Zooming out and looking at a daily or
weekly line chart can give you a good idea of dominant trend direction.
Not exact matches
$ 1307 - 10 — five bottoms — 3/16, 3/19, 3/20, 3/21 and 4/30 lows $ 1312 — 5/2 high $ 1315 — double bottom — 4/26 and 4/27 lows $ 1319 — 4/25 low $ 1323 — 100 - day moving average $ 1321 - 23 — quadruple bottom, 3/29, 4/5, 4/6 and 4/23 low $ 1324 - 25 — double top, 4/27 and 4/30 highs $ 1325 — options $ 1329 — 50 day moving average $ 1331 — 40 day moving average $ 1332 — 20 - day moving average $ 1332 - 33 — double top - 4/24 and 4/25 highs $ 1335 — 4/23 high $ 1334 - 35 triple bottom — 4/12, 4/13, and 4/20 lows $ 1335 — 50 % retracement of down move from 1/25 $ 1366 high to 3/1 $ 1303 low $ 1337 — up trend
line from 12/12 $ 1236 low $ 1338 — 4/17 low $ 1341 — 4/19 low $ 1345 — down trendline from 8/2013
weekly chart $ 1346 — 4/20 high $ 1350 — options $ 1350 — down trendline from 1/25/18 $ 1366 high $ 1355 - 57 — quadruple top, 3/26, 3/27, 4/18, and 4/19 highs $ 1365 — down trendline from 7/6/16 $ 1375 high $ 1365 - 67 — 6 tops 4/11, 1/25, 8/2/16, 8/3/16, 8/4/16, and 8/5/16 highs $ 1375 — 7/6/16 high $ 1388 - 89 — double top 3/16/14, 3/17/14 highs
$ 1319 — 4/25 low $ 1322 — 100 - day moving average $ 1321 - 23 — quadruple bottom, 3/29, 4/5, 4/6 and 4/23 low $ 1324 - 25 — double top, 4/27 and 4/30 highs $ 1325 — options $ 1332 — 50 day moving average $ 1332 — 40 day moving average $ 1332 - 33 — double top - 4/24 and 4/25 highs $ 1334 — up trend
line from 12/12 $ 1236 low $ 1335 — 4/23 high $ 1334 - 35 triple bottom — 4/12, 4/13, and 4/20 lows $ 1335 — 50 % retracement of down move from 1/25 $ 1366 high to 3/1 $ 1303 low $ 1335 — 20 - day moving average $ 1338 — 4/17 low $ 1341 — 4/19 low $ 1345 — down trendline from 8/2013
weekly chart $ 1346 — 4/20 high $ 1350 — options $ 1350 — down trendline from 1/25/18 $ 1366 high $ 1355 - 57 — quadruple top, 3/26, 3/27, 4/18, and 4/19 highs $ 1365 — down trendline from 7/6/16 $ 1375 high $ 1365 - 67 — 6 tops 4/11, 1/25, 8/2/16, 8/3/16, 8/4/16, and 8/5/16 highs $ 1375 — 7/6/16 high $ 1388 - 89 — double top 3/16/14, 3/17/14 highs
$ 1321 - 23 — quadruple bottom, 3/29, 4/5, 4/6 and 4/23 low $ 1325 - options $ 1330 — up trend
line from 12/12 $ 1236 low $ 1332 — 40 day moving average $ 1332 - 33 — double top - 4/24 and 4/25 highs $ 1333 — 50 day moving average $ 1335 — 4/23 high $ 1334 - 35 triple bottom — 4/12, 4/13, and 4/20 lows $ 1335 — 50 % retracement of down move from 1/25 $ 1366 high to 3/1 $ 1303 low $ 1337 — 20 - day moving average $ 1338 — 4/17 low $ 1341 — 4/19 low $ 1345 — down trendline from 8/2013
weekly chart $ 1346 — 4/20 high $ 1350 — options $ 1352 — down trendline from 1/25/18 $ 1366 high $ 1355 - 57 — quadruple top, 3/26, 3/27, 4/18, and 4/19 highs $ 1365 — down trendline from 7/6/16 $ 1375 high $ 1365 - 67 — 6 tops 4/11, 1/25, 8/2/16, 8/3/16, 8/4/16, and 8/5/16 highs $ 1375 — 7/6/16 high $ 1388 - 89 — double top 3/16/14, 3/17/14 highs
This is one of several reasons our market timing system shifted from «buy» to «neutral» mode on December 13, after several major indices formed «shooting stars» on their
weekly charts while running into the downtrend
lines from their September 2012 highs.
