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Written by Benito Segovia and the TrueTrader desk.

SPY on Its 200-Day, CPI Tuesday, Cisco and Applied Thursday

Issue 3, for the week of November 9

700750JunJulAugSepOctNov757.4010-day750.36Oct 30 low747.88weekly pivot732.71Thu low730.38200-day720.12weekly S1716.58Jun 26 low

SPY, daily, six months to Nov 6. The 200-day 730.38, Thursday's low 732.71, weekly pivot 747.88 (the average of last week's high, low and close), weekly S1 720.12, and the Jun 26 low 716.58, the lowest print on this chart.

Hey all. Last week was the kind you want to forget and shouldn't. The election rally on Wednesday lasted exactly one day, Thursday took it all back and then some, and QQQ finished the week down 5.0% with the chip fund (SMH) down 11.2%. SPY ended Friday sitting a few dollars above its 200-day moving average, which is the one line on the chart it hasn't closed under since at least May.

Read this week's issue

Where price has been this week

Final. The week is over and the board is frozen.

Every level the issue printed, reached or not. Reached means the regular session, 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM ET, traded at the level; gapped through means it opened past it.

SPYIndex
  • 757.4010-dayReached Wed
  • 750.36Oct 30 lowReached Mon
  • 747.88weekly pivotReached Mon
  • Fri close
  • 732.71Thu lowNot reached
  • 730.38200-dayNot reached
  • 720.12weekly S1Not reached
  • 716.58Jun 26 lowNot reached
QQQIndex
  • 680.89200-dayReached Mon
  • 668.20weekly pivotReached Mon
  • Fri close
  • 647.05Thu lowNot reached
  • 634.95weekly S1Not reached
AMATIndex
  • 378.9110-dayReached Tue
  • 348.71Fri highReached Mon
  • Fri close
  • 316.95Thu lowNot reached
KOStrong
  • 97.3952-wk highReached Wed
  • Fri close
  • 94.0310-dayNot reached
  • 93wrong belowNot reached
HLTStrong
  • 381.3452-wk highNot reached
  • Fri close
  • 364.54Fri lowNot reached
  • 360.40pullback zoneNot reached
  • 352.68wrong belowNot reached
BRK.BStrong
  • 586.3052-wk highReached Tue
  • Fri close
  • 559.61Fri lowNot reached
  • 555.1810-dayNot reached
  • 543.71wrong belowNot reached
PLTROversold
  • 181.5710-dayNot reached
  • 178.34report-day closeNot reached
  • 167.25Thu highReached Mon
  • Fri close
  • 157.24Fri lowNot reached
  • 153.53200-dayNot reached
  • 152.60wrong belowNot reached
CRMOversold
  • 230.2210-dayNot reached
  • 219.67weekly pivotReached Fri
  • Fri close
  • 211Fri lowReached Tue
  • 204.98weekly S1Not reached
  • 198.22200-day, wrong belowNot reached
GOOGWeak
  • 294.40wrong aboveReached Mon
  • 292.2710-dayReached Mon
  • 289.22Fri highReached Mon
  • Fri close
  • 272box lowNot reached
  • 271.4152-wk lowNot reached
AVGOWeak
  • 325.94wrong aboveReached Tue
  • 311.52Fri highReached Mon
  • Fri close
  • 289.7752-wk lowNot reached
APPOverbought
  • 409.30200-day, wrong aboveReached Mon
  • 398Fri highReached Mon
  • Fri close
  • 348.69Fri lowNot reached
  • 338.88report-day lowNot reached
FISVOverbought
  • 63.87wrong aboveReached Mon
  • Fri close
  • 60.80Fri lowNot reached
  • 58.40report-day closeNot reached
  • 54.0110-dayNot reached

Same five steps, every Sunday

The order matters. You look at the calendar before a chart, and at the market before a stock.

  1. 1

    The calendar

    Fed days, data mornings and the earnings that can gap a stock overnight. Where the landmines are, before you take a step.

  2. 2

    The indexes

    Where SPY and QQQ sit against their moving averages, and the few levels where the market changes character.

  3. 3

    The money

    Eleven sectors ranked over the month. What the market is actually rewarding, not what TV is talking about.

  4. 4

    Earnings

    Which reports deserve a plan, which ones to ignore, and how to handle the morning after.

  5. 5

    Four lists

    Strong, oversold, weak, overbought, scanned from about 700 liquid stocks. Two names each, with an if/then and where it's wrong.

What it isn't

It isn't a stock-picking service, and it doesn't tell you what the market will do. Nobody knows that, and we don't need to. Each idea is a plan with two branches: if price does this, here's what we do; if it does that instead, here's where we're wrong and out. You pull up the charts and make your own call.

Past issues

See you Sunday.

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