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$SPY $QQQ and $DIA ran into resistance at the 70 RSI. The risk/reward favors a pullback here. $SPY $QQQ and $DIA found support at the 5 day EMA on Friday at close. $QQQ is the leading index and $IWM is the laggard. $IWM had a failed breakout over the $116 resistance and price ended
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$VRX I’m strangely attracted to this chart.. Then I slap my hand ? pic.twitter.com/WGs0FCfTg3 — DK1 (@canuck2usa) October 30, 2015 perspective pic.twitter.com/aISgjbgcxv — StockCats (@StockCats) October 28, 2015 and that’s why they call it earnings roulette pic.twitter.com/kMGqad68qj — StockCats (@StockCats) October 27, 2015 This Market Is Making Me Nervous… pic.twitter.com/60mrGk1VCq — StockCats (@StockCats) October 25,
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$QQQ and $DIA are both over their 200 day SMAs but also over the 70 RSIs the risk reward is in the favor of short sellers here. The charts look more like the top of a downtrend than the beginning of a new uptrend at this point in time. Buying dips back to the 200
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$SPX up +10.8% from the low 19 trading days ago +203 points bringing the YTD gain to +0.7% — StockCats (@StockCats) October 23, 2015 most bullish analyst on the street taking a victory lap with the $SPX up less than 1% on the year — StockCats (@StockCats) October 23, 2015 hold my beer while I
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Author Andreas Clenow has done an outstanding job writing a landmark book for readers interested in systematic trend following of futures. He gives basic systematic trend following strategies with entry and exit parameters, position sizing, and shows the watch list for futures markets needed for proper diversification. He explains systems based on breakouts and moving
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$SPY $DIA and $IWM stay trapped under their 200 day moving averages. The daily RSI will be near overbought if they are able to breakout over their 200 days because of the speed of the rally off the bottom. The FANG group of leading stocks all have toppy charts here being rejected near overbought levels.
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With $SPY down -1.1% year to date, 2015 continues to be a flat year. I don’t understand the continuous perma-bull celebrations on the rally to nowhere. Perma-bulls and buy and hold investors have likely made few returns this year. The 70 RSI is the near term overbought resistance on the $SPY chart. The 200 day
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Year-to-date: $121 billion out of stock mutual funds $125 billion into stock ETFs http://t.co/8T4zUno2xO pic.twitter.com/7pCxWVoNNZ — Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) October 16, 2015 Oh no. That’s it. The scary monster pattern is forming: http://t.co/XRdZAHXqDp $SPY $SPX pic.twitter.com/ezV08XkoS7 — StockTwits (@StockTwits) October 16, 2015 The year-to-date performance of Amazon vs. Walmart $AMZN +75% $WMT -28% CHART:
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$SPY has closed above the 5 day EMA for six straight trading days indicating a strong short term uptrend and momentum. This could provide short term support. Bullish 5 day / 50 day EMA crossover. Bullish MACD indicating momentum. Five straight days of higher highs and higher lows. $QQQ already over the 200 day and
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