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Putting Declines into Perspective to Find Opportunities - Plus an Opportunity in the Tech Sector

Arthur Hill

Arthur Hill

Chief Technical Strategist, TrendInvestorPro.com

2019 was quite the year with many stocks moving sharply higher from January to July-August. In particular, several Technology stocks moved higher during this period and then corrected into October. We can see this pattern reflected in the Equal-Weight Technology ETF (RYT) as it advanced over 40% and then corrected for three months.


The sideways move from late July to early October represented a rest within the bigger uptrend. This is also a corrective process because RYT needed time to digest the prior gains. Keep in mind that there are at least two types of corrections: time and price. A flat consolidation represents a "time" correction, while a pullback represents a "price" correction.

It is important that chartists accurately assess the structure behind price action. Flat price action and price declines are not always bearish. For example, a stock or ETF is entitled to a rest or a pullback after a big move. This is normal and often represents the pause that refreshes.

With this concept in mind, the chart for Motorola Solutions (MSI) looks promising and poised to end its correction. After an 18-week corrective process, the stock surged some 60% from late December to late August. Again, the stock was entitled to another correction after this move and fell back to the rising 40-week SMA. Also notice that this decline retraced around 38% of the prior advance and formed a falling channel. Both the retracement amount and pattern are typical for corrections within bigger uptrends. MSI gained 1.8% this week and further strength above the red resistance zone would signal an end to this correction, and a resumption of the bigger uptrend.

The indicator window shows RSI(10) moving from bull range (40 to 80), to bear range (20 to 60) and back to bull range. We cannot use the exact midpoint (50) as the bull-bear cutoff because this would create too many whipsaws. RSI flattened in the 40 to 50 zone the last two months and this represents momentum support, of sorts.

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This weekend at TrendInvestorPro.com, I featured MSI and eight other stocks with bullish continuation patterns at work. These setups come from an array of groups, but these groups have one thing in common: they are strong. These groups include Insurance, Communication Services, Electronic Payments, Medical Devices, Technology and Industrials.

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Arthur Hill
About the author: , CMT, is the Chief Technical Strategist at TrendInvestorPro.com. Focusing predominantly on US equities and ETFs, his systematic approach of identifying trend, finding signals within the trend, and setting key price levels has made him an esteemed market technician. Arthur has written articles for numerous financial publications including Barrons and Stocks & Commodities Magazine. In addition to his Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation, he holds an MBA from the Cass Business School at City University in London. Learn More