Patterns of Relative Strength

The Relative Strength Quotient Price Index is a central concept which unifies momentum and breadth for stocks and sectors and studying it in detail indirectly reveals the connections with many other important areas of Technical Analysis During the major market panic which led to a bottom in October 1998 the Relative Strength charts predicted that NASDAQ 100 and the Internet Sector were going to be the leaders of the future rally into 1999 And in March 2000 the Relative Strength charts also predicted the abrupt loss of leadership of NASDAQ 100 and Internet Sector At the end of the 2000 2002 Bear Market the R S charts predicted that Russell 2000 and small stocks were going to lead the new bull market During the second half of 2006 this time the R S charts predicted that Russell 2000 was losing long term future strength and that large capitalization stocks were gaining leadership into 2007