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DP ALERT WEEKLY/MONTHLY WRAP: Midday Failure

The market gapped up on the open, but steadily lost ground. Price moved back into negative territory and was never able to recover. This failure suggests the rally that just began is in jeopardy already...

Published on 2023-09-30T00:29:51Z by Erin Swenlin, Carl Swenlin

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DP DIAMONDS RECAP: Could've Done Better

The market finished lower this week as did "Diamonds in the Rough". We went "all in" on one industry group and that did come back to bite us on the recent pullback in Crude Oil. I still think that area of the market will resume its rally, it just needed to cool...

Published on 2023-09-29T23:07:47Z by Erin Swenlin

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DP ALERT: Sentiment Checkup

Sentiment is a contrarian indicator, if we want a lasting rally, we want to see very bearish sentiment charts. If we want to know when the market is ready to top, we want to see very bullish sentiment charts...

Published on 2023-09-28T23:24:40Z by Erin Swenlin, Carl Swenlin

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DP DIAMONDS: Reader Request Day - You're Stumped

I'm not the only one having trouble finding buying opportunities. Reader Requests came in very light so I had to put some symbols in from my scans...

Published on 2023-09-28T22:18:41Z by Erin Swenlin

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New Tables Show Intermediate-Term Overview is Negative

We have introduced two new tables in the DecisionPoint ALERT to give an overview of trend and BIAS for the major market indexes, sectors, and industry groups that we track...

Published on 2023-09-28T17:56:58Z by Carl Swenlin

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DP ALERT: Financial Sector Gets Dark Cross NEUTRAL Signal

The 20-day EMA crossed down through the 50-day EMA (Dark Cross) above the 200-EMA on the Financial Sector (XLF), generating an IT Trend Model NEUTRAL Signal. Price dipped below support but managed to close above the April top...

Published on 2023-09-28T02:34:13Z by Erin Swenlin, Carl Swenlin

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DP DIAMONDS: Clear Theme on ETF Scans

The market paused the decline today so I was hoping to see a decent amount of results from my various ETF scans. Unfortunately, there were only a few results that were returned and they were in one specific area of the market...

Published on 2023-09-28T01:55:09Z by Erin Swenlin

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DP Trading Room: Don't Forget The MONTHLY CHARTS! Earnings Spotlight

In this week's edition of The DecisionPoint Trading Room, Carl opens with a discussion on why you should use monthly charts even if you are investing in the shorter term...

Published on 2023-09-27T22:00Z by Carl Swenlin, Erin Swenlin

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DP ALERT: Dark Cross NEUTRAL Signals for S&P 100, NASDAQ 100, and Consumer Discretionary Indexes

The 20-day EMAs crossed down through the 50-day EMAs (Dark Cross) above the 200-EMAs on the S&P 100 Index (OEF), Nasdaq 100 Index (QQQ), and the Consumer Discretionary Sector (XLY), generating IT Trend Model NEUTRAL Signals...

Published on 2023-09-26T23:31:55Z by Carl Swenlin, Erin Swenlin

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DP DIAMONDS: Watching for "Dogs"

With the market spinning out of control, I decided to run my "Diamond Dog" Scan. It's a scan I think that I will add to the new Scan Alert System when the market makes a turn like we are seeing now. Regular Diamonds Scans are not coming up with many ideas...

Published on 2023-09-26T21:46:18Z by Erin Swenlin

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DP ALERT: Dark Cross NEUTRAL Signals for Dow Industrials, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite

The 20-day EMAs crossed down through the 50-day EMAs (Dark Cross) above the 200-EMAs for the Dow Industrials (DIA), S&P 500 (SPY), and Nasdaq Composite (ONEQ) Indexes, generating IT Trend Model NEUTRAL Signals. Support is barely holding for DIA at the August low and 200-day EMA...

Published on 2023-09-25T23:33:14Z by Erin Swenlin, Carl Swenlin

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DP ALERT WEEKLY WRAP: NYSE Composite and Technology Sector Get Dark Cross NEUTRAL Signals

Today the NYSE Composite ($NYA) and the Technology Sector (XLK) 20-day EMAs crossed down through their 50-day EMAs (Dark Cross), generating an IT Trend Model NEUTRAL Signal. Support was lost at the 200-day EMA on Thursday's crash. Friday saw follow-through...

Published on 2023-09-23T20:02:55Z by Erin Swenlin, Carl Swenlin

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DP DIAMONDS: Big SPY Beat

It was a negative week for "Diamonds in the Rough", but they were only down -0.59% versus the SPY which was down a whopping -2.92%. It was a terrible week and it triggered the stops on many of our older picks...

Published on 2023-09-23T18:41:59Z by Erin Swenlin

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DP ALERT: Defensive Consumer Staples (XLP) Triggers PMO SELL Signal

Today the Price Momentum Oscillator (PMO) for Consumer Staples (XLP) crossed below its signal line to trigger a PMO Crossover SELL Signal. We would expect to see a defensive area of the market to hold up through market weakness, but this market is sparing no sector...

Published on 2023-09-22T03:09:02Z by Erin Swenlin, Carl Swenlin

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DP DIAMONDS: Reader Request Day

Thank you for sending in symbols to help my shorten my analysis process today. I was able to get part of the report finished before heading to the Gala Dinner for Hyundai Hope on Wheels...

Published on 2023-09-22T02:22:52Z by Erin Swenlin

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DP ALERT: Fed Day Market Sag; Semiconductor Industry Group Gets Dark Cross NEUTRAL Signal

The Fed did what everyone was expecting and made no change to interest rates. The market was up pre-announcement, fell to neutral and held steady after the announcement, but ultimately began to slip into a negative close during Chairman Powell's comments...

Published on 2023-09-21T00:18:33Z by Erin Swenlin, Carl Swenlin

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DP DIAMONDS: ETF Day Tough Today

I've arrived in Washington D.C.! Thank you for your patience in the delivery of tonight's report. Tomorrow I could use your help! It is Reader Request Day...

Published on 2023-09-20T23:28:56Z by Erin Swenlin

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DP ALERT: Health Care and Materials Sectors Get Dark Cross NEUTRAL Signals

Today the Health Care Sector ETF (XLV) and the Materials Sector ETF (XLB) 20-day EMAs crossed down through their 50-day EMAs (Dark Cross), generating IT Trend Model NEUTRAL Signals...

Published on 2023-09-19T23:04:10Z by Erin Swenlin, Carl Swenlin

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DP DIAMONDS: Taking Advantage of Industry Group(s) to Watch

I will be traveling to finish out the week so reports may go out late on Wednesday and Thursday. You will receive them prior to the open the following day. There won't be a Diamond Mine trading room this Friday but you will get the Recap...

Published on 2023-09-19T22:12:24Z by Erin Swenlin

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DP ALERT: Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) Triggers PMO SELL Signal

The Price Momentum Oscillator (PMO) has been twitchy, but today it made up its mind and crossed below its signal line for a PMO Crossover SELL Signal. We've already been pointing out the weakness in the Technology sector so this isn't a surprise...

Published on 2023-09-18T23:17:32Z by Erin Swenlin, Carl Swenlin

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