It's still not all that pretty out there underneath the surface.

But new all-time highs in the S&P500 is probably not something we should ignore.

History has taught us that when we see that, there are usually more new all-time highs coming shortly after that. And then after that again....

It's Saturday Morning Chartoons time. 

This is the weekly post that aggregates all the charts we put together throughout the week and organizes them all into one, easy to flip through deck.

You can find the whole list of trades here.

Below you'll find the full PDF of this week's charts:

From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

Our Hall of Famers list is composed of the 100 largest US-based stocks.

These stocks range from the mega-cap growth behemoths like Apple and Microsoft – with market caps in excess of $2T – to some of the new-age large-cap disruptors such as Moderna, Square, and Snap.

It has all the big names and more.

It doesn’t include ADRs or any stock not domiciled in the US. But don’t worry; we developed a separate universe for that which you can check out here.

The Hall of Famers is simple.

We take our list of 100 names and then apply our technical filters so the strongest stocks with the most momentum rise to the top.

Let’s dive right in and check out what these big boys are up to.

Here’s this week’s list:

From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

Energy has been by far the best-performing sector over the trailing 12-month period.

In October, we witnessed a handful of energy stocks and industry ETFs break higher from bases and reclaim their summer highs.

Without a doubt, these are bullish developments for the space. 

But over the trailing month, energy has lost that leadership position and has actually been the worst-performing sector in the market. 

Today, we’re seeing a lot of the upside resolutions from last month undercut their former highs and turn into failed breakouts.

So, where do we go from here?

When we look at the relative trends in the energy sector, we get a much different picture than what we’re seeing on absolute terms. Most of them never resolved higher like their absolute trends and simply remain messy, with prices stalling at the upper bounds of their basing patterns.

If we’re going to see sustained outperformance from energy stocks, we need to see them resolve higher relative to the broader market. 

From the desk of Steven Strazza @Sstrazza and Grant Hawkridge @granthawkridge

Over the past few weeks we’ve seen a handful of major indexes, like small and mid-caps, resolve higher and kick off a fresh up leg. But breadth has really cooled off since then, as participation has been declining despite the major averages rallying.

This week, we’re finally seeing that weakness show up at the index level -- particularly from SMIDs and cyclicals.

When we were reviewing our breadth charts, we noticed the deterioration in energy sector internals has been particularly bad. Not only is breadth not confirming the new highs from energy stocks… but there are actually some pretty ugly divergences in our new high indicators. 

Energy stocks are currently vulnerable, sitting just above their breakout level at former resistance. Considering the lack of support from internals, this group is on failed breakout watch.

Let’s take a look under the hood and discuss what we’re seeing.

Energy has been coiling in a continuation pattern above its year-to-date highs around 56 for over a month now. You can see this in the upper pane of this chart:

From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza and Ian Culley @Ianculley

On Tuesday night we held our November Monthly Conference Call, which Premium Members can access and re-watch here.

In this post, we’ll summarize it by highlighting five of the most important charts and/or themes we covered, along with commentary on each.

Let’s get right into it!

From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

When investing in the stock market, we always want to approach it as a market of stocks.

Regardless of the environment, there are always stocks showing leadership and trending higher.

We may have to look harder to identify them depending on current market conditions... but there are always stocks that are going up.

The same can be said for weak stocks. Regardless of the environment, there are always stocks that are going down, too. 

We already have multiple scans focusing on stocks making all-time highs, such as Hall of Famers, Minor Leaguers, and the 2 to 100 Club. We filter these universes for stocks that are exhibiting the best momentum and relative strength characteristics. 

Clearly, we spend a lot of time identifying and writing about leading stocks every week, via multiple reports. Now, we're also highlighting lagging stocks on a recurring basis.

Welcome to the Short Report.

From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

Dividend Aristocrats are easily some of the most desirable investments on Wall Street. These are the names that have increased dividends for at least 25 years, providing steadily increasing income to long-term-minded shareholders.

As you can imagine, the companies making up this prestigious list are some of the most recognizable brands in the world. Coca-Cola, Walmart, and Johnson & Johnson are just a few of the household names making the cut.

Here at All Star Charts, we like to stay ahead of the curve. That’s why we’re turning our attention to the future aristocrats. In an effort to seek out the next generation of the cream-of-the-crop dividend plays, we’re curating a list of stocks that have raised their payouts every year for five to nine years.

We call them the Young Aristocrats, and the idea is that these are “stocks that pay you to make money.” Imagine if years of consistent dividend growth and high momentum and relative strength had a baby, leaving you with the best of the emerging dividend giants that are outperforming the averages.

This is the video recording of the November 2021 Mid-month Conference Call.

As we make our way through the earlier stages of the most bullish time of the year, who better to talk to than Jeff Hirsch, Author of the annual Stock Trader's Almanac.

When it comes to Technical Analysis, what we're doing is analyzing the behavior of the market, and therefore market participants. Seasonality falls under that umbrella and Jeff Hirsch is the ultimate authority on the subject. He's had a front row seat his entire life to how markets trend during different times of the year.

In this episode, we talk about "The Best 6 months", the 4-year Presidential Cycle, Commodities Seasonality, and we even get to learn a little more about his father Yale Hirsch, the originator of the Almanac back in the 1960s.

The Adani Group has been quite the wealth generator over time. But, in brief periods, they also tend to hit lower circuits. SO definitely a lively bunch, that's for sure!

It's been a while since we updated the trends in this space, so this is just that. An update in the levels that are to be followed.

So let's take a look, shall we?

First up, we like to see where the group as a whole is and what the trend is like there. Here's where the ASC custom Adani Group Index is as of today.

We saw the stocks making their highs in June this year, following which the group stocks went into a corrective mode (both time and price). What we can also see here is that the index hasn't crossed the high made in June and is still trading beneath it. We'd like to see this breakout here to be heavily bullish on this group again. Until then, it's a selective game.

Click on the image to zoom in.

From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza.

Welcome back to our latest "Under The Hood" column, where we'll cover all the action for the week ended November 12, 2021. This report is published bi-weekly and rotated with our "Minor Leaguers" column.

What we do here is analyze the most popular stocks during the week and find opportunities to either join in and ride these momentum names higher, or fade the crowd and bet against them.