Richard Chappell aka Springheel Jack

Futures Charts & Pivots Sun 15th February 2025 My Charting Substack

New weekly & monthly pivots for equity indices & futures & weekend futures charts posted. Jack - open.substack.com/pub/charting... … #investing #trading

Futures Charts & Pivots Sun 1st February 2025 My Charting Substack

New weekly & monthly pivots for equity indices & futures & weekend futures charts posted. Jack - open.substack.com/pub/charting... … #investing #trading

Futures Charts & Pivots Sun 25th January 2025 My Charting Substack

New weekly & current monthly pivots for equity indices & futures & weekend futures charts posted. Jack - open.substack.com/pub/charting... … #investing #trading

Today’s Chart of the Day is a chart of ten year US treasury yields and the Fed Funds rate since the Fed started cutting rates in September 2023. Long term interest rates have risen as the Fed has cut rates from 5.5% to 4% over this period:

My equities post today - Amid The Political Drama: open.substack.com/pub/charting... ... #SPX #QQQ #DIA #IWM #investing #trading #technicalanalysis

Today’s Chart of the Day is a chart of active homebuyers and sellers in the US market 2013-26 showing reduced numbers of both, but far more sellers than buyers at current price levels:

Today’s Chart of the Day is a look at inflation in Turkey 2010-25, a case where a populist strongman took personal control of the central bank:

Yesterday’s Chart of the Day was US Political Party Identification 1988-2005. Identification with both parties has been falling for decades and 45% of voters identify as independents. This suggests that neither party is appealing much to average voters:

Futures Charts & Pivots Sun 18th January 2025 My Charting Substack

New weekly & current monthly pivots for equity indices & futures & weekend futures charts posted. Jack - open.substack.com/pub/charting... … #investing #trading

Today’s Chart of the Day is the price of diamonds since 2001. Steady decline from 2011 high and no participation in the current big bull move on precious metals. This is because, unlike precious metals, diamonds can now be manufactured to very high quality as well as mined:

Today’s chart of the Day is the Case Schiller Home Price Index 1890-2025, where US house prices adjusted for inflation are now well over the 2006 bubble high:

Today’s Chart of the Day shows the dotcom boom and bust on Nasdaq. This is a good example of an obvious bubble that was unshortable until after it burst:

Today’s Chart of the Day shows Japan’s 30 Year Treasury Yields from 1999. after a long period at very low rates these have now risen over 3.5%. This is likely to reduce demand for US Treasuries:

Futures Charts & Pivots Sun 11th January 2025 My Charting Substack

New weekly & current monthly pivots for equity indices & futures & weekend futures charts posted. Jack - open.substack.com/pub/charting... … #investing #trading

Today’s Chart of the Day is a thought-provoking chart tracking the numbers of US adults held in mental hospitals vs prisons 1934-2001:

Today’s Chart of the Day is a look at the growth of the Berkshire Hathaway cash reserves over the last 35 years. Since the early 2022 high they have been steadily reducing their equities exposure:

Futures Charts & Pivots Sun 4th January 2025 My Charting Substack

New weekly & monthly pivots for equity indices & futures & weekend futures charts posted. Jack - open.substack.com/pub/charting... … #investing #trading

My equities post today - The Trouble with Bubbles: open.substack.com/pub/charting... ... #SPX #QQQ #DIA #IWM #investing #trading #technicalanalysis

Today’s Chart of the Day shows the growth in productivity since 1948 and the division of the benefits between employers and employees. Note the sharp divergence starting close to the US leaving the gold standard in 1971, since when most of the benefits have gone to employers:

Today’s Chart of the Day shows the individual expectations of people in the US from 1987 through 2025 that they can improve their standard of living & raises the question as to whether the American Dream is dying:

Today’s Chart of the Day is A look at Oracle’s Profits & Cashflow from 1990 through to the estimates in 2026 and 2027, with them now heading strongly in opposite directions. Big Tech companies are now betting the farm on huge AI related capex:

Today’s Chart of the Day is a projection into 2028 of the capex of the Big 5 Hyperscalers, which are projected to be in the region of 2% of US GDP over the next three years. Much of this is AI infrastructure spending:

Futures Charts & Pivots Sun 28th December 2025 My Charting Substack

New weekly & current monthly pivots for equity indices & futures & weekend futures charts posted. Jack - open.substack.com/pub/charting... … #investing #trading

Today’s Chart of the Day is a chart showing the historical odds of losing money holding Bitcoin over periods from one day to ten years. So far in Bitcoin’s history, the odds of losing money holding Bitcoin fall to almost zero after three years:

Today’s Chart of the Day is the US Federal Debt from 1790 with a notation showing where Nixon took the US off the gold standard in August 1971:

Today’s Chart of the Day shows the US national debt 1947-2025, currently hitting $38 trillion and close to retesting the high relative to GDP set in the COVID crisis:

Today’s Chart of the Day shows the US National Debt since the debt ceiling was raised by $5 Trillion on 3rd July 2025. The US National Debt is currently rising at a rate about $5 Trillion per year:

Futures Charts & Pivots Sun 21st December 2025 My Charting Substack

New weekly & monthly pivots for equity indices & futures & weekend futures charts posted. Jack - open.substack.com/pub/charting... … #investing #trading

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Today’s Chart of the Day is shows the price per can of Campbell’s Condensed Tomato Soup January 1898 - January 2025. Nixon took the US off the gold standard in August 1971: