Entries by Alex - Chart Freak

WED Dec 21- Baby Steps

On Tuesday, the markets continued to take some baby steps. Not only did we see The DJIA take more baby steps toward Dow 20,000, but the VIX took baby steps toward the lows of the year.  Add to that Oil, Gold, and the Miners taking baby steps of their own.  Lets take a look and […]

Tuesday Dec 20th

Nothing has really changed since the long weekend report, so lets just review what has happened on Monday. . SPX – We are due for a pullback into a dcl soon, but this looks like a bull flag forming, so one more pop higher could be in order first. A pop now could help the […]

Dec 17 Weekend Report – Precedence

We have seen some unusually deep selling in the precious metals sector, so I do want to discuss whether or not there is any past ‘precedence’ in this area later in the report. First let’s discuss what has happened in just the past week. To the charts… . SPX – Dec 12th, I was looking […]

The Fed Hike Plunge

Many sectors began to sell off with the interest rate hike Wednesday.  Some were sectors we expected to sell off, others were expected to snap back. Will we get the snap back on Thursday and Friday? Let’s discuss what we should be looking for.   SPX – From Monday, the markets were outside the B.B. […]

FOMC – An Interest Rate Hike?

 I’ve been wanting to answer a frequently asked question and that question is,   ” What will happen when the Fed raises interest rates?” Let’s take a look at what has happened in the past, and then maybe we have some historical precedence to go by.

STOCK PICKS

My weekend report covers Monday  and I usually post full reports for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday morning. Most of the readers at Chartfreak know that when I started this service, I thought that whatever I wrote in Thursdays report would also be able to cover Friday, the final day of the trading week.  The readers […]