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Chris Vermeulen
Chris Vermeulen has been involved in the markets since 1997 and is the founder of TheTechnicalTraders.com. He is an internationally recognized technical analyst, trader, and author of the book: Technical Trading Mastery. Chris has developed trading strategies that incorporate technical analysis, position-sizing, and risk management to boost performance while reducing portfolio risk.
October 1st, 2021 | NASDAQ Head-n-Shoulders Warns Of Market Weakness
The Technical Traders - The unique technical setup in the NASDAQ over the past 30+ days is warning that the markets have lost momentum and may attempt to break below the $14,700, the Neck Line of the Head-n-Shoulders pattern. This unique price setup crept up over the past 20+ days as the US markets started to move away from […]
September 28th, 2021 | Market Drop Following Last Fall’s Pattern
HoweStreet.com Radio - Natural Gas soars while markets drop
September 21st, 2021 | Did The Global Markets Rollover In April/May 2021? What Next? Part II
The Technical Traders - In the first part of this research article, I highlighted a number of factors and technical charts that suggest the true peak in the US/Global markets happened in April/May 2021. Although the US markets continued to trend higher after that peak, the global markets, as well as a number of key indicators, suggested the bullish […]
September 17th, 2021 | Did The Global Markets Rollover In April/May 2021? What Next? Part I
The Technical Traders - This research article is designed to answer a few questions related to the current market contraction and the news related to the potential US Fed tightening of monetary policy while it appears China may be experiencing a credit/debt crisis in the early stages. Many traders/investors are contacting us asking our opinions of the current market […]
September 14th, 2021 | After Moderate Selling US Stock Markets Rebound Higher – How Long Will This Trend Continue?
The Technical Traders - The recent bout of selling in the US markets prompted traders/investors to rethink their longer-term strategies. But our interpretation of this rotation was consistent with moderate price rotation that we’ve seen nearly every 20 to 30 days, on average, for almost the past year or longer. The markets need to really break away from this […]
September 14th, 2021 | Gold, Silver, Uranium, Crude Oil
HoweStreet.com Radio - Gold Miners, Silver Miners
September 9th, 2021 | Gold Inverted Head-n-Shoulders Suggests $2000+ Is Next Upside Target
The Technical Traders - After a moderately strong rebound from the $1675 lows in early August, Gold has clearly started to set up the Right Shoulder of what appears to be an Inverted Head-and-Shoulders pattern. The recent weakness in the US Dollar suggests any breakdown in the US Dollar below $91.70 will likely prompt a new bullish price advance […]
The Technical Traders - The S&P 500 rallied to new highs early in September after the US Federal Reserve statements indicating continued support of the US economy and easy money policies. It appears the markets have fallen back into bullish trending mode which may continue throughout September and into the end of 2021 through the Christmas Rally phase. Q3:2021 […]
August 31st, 2021 | Positive Russell 2000 Could Spark Entire Market
HoweStreet.com Radio - Sector rotation the big theme so far this year
August 30th, 2021 | Fed Statements Drive New Rally Momentum In The Stock Markets
The Technical Traders - Last week, the US Federal Reserve reiterated statements in support of continued easy money policies and support for a recovering US economy. Additionally, Jerome Powell made a statement suggesting tightening too early could be much more damaging than waiting until sufficient headwinds are behind us. I interpret this as stating the current inflationary concerns are […]
August 25th, 2021 | IWM Sets Up Dual Pennant/Flag Formation – Suggesting Very Volatile Apex Event
The Technical Traders - Recently, we’ve seen an extended sideways price trend in the Russell 2000 sector that started in February/March of 2021. The peak price level on the IWM, the Ishares Russell 2000 ETF, reached $234.29 and has consolidated in a sideways price range for more than five months now. In mid-July, IWM broke lower and established a […]
August 24th, 2021 | Rally On – Price Range Continues To Narrow As Reflation Trade Flags Out
The Technical Traders - After a week of moderate volatility, while Consumer Sentiment and other economic data surprised traders/investors, the US markets entered a strong rally phase early in trading on Monday, August 23, 2021. This suggests traders continue to buy the dips in expectation of a never-ending rally trend. Bucking Consumer Sentiment Trends While the US markets continue […]
