Category: Stock Charts
March 4, 2012
I charted the past three months of daily prices for the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJIA, $INDU, $DJI) after the index closed at 12,977.57 on Friday, March 2, 2012.

Nothing has changed in the past few weeks. I could almost recycle a chart analysis from a couple of weeks ago and just change the date. The …
February 26, 2012
I charted the past three months of daily prices for the Russell 2000 Index ($RUT.X) after the index closed at 826.92 on Friday, February 24, 2012.

The small cap index had a great rally from the middle of December through the first few days of February. That’s when it broke out of its narrow trading channel …
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February 18, 2012
I charted the past six months of daily prices for the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index ($MID.X) after the index closed at 984.60 on Friday, February 17, 2012.

In most of my charts recently I’ve been posting three month periods of indexes. The main reason was to be able to focus on the near term trends without …
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February 12, 2012
I charted the past three months of daily prices for the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU, $DJI, DJIA) after the index closed at 12,801.23 on Friday, February 10, 2012.

Two weeks ago when I last charted the Dow, I suggested the index might have one more trip to the …
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February 5, 2012
This S&P 500 ($SPX) chart shows the past three months of daily prices after the index finished the week at 1,344.90 on Friday, February 3, 2012.

Three trend lines stand out in this chart. All are ascending. The lowest line traces the trend of higher lows that started in November. The top line tracks the trend …
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January 29, 2012
I charted the past three months of daily prices for the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU, $DJI, DJIA) after the index closed at 12,660.46 on Friday, January 27, 2012.

At the beginning of December, I charted the S&P 500 index and pointed out how the 50 and 100 day moving …
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January 22, 2012
This S&P 500 ($SPX) chart shows the past three months of daily prices after the index finished the week at 1,315.38 on Friday, January 20, 2012.

As I mentioned last week in my Dow Jones chart, technical analysis can be an art as much as a science when using certain technical indicators. Three of my go-to …
January 11, 2012
This is starting to be a trend. I called it yesterday, but didn’t make the trade until today. At the bottom of my blog post yesterday I pointed out that TLT was due to come off its recent lows. I was hoping for one more day lower before it popped and missed a better trade because I waited. Instead of crying over spilled milk, I went forward with the trade this morning even though I didn’t get as good of …
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January 8, 2012
This S&P 500 ($SPX) chart shows the past three months of daily prices after the index finished the week at 1,277.81 on Friday, January 6, 2012.

The S&P 500 is approaching resistance at its October 27th intraday high of 1,292.66 and volume will likely stay light until the large cap index can move past this key …
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