It’s been an exciting earnings week so far, with much more excitement (and perhaps a few surprises) yet to come.…
TVO Market Barometer 7-23: Are we headed to new highs or taking a breather?
The low volume consolidation continued for a second consecutive day across the indices on Monday. Any bears that failed to…
TVO Market Barometer 7-20: Is it just a pullback or much more?
Last week the bulls finally got their SPY 280 (and then some), but before the dust had the chance to…
TVO Market Barometer 7-18: Gartman is right… just a little late.
Since last week’s break of the June highs, the market has been edging higher. And contrary to what most chart…
TVO Market Barometer 7-17: Good things come in threes… or do they?
After weaker than expected earnings, Netflix plunged Tuesday morning, only to be feverishly bought up by the afternoon. For some…
TVO Market Barometer 7-16: Will SPY finally breakout this week?
Breakouts need volume to succeed and Monday on the big board there was plenty of it (a good 7% increase…
TVO Market Barometer 7-13: Happy Birthday Bull Market!
Just about every time the market rises these days, the 9-year bull market folks start chiming in. Sure, the indices…
TVO Market Barometer 7-12: How do you know when to sell?
Wednesday’s shakeout went exactly according to plan, lightening the load which then paved the way to Thursday’s rise. The bulls…
TVO Market Barometer 7-11: Is it SPY 280 this time or a correction of time?
The shakeout was right on schedule and under the surface it did pack quite a punch. Overall volume pulled back…
TVO Market Barometer 7-10: Here comes the shakeout.
After the late June reversal, markets had an impressive run up over the last week (which included no less than…
TVO Market Barometer 7-09: Has the market finally gone crazy?
Back from the holiday week, markets rallied hard on Monday in what was the 2nd across-the-board accumulation day in July……
TVO Market Barometer 7-06: Are we in the fast lane to new highs or stuck in the shoulder?
According to Bulkowski’s Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns (which is a must-have for all traders whether you trade off patterns or…
TVO Market Barometer 7-02: When investors are away, the bulls will play.
Markets close early the day before the 4th of July, presumably to give investors and financial folks a head start…
TVO Market Barometer 6-29: Will markets snap or fill the gap?
The bulls finally got the volume they needed last Friday, but a sudden wave of end-of-the-quarter profit taking swept through…
TVO Market Barometer 6-28: It’s all over but the volume.
Thursday’s reversal had all the ingredients of a successful bounce… a quick undercut of previous session lows, a strong close…
TVO Market Barometer 6-27: Just when I thought I was out… they pull me back in
On Wednesday, in what started as a decisive bounce off the 50 day ma, the S&P 500 quickly retreated to…
TVO Market Barometer 6-05: Which way is the market headed?
After last Thursday’s drop, the bulls maintained control of the ball, filled some long-lost gaps and now all-time highs are…
TVO Market Barometer 5-31: Will the market get a lift or continue to drift?
After a turbulent day of more disruptive tweets and tariffs, in the grand scheme of things on the chart, it’s…
TVO Market Barometer 5-29: Is Italy really a concern for markets?
After the long weekend, talk of another Italian election shook up markets on Tuesday, as investors made their way for…
TVO Market Barometer 5-18: With volume, a little goes a long way
Back on 5/9, the S&P 500 broke above the 50 day MA on strong volume. Since then, decreasing volume has…