There were a lot of consolidation breakouts the last two days. After a surge the first week and a half of October, many stocks and ETFs consolidated for a week or so. With strength the last two days, these same stocks and ETFs are breaking consolidation resistance. The chart below shows Eaton Corp (ETN) breaking pennant resistance with big volume.
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Arthur Hill, 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.
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