T00:00Z by Erin Swenlin

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DP ALERT WEEKLY WRAP: Rally Lacked Conviction

It was a volatile trading week with investors breathing a sigh of relief on today's positive close. However, today's rally didn't prevent a negative close on the week...

Published on 2022-05-14T00:13:42Z by Carl Swenlin, Erin Swenlin

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DP DIAMONDS RECAP: Home Builders Rally

"Diamonds in the Rough" were mixed this week as some of the softer areas of the market rallied today. In particular, Home Builders which had broken below long-term support decided to rally strongly. Having presented them on the short side, it killed the spreadsheet...

Published on 2022-05-13T22:39:46Z by Erin Swenlin

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DP ALERT: Bearish Sentiment Still Increasing

A few days ago we asked the question as to whether sentiment was bearish enough. Today, we got an indication that it is getting there. The NAAIM Exposure Index dropped from last week's mid-fifties reading to 24.31 this week...

Published on 2022-05-12T23:49:53Z by Carl Swenlin, Erin Swenlin

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DP DIAMONDS: No Reader Requests? - Commodities Then

I shouldn't be surprised, but I am. There were no reader requests today. Not one. Consequently I had to march on and find some interesting "Diamonds in the Rough" for you. I think I came up with some good ones today centering on the run up in commodities...

Published on 2022-05-12T23:07:55Z by Erin Swenlin

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DP ALERT: Bitcoin Breaks Long-Term Support!

We decided to move our comments on Bitcoin to the top of the article today. Cryptocurrencies are unraveling and today's breakdown is significant. Bitcoin dropped below a support line today, continuing the decline implied by the head and shoulders breakdown earlier this year...

Published on 2022-05-11T23:48:07Z by Carl Swenlin, Erin Swenlin

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DP DIAMONDS: Home Builders in the Crosshairs

The Diamond PMO Scan again only produced two results--both were the same as yesterday's results. Neither looks enticing, but I'll reveal them further down and let you decide. The Diamond Dog Scan produced 78 results today versus 87 yesterday...

Published on 2022-05-11T22:25:39Z by Erin Swenlin

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DP ALERT: Is Sentiment Bearish Enough?

We decided to cover some sentiment charts on the DecisionPoint Show yesterday. It is an interesting picture. Clearly sentiment is bearish. The question is whether it is bearish enough to start expecting a bear market bottom. Let's first talk about sentiment in a general sense...

Published on 2022-05-11T00:49:06Z by Carl Swenlin, Erin Swenlin

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Sentiment is Bearish, But Is It Bearish Enough?

This is an excerpt from today's subscriber-only DecisionPoint Alert report... We decided to cover some sentiment charts on the DecisionPoint Show yesterday. It is an interesting picture. Clearly sentiment is bearish...

Published on 2022-05-11T00:11:06Z by Erin Swenlin

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DP DIAMONDS: Staying on the Short Side

The market finished mixed today with the Dow down -0.25% and the SPX up +0.25%. The Nasdaq outperformed up nearly +1%. Where does this leave us? The Diamond PMO Scan only saw two results today, neither of which was particularly bullish...

Published on 2022-05-10T22:24:50Z by Erin Swenlin

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DP ALERT: Market Takes Out Important Support; Materials Sector (XLB) Gets Dark Cross

We'll address the market support issues below, but today the Materials Sector (XLB) 20-day EMA crossed down through the 50-day EMA, a dark cross changing the IT Trend Model from BUY to NEUTRAL...

Published on 2022-05-09T23:52Z by Carl Swenlin

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