
Some Hunting Ideas
The market made it’s low on Thursday and has made some nice gains off the lows. Tuesday was another strong day. I continue to like

Is A Tech Rally Starting?
Tech shares have been pounded for the last 6 months after making their highs in November. This week we saw some significant lows. The Nas-dawg

Are You Missing These Setups? Energy Stocks Breakout!
Today I’m going to be focusing on a sector that is not only showing an acceleration in upside price momentum but is also breaking out

The Problems In The Bond Market
The stock market is stuck and many investors are having trouble understanding why it can’t bounce from here. The purpose of this article is to

Energy Stocks Lead The Breakout (FINALLY!)
I published an article on StockCharts that covers off the basics of this setup. I’ve included the text of that article here. But keep reading,

Commodities Start To Exit
It’s a twisting market but typically the bears don’t leave any berries untouched. Within two trading days, the Nasdaq has dropped 6.5%. By any measure,

Some Yields Hit Resistance
The bond market has been a house of pain as yields moved higher. This week the 10-year is testing the downtrend line from the infamous

Tectonic Shifts Are Going On
It’s been a difficult year for investors focused on what used to be working. I noticed a small, subtle trend that has started to emerge

Mean Reversion Trading
As the market grinds sideways heading into the end of April, it is a mixed bag as to which direction we are going. Last week,

Are You Feeling Vulnerable?
The chart work I do leads me to believe this is a potential ‘turn the plane around’ moment of decision. As the market works to

A New Strategy For Investing | Greg Schnell, CMT | Your Daily Five (04.06.22)
Greg explains why the market is struggling here and how the change in leadership is identifying a new strategy for investing compared to 2020 and

Can Railways Make U-turns?
I published an article about the rails gently moving higher, only to have Friday’s price action wipe out most of the prior months gains. That

Financial Charts Are Crumbling
With the bank stocks moving lower, well below the 2021 range, it is an odd “rebound” in the indexes. The difference between the bank price

Getting Our Trading Back On The Rails
The stock market has a pretty big slam lower to start the year. However, the massive rally off last weeks lows will mean the monthly

Are You Ready?
I watched Margin Call again last night (its on Netflix right now) and slept on the suddenness of the events that unfolded. I’ll share with

Gas Prices Have Topped This Week
You need to imagine being on a tee-box playing golf with me. It seems every hole we talk about a different dynamic in the markets.

These Three Charts Look Ready To Go Ballistic!
Investing in March is bringing some new challenges to the world. If you have had massive success in Technology investing in the last ten years,

It’s Been A Couple Of Months To Remember
We are a mere 45 days into 2022 and a lot of the warning signals at the end of 2021 are playing out. We got

The Technical Breakout Being Confirmed With Relative Outperformance.
Today I’m going to be talking about the technical breakout from a consolidation (or continuation pattern) to a new high (whether it be a 3-month

Commodities Breakout | Greg Schnell, CMT | Your Daily Five (03.02.22)
With the changes in Ukraine, the sanctions are going to create a lot of problems for commodity supply out of Russia. Even if some supplies

The What’s Working Religion
After a big rally on Thursday, the market is trying to hold and consolidate heading into the weekend. With volatility still high, I’m looking around

This Indicator Is Near 5-Year Lows
The chart below from Friday for the Nasdaq Composite is awfully weak. A few bearish points of interest are on the chart. The 50-day moving

The Mega Caps Are Struggling
The lows for the index were put in on January 24th, and we continue to make higher lows coming out of the base. I must

Swing with Bitcoin and Ethereum
The violent swing trade in Amazon was enough to shake the teeth loose on most risk managers. A $350 swing down from Wednesday to Thursday

Sold Off Stocks With Upside Potential | Greg Schnell, CMT | Your Daily Five (02.02.22)
Today, Greg has 5 charts that are big names that have sold off but, still offer a reasonable upside. So, he is going over types

Nasdaq Hits The Thrusters
After a rough January, investors are on watch for a much better trading environment in February. We\’ve had a few \’story time\’ illnesses hit in
A Higher Weekly Close
The bulls and bears had a classic battle this week. The market whipped back and forth intraday and overnight. It sold off Caterpillar and gobbled

