Recently, the famed Louise Yamada gave an interview on Palisade Radio. While she covered a few topics, the one that I found most interesting was how she stumbled upon technical analysis to begin with, kick-starting a career that would lead her to become one of the most well-known technicians of our time. Louise begins by […]
Price Momentum Oscillator Points to a Pullback
Every Friday, Carl and Erin Swenlin put out a video summarizing their market views based on the DecisionPoint Trend and Momentum Models. The show is called DecisionPoint and is broadcast on StockCharts TV’s Youtube channel, here. Below is a matrix illustrating the current trend and momentum outlook for the four US equity indices tracked by […]
The Problem with the Smart Money Flow Index
There’s been a lot of chatter about the Smart Money Flow Index in the past couple days. The Smart Money Flow Index or Smart Money Index (SMI), as it’s often called, is a sentiment indicator that attempts to measure the activity of the ‘smart money’ (professionals) vs. ‘dumb money’ (amateurs) in the U.S. Stock Market. It has been […]
What is a Brobdingnagian Base?
One of my favorite technicians of all time is John Roque. John formerly worked as a technical analyst under George Soros at Soros Fund Management. He then left to help manage Key Square Capital, a Hedge Fund that Soros seeded with $2 billion. John Roque joined Twitter this past month and has been tweeting under […]
A Top/Down Approach
Top/Down analysis is a method often used by analysts in order to identify opportunities within larger trends. One technician that has been known for his Top/Down approach to markets is J.C. Parets, founder of All Star Charts. He recently made a short video where he explains to viewers exactly what Top/Down analysis is, and how […]