Author: Jeff Pietsch

Although the markets gaped higher on the late holiday retail pickup, internals are in what I’ll call, “extreme neutral mode”. Heck, the Advance – Decline line has vacillated between +200 and -200 for...

 (Click Image to Enlarge/ Glossary)A strong holiday shortened week left the S&P 500 (SPY) higher by +2.6% with the NASDAQ 100 (QQQQ) up a full +5.1%. While the Santa Clause rally may well carry us into the new decade, I...

For some time now, I have wanted to publish a live Major Asset Class Relative Strength Rotation Model along the lines of an article that I posted earlier this year on the topic (see Two Simple Relative Strength Rotation...

I have added BZB Trader’s rotation model variation to my recent post (see second model “BZB”). Please note that his post does not mention that it includes the SPY as a switching candidate, and that VTI must be...

For some time now, I have wanted to publish a live Major Asset Class Relative Strength Rotation Model along the lines of an article that I posted earlier this year on the topic (see Two Simple Relative Strength Rotation...

With volume that only Tiny Tim could appreciate, the market has managed to put in another day higher, definitively breaking out of its prior range and moving well into short-term overbought territory (is there such a thing?)....

After the morning gap close on the housing report, cumulative tick and the advance – decline line turned on a dime and exploded higher.  However, thus far price hasn’t been able to do much with that and the SPY...

As has been the recent pattern, we saw an early gap and now range trade persists with evenly matched up and down volume.  Speaking of volume, there is none to speak of and I want to be on guard for any air pockets that may...

We have been in an apparent trend-mode, this shortest day of the year. Here is a link to the Market Rewind vault for a trend-day definition. It is the mid-day right now; however, and internals are struggling a touch. Per this...