From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

New Mystery Chart!

For those new to the exercise, we take a chart of interest and remove the x/y-axes and any other labels that would help identify it. The chart can be any security in...

We are not seeing any evidence of a bottom for stocks, yet. In these sorts of scenarios we want to see improvements in market breadth and/or bullish momentum divergences start to pile up. We're not seeing any of either.

In times like this,...

In this type of environment, our focus has been on capital preservation as opposed to capital appreciation.

We've gotten a lot of questions about Metals during this...

There are a lot people openly talking about the potential for the stock market to close while this coronavirus pandemic plays out.

This is a valid concern.

Naturally, the question becomes: "What happens to any open options positions I...

Every month I host a Conference Call for members of All Star Charts Pro. From the feedback we get from our readers all over the world, this one feature of our...

Risk management has to be our number one focus right now. This is no time to be lazy, hoping, or praying.

Yes, if you're willing to wade in carefully, there can be some great opportunities for premium selling. But even then, we still have to...

We got a lower low in equities, followed by continued weakness rather than stabilization. Heavy cash positions and a defensive posture remains best in this historically...

Mike Hurley has been an inspiration to me for many years. When it comes to market breadth, this...

From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

Thank you to everyone who responded to this week’s Mystery Chart.

We had a few buyers but most of you were...

The market goes through periods of volatility. We've seen it before and we'll see it again. For me, it's all about learning from this experience and coming out of it a better and wiser investor. Notice how you're behaving and acting during this period...

From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

We look at a variety of intermarket ratios that span just about every asset class in order to get a read on interest rates. Here is one that we don't discuss too often, but its relationship...