Is It All Down Hill?
The Market Drop It’s been a rather traumatic start to 2022. The $SPX lodged a new high for the year on the second trading morning

Is The Market Headed For A Much Bigger Pullback? | Greg Schnell, CMT | Your Daily Five (01.19.22)
The market is giving us some clear indications that this has all the makings of a much bigger pullback. Greg works through some charts that

Commodity Sunshine
Commodities have being doing well to start 2021. I have been hammering the drum on energy and copper throughout December and into January. This trend

The Greatest Stock Rally Ever?
In one of the greatest stock rallies ever, 2021 will go up in history as an easy market to make money. The chart opened on

Two Forces At Play
The market is really testing a lot of traders this month. Most of the bullishness is being eroded as the technology traders keep getting pushed

5 Stocks to Keep Your Eyes On | Greg Schnell, CMT | Your Daily Five (12.01.21)
With the indexes in decline, it is hard to find stocks going up. Check out some different names that might be off your radar.

Expecting These Names To Move
The oil names have been idling for the last month. With Friday’s sudden drop in crude, the oil names barely budged either way. They didn’t

Finding Entries In Steel And Miners | Greg Schnell, CMT (11.23.21)
Like a lot of traders and investors, Greg isn’t thrilled about the market right now. With setups failing, it can be hard to find stocks

The Sexy Six
The market had some real weird underpinnings this past week. The Nasdaq 100 and the $SPX closed up, but the $NDX outperformance was almost a

Welcome to ChartLists | Greg Schnell, CMT | ChartSchool: The Power of ChartLists
Greg Schnell, CMT literally “wrote the book” on ChartLists and now he is bringing all of that knowledge to you! In this ChartSchool series video,

A Review of The Sunrise For Silver
In recent weeks, I have been talking about Gold and Silver. It all started with the Silver making a low in late September. This is

There Are Exit Signs At Costco
In a market where stocks are moving higher, this was a wild week. Not just to the upside, but the number of stocks that were

The Pitch | Greg Schnell, CMT, Mark Newton, CMT, Jay Woods, CMT with Grayson Roze (10.27.21)
In this special edition of The Pitch, host Grayson Roze sits down with Greg Schnell, CMT (ospreystrategic.org) Mark Newton, CMT (Fundstrat Global Advisors, LLC) and

The Next Big Move
After oil accelerated from near zero last year, it reached $85 for the first time in 7 years. A few things are really interesting on

Copper – The 2021 Pumpkin of October?
Last week, I wrote how bullish I was on Copper. It had been breaking a downtrend, and seemed ready to pop. There are many stock

Power In Potash?
I recently rode on the Rocky Mountaineer train through the Canadian rockies. This article is another in the series from the railway track point of

Sights From The Railway
I rode the Rocky Mountaineer last week and learned a lot more about the railway business being up close and rolling on the CP and

With Global Energy Demand, These Stocks Are Poised For A Surge | Greg Schnell, CMT (10.01.21)
With the power crisis, despite a market sell-off, Greg pinpoints stocks that are just getting started to the upside. He also looks at a promising

Its Black
The market has tried to rally since the Monday lows. We all know the difficulty of trying to figure out which rally is the right

Walking Blind Into An Energy Crisis
A theme is emerging in the energy space. Oddly, it is not a theme focused on green energy. At this point it appears to be

Green Power – All Aboard?
Copper is the most important metal in the greening of our energy sources. Lately the commodity has pulled back, but the copper stocks got smoked.

Is Lumber Out Of Its Slumber?
Lumber has been on a remarkable ride this year. Up 6x on the lows of last year, it quickly plummeted to being less than a

Sector Rotation Gets More Difficult
Some of my regular breadth indicators are getting stronger, but others are getting weaker. Here is a chart so out of sync with history it’s

Setups Ready To Go Higher | Greg Schnell, CMT | Your Daily Five (08.04.21)
Greg brings us the 5 charts that he has studied that were slipping and are now poised to go higher. These charts are showing higher

These Industries Are Getting Some Attention
The dollar sits at a key level. It broke the downtrend, but failed at the breakout to a higher high at 93.5. So far, the