August 23rd, 2021 | Surprising Consumer Activity May Suggest A Deeper Shift In The Markets, Part IV
The Technical Traders - This final portion of our research article into the shifting US/global consumer spending/economic activities will help to set up forward expectations related to how assets and the stock market may react over the next 12+ months. In our opinion, the reflation trade/rally is complete, and consumers have already run the course with regards to stimulus […]
August 18th, 2021 | Surprising Consumer Activity May Suggest a Deeper Shift in the Markets, Part III
The Technical Traders - As I dive deeper into the shifting economic trends, driven by both the post-COVID-19 recovery event and the US and global economic actions and policies, we are going to focus on two key aspects of the recent market recovery in this third installment of our research article. Ideally, we are going to focus on price […]
August 17th, 2021 | Surprising Consumer Activity May Suggest A Deeper Shift In The Markets, Part II
The Technical Traders - Continuing our research into shifting Consumer Sentiment and other economic data recently posted. Part II of our research article will focus on the components of US GDP and how shifting consumer sentiment and activities may result in lower GDP data for a period of time. GDP is one of the biggest measures of total economic […]
August 17th, 2021 | Stock Market Fear, Gold, Bitcoin, Oil
HoweStreet.com Radio - Defensive plays, Lumber
August 16th, 2021 | Surprising Consumer Activity May Suggest A Deeper Shift In The Markets
The Technical Traders - Recent economic data suggests that US consumers are starting to pull away from the types of buying/spending activities we saw after the COVID virus event that shifted the US economy away from travel/office and towards work-from-home solutions. The deep decline in the US and global economic indicators, as a result of the COVID-19 shutdown, prompted […]
The Technical Traders - Weakening volume after an extended rally phase is fairly common. It represents a complacency in the markets where traders/investors are unwilling to chase an extended rally phase at higher prices. Often traders are waiting for some type of market correction or rotation to happen – which will allow them to deploy capital back into the […]
August 11th, 2021 | Global Markets Start The Week Very Volatile – Metals & Oil Collapse, Part II
The Technical Traders - In this, the second part of our Market Volatility research article, we’ll take a look at how Precious Metals, the US Dollar, and the US major markets have moved into a sideways price trend which supports a pending future volatility event. The big “mini flash-crash” in precious metals on Monday, August 9, may have been […]
The Technical Traders - Overnight, on Sunday and early Monday, Precious Metals and Oil started a fairly big collapse which quickly bottomed and recovered – at least in the Precious Metals markets. Crude Oil is still moving lower in early trading on Monday, August 9, 2021. Can we learn anything from the pre-COVID market trends and extrapolate any real-world […]
The Technical Traders - Early 2021 surprised investors with a very strong bullish price rally in the US major indexes and the Russell 2000. Then, in March, the Russell 2000 peaked near $234.53 and entered a sideways Pennant/Flag formation/rotation. In June and July 2021, a moderate breakout/breakdown of that Pennant/Flat formation took place – resulting in price reentering the […]
The Technical Traders - One thing that seems to be certain in the markets right now is the past hyper-bullish trending which appears to have weakened since early 2021. As a result, the longer-term Custom Indexes we use to help gauge and understand market trends are showing a very clear weakening of trends. In this article, we are going […]
August 3rd, 2021 | Buying the Dips Still Good Strategy
HoweStreet.com Radio - Bitcoin at a make or break point
August 2nd, 2021 | Revisiting The Excess Phase Peak Pattern
The Technical Traders - The setup of the Excess Phase peak pattern consists of an exuberant rally to a peak (Phase #1), followed by a moderate price correction that sets up into a sideways flagging pattern (Phase #2). If the INDU and TRAN continue to move in a sideways flagging formation after recently moving moderately lower, we may start […]
July 29th, 2021 | The Inadvertent Debt/Inflation Trap – Is It Time To Face The Music?
The Technical Traders - What happens to a global economy after 10+ years of global central bank efforts to support a recovery attempt after a massive credit/debt collapse originates from a prior credit/debt housing bubble? What happens to global economies when they become addicted to easy money policies and central bank activities that support greater and greater risk-taking? What is […]