Most of what you'll hear me talk about are things I've learned from other people. In some cases, they were predecessors of mine and in other cases they're buddies and colleagues. It's funny because I try to do a good job of giving credit when I can, where I remember specifically who I learned something from. You guys who have been following me for a long time know that about me. But the truth is that sometimes I simply forget where I learned it. It's just part of my arsenal and I always assumed it was there.

The best part about this is that sometimes, when I'm lucky, I come to realize down the road where I learned certain things. For example, I was in Chicago last year or maybe the year before that, I forget, and had lunch with Jim Bianco. Of course we can't help ourselves but talk markets so we dive into a heavy bond market conversation (I know you must be shocked if you know Jim that he's arguing about rates lol). Anyway, he proceeds to rip through 20-30 charts in what felt like a matter of seconds. It hit me! THAT is why I rip through so many charts when I give...

Chart Summit 2020 is officially in the books. What an amazing time we had. Wow!

The videos of all the presentations are now up and you can go to ChartSummit.com and stream them for FREE!

As we always like to do here after Chart Summit, Steve Strazza and I sat down to discuss what we just witnessed. This was one of the most amazing list of speakers I've ever seen at a Financial Conference. I can't even believe we were able to pull this off! Plus, we raised over $50,000 in donations, on the first day alone, to help fight coronavirus. Thank you to everyone who attended and donated! Also, big shoutout to Traders4ACause for helping us choose the organizations we're donating to and collecting all the money. We could not have done this without you!

In this...

Wow what a weekend! Thank you all so much for your support.

We had 10,000 people register for Chart Summit, our Live Virtual Technical Analysis Conference. There were over 30 presentations and we raised over $50,000, just on the first day, to help fight COVID-19. You can still donate here.

We made it really easy to access the videos and organized them so you can go back and watch whenever you want. Just go to Chartsummit.com and click Watch The Videos and you're on your way!

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 time, so this post will review why we've been out and what would get us involved again.

From the desk of Tom Bruni @BruniCharting

There's been an ag-gravating pattern of behavior torturing bulls in the Agricultural Commodity space, so this educational piece will highlight the conditions that got us here and also outline a new trade idea.

Relative strength is one of our primary tools as Technicians, but we're not talking about the Relative Strength Index.

Instead, we're talking about the relative performance of one security relative to another. By identifying those assets that are outperforming or underperforming, we know which have institutional support and which do not. Institutions are looking for relative strength and momentum

Much like the Relative Strength Index, we utilize this tool as a confirmation tool for price. When relative strength diverges from price, we can identify potential turning points in the trend.

Let's take a look at a few examples.

From the desk of Tom Bruni @BruniCharting

With over 5,000 ETFs trading globally, there have never been more vehicles out there for a market participant to choose from, each with their own spin on a traditional asset.

Today I want to take a look at two WisdomTree ETFs that put what's becoming an ever-more popular spin on the vanilla Emerging Market and China indexes out there.

Although I'll briefly discuss the goal/methodology of these vehicles, our primary goal is to look at them from a Technician's perspective. What does this ETF's construction mean for the underlying holdings and exposure it's providing, and more importantly, its effect on price action? 

From the desk of Tom Bruni @BruniCharting

We often get questions about what levels we're watching or what our stop is, but in truth every market participant has different timeframes, objectives, and plans for how they'll manage their portfolios. It's impossible to answer properly without knowing all of that information.

With that being said, any market participant can identify various levels at which the dynamics of the asset they're trading have changed.

Today I want to walk through an example using the Japan ETF (EWJ) showing how we'd go about identifying those changes through price action and momentum.

From the desk of Tom Bruni @BruniCharting

This week I saw two different charts floating around that I thought deserved a second look based on how they were presented and what their ultimate conclusion was.

The first has to deal with the underperformance of the Equal-Weighted S&P 500 Index, while the second looks at High Dividend Factor ETFs that have gone off the beaten path.

I can't believe I'm publishing the 100th Episode of this podcast that I started in the summer of 2017. My first guest ever was Ralph Acampora! I mean, how could it not be right? Since then I've had the privilege of interviewing Portfolio Managers, Traders, Analysts, Best Selling Authors and even a World Series of Poker Champion! People all over the world have approached me how much they've learned from listening to the podcasts. It's been an amazing experience for me all around.

Since it's Episode 100, how can I not invite Ralph back on the show to talk markets? In this episode Ralph describes the recent trip that him and I took to India. We both had an awesome time and are blown away by the interest out there for Technical Analysis. It really is incredible. He thinks we're going to see breakouts in Gold and Silver soon but that's...