The Stage Analysis Technical Attributes (SATA) score is our proprietary indicator that helps to identify the four stages from Stan Weinstein's Stage Analysis method, using a scoring system from 0 to 10 that rates ten of the key technical characteristics that we look for when analysing the weekly charts.

The start of the new year brought rotation from Growth to Value stocks, with growth stocks getting hit hard and value stocks pushing higher. But while the growth glamour stocks have got most of the headlines in the recent rally, you'll note from the S&P 500 Growth ETF (SPYG) and S&P 500 Value ETF (SPYV) comparison above, that Value has actually been leading Growth since around mid October, when the Mansfield Relative Strength line started to turn up in Value and down in Growth versus the S&P 500...

Stage Analysis members video discussing the Major US Stock Market Indexes, Futures charts, Industry Groups Relative Strength (RS) Rankings, IBD Industry Group Bell Curve – Bullish Percent, the key Market Breadth Charts to determine the Weight of Evidence, Bitcoin and Ethereum Stages and the most recent US watchlist stocks in detail on multiple timeframes.

The S&P 500 closed higher for a ninth week in row at 4769.83, to end 2023 just under its all time highs of 4818.62, which was set in the first week of 2022. With the recent strength from the October swing low, it has risen +16.23% with a Lockout Rally and made a Stage 2 continuation breakout in the process...

The IBD Industry Groups Bell Curve increased by +1.75% this week to finish at 56.10% overall. The amount of groups in Stage 4 (Weak) decreased by 10 (-5%), and the amount of groups in Stage 2 (Strong) increased by 8 (+4%), while the amount groups in Stage 1 or Stage 3 (Neutral) decreased by 2 (-1%).

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...

2023 has seen many exceptional Stage 2 advances in individual stocks as the major US indexes moved higher in Stage 2 advances of their own. So this short 35 minute video discusses fifteen of this years best Stage 2 moves and the characteristics that they developed as they moved into early Stage 2, to help you recognise what to look for in future stocks as they move towards the investor method entry point/s.

There were 17 stocks highlighted from the US stocks watchlist scans today...

The IBD Industry Groups Bell Curve increased by +1.97% this week to finish at 54.35% overall. The amount of groups in Stage 4 (Weak) decreased by 7 (-3.5%), and the amount of groups in Stage 2 (Strong) increased by 10 (+5%), while the amount groups in Stage 1 or Stage 3 (Neutral) decreased by 3 (-1.5%).