XPO Logistics has calmly sat above its old highs for the last four months, and now the chart may be poised for a run.
First, notice the series of higher lows since January 29. Also notice how quickly it’s rebounded from drops – similar to CSX .
Second, XPO’s 21-day exponential moving average (EMA) has risen above its 50-day simple moving average (SMA). This is...
Railroad operator CSX has squeezed into a tight range for almost five months. Now it may be ready for a breakout.
The first pattern jumping off the chart is the ascending triangle with resistance around $95. Prices just started to escape the top yesterday.
Also notice how the lows on January 27, March 4 and March 19 were followed by “kicker” candlestick...
The U.S. Dollar Index has trended steadily lower for the last 10 months. But there are growing signs it has bottomed.
First, DXY managed to break back above its 50-day simple moving average in late February. It then made a higher high (versus earlier in the month), unlike its lower high in late November.
Next, it tried to sell off after the Fed’s uber dovish...
It’s been a year since the market bottomed. Now the S&P 500 may be showing signs of fatigue.
First consider the channel we’ve been watching. Price came down and tested support in a big way in late February and early March. The bulls defended that pullback valiantly, but failed to reach the top of the channel on the bounce. When you combine that with the break...
Travelers doesn’t get much attention, but maybe it should.
The insurance stock trended steadily upward since October. It made a new all-time high above $160 last week when Chubb bid for Hartford. TRV quickly pulled back, creating a potential opportunity for buyers.
Notice the trend line running along the lows of late October and early February. Price held that...
The Nasdaq is trying to stabilize, which could draw buyers back to semiconductors.
Chip stocks like NXP Semiconductors, Broadcom and Lam Research were some of the biggest gainers in the Nasdaq-100 last week. That helped push NDX ahead of the S&P 500 for the first time in five weeks. The relative strength also came amid two positive weeks for the Philadelphia...
Visa broke out to new highs last week. Now it’s pulling back and trying to make a higher low.
The first bullish signal was on February 24, when the 21-day exponential moving average (EMA) rose above the 50-day simple moving average (SMA). That’s a sign of intermediate momentum turning more bullish.
Next, consider the $220 level. It was resistance at the end of...
It’s been a big week for electric vehicles and traditional automakers. Yet, Tesla has drifted aimlessly – a potential sign of momentum fading in Elon Musk’s company.
First, consider the trend line that began in May. After successful bounces along that support in June and November, price has moved below it this month.
Next, the current level is right around the...
Bitcoin’s been on a monster run since the fall, but the recent price action may be showing signs of fatigue.
First, notice how BTC made a new high of $61,785 on March 13, combined with a lower high on MACD. This is a potential case of bearish divergence.
In isolation, bearish divergence isn’t all that meaningful because uptrends often battle falling MACD. But it...
Facebook has gone nowhere since August, but now the social-media giant could be squeezing toward a breakout.
The first interesting chart pattern is the descending trendline running along the November and January peaks. Prices are now challenging that line.
Second, notice how the 50-day simple moving average (SMA) tried to serve as resistance in late February and...
Nike has taken a long pause, but now the sneaker giant may be trying to break out with earnings due Thursday afternoon.
NKE beat estimates on December 21, eliciting a wave of bullish analyst notes. However the stock rallied before the report, and proceeded to ease lower for the next 2-1/2 months.
The result has been a price channel with a slight downward slope....
Amazon.com has been dead in the water since Labor Day. Now potential signs of a downtrend may be taking shape.
The first thing jumping off the chart are the series of higher lows and lower highs beginning in September. This produced a long triangle pattern that AMZN broke to the downside late last month.
That decline entrenched prices below the 200-day simple...
Most of the Nasdaq took a beating lately, but not Alphabet.
The parent of Google and YouTube has been standing tall since its bullish quarterly numbers on February 2. The report planted the stock above $2,000, and it’s held that bullish price gap since. Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, Tesla, Nvidia have all slipped to their 50-day simple moving averages...
Apple rallied in December after holding $120. Now it’s back and threatening to break support at that level.
The price action is part of the ongoing technical weakness in the smart-phone giant. It had a false breakout in January and a trend-line failure last month. Today we got a clue why: AAPL has cut production of its iPhone 12 mini, according to Nikkei . Once...
Recent weeks have seen breakouts in smaller social-media stocks like Twitter and Snap , which have both pulled back. Today we’re looking at TWTR.
Jack Dorsey’s microblogging service didn’t only beat earnings and revenue estimates on February 9. It also showed significant traction in its direct response (DR) advertising. That sent the shares flying to new highs...
Attention is shifting toward industrials as technology and the Nasdaq struggle. Two companies in the space have potentially bullish patterns: Illinois Tool Works and Stanley Black & Decker .
ITW is the larger company with a market cap of about $68 billion. It broke out to new all-time highs in August and consolidated for the next seven months. Now the bulls may...
Several bullish patterns have appeared on the Ethereum chart lately.
The first one that grabs our attention today is the bullish cross on MACD. Previous times this happened, like early February and mid-December, were followed by new highs.
Second, notice how ETHUSD pulled back to hold its previous breakout level around $1,420. Old resistance from January 2018...
The run-up in U.S. bond yields has squeezed the dollar higher and dragged global stocks lower. This could be creating an opportunity in Chinese stocks.
The iShares Trust China Large-Cap ETF hit a 13-year high of $54.53 on February 17, followed by a sharp pullback in the last two weeks. A few interesting things appear on the chart.
First, FXI has returned to an...
