It has been over 1,600 days since Crude Oil futures traded below zero in 2020, which preceded one of its best 2-year bull markets in history.

Since the peak in early 2022, energy has been a tough trade for those with trend-following strategies and a favorable one for mean-reversion strategies.

Crude Oil futures are at the lower bound of a multi-year range, and the Energy Sector SPDR $XLE has the fewest percent of stocks above their 200-day moving average out of all 11 sectors. 

Energy has been a laggard recently.

However, it's important to remember where energy has come from. Crude Oil futures went from below 0 to 130 in less than two years, and the XLE is the second best-performing sector since Covid, lagging only Technology $XLK:

The outperformance has been in the energy sector. Just not recently...

But that could be changing soon with energy futures digging in at major levels of interest.

Crude Oil futures are bouncing off a key level of polarity:

This is what former resistance turning into support looks like...

We just got done with our Fall Portfolio Accelerator in Chicago.

It went even better than expected.

I think we're going to make so much money from the ideas and strategies we discussed over the past two days.

It's not even fair to have so many smart traders and investors in one room. Not to mention, we also got to go to the Cubs game last night, the CBOT on Wednesday and a tour of the Pat Tillman Foundation as well.

All around I think it was a huge win for all of us. Our entire team got to fly in from all over the world to spend some time in Chicago, many of them for the first time. 

We had some special guest rock stars come by to drop some...

From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

Our Hall of Famers list is composed of the 150 largest US-based stocks.

These stocks range from the mega-cap growth behemoths like Apple and Microsoft – with market caps in excess of $2T – to some of the new-age large-cap disruptors such as Moderna, Square, and Snap.

It has all the big names and more.

It doesn’t include ADRs or any stock not domiciled in the US. But don’t worry; we developed a separate universe for that. Click here to check it out.

The Hall of Famers is simple.

We take our list of 150 names and then apply our technical filters so the strongest stocks with the most momentum rise to the top.

Let’s dive right in and check out what these big boys are up to.

Here’s this week’s list:

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We filter out any laggards that are down -5% or more relative to the S&P 500 over the trailing month.

Then, we sort the remaining...

It's not just 7 stocks that are going up.

The S&P500 just made new all-time highs again today. But so did the Mid-caps.

Here is the S&P400 Mid-cap Index, which by definition includes only stocks that are NOT in the S&P500, hitting new all-time highs.

Meanwhile, the S&P600 Small-cap Index, is only 0.4% from a new 52-week high and only 2.5% from a new All-time high, which would finally get it to exceed its 2021 cycle peak.

It's a bull market.

And so we're acting accordingly.

We're in Chicago for our 2-day Portfolio Accelerator and this was one of the important topics of discussion that we covered in Day 1. 

How should we act?

What should we do with our time?

In today’s Daily Digest, we’ll review the following:

1. New position in XHB.
2. No adjustments are needed today.
3. Exited KRE position for a profit.
4. Current status of open campaigns.
5. Volatility Snapshot.

Let’s dig in!

The most notable insider activity on today's list comes via a Form 4 filing by Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group.

The Japanese financial company reported a purchase of $55 million in Jefferies Financial Group $JEF.

Here’s The Hot Corner, with data from September 19, 2024:

When it comes to pot stocks, there is Innovative Industrial Properties, and there is everything else.

These guys are just built different than the others.

They don’t own the cannabis. They don’t even touch it. They own the properties that are used to grow, distribute, and sell it.

For this reason, they are not susceptible to all the well-known risks that the growers and dispensaries have to deal with.

So it is no surprise that the chart looks so different from its peer group.

Here’s IIPR making new multi-year highs as the Cannabis ETF $MJ is trading just off its all-time lows.

But, it gets better.

When...

It has been a great week in Chicago for the Portfolio Accelerator so far!

The entire All Star Charts team and friends are gathered, analyzing charts, having insightful discussions, identifying trade opportunities and delving into trading psychology.

A main theme from this morning's discussion was the importance of setting aside our home-country bias.

As investors, it's crucial to recognize that there are valuable opportunities abroad that we cannot afford to overlook.

One country in particular that stands out is the MSCI Argentina ETF $ARGT.

Let’s take a look at the chart:...

At Portfolio Accelerator today, Uber was a name that was getting everybody excited. It looks like it's setting up for another run to and through all-time highs.

In today’s Daily Digest, we’ll review the following:

1. New position in XLE.
2. No adjustments are needed today.
3. Exited XLP position.
4. Current status of open campaigns.
5. Volatility Snapshot.

Let’s dig in!

The U.S. Federal Reserve cut rates by 50bps. This was not a surprise to investors.

After the market rallied, let's step back from the noise and spend a moment to understand what the charts are saying.

From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

Dividend Aristocrats are easily some of the most desirable investments on Wall Street. These are the names that have increased dividends for at least 25 years, providing steadily increasing income to long-term-minded shareholders.

As you can imagine, the companies making up this prestigious list are some of the most recognizable brands in the world. Coca-Cola, Walmart, and Johnson & Johnson are just a few of the household names making the cut.

Here at All Star Charts, we like to stay ahead of the curve. That's why we're turning our attention to the future aristocrats. In an effort to seek out the next generation of the cream-of-the-crop dividend plays, we're curating a list of stocks that have raised their payouts every year for five to nine years.

We call them the Young Aristocrats, and the idea is that these are "stocks that pay you to make money." Imagine if years of consistent dividend growth and high momentum and relative strength had a baby, leaving you with the best of the emerging dividend giants that are outperforming the averages.

By...

From the Desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

Welcome to The 2 to 100 Club.

In this scan, we look to identify the strongest growth stocks as they climb the market-cap ladder from small- to mid- to large- and, ultimately, to mega-cap status (over $200B).

Once they graduate from small-cap to mid-cap status (over $2B), they come on our radar. Likewise, when they surpass the roughly $30B mark, they roll off our list.

But the scan doesn't just end there.

We only want to look at the strongest growth industries in the market, as that is typically where these potential 50-baggers come from.

Some of the best performers in recent decades – stocks like Priceline, Amazon, Netflix, Salesforce, and myriad others – would have been on this list at some point during their journey to becoming the market behemoths they are today.

When you look at the stocks in our table, you'll notice we're only focused on Technology and Growth industry groups such as Software, Semiconductors, Online...

In today’s Daily Digest, we’ll review the following:

1. FED DAY: No new positions today.
2. No adjustments are needed today.
3. No exits since the last report
4. Current status of open campaigns.
5. NEW: Volatility Snapshot.

Let’s dig in!

From the Desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

When investing in the stock market, we always want to approach it as "a market of stocks."

Regardless of the environment, there are always stocks showing leadership and trending higher.

We may have to look harder to identify them depending on current market conditions. But there are always stocks that are going up.

The same can be said for weak stocks. Regardless of the environment, there are always stocks that are going down, too. 

We already have multiple scans focusing on stocks making all-time highs, such as Hall of Famers, Minor Leaguers, and the 2 to 100 Club.

We filter these universes for stocks that are exhibiting the best momentum and relative strength characteristics. 

Clearly, we spend a lot...