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Disclaimer   In these stock alert and chart analysis posts, I want to point out a security that has a very interesting chart and/or serious buzz in the social media sphere or mainstream media.   To help understand these alerts and chart analyses, consider checking out how I perform technical analysis  here   and how I trade breakouts   here .   Okay, back to the good stuff! Stock:  CMG, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.

Disclaimer   In these stock alert and chart analysis posts, I want to point out a security that has a very interesting chart and/or serious buzz in the social media sphere or mainstream media.   To help understand these alerts and chart analyses, consider checking out how I perform technical analysis  here   and how I trade breakouts   here .   Okay, back to the good stuff! Stock:  TSLA, Tesla Motors, Inc.

Disclaimer   In these stock alert and chart analysis posts, I want to point out a security that has a very interesting chart and/or serious buzz in the social media sphere or mainstream media.   To help understand these alerts and chart analyses, consider checking out how I perform technical analysis  here   and how I trade breakouts   here .   Okay, back to the good stuff!   First off, why is the US dollar important? Why should I care about the US dollar? Excellent questions and there are a number of reasons for both. Here are the most important reasons to keep an eye on the US dollar in my humble opinion: 1. The US dollar is by far the most used international reserve currency , more than double the Euro. 2. A gigantic portion of foreign debt is denominated in US dollars. 3. A strong dollar typically indicates a strong US economy and increased foreign capital investment in the United States. 4. A strong dollar typically provides d...

Disclaimer Disclosure: I own EWZ in a retirement account.   In these stock alert and chart analysis posts, I want to point out a security that has a very interesting chart and/or serious buzz in the social media sphere or mainstream media.   To help understand these alerts and chart analyses, consider checking out how I perform technical analysis  here   and how I trade breakouts   here .   Okay, back to the good stuff! Stock: EWZ, iShares MSCI Brazil Capped. Long-term Weekly Chart Technical Analysis: EWZ is in a strong bull trend and is starting this week pretty bullish.  However, there is still 3 days of price action left in this weekly candle and EWZ is at resistance right now. EWZ could go so many ways right now so deference is paid to the current trend: bullish. Until that up-trendline starting in January is broken, EWZ is a long, not a short. Long-term Gameplan:

Disclaimer   In these stock alert and chart analysis posts, I want to highlight a security that is on fire for some reason. Either the security's chart looks amazing and/or social media is going nuts about it.   If you need a technical analysis refresher  click here , and if you want to learn how I trade breakouts   click here .   Okay, let's get to work! ( click here for the last GLD alert and technical analysis ) Stock: GLD, SPDR Gold Shares. Long-term Weekly Chart Technical Analysis: GLD is attempting to breakout above the descending triangle pattern, which is bullish. However, GLD still has 3 more days of price action to close out this week's candle and GLD is at resistance now. That means sellers have better odds than buyers, which is obviously bearish. So while this action may be a bullish pop to resistance, I'm cautiously bullish until I can verify the quality of this breakout by Friday. Long-term Gameplan:

Disclaimer   In these stock alert and chart analysis posts, I want to highlight a security that is on fire for some reason. Either the security's chart looks amazing and/or social media is going nuts about it.   If you need a technical analysis refresher  click here ,   and if you want to learn how I trade breakouts   click here .   Okay, let's get to work! Stock: SPU, SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc.

Disclaimer   In these stock alert and chart analysis posts, I want to highlight a security that is on fire for some reason. Either the security's chart looks amazing and/or social media is going nuts about it.   If you need a technical analysis refresher  click here ,   and if you want to learn how I trade breakouts   click here .   Okay, let's get to work! Stock: GLD, SPDR Gold Shares.

Disclaimer   In these stock alert and chart analysis posts, I want to highlight a security that is on fire for some reason. Either the security's chart looks amazing and/or social media is going nuts about it.   If you need a technical analysis refresher  click here ,   and if you want to learn how I trade breakouts   click here .   Okay, let's get to work! Stock: TSLA, Tesla Motors, Inc.

Disclaimer   In these stock alert and chart analysis posts, I want to highlight a security that is on fire for some reason. Either the security's chart looks amazing and/or social media is going nuts about it.   If you need a technical analysis refresher  click here ,   and if you want to learn how I trade breakouts   click here .   Okay, let's get to work! Stock: AMBA, Ambarella, Inc.