Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Embrace Market Corrections to find Leading Stocks

It is important it is to pay attention during market corrections. This is the time to watch stocks as their mettle is tested and investors get skittish. The past two months are a perfect example so I put together a chart of the S&P 500 index and several stocks that made new all-time highs on this weekend's Priority list.

The charts illustrate two insightful quotes from Joe Fahmy on the importance of embracing stock market corrections  (you can watch his excellent seminar on Tischendorf.com):
"The stocks are like a spring that are ready to explode except the tension of the market is keeping them down"  
"Whether its a huge bear market correction, a two to three week pullback or a one-day pullback, you have to pay attention to the stuff that's up. ... just do one simple thing: look at your watchlist and see what's green"
As you can see in the SPY chart, there has been "tension" in the market since May 1st as the index dropped over 100 points, including sharp one-day selloffs. Meanwhile, the individual stocks shown below held up well. Some giving back more than others (e.g., VSI versus LULU). But they all share on common attribute: once the market tension released, the individual stocks shot up to new highs.

A few of these leaders made new highs as the market was bottoming, revealing tremendous relative strength: VSI (Vitamin Shoppe), LULU (Lululemon Athletica), JVA (Coffee Holding Co.), MCD (McDonalds).



Question to Fahmy: What are the tools we have to use? 
Fahmy's Answer: You just have to pay attention.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

spot on love your analysis.

The guy from http://www.forecastfortomorrow.com/trading-club stated today taht we are at some critical resistance points and posted a chart of the trannies, hmmm intersting. His stuff is killer.

Can see a case for both sides, but I am more wondering if they have a plan for screwing the bulls partying here. Hmmmm. Greece is not the only one in trouble.