If the NASDAQ cracks below the red horizontal
line shown on the
chart above, the index will set another «lower low» on the
weekly chart.
As for the
weekly chart pattern, QQQ is now trading just below its one - year uptrend
line (similar to the one shown on the
weekly chart of SPY).
The pink, horizontal
line on the
weekly chart below shows the area of resistance that $ LULU may bounce to, which may present you with a low - risk entry point for swing trading on the short side:
For the sake of brevity, we will skip analysis of the Dow Jones SPDR ETF ($ DIA) because both its daily and
weekly chart patterns are quite similar to SPY above (broke down firmly below its 50 - day moving average yesterday, and is also coming into support of its year - long uptrend
line).
$ 1325 - options $ 1330 — up trend
line from 12/12 $ 1236 low $ 1331 — 4/10 low $ 1332 — 40 day moving average $ 1333 — 50 day moving average $ 1335 — 4/23 high $ 1334 - 35 triple bottom — 4/12, 4/13, and 4/20 lows $ 1335 — 50 % retracement of down move from 1/25 $ 1366 high to 3/1 $ 1303 low $ 1338 — 4/17 low $ 1349 — 20 - day moving average $ 1341 — 4/19 low $ 1345 — down trendline from 8/2013
weekly chart $ 1346 — 4/20 high $ 1350 — options $ 1352 — down trendline from 1/25/18 $ 1366 high $ 1355 - 57 — quadruple top, 3/26, 3/27, 4/18, and 4/19 highs $ 1365 — down trendline from 7/6/16 $ 1375 high $ 1365 - 67 — 6 tops 4/11, 1/25, 8/2/16, 8/3/16, 8/4/16, and 8/5/16 highs $ 1375 — 7/6/16 high $ 1388 - 89 — double top 3/16/14, 3/17/14 highs
We find that year - over-year growth in ECRI's
Weekly Leading Index (WLI) remains in a cyclical downturn (top
line in
chart) and, as of early March, is near its worst reading since July 2009.
The
weekly chart below shows the long - term uptrend in TMF, while the daily
chart that follows shows the potential breakout above the intermediate - term downtrend
line.
As a follow - up to that analysis, the longer - term
weekly chart below shows the breakout above a year - long downtrend
line, along with a -LSB-...]
The «cup» was formed after the low of the pullback that tested the downtrend
line on the
weekly chart above, and the «handle» has been forming the right side of the
chart pattern just below the prior highs from September of 2012:
As a follow - up to that analysis, the longer - term
weekly chart below shows the breakout above a year - long downtrend
line, along with a coinciding pickup in volume:
$ 1319 — 4/25 low $ 1320 — 100 - day moving average $ 1321 - 23 — quadruple bottom, 3/29, 4/5, 4/6 and 4/23 low $ 1325 - options $ 1332 — 40 day moving average $ 1332 — 50 day moving average $ 1332 - 33 — double top - 4/24 and 4/25 highs $ 1333 — up trend
line from 12/12 $ 1236 low $ 1335 — 4/23 high $ 1334 - 35 triple bottom — 4/12, 4/13, and 4/20 lows $ 1335 — 50 % retracement of down move from 1/25 $ 1366 high to 3/1 $ 1303 low $ 1337 — 20 - day moving average $ 1338 — 4/17 low $ 1341 — 4/19 low $ 1345 — down trendline from 8/2013
weekly chart $ 1346 — 4/20 high $ 1350 — options $ 1352 — down trendline from 1/25/18 $ 1366 high $ 1355 - 57 — quadruple top, 3/26, 3/27, 4/18, and 4/19 highs $ 1365 — down trendline from 7/6/16 $ 1375 high $ 1365 - 67 — 6 tops 4/11, 1/25, 8/2/16, 8/3/16, 8/4/16, and 8/5/16 highs $ 1375 — 7/6/16 high $ 1388 - 89 — double top 3/16/14, 3/17/14 highs
For this reason, I always scan through a
line chart on the daily and
weekly in an attempt to identify a market that is beginning to trend or is already trending.
Therefore, the prior downtrend
line shown on the
weekly chart below should provide substantial support for EEM:
On the
weekly chart of $ NEWR below, the top half shows the price action of the stock, while the bottom half shows the relative strength
line:
On the
weekly chart, notice that $ USO broke out above resistance of its downtrend
line a few weeks ago.
Finally on technicals the
chart shows a failure to break (let alone touch) the down trend
line, and there is minor bearish divergence on the
weekly chart.
# 7 MACD crossover: In the
weekly chart of PZZA, the MACD
line was sloping downwards from December 2016 till the start of January 2018.
# 6 Trend
line support: The
weekly chart of PZZA shows that the stock is currently near the trend
line support.
$ 1314 — 5/2 high $ 1315 — double bottom — 4/26 and 4/27 lows $ 1318 — 5/3 high $ 1319 — 4/25 low $ 1324 — 100 - day moving average $ 1321 - 23 — quadruple bottom, 3/29, 4/5, 4/6 and 4/23 low $ 1324 - 25 — double top, 4/27 and 4/30 highs $ 1325 — options $ 1329 — 50 day moving average $ 1330 — 40 day moving average $ 1332 — 20 - day moving average $ 1332 - 33 — double top - 4/24 and 4/25 highs $ 1335 — 4/23 high $ 1334 - 35 triple bottom — 4/12, 4/13, and 4/20 lows $ 1335 — 50 % retracement of down move from 1/25 $ 1366 high to 3/1 $ 1303 low $ 1337 — up trend
line from 12/12 $ 1236 low $ 1338 — 4/17 low $ 1341 — 4/19 low $ 1345 — down trendline from 8/2013
weekly chart $ 1346 — 4/20 high $ 1350 — options $ 1350 — down trendline from 1/25/18 $ 1366 high $ 1355 - 57 — quadruple top, 3/26, 3/27, 4/18, and 4/19 highs $ 1365 — down trendline from 7/6/16 $ 1375 high $ 1365 - 67 — 6 tops 4/11, 1/25, 8/2/16, 8/3/16, 8/4/16, and 8/5/16 highs $ 1375 — 7/6/16 high $ 1388 - 89 — double top 3/16/14, 3/17/14 highs
$ 1307 - 10 — five bottoms — 3/16, 3/19, 3/20, 3/21 and 4/30 lows $ 1315 — double bottom — 4/26 and 4/27 lows $ 1319 — 4/25 low $ 1322 — 100 - day moving average $ 1321 - 23 — quadruple bottom, 3/29, 4/5, 4/6 and 4/23 low $ 1324 - 25 — double top, 4/27 and 4/30 highs $ 1325 — options $ 1330 — 50 day moving average $ 1331 — 40 day moving average $ 1332 - 33 — double top - 4/24 and 4/25 highs $ 1334 — 20 - day moving average $ 1336 — up trend
line from 12/12 $ 1236 low $ 1335 — 4/23 high $ 1334 - 35 triple bottom — 4/12, 4/13, and 4/20 lows $ 1335 — 50 % retracement of down move from 1/25 $ 1366 high to 3/1 $ 1303 low $ 1338 — 4/17 low $ 1341 — 4/19 low $ 1345 — down trendline from 8/2013
weekly chart $ 1346 — 4/20 high $ 1350 — options $ 1350 — down trendline from 1/25/18 $ 1366 high $ 1355 - 57 — quadruple top, 3/26, 3/27, 4/18, and 4/19 highs $ 1365 — down trendline from 7/6/16 $ 1375 high $ 1365 - 67 — 6 tops 4/11, 1/25, 8/2/16, 8/3/16, 8/4/16, and 8/5/16 highs $ 1375 — 7/6/16 high $ 1388 - 89 — double top 3/16/14, 3/17/14 highs
On the
weekly chart below, notice how $ QQQ has closed above its 10 - week moving average (teal
line) in each of the past six weeks:
The decline also caused an ugly, wide - ranged bar to form on the
weekly chart, which should now act as overhead resistance (see horizontal
line on the
chart below).
Starting with the
weekly chart, you will see that $ EWH is testing resistance of a downtrend
line that has been in place since early 2011.
By comparison, take a look at the
weekly chart of GLD with Fibonacci retracement
lines:
I trade in a daily
chart and check
weekly chart if I'm having trouble to find a support or resistance
line.
# 6 Near long - term support: As you can see from the
weekly chart, the stock is currently trading near a long - term support level (marked in green color dotted
line).
I have a question how to determine the turning point of the trend change, is it price action signal daily or
weekly chart, or when prices cross 50 % Fib level, or when it break the trend
line?
# 6 Trend
line support: The
weekly chart of PZZA shows that the stock is currently near the trend
line support.
# 7 MACD crossover: In the
weekly chart of PZZA, the MACD
line was sloping downwards from December 2016 till the start of January 2018.
The
weekly chart shows a strong move lower from consolidation through one rising trend
line and approaching the cross of two others.