Chart Watch: US Dollar, Treasuries, and Stocks Flash Caution
With all the back and forth in the markets, several key assets have struggled of late. Notably, the US Dollar, US treasury bonds, and...
Market Remains Volatile Into Friday’s Jobs Report
It's been a volatile week for the markets. After opening the week higher, the S&P 500 reversed course and headed lower on Tuesday and...
2 Sector ETFs Battling Bull Market Trend Lines
During the past 6 months, the stock market has lost some momentum. It's basically traded sideways and this has allowed several trend lines to...
Trading Box Breaks: A Strategy For Winning In Competitive Markets
At its core, the stock market is little more than a competition. It is about winners and losers.
For companies, it is about gaining an...
Stocks Uncertain As Market Breadth Weakens
Stocks continue to have trouble gaining traction above 2100 on the S&P 500 (SPX). The broad stock market index has traded in a wide...
Traders: Get An Edge By Thinking In Trading Categories
Wyckoff divided the market into an idealized cycle of accumulation, mark-up, distribution, and markdown. Though it can be difficult to apply this model in...
Bullish Or Bearish Stocks? Here’s What The Charts Are Saying
Probabilities Rather Than Forecasting
Long-time followers of CCM know we are not fans of market forecasting, which drags the human desire “to be right” into...
Why Silver Prices May Trade Higher In The Short-Term
The past several weeks have seen Silver prices consolidate in a wide range. This range indicates a still indecisive market for precious metals. However,...
How Far Will Twitter’s Stock (TWTR) Fall?
Following Twitter’s (TWTR) earnings related train wreck, the stock still makes absolutely no sense on a valuation basis as it trades at 10x next...
Gasoline Prices Move Higher, Likely To Top By Mid-Summer
A commodity currency describes currencies of countries that rely heavily on the production and export of commodities. And three commodity currencies that I often...