The IBD Industry Groups Bell Curve decreased by -0.32% this week to finish at 38.63% overall. The amount of groups in Stage 4 increased by 4 (+2%), and the amount of groups in Stage 2 increased by 2 (+1%), while the amount groups in Stage 1 or Stage 3 decreased by 7 (-3.5%).

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...

Stage Analysis weekend video discussing some of the weeks most significant Stage 2 Breakouts and Continuation attempts, plus the regular weekly member content of the Major Indexes Update, Futures SATA Charts, Industry Groups RS Rankings, IBD Industry Group Bell Curve, and Market Breadth Update to help to determine the weight of evidence...

The IBD Industry Groups Bell Curve – Bullish Percent shows the few hundred industry groups plotted as a histogram chart and represents the percentage of stocks in each group that are on a point & figure (P&F) buy signal. This information provides a snapshot of the overall market health in a unique way, and is particularly useful for both market timing strategies and as a tool in aiding with the Stage Analysis methods "Forest to the Trees" approach, where we look for developing group themes...

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...

Stage Analysis weekend video featuring the weeks most significant Stage 2 Breakouts and Continuation attempts, plus the regular weekly member content of the Major Indexes Update, Futures SATA Charts, Industry Groups RS Rankings, IBD Industry Group Bell Curve, Market Breadth Update to help to determine the weight of evidence, and finishing by discussing the US Watchlist Stocks from the weekend scans in detail on multiple timeframes.

The IBD Industry Groups Bell Curve – Bullish Percent shows the few hundred industry groups plotted as a histogram chart and represents the percentage of stocks in each group that are on a point & figure (P&F) buy signal...

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...

The Stage Analysis members midweek video this weeks returns to analyse the Software group once more, which has risen to 4th place in the RS rankings this week and continues to be a major theme in the regular Stage Analysis watchlist posts...

Stage Analysis weekend video begins this week with a detailed discussion of the charts of some of the weeks Stage 2 breakouts and continuation attempts...