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Technology stocks have pulled back sharply in the last week, but Hewlett Packard Enterprise is breaking out. The first pattern on today’s chart is $17.76, where HPE peaked in February 2022. The stock ripped through that level on Tuesday to make a new five-year high. Next, consider how prices briefly dipped under Monday’s low before rallying. The result was a...

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Energy stocks have been running lately. One big name has lagged but may play catch-up: BP. The first pattern on today’s chart is the $37.36 level. It was the opening price on May 2 when the stock gapped lower. Prices have remained below that line since, which may create the potential for a breakout if resistance gives way. Second, May ended with a false...

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Oracle gapped to record highs almost two months ago, and now it could interest some trend followers. The first pattern on today’s chart is the $114.34 level. It was both the opening price and low on June 12, the same day earnings and revenue beat estimates. The software company held that zone in late June, mid-July and again last week. Interestingly, it’s exactly...

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Apple gapped lower on Friday thanks to a ho-hum quarterly report. Is it an opportunity for longer-term buyers? The first pattern on today’s chart is $182.94, the previous all-time high from early 2022. AAPL challenged this price on June 5 after unveiling its virtual-reality headset but was initially rejected. The stock kept pushing and made new highs a couple of...

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Alphabet jumped to a new 52-week high on strong results last week. Now it may be giving trend followers a potential opportunity. The first pattern on today’s chart is the bullish gap on July 26 after revenue beat estimates and its Cloud business surprised to the upside. GOOGL has retraced half that move, which could attract dip buyers. The current level is...

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Morgan Stanley jumped to a four-month high after earnings beat estimates in July. Now it may be giving traders a pullback opportunity. The first pattern on today’s chart is the basing pattern around $82 after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in March. MS’s ability to hold that price zone may reveal the presence of long-term buyers of the investment...

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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...