Inter-Market Analysis: A Cross-Asset Confirmation Layer

A stock clears a six-week base on heavy volume and the chart looks clean. Price closed at 142.30, comfortably above the 138.50 pivot, and the relative strength line tagged a…

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Read more about the article AMC +501%: a base breakout that outran the story, February 2021
AMC on the 2021-02-22 breakout entry, from my chart archive

AMC +501%: a base breakout that outran the story, February 2021

AMC is back on the retail trackers this month, and it's worth pulling up the chart from the last time it ran rather than the headlines around it. In February…

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Read more about the article NIO +1227%: the base breakout of an EV survivor, May 2020
NIO on the 2020-05-26 breakout entry, from my chart archive

NIO +1227%: the base breakout of an EV survivor, May 2020

NIO's back on the StockTwits trending list this week, and a mid-July 2026 upgrade to buy from Goldman Sachs is a big reason why. That makes now a good time…

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Read more about the article RIOT +3688%: a base breakout into the halving, May 2020
RIOT on the 2020-05-06 breakout entry, from my chart archive

RIOT +3688%: a base breakout into the halving, May 2020

RIOT's back on traders' screens this week, ranked number 20 on the Stocktwits most-active list on 13 July 2026, and that's reason enough to pull up the chart that made…

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Bid-Ask Spread: The Built-In Cost of Every Fill You Get

You mark a small-cap you've been watching, the last trade printed at 24.05, and you send a market order to get in. The fill comes back at 24.18. Nothing moved…

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Read more about the article QS +333%: a base breakout ahead of the merger, November 2020
QS on the 2020-11-13 breakout entry, from my chart archive

QS +333%: a base breakout ahead of the merger, November 2020

QS is back near the top of the StockTwits trending list this week, and the chart worth pulling up is one from late 2020, when the same ticker resolved a…

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Pyramiding a Position: Adding to Winners the Right Way

You take a breakout at 50.00 on a stock that spent six weeks coiling under resistance. The next morning it opens at 51.20 and holds. Your thesis is working, and…

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Read more about the article MARA +1561%: a base breakout as Bitcoin turned, October 2020
MARA on the 2020-10-08 breakout entry, from my chart archive

MARA +1561%: a base breakout as Bitcoin turned, October 2020

MARA is back near the top of the trending lists this week, and when a Bitcoin miner shows up on the movers again it's worth pulling up the chart that…

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Read more about the article GME +2292%: the quiet base breakout, August 2020
GME on the 2020-08-21 breakout entry, from my chart archive

GME +2292%: the quiet base breakout, August 2020

GameStop is back near the top of the StockTwits trending list today, which is as good a reason as any to pull the one GME chart worth keeping. Long before…

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Read more about the article MSTR +430%: a base breakout into the dot-com peak, August 1999
MSTR on the 1999-08-23 breakout entry, from my chart archive

MSTR +430%: a base breakout into the dot-com peak, August 1999

MSTR is one of those tickers that pulls a crowd every time it moves, so when it lights up the screens again it is worth pulling up the chart that…

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