The major indexes managed to put in a Follow Through Day (FTD) which is defined in the excellent book about the CAN SLIM method called – How to Make Money in Stocks: A Winning System in Good Times and Bad, Fourth Edition by William O'Neil. Which changes the Investors Business Daily (IBD) outlook to Confirmed Uptrend.

There wasn't much in the way of follow through today except in the stronger RS areas of the market, with progress in all of the top ten groups, which is still dominated by the Energy groups. But in the broader market indexes such as the Nasdaq Composite (see above) there was mix of inside days and small stalling dojo candles...

This weekends Stage Analysis Members Video features the Major Indexes Review and analysis of the Sector Breadth charts. Plus the US Stocks Industry Groups Relative Strength tables and groups of interest. The Market Breadth Charts to determine The Weight of Evidence and the US Stocks Watchlist in Detail, with marked up charts of what I'm watching for on the long and short side.

Friday saw a large amount of strong moves in the more beaten down areas of the market, with short covering type moves on volume in numerous stocks. Which reversed the Bullish Percent Index column to Xs in the majority of the Software IBD subgroups and Semiconductor groups in the lower zone, and hence changes their P&F status to Bull Alert...

The majority of sectors have now fallen into the lower zone – which we haven't seen on the sector breadth visual since March 2020. So it's reached an extreme. But unlike the March 2020 visual, the current market still has a few sectors in the mid and upper zones, as Energy remains at very high level of 80.24%...

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 very small list again today as the major Stage 4 decline in the market continues. There are a few group themes today with Specialty Chemicals and Electrical Components having multiple entries.

This weeks Stage Analysis Members Midweek Video features analysis of the major indexes Stage 4 declines and the VIX. Plus a detailed look at the mega caps stocks with AAPL (Apple) attempting to breakdown in Stage 4 today and join the other large cap stocks already in Stage 4...

It was another day of heavy declines in the US stock market from the open, which further deteriorated into the later part of the trading day, as the major large indexes, such as the S&P 500 finally broke down more convincingly below the lows that it had been clinging onto, and hence now is more clearly in Stage 4 on the chart...