Mystery Chart (03-10-2020)

Steve Strazza
March 10, 2020

From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

New Mystery Chart!

For those new to the exercise, we take a chart of interest and remove the x/y-axes and any other labels that would help identify it. The chart can be any security in any asset class on any timeframe on an absolute or relative basis. Maybe it’s a custom index or inverted, who knows!

We do all this to put aside the biases we have associated with this specific security/the market and come to a conclusion based solely on price.

You can guess what it is if you must, but the real value comes from sharing what you would do right now. Buy, Sell, or Do Nothing?

Here’s this week’s chart.

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In this week's Mystery Chart we're looking at a consolidation pattern that formed following the breakout from a large base within the context of a structural uptrend.

Here are some things I think are important to note about this chart...

The underlying trend is clearly higher.

The prior breakout level was successfully defended twice as resistance turned into support.

Price is currently pressing on all-time highs, making this the fourth test since breaking out from its larger base pattern. What do we know about the more times a level is tested?

Momentum just spiked to its highest level since breaking out of its last base. In addition, the chart has been in a bullish momentum regime and not registered an oversold reading for some time now.

So while yes, we are pushing up against potential resistance at prior all-time highs, we believe there are a lot more positives than negatives here, and this continuation pattern eventually resolves higher. Price may need to digest this recent move and absorb some of the overhead supply that likely exists at current levels, so we're being patient and waiting for a sustained breakout before we're officially buyers.

Do you think we've got this right?

Tweet me your thoughts @Sstrazza or email me at strazza@allstarcharts.com and check back on Thursday to find out why this chart is relevant.

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Allstarcharts Team.

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