Read more about the article FUTU +1170%: a base breakout off the 2020 washout, May 2020
FUTU on the 2020-05-07 breakout entry, from my chart archive

FUTU +1170%: a base breakout off the 2020 washout, May 2020

FUTU is back near the top of the day's gainers, and that pulls a familiar chart out of the archive. Long before Futu Holdings was posting record quarters, the FUTU…

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Read more about the article RUN +197%: a solar leader’s base breakout, July 2020
RUN on the 2020-07-06 breakout entry, from my chart archive

RUN +197%: a solar leader’s base breakout, July 2020

On 6 July 2020, Sunrun closed at 21.34, just above a shelf it'd been coiling under for two weeks. The stock had spent the spring clawing back from a brutal…

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Read more about the article NVAX +1458%: the base breakout before the vaccine run, April 2020
NVAX on the 2020-04-03 breakout entry, from my chart archive

NVAX +1458%: the base breakout before the vaccine run, April 2020

In the first week of April 2020, NVAX printed the kind of quiet breakout most traders scroll past. The stock cleared a 14.93 pivot and closed the session at 15.61,…

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Variance Ratio: Is Your Market Trending or Reverting?

You've got a chart in front of you and a decision to make before you touch a single indicator: reach for a breakout tool that assumes the move keeps running,…

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The 52-Week High Effect: Why New Highs Lead to More Gains

A stock posts a clean earnings beat, raises guidance, and the tape barely moves. It sits four percent under its 52-week high and drifts sideways for three weeks while the…

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Time-Series vs Cross-Sectional Momentum: Two Signals

Two stocks rallied 30% last quarter. One sits in the top decile of its sector by relative strength. The other delivered the same return while half its sector did better.…

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