Archives for March 2021

March 22nd Market Direction

The market indexes showed bullish signals, negating the strong sell signals of last week. The NASDAQ formed a bullish Harami on Friday with a gap-up follow-through in today’s trading. This immediately alerted candlestick investors to cover short positions that were not confirming. The Dow uses the T line as support, demonstrated by a bullish Harami signal. The analysis now infers that the bearish sentiment did not take control. This does not necessarily mean an uptrend is starting again, but it does imply that there is not any major selling off occurring. This still produces market conditions that allow for having profitable long and short positions established.

The electric vehicle sector has been in a profit-taking drift for the past six weeks. However, new bullish signals demonstrate the consolidation is over and the prospects of new strength coming into set sector is being observed. Note how QS and BLNK are showing good strong reversal patterns. AYRO can be bought aggressively on a bobble breakout on positive trading tomorrow. The Doji sandwiches also are appearing in numerous positions, creating very high probability trades setups. Note how the candlestick signals show the possibility of profit-taking and then illustrate when that profit-taking may be over. This visual information makes profitable trading much easier. Join us this weekend for a comprehensive two-day training on the logic and effectiveness of candlestick analysis. This is information that will improve your trading for the rest of your trading career.

 

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March 22nd Daily Market Comments

Be careful, although the market indexes are trading positive Today, it will be important to see where they close. Currently, stochastics are still heading down but the Dow is currently supporting at the T line. The NASDAQ has gapped up above the T line after a bullish Harami on Friday. The transportation index is producing a warning, a shooting star signal so far Today. Although the market indexes are trading higher, numerous short positions are acting well. This implies the lack of trend consensus. Continue to have both long and short positions in the portfolio.

 

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Weekly Watch List March 22nd – March 26th

What identifies market reversals with a high degree of accuracy? Candlestick signals! Why? Because Japanese rice traders have identified signals using the most predictable trend indicator – human nature. Candlestick analysis is simple, there are only 12 major candlestick signals that need to be learned, six long and six short. The Japanese rice traders provided a powerful trading methodology. They identified the reversal signals AND explained investor sentiment that created the signal. That combination allows investors to view price trends with the same clarity as an investor that had been investing in the market for 50 years. Join us this weekend, March 27 and 28th for a two-day full comprehensive candlestick training. When you learn candlestick analysis in a step-by-step logical chronological process, the common sense investing perspectives will change your trading for the rest of your life. Remember, this is not rocket science, this is merely putting common-sense investment perspectives into a graphic depiction.


The indexes started showing strong selling this week, the Dow formed a bearish shooting star signal that was confirmed in Friday’s trading. The next confirmation will be to see if the T line is able to act as continued support. Lower trading on Monday would indicate the selling has started. These short sectors are currently auto dealerships, ABG, CPRT, SAH, LAD, PAG and retail stocks CATO, LE,TITN, TLYS.  The electric vehicle sector is showing some good potential trade setups, ROOT, BLNK, QS,m XPEV, LI, CBAT.  The gold sector is starting to show bottoming action. These market conditions are starting to warrant adding more short positions to the portfolio if the T line does not hold on the Dow.

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March 19th Daily Market Comments

Yesterday’s shooting star in the Dow was a good indicator to expect selling Today. The NASDAQ formed a bearish trend kicker signal, be careful of any bounce in that area today. Expect some more consolidation. The shooting star signal in the Dow yesterday is a significant indicator especially up in the overbought condition. Be cautious.

 

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March 18th Stock Chat with Stephen Bigalow

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Stock Chat – Thursday 03/18/21

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Major Market Candlestick Reversal Signals

The Dow produced a shooting star/Harami signal today in the overbought area. Look for lower trading tomorrow. This was accentuated with a bearish kicker signal in the NASDAQ. This combination produces strong probabilities that profit-taking/bearish sentiment is starting to take control. Today’s major candlestick reversal signals should immediately change the trade orientation of short-term and swing traders. The probabilities are extremely strong there will be more downside, you want to be trading in the bearish direction. A major advantage for candlestick investors is witnessing a change of investor sentiment well before most investors. Witnessing candlestick signals that are implying the bears have taken control allows for immediate closing of long positions that are not looking strong. Our recent morning and afternoon comments have been stressing to have both long and short positions in the portfolio. Individual candlestick signals provide much more clarity as far as assessing the direction of the overall market trend. This is information that you can utilize for trading candlestick analysis as your main trading platform or applying candlestick information to any trading system. The information built into each individual signal allows for a much more clear confirmation of price movements. Join us on March 27 and 28th for a two-day full comprehensive training on how to utilize candlestick signals. This will change your investment perspectives for the rest of your investment career.

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March 18th Daily Market Comments

Sector rotation! The NASDAQ keeps trading lower, with the S&P 500 now working in correlation with the NASDAQ, while the Dow is trading higher in conjunction with the transportation index. This clearly indicates specific sectors being sold while others are now be in bought. Biotech’s continue to maintain strength. Oil stocks are trading lower. Have both long and short positions in the portfolio.

 

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March 17th Daily Market Comments

Another consolidation day, likely waiting for the Fed meeting. The Dow is trading flat. The NASDAQ and the S&P 500 are trading lower but indecisively lower, Doji days still above the T line. Numerous stocks that sold off yesterday are bouncing back up today, the T-line be in a relevant support level. There appears to be sector rotation. Close out long positions that are not showing confirming strength. Numerous positions have been closed out because they close below the T-line. Be patient, sit in cash for a few days until new stock/sector signals become evident.

 

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March 16th Daily Market Comments

The bobble breakout of the NASDAQ continues to show the strength of expected. The S&P 500 is trading slightly positive, while the Dow is showing some selling today. Overall this continues to demonstrate a slow steady uptrend as long as the indexes remain above the T line. Strength is being seen in the big stocks,AAPL, NVDA, AMZN. This is another indicator that investor sentiment continues to remain overall bullish. However, the market remains sector specific. Stay predominately long, have a few short positions also.

 

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What do Candlesticks Reveal Going Into Earnings

What do candlestick charts reveal going into the earnings? A very simple probability factor! What are the investors that know about a specific company doing right before an earnings announcement? If they are showing a lot of buying strength, they probably are anticipating a good earnings report, very simple. If they are selling off a stock going into earnings, that is usually a good indication you want to close out a position before the earnings report that afternoon. Does this always work correctly? No, but the probabilities are greatly in your favor by doing what the candlestick chart reveals. There will always be surprises. But the probabilities are using in your favor.

There has been a strong reversal in the electric vehicle sector. Last week, Tesla formed a very strong bullish reversal signal, indicating the downtrend was over. Bullish signals were also witnessed in many other electric vehicle sector-related stocks such as QS and BLNK. Having the ability to identify the reversal signals allows the candlestick investor to get into stock/sectors at the appropriate time. Join us on March 27 and 28th to learn all the high probability indications candlestick signals provide. This will definitely change your perspective on investing.

 

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