Why does Technical Analysis work? Because markets trend. No one can argue that. I don't care who you are. And what do we do as technicians? We look for trends!

I was...

Is the Helsinki 25 Index not on your radar? Well it probably should be. It's hard to find a better gauge of risk appetite and risk aversion anywhere out there in the world.

Take a look at a chart of this rarely discussed index over the past...

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

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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...

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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...

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

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We have been writing a lot about risk-appetite lately as we're constantly trying to gauge the "animal spirits" at work in the markets.  Right now we're seeing a lack of participation from risk-...

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We're in that part of the cycle where friends from high school are calling me to ask about the market and family members I've never spoken to about the markets are now interested. It's funny what a little volatility can do to peak people's interests...

Did you see Consumer Staples go out at new multi-year relative highs yesterday? The strength is in Staples, not in Banks or Industrials, for example, which keep making new relative lows.

So why should we care?

"JC, no one cares...

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As always, thanks to everyone for participating in this week's Mystery Chart. Almost all respondents were buyers....

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Wow what a weekend! Thank you all so much for your support.

We had 10,000 people register for ...

Are you ready for Chart Summit this Saturday??? I've never been more excited to attend a financial conference in my life. And I don't even have to leave my house!!! And it's FREE. Are you kidding me?

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Just as we focus on the strongest markets and stocks to find opportunities during equity bull markets, we look to identify the weakest areas during bear markets. We just want to be in the...