Market forecasts · Chart technique
46 years in the markets. Forecasts you can check.
Karsten Kagels bought his first shares in 1980 and has been actively trading since 1986. His chart-based forecasts, followed by German traders for years, are now being published in English.
- 46years in the markets
- 1980first shares bought
- 1986actively trading since
- 2015forecasts published openly since
Every forecast starts on the yearly chart
Click to enlargeCurrent chart · Nasdaq 100
The long-term uptrend since the dotcom crash
Every candle is one year. The light blue diagonal connects the highs of 2007 and 2021 and runs far above today's price.
- 2026 open
- 25,524
- 2026 high
- 30,771
- 2026 low
- 22,841
How Karsten reads the market
Classical chart technique
Support, resistance, trend structure and price targets, marked directly on the chart.
Named levels, no hype
Clear price levels you can check, instead of vague calls or signals-for-sale theatre.
A public record
Forecasts have appeared openly on kagels-trading.de since 2015, where anyone can check them.
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