All posts by Jeff Cooper
Critical Week
Many market watchers often use the word “critical” when pointing at a potential market juncture. But this week really is. Here’s why. A weekly SPX from January 2020 notes the three occasions since the February 2020 pre-crash peak where the 3 Week Chart turned down. My 3 Week Chart Method does a superb job of determining the […]
Continue Reading -->How We Made Killer Profits In IRNT Combining Pattern With the Square of 9
IRNT is an IPO that came on Hit & Run’s radar when it saw explosive volume in early September. Volume often precedes price. IRNT rocketed more than 100% this week, gapping up to the 52 region pre-market on Thursday from a close at 32 on Wednesday. From its impulsive ignition from 10 in late August, my […]
Continue Reading -->The Hunt For Red October, The Sequel
“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.” – Albert Camus You will never be a great trader if you insist on knowing why the market does what it does. Speculation is observation, pure and […]
Continue Reading -->How Stocks Really Move
APP was flagged as a long swing on the Hit & Run private Twitter feed on Thursday, September 9. It set up as a Combo long as multiple technical strategies aligned: 1) It was pulling back to its rising 20 day moving average, satisfying a Holy Grail setup. 2) It was in my Plus One/Minus Two […]
Continue Reading -->How To Hit Home Runs With Our Hit & Run Patterns
Patterns are like X Rays on stocks’ intentions. They speak to us, letting us know where they’re heading. Let’s take a look at two strongly trending names that we flagged for Thursday. First up is AFRM, which was a long swing idea on Wednesday night’s Hit & Run Stock Report. AFRM turned its 3 Day Chart down […]
Continue Reading -->Pullback, Plunge Or Panic… How Bad Will it Get?
“Move over once, move over twice.” – One After 909, The Beatles The rare monthly SPX sell signal (only a handful of instances in the last 2 decades) that we noted at the end of August may be coming to fruition — just at the time when some savvy market watchers/money managers are exclaiming yesterday that “there […]
Continue Reading -->Where Is Bitcoin Headed and Is It A Tell For the Market?
There has been a strong correlation between Bitcoin and the broad market. IWM topped on March 15. GBTC, a good representation of Bitcoin, peaked on February 19. Following a trend break in the spring, GBTC traced out 3 drives to a test before snapping its 50 day line with authority. GBTC recaptured its 50 day ma […]
Continue Reading -->The Power Of Three: IRNT
Patterns are like X-Rays on stocks. They telegraph their intentions. Oftentimes stocks play out in threes: Triple bottoms, triple tops, Head & Shoulders, Cup & Handles, Triangles, etc. You seldom see quadruple tops or bottoms. The 4th time through usually seals the deal for continuation… often explosively so. On Friday, we drilled down to the […]
Continue Reading -->In The Belly Of The Beast
The SPX has marched up from a low of 2192 in on March 23, 2020 to last week’s high of 4545. Interestingly, as the weekly SPX below shows, the week of the March 2020 low was the largest range week since the low while last week was the narrowest range week since the low. So last week […]
Continue Reading -->How The Power of 3 In the Markets Signaled Two Explosive Winners For Hit & Run Members
Markets oftentimes play out in 3s. Cup & Handles, triple tops and bottoms, Head & Shoulders patterns. I developed a strategy I call a Rule of 4 Breakout when a stock (or market) breaks out of a lateral or angular 3 point trendline. Before Wednesday’s close we alerted Hit & Run members to go long ASAN, anticipating […]
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