From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

This week's Mystery Chart was a simple yet pivotal one... it was a ratio chart of Stocks vs Treasury Bonds.

From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

Breadth divergences from earlier this year took a while to confirm, but once they did we saw considerable downside.

My Chart Summit...

In this episode of the Money Game, Phil and I talk about how Technical Analysts have an advantage in the current global environment. The...

From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

New Mystery Chart!

For those new to the exercise, we take a chart of interest and remove the x/y-axes and any other labels that would help identify it. The chart can be any security in...

Jordan Kotick is one of the key people that early in my career inspired me to be more intermarket oriented....

If you know me by now, you know how much I enjoy all things Japanese. For me, it's the best cuisine on earth. The architecture in Japan is spectacular. I can't take the smile off my face whenever I'm there. If you can believe this, I even passed the...

The headline you'll hear is that unemployment rates are soaring to unprecedented levels. What I always like to point out is that stocks crashed months ago, collectively factoring in just that. Stocks are a discounting mechanism. It's more obvious...

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There aren't too many charts in the Equity Markets breaking out of decade-long bases on an absolute basis right now...

This week's...

When we talk about "Precious Metals", it can mean a lot of things. You've got the metals like Gold and Silver, which are behave very differently at times, and you have the stocks with all sorts of market capitalizations. There are a lot of ways to...

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There has been a lot of talk about the potential implications on the broader market if Mega-Cap Growth and Technology stocks...

The broader markets are starting to show signs that we may be setting up for some sideways-to-down chop.

And one sector that is likely giving investors fits is the financials. During this recent "recovery," $XLF has continually been...

With Financials, arguably America's most important sector, making lower lows relative to the rest of the market, it's hard to see them emerge as new leaders. New decade+ relative lows in $XLF is not what you want to see if you think the stock market...

From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

New Mystery Chart!

For those new to the exercise, we take a chart of interest and remove the x/y-axes and any other labels that would help identify it. The chart can be any security in...

Jeff deGraaf is one of those analysts who influenced me very early on. Something I've always admired about him is...

Weekends are a great time to take a step back and rip through thousands of charts to see what's really going on. The S&P500, Dow and all those other indexes can only provide so much information. At a certain point, you need to get your hands dirty...

From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

Now that April is in the books that old Wall Street adage of “Sell in May and Go Away” is making its annual tour around the world of financial media. The reason this is such a commonly...

As May gets under way, it’s time to review positions with May options that remain open (haven’t already hit profit targets or been stopped out).

Most trades I put on for All Star Options tend to have a minimum duration of 30 days (short...

The best part about the end of the month is that there's always a fresh batch of Monthly Charts waiting for us. We only perform this exercise once the candlesticks are completed, which in this case was...