A Top-Down Chart Routine

A simple, repeatable routine that runs from the market to the sector to the stock, and from weekly to daily to intraday, so every trade gets the same checks.

Why a routine

Good analysis is less about clever indicators and more about asking the same questions in the same order every time. A routine keeps you from skipping steps when you are excited, and it makes your results easier to review. Here is a top-down routine that pulls together this category and the rest of Chart School.

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