AGN often crops up on my watchlist. It has been in a bull trend for several years but frequently experiences prolonged consolidationary periods. The stock has been in an uptrend since earlier this year but got into a $145-$175 range from May to October. But, despite the market-wide October pullback, AGN manage to break out of this range, retest the previous...
YHOO has not been on my watchlist for many years. I have posted the monthly chart to show why. After reaching it's peak in 2000 ($125) it has struggled to reach its former glory. But now we can see that a cup and handle has formed. And if price responses with a measured move then we can anticipate a substantial move up (possibly by as much as $30). On the...
CVA has just printed a bullish flag in an uptrend (on Thursday's bar). This gives a good indication that price will continue to rise (no chart pattern has 100% accuracy). However, there is not so much room for this stock to uptrend before hitting resistance at around $30 (the 2008 high was $30.37). Some breakout traders prefer to only buy those stocks which are...
After the stock split earlier this year AAPL has become a much more affordable stock to trade. It was already in an established uptrend when the split occurred but stuttered around the 2012 high ($100.72). As with many US stocks Apple was being to trend well when the market-wide October pullback slowed the trend. It also happened around the time Apple had begun...
LM reached a high of $140 in 2006 before plummeting to almost $10. Since then we have seen price bottom out (forming a cup and handle on the weekly chart) and begin a bullish wave up. During August and October a double bottom formation occurred - confirmed in November with a break of the neckline. The weekly double bottom presented itself on the daily chart as a...
WMT has been in a trading range for almost a year. Then yesterday, on earnings, price gapped up - breaking previous resistance. How good a buy opportunity is this? On the weekly chart the 50ma is flat - this gives an indication that the trend is flat. After a year of no trend it would be far too early to get into a long-term long position. While price is bullish,...
If you're looking for a sell opportunity then DDD looks promising. The decline has been steep since the high (which didn't quite touch $100) at the end of 2013. On the weekly chart price looks almost certain to end the week below the 200ma. If this does occur then a shorting opportunity may present itself (although we should wait one more trading day just to be...
LEG has been trying to breakout of a multiyear consolidation since May 2014. On the weekly chart I have drawn on the 1998 and 2004 highs (to highlight this point) and the more recent consolidation zone which lasted just over 5 months. Finally in October 2014 price made a big bullish move (on earnings and higher volume) but this was far too early to consider a buy...
Now JLL has broken and retested the 2007 high ($124.99) there is room for price to move further to the upside. There was a cluster of support at around $125 but it dipped just below this during the October pullback (which affected most stocks). It found support at the 50ma on the weekly chart but popped below the 200ma on the daily chart. Since then price has...
OCR appeared on my bullish breakout list yesterday and overall it looks like a good buy opportunity. Since July price had been experiencing a prolonged pullback. It was not too deep (pulling back to just below the 200dma and 2005 high of $62.50 - yet finding support at $60) but 5 months is quite a long time for a pullback. The stock broke through the resistance...
MNST was in consolidation for over a year before a large gap up in August 2014. Prior to this it had been in a good, linear bull trend for some time. So now the consolidation period is over we would like to see a continuation of previous behaviour. While the uptrend began again on the August gap up price took a little while to get going. Then, on 31st October,...
MDVN is looking good for a buy on a long-term strategy. The pullbacks can get a little deep, so this needs to be taken into account. This stock has been a little sticky around $90 and $100 but now price has broken and retested the figure (with a nice flag formation on the daily chart) we could see a more linear bull trend develop.
MDRX has been in a messy downtrend for a few weeks so Friday's gap down, on the earnings announcements, did not come as a surprise. As volume was also up there is a good probability that the bear move will continue. However, because the trend is not very neat and because there is support at $8.84 this is a near-term shorting opportunity only. That still gives a...
UNP has been a profitable trending stock but, as with many other positions, the October pullback was too deep to justify remaining in the trade. On the weekly chart the trend has remained pretty much intact since January 2012, even with the recent pullback. Price did not breach the 50ma, and only spiked below the 100 figure. But on the daily chart the pullbacks...
WFM has been in consolidation for several months, beginning with the large gap down on earnings back in May. On earnings this time price gapped up out of the consolidation zone, on higher volume. On the daily chart there is no resistance until 47.70, the bar was very bullish and closed above the 200ma. Initially this may look like a good near term...
THG is not a great trending stock but yesterday's gap up on the daily chart offers a possible short term opportunity. This stock may continue its general move to the upside but it is too erratic (at present) to trade with confidence for the long term. Price has dropped below the daily 200ma on several occasions recently, which prevents it being a good...
SRE has been a good long opportunity since breaking above the $72 zone. On the weekly chart the 50ma has acted as support throughout the trend. While the pullbacks on the weekly have all been within the normal parameters they have been a little more cumbersome to trade on the daily chart. The last two deep pullbacks both dropped to test the 200ma and figure 100...
NU has been in a good trend since 2010/11 but it is prone to deeper than preferred pullbacks. The measured move from the head and shoulders (on the weekly chart) is currently under way and has already seen price break through the figure 50. On the daily chart price has easily cleared the 47.60 resistance and more recently a bullish flag has been confirmed (which...