ZSCA trade ideas
$ZS Recaptures 50 DMA$ZS I've traded this name very well in the past. Took it again this morning as it recaptures the 50 DMA. It is also above the rising 10 and 20 EMAs. Big accumulation volume on Dec 17 and RS broke downtrend line and is rising. All good reasons for me to give it a try. Stop is a close below the 50DMA. Ideas, not investing / trading advice.
Idea about $ZSZscaler is a cloud-based information security company. The company has more than 100 data centers with clients in 185 countries around the world. Most of the clients are located in the United States. Revenue of $673 million (2020). Capitalization of $51.2 billion.
A deal for a false breakout of the extremum ($376).
1) The closing of the daily candle is far from the extreme
2) Approach to the level on candles significantly exceeding the ATR
Short: $376.2
Target: $361
Stop above $381
NOT IRR.
ZS Snapback/BounceZS has ran up right into its previous ATH. This is the first test of that high, and it comes after being overbought on stochastics and after 4 consecutive green run-up days pushing it to overextended levels piercing above the upper bollinger band. This level will act as resistance with 300 mark also acting as a physcological level of resistance, which is where my stop is around. There is supply at this level and will most likely sell off from here back to true range around 282
Zscaler - Strong Financials!!!-Zscaler ZS shares gained 8.3% during Tuesday’s extended trading session after the cloud-based security solutions reported better-than-expected fiscal third-quarter results and raised outlook for fiscal 2021.
-Zscaler’s fiscal third-quarter adjusted earnings jumped more than two-fold to 15 cents per share from the 7 cents reported in the year-ago period. Moreover, quarterly earnings beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 7 cents per share.
-Revenues of $176.4 million jumped 60% year over year on rise in adoption of the company’s cloud platform security solutions by global enterprises. The figure surpassed the consensus mark of $164.4 million.
-Americas accounted for 51% of revenues, while the EMEA contributed 38%. The remaining 11% came in from the Asia Pacific and Japan.
-Calculated billings surged 71% year over year to $225 million during the reported quarter.
-Zscaler’s quarterly results benefited from continued solid demand for its products, given the healthy environment of the global security market.
-Zscaler continued to win customers and its net dollar retention rate was outstanding at 126% compared with the previous quarter’s 127% and the year-ago quarter’s 119%.
-Zscaler continued to win customers and its net dollar retention rate was outstanding at 126% compared with the previous quarter’s 127% and the year-ago quarter’s 119%.
-In the reported quarter, non-GAAP gross margin expanded 100 basis points (bps) year over year to 81%. Sequentially, non-GAAP gross margin remained flat. The company noted that gross margin remained under pressure during the second half of fiscal 2021 due to the increased use of public cloud to meet the ten time surge in ZPA traffic as pandemic lockdowns began.
-Non-GAAP research & development (R&D), sales & marketing (S&M) and general & administrative (G&A) expenses flared up 55%, 56% and 33% to $25.9 million, $80.9 million and $12.9 million, respectively.
-Total non-GAAP operating expenses shot up 53% to $119.7 million year over year. However, as a percentage of revenues, operating expenses shrunk 300 bps to 68% mainly due to lower T&E, partially offset by increased hiring and M&A expenses.
-As a result of higher gross margin and lower operating expenses as a percentage of sales, non-GAAP operating margin improved 400 bps to 13%. Non-GAAP operating income was $22.9 million in the fiscal third quarter compared with the year-ago quarter’s $9.7 million.
ZS Catching SupportAlert triggered today. One of my fav's on my watchlists. I'm seeing some support at this 190 level with a new local high and weakening volume on this small pullback. Has the upgrades to back up a move to $220-$240, near term. Sitting on plenty of cash and RSI in the bullzone for a decent amount of time.
Pitfalls:
-As I'm sure we're all aware, inflationary concerns has shown a rotation of smart money from growth-tech to quality stocks.
-Earnings appear to be late next month.
-Ugly candle printed today. Pullback could go deeper if market conditions continue. May be best to buy the break of the 4/13 high, or $200, if you're more risk adverse.
$ZS On Double Bottom Watchlist$ZS is in the all important cybersecurity space. It sold off hard, started a rebound and opps then the second wave of selling stepped in to form the, not yet determined, double bottom? I'll be looking for this to break above the down trend line. If / when it does I'll be looking for a logical entry point with a well defined support or fail line at which my stop will be placed below. All TBD. Ideas, not investing / trading advice.