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Silver rallied sharply between March and May. Now, following a pullback, it may be shining again. The first pattern on today’s chart is the level around $28.88. It was the daily closing high on April 15. Prices tested it and held last week and this week. Has old resistance become new support? Second, the level roughly matches a 50 percent retracement of the...

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Shopify has struggled since late 2021 and now some traders may expect another push to the downside. The first pattern on today’s chart is the pair of high-volume bearish gaps after quarterly results on February 13 and May 8. Both drops came despite better-than-expected earnings, which may suggest the e-commerce stock is a distribution phase. Second, SHOP...

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AT&T has been fighting higher, and some traders may see an opportunity in the latest pullback. The first pattern on today’s chart is the falling trendline along the highs of February and April. T broke above it in late May and proceeded to hit a new 52-week high early this month. Notice how prices have retreated and now seem to be stabilizing at the trend line....

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Gold rallied in March and April. Now, after a pullback, some traders may expect further upside. The first pattern on this weekly chart is the breakout above the 2020 peak of 2075. XAUUSD proceeded above 2440 before stalling, but held a 50 percent retracement of the move. That may confirm an ascending trajectory. Second, price just completed a bullish inside...

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Many chip stocks have surged on AI hopes recently, but Advanced Micro Devices has been notably absent. The first patterns on today’s chart are weekly lows around $161.81 and $172.49. AMD has been stuck between these levels for the past month. In the process, it’s formed a range below its March peak. Will this mark a new top? Second, prices have been unable to...

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APA is struggling, even as the broader market powers to new highs. The first pattern on today’s chart is the 2023 low of $30.67. The oil and gas driller has spent much of this year near and below that old level. It’s also made incrementally lower lows. That may suggest support is breaking. Second, the 50-day simple moving average (SMA) had a “death cross” under...

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This is a conceptual strategy intended for E-mini S&P 500 futures with hourly bars. It uses three signals, going long or short when two or more change in the same direction. First is MACD. A positive oscillator is considered a bullish signal and a falling oscillator is interpreted bearishly. Next, stochastics are used as an overbought/oversold indicator....

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Moving average crosses are popular signals for trend followers. Like many conditions, they tend to reverse after a certain amount of time. Today’s script is designed to help traders visualize and interpret these turns. Bars Since MA Cross counts how many bars have passed since a fast-moving average crossed a slower MA. Bullish readings, with the faster MA above...

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The Relative Strength Index was created by J. Welles Wilder to measure overbought and oversold conditions. It’s also found popularity as an overall measure of direction because upward-trending stocks often hit overbought conditions. The opposite can be true with underperformers. Today’s custom script, RSI Past, attempts to capture this secondary use of RSI as a...

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Many technical analysts use moving average crosses to assess trend changes. A faster-moving MA crossing above a slower-moving line may be viewed as a bullish signal. The opposite can apply to the downside. While these methods may help analyze price direction, they can often force traders to wait until the cross occurs. Sometimes it may be useful to anticipate the...

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There are many price-based techniques for anticipating the end of a move. However, the simple passage of time can also help because bull markets don’t last forever. While old age doesn’t necessarily cause investors to sell, a reversal becomes more likely the longer a trend lasts. So, how long have prices been going up? There are various ways to measure that. Our...

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Moving averages are one of the most common indicators in the world of technical analysis. And they’re often the ingredients of more complex indicators like MACD. Today’s script shows how long prices have been moving in a given direction. Similar to our earlier Price Streak script, MA Streak counts the number of sessions that the average is rising or falling. It...