The Pitch | Greg Schnell, CMT, Jeff Huge, CMT, Mark Newton, CMT with David Keller, CMT (7.27.21)
Host David Keller, CMT sits down with Greg Schnell, CMT, (Chief Technical Strategist ospreystrategic.org) Jeff Huge, CMT, (Chief Investment Officer JWH Investment) Mark Newton, CMT

These Stocks Look Alluring
One of the interesting phenomena about investing is how stocks run up, consolidate for a period of time, then mark their next leg of

The Valley Of Fear
When climbers climb mountains, they are more fearful and cautious at the top. When investors climb mountains, they get more bullish at the top and

Is Electric Losing Its Spark?
It’s been an interesting week for some of the boys in the B wealthy club. Richard Branson made his first flight to outer space. Jeff

My Rearview Mirror Is Clear
As we cross the halfway mark, it is always good to do a little reflection. The tables shown below are based on Year-to-date information. I

The Grand Breakout
The mega-cap stocks are poised to breakout this week and Tuesday saw a few of them start the run. Apple. Broke the downtrend. The PPO

The Federal Elephant In The Room
First it was the pandemic trade. Then it was the re-opening trade. On Thursday, after the Fed, it looked like a return to tech but

Are The Financials About To Break Lower?
The banks have been rallying since August. Who expected the banks to make this massive run? Well, a hoard of technicians saw the breakout last

Surprisingly Light Momentum
While the commodity trades have been working, it seems that the broader indexes just can’t get running higher. The Nasdaq has done nothing for 7

Opportunities Popping Up | Greg Schnell, CMT | Your Daily Five (06.01.21)
Greg brings up an energy name that look like there’s trying to popup again. There’s also Magna International in the Consumer Discretionary/Auto Parts. Next, is

Is This About To Explode?
This crazy world has so many unique twists and turns. The turn that absolutely baffles me is the move to green energy without the planning.

Scans Help You Stay Nimble | Greg Schnell, CMT | ChartSchool: Idea Generation
Greg rolls through different types of scans to help find pockets of opportunity. Whether you are a buyer of stocks breaking out to all time

Commodities Pause, Can Tech Take The Baton?
One of the most interesting parts of the rally from March has been the rapid turn between industry groups. Since November when the vaccines

Does Getting Hit With A Money Cannon Ever Hurt?
While I was driving around picking up a curbside order at Canadian Tire Thursday, I was listening to Fast Money. Kevin O’Leary (one of the

Tough Start To A Week – Reversals Broadly
After a rollover Monday, Tuesday is starting will less optimism. Charts like FCX had a huge volume day as Copper stalled. This was the highest

Optimism in Oil and Gas | Greg Schnell, CMT | Your Daily Five (04.30.21)
Greg is getting optimistic about the oil and gas business heading into the second half of the year. There are more people buying cars and

Everyone Needs To Get Paid
When I roll through different payment stocks it is almost money in a barrel. These stocks are rising nicely and it doesn’t seem to be

Bitcoin Under $50,000 – Opportunity?
Friday morning saw Bitcoin’s price bar dip under $47,500. This took out the March low so we now have a lower low in place. While

Defense Breaking Out | Greg Schnell, CMT | Your Daily Five (04.09.21)
Greg particularly likes it when industry groups start to make a move. One of the stocks he found earlier to look at was in the

New Highs To Wrap Another Strong Week | Greg Schnell, CMT | The Final Bar (04.09.21)
Greg guest hosts this Friday’s Final Bar. The market made nice gains throughout the week, with the Nasdaq leading most global indexes. There is a

3 Big Names Look Set To Move Higher
After the big run last year, the market has sorted itself out and now we have some stocks rolling over when others are turning up.

These Stocks Look Like They Have Renewed Energy
The Alternative energy space has been very volatile. Surging up a couple hundred percent then back fifty percent. It all adds up to capturing profits

Defensive Area Buys | Greg Schnell, CMT | Your Daily Five (03.30.21)
Greg brings the 5 charts he is following this week. At the moment, he is looking to buy in defensive areas of the markets. These

Stuck In A Canal
This week saw a 400′ meter ship stopped by 5 meters of soil. A bunch of ships are now backlogged. 12% of the world freight

5G Is The Meme
I can’t tell you how excited I am to get 5G. I am not sure why I am excited, but we are supposed to be.

