The Outperformers.

The Outperformers is our custom-made scan that pinpoints the very best stocks in the market. It’s the fastest, easiest way to find quality names that are primed for significant moves.

The goal is that as the market rally progresses, the sector rotation within the market will reflect in this scan. So while our Top/Down Analysis helps us with the broader view of the market, this Bottom/Up scan makes sure that we catch the slightest change in sentiment.

The market breadth has definitely improved, but certain stocks are pushing higher on momentum, and we're here to identify just those! This week, we have a stock from the Auto sector making new highs. Let's take a look!

We retired our "Five Bull Market Barometers" in 2020 to make room for a new weekly post that's focused on the three most important charts for the week ahead.

This is that post, so let's jump into this week's edition.

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

The trek lower in the indices continues.

We're near $SPX 3,900 support. After that it's 3,860.

We need to recapture 3,960 to head back uphill.

The largest insider transaction on today's list is a Form 4 filing by Charles River Laboratories International $CRL director Richard F. Wallman.

Wallman revealed a purchase of $328,350 in CRL.

Contrary to popular belief, I don't know what the market is going to do next.

I have no way of possibly knowing if the S&P500 is going to double from here or if it's going to get cut in half. Gold can go to $5000/oz or $5/oz. Crude Oil can go to $250/barrel or $2. I just don't know.

We all have our 'opinions', sure. I mean, how can we not? We're humans right?

But we're making decisions with unknown information.

It's the weekly currency edition of What the FICC?

Today we're highlighting three critical levels with huge implications for the US dollar.

Check it out!

We had a resting GTC order filled in the Paid-to-Play portfolio today:

From the Desk of Ian Culley @IanCulley

The US dollar Index $DXY is running into support at a shelf of former highs. 

How it reacts will influence how stocks fare heading into the year-end.

Let’s check out three charts and three levels to monitor.

From the desk of Willie Delwiche.

This All Star Charts PLUS Monthly Playbook breaks down the investment universe into a series of  binary decisions, tactical calls and asset allocation models. 

Paired with our Weight of the Evidence Dashboard and our Playbook Chartbook, this piece is designed to help dynamic asset allocators follow trends, pursue opportunities, and manage risk.

The trend in commodities has rolled over but, for the 96th week in a row, the up-trend in commodities relative to stocks remains intact. You need to go back to the early 70’s to see a longer sustained period of strength in commodities versus stocks. 

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

The market took another hit today. We broke below last week's lows and plowed through support levels.

The $SPX has support at 3,900, then 3,860. Resistance is at 3,959.

Focusing our attention on buying stocks over the past 5-6 months has paid very well. This is especially true in the stocks that have been showing the most relative strength this year.

The laggards remain laggards. The losers are mostly still losers.

The breadth improvement, however, remains in place.

Rotation overseas continues to broaden.

It's gotten harder and harder to make money from the short side since this Summer.