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Last call .. shots of XLE being served at the bar! (update 08/05/2014)
Posted on August 5, 2014 Leave a Comment
Update – I want to share this post w/ you again. Why? Well, in looking at the XLE tonight I haven’t seen any bearish (long term) divergence appear. So, what does that tell me? XLE has the potential to go up to our targets mentioned below to produce the bearish divergence. And, as we have […]
Ratio patterns holding …
Posted on August 5, 2014 Leave a Comment
CLIFF NOTES: we’ve shown the sector rotation being shown by ratio analysis before. we’ve also shown how every major inflection (up and down) has been due to the ratio’s bottoming or topping. we’ve also shown how patterns have failed to hold and have confirmed the move higher in stocks the past few months …well, for […]
Last call .. shots of XLE being served at the bar!
Posted on June 14, 2014 Leave a Comment
CLIFF NOTES: a picture does paint a thousand words. So there are some pictures below. I’ve included the chaos that was 2009 just to demonstrate that, guess what, at the lows in 2009 a BUY appeared on the XLF (Financials) and guess what … when I was Chief Technician for the When 2 Trade Group […]
WMT / SPX ratio revisted
Posted on April 6, 2014 Leave a Comment
CLIFF NOTES: support found in the relative strength of WMT/SPX. When this ratio goes UP the stock market goes down, when the ratio goes DOWN the stock market goes UP. In the world of ratio analysis we are looking at the relative strength of something versus something. This has nothing to do w/ the RSI. […]
A monster move …
Posted on March 3, 2014 Leave a Comment
a lot of work goes into finding high probability set-ups … this was our last post on Coffee Futures and SBUX. I had been trying to find an end (not trying to call a top but simply look for a pattern) to the SBUX run. Ratio analysis was finally sealed the deal for me … […]
relative strength of GOLD vs the USDJPY importance
Posted on November 13, 2013 5 Comments
a line in the sand was drawn at 75 in the USD vs JPY when the BOJ, after the horrible tsunami, said – enough is enough this is where the buck stops! the rest is history and a big KABOOM occurred. everyone and the brother can see the coiling occurring w/in this very important currency pair […]
stay tuned the BUY on WMT/S&P is complete or perhaps a little lower
Posted on October 25, 2013 159 Comments
the pattern we have been looking at on the WMT/S&P relative strength comparison is complete .. https://bartscharts.com/2013/10/06/the-wmt-greeter-and-inflection-points/ stay tuned, there are some tectonic plates shifting ….
the WMT greeter and inflection points
Posted on October 6, 2013 1 Comment
ratio analysis compares the relative strength of one security versus another. if the numerator is stronger then the ratio will go up and vice versa. what I try to look for are meaningful ratio’s that plot fear and greed and can warn us of potential inflection points in the market. I am going to make an […]
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