The S&P 500 continued higher for a third day in a row with a shakeout in the first hour before turning higher again. It closed above the +1x ATR level and has put in a higher high and higher low within the small rising channel / flag pattern of which it's approaching the upper end of.

Tonights Stage Analysis Members midweek video begins with a look at the Sector Rotation Model that suggests the sectors that tend to lead the market at the different points in the market cycle and economic cycle. Followed by a brief chat of the recent article on the Top 5 Books To Learn the Wyckoff Method, before discussing the Major Index charts...

The S&P 500, Nasdaq and Russell 2000 Small Caps all managed to close above their 50 day moving averages for the first time in many months. However, they are all still in the range of the recent minor swing highs and testing their +1x ATR levels, and so could easily flip back below their 50 day MAs again if follow through action fails to materialise in the coming days.

The Stage Analysis method this website is based upon comes from Stan Weinstein's classic book, which is called Stan Weinstein's Secrets For Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets. The method has stood the test of time through multiple extremes of both bull and bear markets over the last 30+ years; and to this day Stan Weinstein still runs his institutional investment service called the Global Trend Alert – which he launched in the early 1990s.*

This website is focused on Stan Weinstein's Stage Analysis method. However, as with any method there's a huge amount of crossover with other methods, and one of the most important to learn in order to master Stage Analysis is the Wyckoff method, which was originally created by Richard D. Wyckoff in the early part of the 20th century, and has been expanded by numerous traders over the last 100 years...

The Stage Analysis Members weekend video starts with a look at US Stocks Industry Groups Relative Strength Rankings and some of the groups on the move and stocks from those groups. Then in the members only content first a review of the Major Indexes – S&P 500, Nasdaq, Russell 2000 as well as chart analysis of Oil, Copper, Treasuries, Gold and the VIX...

For the watchlist from the weekend scans...

Custom Percentage of Stocks Above Their 50 Day, 150 Day & 200 Day Moving Averages Combined Market Breadth Charts for the Overall US Market, NYSE and Nasdaq for Market Timing and Strategy.

The purpose of the Relative Strength (RS) tables is to track the short, medium and long term RS changes of the individual groups to find the new leadership earlier than the crowd...

A second day of the market gapping lower at the open and then spending the rest of the day attempting to gain back the declines with ended with a mildly postive close in the Nasdaq 100 at +0.34%. But the majority of other markets failed to regain positive territory with the NYSE one of the biggest decliners at -1.18%...