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  • Relative Strength

    Technical Patterns Relative Strength

    Tracking sector flows

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:01/15/2019
    • Post category:Fundamental analysis/Institutional Managers/Traders/Relative Strength/Spreads

    Understanding stock markets can be difficult. Which index should we look at? There are many ways to slice stocks: by market cap, by proprietary index methodology, by geography, by valuation,…

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    This is what “risk off” looks like in stocks

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:10/12/2014
    • Post category:Relative Strength

    The chart above shows the 12 month return (vertical axis) against the shorter-term momentum (horizontal), for the major sectors of the S&P 1500. We can clearly see that the only…

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    Reading sector relative strength

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:08/24/2014
    • Post category:Chart of the Day/Relative Strength

    [dc]R[/dc]elative strength is an important trading concept, and there are a lot of ways to define, monitor, and trade these relationships. Looking at the sector relative strength within the US…

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    Reader question: How do you calculate relative strength?

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:08/14/2014
    • Post category:General Comments/Readers Questions/Relative Strength

    Trader-Socrates asks, in response to this post of relative strength leaders: What kind of RS do you use? What timeframe you mean by "short-term" RS? I am sure, that you…

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    Quantitative screens: relative strength scans

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:08/14/2014
    • Post category:Relative Strength

    [dc]O[/dc]ne of the very real problems stock traders face is knowing where to focus their attention. Some traders are restricted to certain sectors or sets of stocks, but, even then,…

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    A Way to Visualize Weekly Data

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:07/27/2014
    • Post category:Relative Strength

    [dc]L[/dc]ast week I shared a new data visualization that looked at short and long term performance of sectors in context of volatility. This week, I'd like to share another tool…

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    Video: Market Performance by Market Cap

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:07/24/2014
    • Post category:General Comments/Individual Traders/Institutional Managers/Traders/Relative Strength

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjwQuYZtucQ&feature=youtu.be A quick look at stock market performance by market cap slices. Simply put, smaller cap stocks (e.g., Russell 2000 (IWM)) tend to outperform larger cap stocks (S&P 500 (SPY)…

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    Visualizing Sector Relative Strength

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:07/20/2014
    • Post category:Relative Strength

    Understanding sector strength and weakness is an important part of the investment process. Here is one way to look at short and long term performance relative to current volatility within each sector.

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    Chart of the Day: Consolidation in AAPL

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:08/27/2012
    • Post category:General Comments/Relative Strength

    One of the reasons we watch and study market leaders is that they can sometimes provide clues to market direction. Yes, they often get harder than the broad market at…

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    Chart of the Day: Russell 2000 Index

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:07/20/2012
    • Post category:Anti/Climax/General Comments/Relative Strength

    I tend to believe it's usually counterproductive to do too much in-depth technical analysis on different market cap or sector indexes. Everything is so tightly correlated anyway, so differences often…

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    Tracking the Stock Market Intraday

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:07/19/2012
    • Post category:General Comments/Individual Traders/Institutional Managers/Traders/Relative Strength/The Book

    [dc]O[/dc]ne of the main challenges for stock traders is understanding the ebb and flow of the broad market on the shortest timeframes. There is so much noise in price movement…

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    Domestic Stock Index Analysis (10/6/11)

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:10/06/2011
    • Post category:Failure Test/Individual Traders/Institutional Managers/Traders/Pullback/Relative Strength/Technical Patterns

    A look at the technical position of the S&P Index 10/6/11. Illustrates use of simple technical patterns and relationships to derive an edge.

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