After my success with shorting McDermott (symbol MDR) recently, I decided I wanted to highlight a few other similar charts.

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After my success with shorting McDermott (symbol MDR) recently, I decided I wanted to highlight a few other similar charts.
Something non-market related, just for fun:
Best selling video game consoles 1977 – 2019 [OC] from r/dataisbeautiful
I have mentioned Cheesecake Factory many times as a short-sale candidate, principally because of its powerful analog and its obvious ability to plunge once a well-formed top is complete.
The opening few minutes to perhaps my favorite movie ever, Magnolia, in which all the characters are introduced.
Solar stocks rallied Tuesday amid instability over Mid-East oil, with two of them in our Charts of the Day video.
First Solar, Inc. (FSLR) jumped $2.38 to $65.82 on 1.5 million shares, or 1 1/2 times its average volume. The move, on no news, broke the stock out of a 6-week base pattern. Watch for a move next to retest the recent highs at $69-$70.
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