call me at 800-743-cnbc or tweet me @jim cramer i'm not a chartist, but i do play one on tv weekly. given that i basal most all of my work on fundamental factors related to the companies i study and not the shape of their chart, the off the charts segment is both heretical to my traditional stock picking methed on thes, and i know from your feedback @jim cramer that you're interested in this analysis and its proven itself time and time again to really get a lot of people involved at the right level, say not for a minute as i explain in get rich carefully, there's been a whole chapt tore charting. how about i become a chartist myself i still single out stocks after studying the fundamentals and the annuals and the sectors and i overlay them on my broader world view at the moment >> chartists could care less about this stuff and they don't care what the company does i wonder if they can do their jobs with the company's names blacked out. in fact, i am sure they could. some of them hate the distraction for fear it would be against the stock's chart. i've become pretty proficient at cha

so i did i actually brought in four, four chartists.mazingly they agreed that at&t had found a strong foundation and was definitely worth considering for an investment. they didn't care at all about the fundamentals take a logistic at what attracted them take a look at this chart. first, all four technicians agreed that at&t had established as what is known as a climax low at 21, back in the tsunami of selling that this was this period you just to understand we're at one of these moments that was so hideous. you can see the big lift big lift in stock, well, i don't want to give away the story. that's where lots of sellers capitulated. this is where they capitulated, right here but buyers had started to step up to create a base, stock in see the extended base. we're floor the stock at that level. they arrived at that judgment by looking at where the volume, the sum of all the transactions during that period had expanded to a level far in excess of a normal period's trading. you can see, boom, take a look at that, right that's a sign that

tonight's chartist carly garner, she thinks that gold could be poised to head higher. and trade worries are weighing on you at a lull in the budget deficit, this is what you should do. we have much more "mad money" ahead tonight. pool corp. has taken a dip since reporting. this a case of throwing the baby out with the bath water? then it is time to search for a tech sector for buying opportunities? after the recent drop in the nasdaq, but of course after apple tonight, i think we ought to sit down with the ceo of cyprus semi to see if it could be a prime time buy. and all the calls and rapid-fire in tonight's edition of the "lightning round"! so stick with cramer >>> what are we supposed to make of the action in the stock of pool corporation that's america's leading wholesale purveyor of pool parts, supplies and maintenance equipment. here is a stock that has given you a remarkable long-term run as pool corp. has acquired competitor after competitor. a lot of mom and pops too. it's up over 40% the past year, and the darn thing has nearly tripled over the past five year

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ca, the two-day chartists touring, up 18%. 2008,he best day since and this on the $18.9 billion acquisitionoadcom. this is an enterprise software company, so some analysts are scratching their head as to how these companies will come together, but cna investors are loving it. these shares up 18% and giving a tale into the entire software space. software is also a company, citrix systems, and even autodesk, not necessarily in the same area, but delay software company getting the tailwind from the ca acquisition. if we happen to the bloomberg, the tech strength we are seeing today is also the story of the year. chart, a somewhat busy but the point i would like to make year, in white we have technology. that is the top sector on the year for the second year in a row, up 15%. in blue, consumer discretionary is not so far behind. disney, and in, green, the s&p 500 and the trade war fears we were talking about abating on the day. on the year, there is a bit of a hit here. looking at materials, industrial, consumer staples, other sectors that are more sensitive to the possibility of a trade war ki