Episode summary
Talking Charts with J.C. Parets (Ep. 148)
Facts vs Feelings
· · Hosts: Ryan Detrick, Sonu Varghese · Guests: J.C. Parets
Summary
J.C. Parets argues that technical analysis is really the study of market behavior and positioning, not a contest between charts and fundamentals. He says the best opportunities come when investors are mispositioned, because markets often move most when crowded views unwind. That framework leads him to trust price action, relative strength, and momentum over economist forecasts or headline narratives.
He makes the case that the broad market backdrop remains constructive: European banks, global equities, and cyclical U.S. groups are signaling a healthy bull market, while the Nasdaq and the Dow are still making new highs. He argues that this broad confirmation matters more than narrow measures like the QQQs alone. He also says gold is still in a long commodity and currency bull market, with new highs in multiple currencies showing that the dollar and other currencies have been weakening in real terms.
Parets is similarly constructive on crypto, saying institutional access has made this cycle easier to trade than prior ones and that Ethereum’s strength versus Bitcoin points to ongoing rotation. He also highlights the U.S. dollar’s recent rejection at key levels as something that could continue to support risk assets, international equities, and gold miners. On individual names, he sees UnitedHealth as a logical bounce candidate after a severe drawdown.
Key takeaways
- Parets says technical analysis is about studying market behavior and positioning, not predicting the economy.
- He argues the bull market is global, with Europe, Asia, and Latin America confirming U.S. strength.
- Parets says gold remains in a long bull cycle and has already made new highs in every major currency.
- He says Ethereum strength versus Bitcoin shows real crypto rotation and better institutional access than prior cycles.
- Parets views a weaker U.S. dollar as supportive for international equities, gold, and U.S. risk assets.
- On UNH, he sees a possible tradeable bounce because the stock has already retraced 61.8% of its prior move.
Notable quotes
“technical analysis is the study of the behavior of the market”
“we look for areas where the market is the most vulnerable where the humans are the most wrong and the most mispositioned”
“what we're looking at is we're looking at a bull market obviously”
“Gold continues to make new all-time highs priced in every currency in the world”
“the market participants continue to participate very heavily in these markets”
How the episode opens
Welcome to the Facts Versus Feelings podcast. I'm your host Ryan Dietrich and I'm joined by my co-host Sonu Vargis. Cutting through the noise in 30 minutes each week with Ryan Dietrich, chief market strategist and Sona Vargis, VP global macro strategist.
Taking out the boring and helping investors focus on what really matters. A quick note before we start the show. Investment advisory services offered through CWM LLC, an SEC registered investment advisor.
Carson Partners, a division of CWM LLC, is a nationwide partnership of adviserss. And we are back. Episode 148 of Carson's Facts Versus Feelings.
Ryan and Sonu. And we hyped it up last week. We said we have a great technician coming on and a first time offender, Mr.
JC Pretzer. Before I go there, JC, honestly, I had people reaching out asking and they were so excited. Oh my goodness.
You're having Jeff Jeff Degraph. So, no, we're not having Jeff Degraph, everybody. I had multiple people ask me that.
We got the next best thing. JC Perez. JC, how we doing?
I love Dude, Jeff Degraph is the man. — I know. — He's definitely He's definitely on my Mount Rushmore. Uh, for sure. I'm doing great. Listen, I appreciate the invite. You know, big fan of uh both your work, obviously. Uh, you know, old friends. So, this is great.
Oh, yeah. No, this this is fun. Um, yeah, the Jeff thing is pretty funny. I thought that was funny. But I mean, let's uh let's start high level because I'm sure a lot of people follow you, but Son and I have talked so much macro the last couple of weeks. We wanted to bring you on and I'm sure people want to know what's your take on the new Fed member Steven Mirren on the Fed.
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Topics
- technical analysis
- market sentiment
- gold breakout
- crypto rotation
- risk management
Companies and tickers mentioned
- UNH
- TrendLabs
- All Star Charts
- UnitedHealth Group
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