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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

  • My Favorite Market Indicator Isn’t an Indicator

    One of the questions I get all the time is some version of this: “JC, how did you know that consolidation would resolve higher?” Or “JC, how did you know…

  • Not a Believer. Just a Buyer

    After 23 years in this business, if you learn anything at all, it’s this: Keep an open mind. Not because it sounds good. Not because it’s philosophical. But because markets…

  • I Got It: The Mindset That Changed Everything

    I was good at pop flies. Not a lot of things came easy to me on those baseball fields in Miami in the 1980s and ’90s. I wasn’t the biggest.…

  • Own the Things That Make It All Possible

    Are you actually adapting to this market? Or are you still running the same playbook that worked a year or two ago? I ask myself that constantly. Are we positioning…

  • New Highs Everywhere, Except in Investor Confidence

    February is in the books, and it just delivered one of the most impressive displays of underlying strength we’ve seen in this cycle. Seasonally, this is supposed to be one…

  • The Energy Squeeze Is Just Starting

    Founder’s Note: Jason Perz knows commodities and the way they move as well as anybody I know.  He says (and writes) a lot of interesting things. When he says something…


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.