That has the chart in a potential negative pattern of lower highs on rally attempts, and lower lows on the pullbacks from those rallies.

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Nothing is more rewarding than turning a negative pattern around.

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Even though Todd is recommending this utilities spider, the chart pattern is negative, suggesting that it may not be a good buy.

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So what can you do to avoid the stay-late work pattern or at least avoid its negative consequences?

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The same pattern emergences when you are creating deterrents or negative consequences to discourage bad behavior.

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All have negative weekly chart profile, and four of the five match the pattern for oil with closes last week above their 200-week simple moving averages.

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All have a negative weekly chart profile, and four of the five match the pattern for the SOX, with closes last week below their 200-week simple moving averages.

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The next short-term pattern is that the second half of July tends to be negative (about 70% of the time).

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This performance pattern is likely to persist this year if not longer with long term Treasuries in negative return territory.

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As the debate played out, the USC project observed a pattern that differed somewhat from the ones later identified by both Gallup and Pew: While there were more negative than positive tweets overall, there was no big disparity between the ratio for either candidate.

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