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The Official Home of JC Parets, CMT – America’s Chart Whisperer

JC Parets is one of America’s top market forecasters—and one of the most trusted names in technical analysis. With over 20 years of experience, JC has built his reputation by doing what most “gurus” won’t: He shows his work.

“Among the top financial people you have to  follow…”

“JC Parets is  one of the most widely followed Technical Analysts in the world…”

“The King of Technicals”

Recent Posts From Everybody’s Wrong

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    What we like to do is find massive divergences between what investors think should be happening and what’s actually happening. We came into the year looking for a U.S. Dollar…

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    There’s a big misconception I’ve noticed among the public, and it’s getting worse.  For some reason, people forget CEOs work for shareholders.  The job of a CEO is to increase…

  • Born in a Bull Market, Raised by Banks 

    Something that often defines your approach to markets is how you came up in the business. You meet people who started just before the crash of ’87 who are always…

  • Why July Breaks the ‘Sell in May’ Rule

    Founder’s Note: JC Parets here. Quantitative Analyst Grant Hawkridge burns the midnight oil for us, so to speak, monitoring overnight price action from his perch in Melbourne.  Grant breaks it…

  • Tequila Can Help You Profit If You Use It Properly

    Everybody’s wrong about tequila. Drinking too much tequila around the Fourth of July in 2016 got me uber-bullish. Let me take you back, to much simpler times, when I didn’t…

  • Smart Money Sees Bitcoin Differently

    Contrary to popular belief, the market doesn’t move based on fundamentals.  Asset prices move based on positioning, or a lack thereof. In other words, we know for a fact that…

Meet JC Parets

JC Parets is one of the most widely followed Technical Analysts in the world, known for his ability to cut through market noise and uncover real opportunities.

As a Chartered Market Technician (CMT), JC specializes in identifying high-probability setups with a unique top-down approach which has helped hedge fund managers and thousands of everyday investors navigate the markets with confidence.

His sharp market insights have been featured on Bloomberg, CNBC, Fox Business, ABC, CNN, and The Wall Street Journal, among other top financial media outlets. As a sought-after speaker, JC has taken the stage at some of the world’s leading investing conferences and has been invited to lecture at Harvard, Duke, NYU, the University of Chicago, and Hong Kong Baptist University, where he shares his expertise in Technical Analysis and Behavioral Finance.