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Bitcoin has moved sideways since the end of February, and the cryptocurrency may face a big test soon. The first pattern on today’s chart is the $69,000 peak from November 2021. Prices inched above this level in March and April but failed to hold. Traders may next view a return above the old highs as a bullish signal, while remaining below them could make the...

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Oracle jumped to new highs almost two months ago. Now, after a pullback, the software giant may have found support. The first pattern on today’s chart is the gap higher on March 12 after earnings surprised to the upside. ORCL retraced the move and is starting to rebound after holding previous levels. The stock is also bouncing near a falling trendline along the...

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Stocks rose last week, but a more important signal may have come from the yield on the 10-year Treasury note. Today’s idea uses multiple time frames to consider whether borrowing costs have finally peaked. The first pattern on the daily chart is the gap lower on November 2. It was a key day when labor productivity improved much more than expected and labor costs...

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Western Digital has pushed steadily higher since late 2023, and now some traders may expect the uptrend to continue. The first pattern on today’s chart is the zone around $66. WDC peaked there on March 6 and 21. It then rallied above the price and came back to hold it on April 19 and 25. Has old resistance become new support? Second, the data-storage company got...

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Carnival has been rudderless all year, and now some traders may see downside risk in the debt-laden cruise-ship operator. The first pattern on today’s chart is the sideways drift following a sharp rally in November and early December. Its failure to make new highs -- even early in the year when the S&P 500 was breaking out -- may reflect weak sentiment. Second,...

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Alcoa has fought higher since October, and some traders may expect further upside. The first pattern on today’s chart is the December 27 high of $35.03. The aluminum company rallied above that level in early April and retested it in mid-April. Has old resistance become new support? Second, AA is nearing its previous 52-week high of $38.20. Chart watchers could...

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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...