LABU trade ideas
Pharmaceuticals showing strength this earnings seasonIt's been a banner quarter for large-cap pharmaceutical companies. We've had earnings beats and guidance upgrades from GlaxoSmithKline, Biogen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, Celgene, and Procter & Gamble. More earnings beats may be coming, with Amgen reporting today after market and Amarin tomorrow. In my opinion, the whole sector is set to surge, and the leveraged Direxion Biotech Bull ETF could be a very strong play this quarter if you can find a good entry point.
My fans asked and I obliged, but LABU ain't lookin' greatOne of my followers asked (and this has never happened before) for me to comment on LABU. I was touched by the request and so I have responded, and this after having a website which I shut down with 10,000 hits a month never once did anyone ask me to comment on a stock. My strength has always been analysis and dissection so I am happy to oblige.
LABU isn't looking very strong. Its currently trending downwards, it's below the SMA line which I used for my day trades and it has a lot of overhead resistance. For a while it looked like it was in a condensing pattern and has broken down and then decided to move sideways. These are not adjectives and verbs you use to describe a stock that's in a good place. The odd thing, going to about two years is that the stock is inside an even larger condensing pattern that must be watched closely. Its currrently holding just above support and if this breaks a big slide could be witnessed!
Biotechnology Breakout ImminentI hadn't appreciated this at first but LABU/XBI have been in a massive condensing pattern since about September of last year with support from New Years onwards. It is imminently about to breakout with an amalgamation of EMA/SMA lines and three touches on the upper resistance line. A breakout above this, which I think after Saturday's news of suspended China-U.S. trade action, is all but assured and could be extremely bullish for the Index in the near to medium term.
LABU shortAt first glane it has its 1st stop at circa 79 and its 2nd stop at 69/70. Let's see how Mr. Market contains its self or it settles and decides to take anxiolytic. As it Is triangle bear in mind that at 2/3 it should pop out of the triangle. Everything passes away so ... lets stay positive and try to weather the storm.