What Happened To Retail?
In one of the oddest twists of the market lately, this is the oddest one I can’t figure out. If we are about to add

Oil Price Push
The Friday sch-w-wing on the markets was a welcome respite from the hard selling in the Technology and innovation space. The Nasdaq soared 4.0% from

Stocks Ready To Surge | Greg Schnell, CMT | Your Daily Five (03.02.21)
It’s a tough market right now and currently rocking back and forth. Volatility is starting to rise and Greg is looking at names that can

The Nightmare Of Capital Efficiency
This week, the liquid energy markets exhibited some serious stress. Oil surged in both $WTIC (North America benchmark) and $BRENT, an international benchmark to levels

Miners Move On Earnings
BHP reported earnings this week and continues to move higher. With the industrial metal commodities being very strong, this chart looks really nice with the

The Two Questions I Have Are:
We continue to be in a bull market. We continue to expect more stimulus to help this rally. We continue to expect the vaccine to

Wobbles In The Green Zone
A couple of the Green stocks broke their trend today. The first on is Ballard. (BLDP) Ballard has had a wonderful run in 2021. We

US Dollar Moves HIgher
The US Dollar is trying to hold above the down-sloping trend line to end the week. This is the one year view. Looking at the

Nasdaq 100 – Five Trade Ideas | Greg Schnell, CMT | Your Daily Five (02.02.21)
The market situation is elevated but, Greg found some promising trade ideas on the Nasdaq 100. Let’s see what he has in mind!

The Market Is Stretched | Greg Schnell, CMT | Your Daily Five (01.28.21)
Greg reviews some index charts showing how stretched the market is fundamentally and technically. He also shows his proprietary indexes on this big move down.

MANGA Resumes Leadership
Recently, the big cap tech names have been consolidating. That seems about to change as ‘MANGA’ names are leading today’s rally and are pushing up

Sector Rotation: Materials & Energy | Greg Schnell, CMT | Reflections 2020
Greg’s year end recap and outlook for commodities continues to be that. We are just hitting the start of a big increase in energy demand.

CSTA Calgary – Tuesday, December 15, 2020
This video is a presentation about the bullish setup for commodities in 2021. It is also specifically targetted at the bullish situation for Canadian oil

Commodities Bull Market Coming? | Greg Schnell, CMT | Your Daily Five (12.14.20)
Markets have been pushing higher and are starting to slow down a little bit. In general, the shape of the market is good so far

Will We Get There?
Today, I want to cover off one of the things that have to fall into place for the EV movement to really succeed. I was

Electric Vehicle Breakdowns
The electric car companies have been surging week after week. 100% here, 100 % there. We have been seeing these massive price changes, even though

This Market Is On Fire
The charts continue to roast the bears. It’s been an aggressive run; the bears are trying to hang on, but it seems they are getting

Large Cap Tech Name Breaking Down $AMZN $AAPL
Monday turned into an incredibly difficult day for people short the weakest parts of the market and long the tech space. It was a vicious

2020 CSTA Annual Conference (Canadian Technicians Day) – Tom McClellan – Oct 17, 2020
Tom McClellan works through some of the key indicators he looks for in the market. He also discusses the presidential cycle and other sysles at

2020 CSTA Annual Conference (Canadian Technicians Day) – Barry Powley – Oct 17, 2020
Barry Powley walks us through the different types of technology themes that exist today and how to differentiate investing within tech but be diversified into

2020 CSTA Annual Conference (Canadian Technicians Day) – Dwight Galusha – Oct 17, 2020
Dwight Galusha runs scans that are timely. He finds very tight setups that as stocks break out, they literally explode when they pop. In this

2020 CSTA Annual Conference (Canadian Technicians Day) – Andrew Cardwell – Oct 17, 2020
John Murphy referred to Andrew Cardwell as Dr. RSI. This presentation leads into some of Andrew Cardwells’ detailed analysis of the RSI. As Andrew does

2020 CSTA Annual Conference (Canadian Technicians Day) – Greg Schnell – Oct 17, 2020
This presentation is timely around October 17th 2020. Greg works through the charts and demonstrates why they are on tenuous footing.