Category: Technicals
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Technicals: Price Holds Near the Top While Breadth Rolls Over
October 30, 2026 Maintain a cautious approach, as indicated by the Daily Market Regime report. The Technical Index indicator has been a reliable indicator over the past 10 plus years, and right now it is telling a cautious story. The indicator is the NYSE Technical Index, shown on StockCharts under the proprietary symbol !BINYTI. Its…
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Technicals: Breadth Is Quietly Firming Under a Rising VIX
Volatility is doing what volatility is supposed to do in a risk-off tape. The VIX jumped about 12 percent this morning to 18.74 and is pressing toward the upper end of the range it has held since September, and the short-volatility side of the market tells the same story from the other direction. On its…
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Technicals: Market Breadth Is Trying to Stabilize
The advance-decline line counts the market’s foot soldiers. Indexes can be carried for a while by a handful of big names, but breadth tells us whether the average stock is actually participating. On a weekly chart, the NYSE advance-decline line has been weak, and this week it is doing something worth watching: it may be…
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Technicals: The Indicator Says Not Yet
October 19, 2026 This is the first in a series of customized StockCharts setups. Today’s chart is the S&P 500 with one of my favorite timing tools: a momentum indicator (middle panel) with a moving average overlay. The rule is simple. When the indicator drops below the moving average overlay, the market is going down.…