Don't Ignore This Chart!

Fastenal Starts Speeding Up (FAST)

Greg Schnell

Greg Schnell

Chief Technical Analyst, Osprey Strategic

Recently, Fastenal has been building a bias to the upside. Its December low, notably, was higher than its previous low in October, which itself had improved upon the prior June low. This progressive stock continued to make higher lows even as the overall market broke to new 52-week lows. Fastenal's SCTR, meanwhile, has pushed up to the highest level in a year. The relative strength is making all-time highs. Last week, the price edged out the previous 52-week highs; that strength continued into this week. The one-year downtrend in momentum has now been broken to the upside.

There are lots of stocks moving rapidly higher here, but some of the big groups, such as financials, have been moving a lot slower. I'll be covering some of the charts making moves in the Industrial metals group on Market Buzz, airing on StockCharts TV at 10:30 AM ET Wednesday morning. I look forward to having you join me.

Good trading,
Greg Schnell, CMT, MFTA

Greg Schnell
About the author: , CMT, MFTA is Chief Technical Analyst at Osprey Strategic specializing in intermarket and commodities analysis. He is also the co-author of Stock Charts For Dummies (Wiley, 2018). Based in Calgary, Greg is a board member of the Canadian Society of Technical Analysts (CSTA) and the chairman of the CSTA Calgary chapter. He is an active member of both the CMT Association and the International Federation of Technical Analysts (IFTA). Learn More