Weekly Charts for the Big Picture

How to read weekly charts, which moving averages traders use on them, and what SPY’s weekly chart showed through the 2025 and 2026 declines.

Stepping back

A weekly chart compresses a year into about 52 bars. Daily noise disappears, and what remains is the primary trend: is the stock making higher highs and higher lows over months, or not? Many experienced traders refuse to buy a daily setup until the weekly chart looks healthy.

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