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Dow Jones Transports and the Major Seventh …

CLIFF NOTES: more than likely, you saw my long term transports post a couple months ago and as this target got attacked I was truly looking for a “little” resistance.  I mean, come on, it was the ALL TIME LOW to the “old” ALL TIME HIGH and we have a 1.618 extension RIGHT ON TOP […]

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monitoring the top 10% weighted sectors ….

I really liked this post: https://bartscharts.com/2014/03/16/swing-low-sweet-chariot/ CLIFF NOTES: our PATTERNS have been hit across the board in the top weighted sectors of the S&P.  However, doesn’t mean a darn thing till the swing lows are taken out. Review the post above …

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Using ratio’s for relative strength comparison

If the Numerator is bigger than the Denominator then the ratio goes UP.  If vice versa, the ratio goes down.  If we put one security over another then we can plot the relative strength and note when a shift in this relative strength takes place.  This shift can show rotation. What you’ll find is the […]

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quick review, importance of XLE in the circle of life and sector rotation

if you go back some posts you’ll find me recommending to BUY the banks in March 2009. YES .. BUY in MARCH 2009.  there was a PATTERN. additionally, if you go back you’ll find that the XLF had cracked a couple weeks/months before THE top in 2007 but the S&P 500 kept going.  It was […]

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Continuing to watch the components (>10%) of the S&P 500 – an update

CLIFF NOTES: the biggest development of this past week was the CLOSE above our pattern level on the XLF.  It is my belief, and history has shown, that the banks LEAD us UP and LEAD us DOWN. As long as the banks are stable, this market will continue it’s “Wizard of Oz’s” climb …also, my […]

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“Great Googalooga, can you hear me talking to you?”

  In a normal environment this market would be correcting …

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another pattern from an all time low .. this one is the German DAX

CLIFF NOTES:  as I’ve said for the past 6 months (it hasn’t even been a year blogging!) this is a PATTERN RECOGNITION blog.  And, guess what … we have ANOTHER PATTERN from an all time low.  Here’s the pattern …

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the EURO now (finally) we are interested ….

On 5/21/2014 we posted that we were waiting for 1.3520-1.3580 to provide support for the bounce UP to SHORT.  W/ the ECB announcement today it got going BIG TIME and went thru our level by 8 pips.  Negligible.  Did I deploy capital for V50?  ABSOLUTELY NOT … no, I’am building my case for entry on […]

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reheating the Campbell Soup post from Sept 13′

CLIFF NOTES: here is the post showing the pattern completing and the short that was recommended. https://bartscharts.com/2013/09/17/soup-is-good-food-campbell-soup-at-key-level-cpb Here’s the deal … they don’t get any better than this …it was a “near” perfect set up in PRICE AND TIME.  An, if you think about it, the entire pattern took from 03/98 to 09/13 to complete.  but […]

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