UTX was under heavy selling by High Frequency Traders for 2 days. The runs down ended at a weaker support level. Sell short traders should consider this a risk area for a bounce, due to Buy to Cover orders from Professional Traders closing sell short positions.
Visa had a velocity run that took the stock to a new all-time high recently. The run concluded with Professional Traders taking profits quickly.
HAS gapped up on strong earnings news. The gap is a breakaway and is now in a compression mode. Balance of Power shows some pro trader activity in the stock at this time. The next resistance level is the highs of September. This is a swing or day trading setup.
CERN gapped in April to quickly complete the short-term bottom formation. It ran up on pro traders and smaller funds buying in the past few days. It is now nearing the previous high’s resistance of last August. This may create a retracement due to profit-taking by the professional traders.
AXP has moved above the resistance of prior years' all-time highs, and it is now at a new high. American Express moved out of the range after its earnings report. Pro traders are in the mix.
AAPL has a pre earnings report setup. The pattern is stepping upward ahead of Apple Computers’ first quarter report for 2019. The candles indicate this is a professional trader pattern. HFTs may gap this stock on the day of the earnings release.
XOM is in a consolidation as oil commodity prices are rising. This offers incentives for pro traders to enter ahead of any HFT activity. The bottom has some buybacks in the candlestick structure as well. The goal is to generate speculation among the retail crowd.
WDC is completing a bottom formation ahead of its earnings report due out later this month. The bottom has a shift of sentiment pattern seen in volume-based indicators. Candlesticks show pro traders are controlling the stock price as some smaller funds sell out as the bottom completes.
Morgan Stanley had a pre earnings run ahead of its report today. The stock has pro trader activity in the mix. A gap up should be expected when this pre earnings technical pattern forms.
The huge candlestick yesterday was NOT HFT activity. A run occurred toward the end of the day, driven by pro traders who received early news regarding the settlement of a 3-year lawsuit with AAPL. Pro traders initiated the end-of-day run and smaller funds’ VWAPs triggered to continue the end-of-day run on high volume.
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AIRG has intermittent momentum developing with strong runs from pro traders that rest or have profit-taking in between the runs. The stock’s all-time high is around $29. It faces resistance at $17-18 which may shift the trend sideways temporarily.
CHKP is one of the few stocks that has breached its previous all-time high, corrected mildly and then resumed the uptrend to new higher highs. The stock has a mixture of retail traders, pro traders and mild Dark Pool accumulation at times. The momentum will stall intermittently with profit taking from professionals.
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Citigroup has a pre earnings run pattern which tends to be caused by Pro Traders setting up to take advantage of the earnings reaction. The company will report its 1st quarter earnings on Monday. C had a reactionary gap up at open caused by the JPM gap today. It formed an indecision day candle rapidly. The early gap could interfere with the technical patterns for...
AUDC has similar technical patterns to AMD and other semiconductor stocks. The activity has pre HFT setups. Pro traders are in the mix. HFTs tend to gap and run the stock upward. Candlestick patterns and volume reveal pro traders and HFTs.
NTAP has moved into the gap area, and is now poised to challenge the next resistance level. This stock has had recent HFT activity and is likely to have more HFT attention on the day of its earnings release. The candlestick patterns are solid ahead of earnings. Watch for pro traders setting up for a pre-earnings run.
TER is one of the few stocks moving with momentum in an indecisive market condition. It is a semiconductor stock that has a similar technical pattern to AMD, with Dark Pool buying intermittently through the bottom formation. The stock recently pushed through strong resistance. With earnings in 3 weeks, this may be the start of a pre-earnings run. Watch the next...