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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

  • The Most Important Sector in America

    We spend a lot of time talking about the market’s most important stocks and sectors – and for good reason. They matter. They move the needle. But what’s the real…

  • Even Value Investors Get Their Turn

    Something funny happened yesterday. Value stocks hit new all-time highs… and growth didn’t. For years, we’ve heard the same lazy take: “It’s just a handful of growth stocks driving this…

  • Silence in Bonds = Music for Stocks

    It’s rarely the direction of interest rates that matters most to markets. It’s the rate of change behind that direction. Put simply, stocks prefer a quiet bond market. The lower…

  • To Know the Market, Finish the Puzzle

    If you want a real read on market health, you have to look beyond the S&P 500 (SPY) and the Nasdaq (QQQ). There’s a whole world happening outside those two…

  • ‘When Do We Get Defensive?’ The Market Says Not Today

    One of the questions I get most often – and one I think about a lot – is this: What would the market actually have to do for us to…

  • High Beta Is Bullying Low Vol Again

    Risk-on assets are rising. Risk-off assets can’t keep up. That’s exactly what you see in healthy bull markets. The S&P 500 High Beta Index just closed at new all-time highs.…


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.