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    Default Moving Average

    Here is a chart of the S&P 500 with the number of its stocks moving above the 50, 150, & 200 day simple moving average. The yellow line represents the October 2007 peak and looking at that point in time we can see we were already having problems on the 150 & 200 SMA.

    I wonder how much money I might have saved if I had been monitoring this chart back then?

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    Wow, J, where do you find these things?! Very nice information! Keep us informed, okay?

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    Thanks Lady, I'll try to keep it updated if I notice any changes in movement.
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    In July 2008, these metals all moved under the 200 SMA within days of each other.

    Aside from Gold & Silver, the other industrial metals are making a run for the boarder. I wish I could get a large position in on Copper

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    Quote Originally Posted by JTH View Post
    Here is a chart of the S&P 500 with the number of its stocks moving above the 50, 150, & 200 day simple moving average.
    Here is the same chart on a 7 year time line. The blue horizontal lines represents the recent April 3rd peak. This chart doesn't tell you where we are going, but it does give you a good comparison to the lows of 2002.

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    Cool chart. I am surprised to see so many stocks above the 200-day MA back in early 2002. Do you have one that includes 2000-2001?
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    Quote Originally Posted by etftalk View Post
    Cool chart. I am surprised to see so many stocks above the 200-day MA back in early 2002. Do you have one that includes 2000-2001?
    Sorry Tom, this is as far back as these Ticker symbols go within the Stockcharts.com website. I still haven't exhasted all the features of this website, but I'm trying.
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    Default Re: Moving Average

    Last I checked, FAS tracks 194 stocks.

    Of those stocks...

    158 above 20 SMA
    154 above 50 SMA
    42 above 150 SMA
    18 above 200 SMA

    In comparison, here are the latest S&P SMA stats.
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    Default Re: Moving Average

    This is sort of adding to Lady's post in Market Talk's thread about new highs (or the lack of.)

    http://www.etftalk.com/forum/showpos...9&postcount=33

    Last Thursday and Monday's S&P 500 Stocks above the 50, 150, & 200 SMA were virtually tied. Only difference was 1 stock dropped below the 200 SMA.
    I don't know if that means we peaked, I just thought it was a neat observation.

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    Default Re: Moving Average

    Quote Originally Posted by JTH View Post
    Last I checked, FAS tracks 194 stocks.

    Of those stocks...

    158 above 20 SMA
    154 above 50 SMA
    42 above 150 SMA
    18 above 200 SMA
    FAS Update:

    178 above 20 SMA
    185 above 50 SMA
    73 above 150 SMA
    42 above 200 SMA
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