John Murphy, veteran technical analyst at Stockcharts.com, also sees several negative divergences in the market.
With gold trading at record highs, there are few levels for technical analyst to point to.
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Since Crawford is both a technical analyst and an astrologer, he uses both techniques to read the market.
One technical analyst thinks the sweetener will rise 10% in the coming months based on a Fibonacci retracement.
These are among the stocks, including Apple, that technical analyst Marc Chaikin discusses in the Market Blaster video above.
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However there is one WBND in my book who has managed a relatively impressive performance record as pure technical analyst.
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John Mendelson, ISI technical analyst, told CNBC Thursday that high volume on down days means Apple has 20% lower to go.
They look at voodoo fundamentals but I have to tell you they look pretty rotten even to a technical analyst like me.
Monday, Bank of America technical analyst Mary Ann Bartels said we will see a 10-12% pullback during the month of October.
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Students of legendary technical analyst Richard Wyckoff are recognizing the problem.
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John Murphy, chief technical analyst at Stockcharts.com, produced a chart showing the technical erosion of the popular commodity index since early May.
Brian LaRose, technical analyst at United-ICAP, noted several levels of support gold prices need to hold to avoid seeing a sharp break or change in trend.
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Of course, as a technical analyst, I would also argue that not only does fundamental analysis lag the price action, but too can be quite subjective.
He made his comments at about the same time as respected RBC technical analyst Ray Hanson put out a bullish report on both gold and silver.
The recent strength in health care, however, could bode ill for the bull market, says veteran technical analyst John Murphy, who is chief technical analyst at Stockcharts.com.
And for those looking to establish a position against the market, now may be a good time to do so, says John Murphy, chief technical analyst at StockCharts.com.
We can cook up all sorts of reasons why it did not do the same on Egypt news or Tunisia or any one of a handful of Mid-East uprisings but as a technical analyst I believe it was because the market was ripe.
"This is another negative indication on top of the missing Santa Claus Rally, a down First Five Days and the Dow closing below its December closing low on January 21 triggering the December Low Indicator, " says Hirsh, who adds that the market is completing a two-year bearish "three peaks and a domed house" pattern coined by technical analyst George Lindsay.
Spear's Security Industry Analyst combines technical analysis of stocks with fundamental analysis of the most promising companies in homeland security and national defense.
Specifically, he applied two of the best known analyst tools: technical and fundamental analysis.
Nevertheless, Darin Newsom, DTN senior analyst, fears technical pressure will hit gold, with the market close to support after being turned back from overhead resistance this week.
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Darin Newsom, Telvent DTN senior analyst, said the technical-chart picture for gold favors a move higher in the short term.
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Several analyst firms concur that Intigua has the technical chops to deliver these benefits.
Frank Lesh, broker and futures analyst with FuturePath Trading, said the technical charts look weak for gold.
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Two technical analysts, Adam Hewison, president and chief strategist with INO and MarketClub.com and Darin Newsom, Telvent DTN senior analyst, both said gold has run into short-term technical chart resistance which could put pressure on prices.
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Jeff Foust, a space industry analyst at Futron, told me that the financial challenge is bigger than the technical challenge.
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