jurajholik

SNOW (Long) - Beautiful Technicals, Don't look at Fundamentals

Long
NYSE:SNOW   Snowflake Inc.
Fundamentals
  • Really not here to admire the pristine fundamentals - the stock is severely overpriced with a price-to-sales over 20
  • However, having been at this for a while, for a 6-month horizon, the technicals, price and the momentum are the things to focus on
  • Regardless, SNOW is an outstanding company with a very bright future. However, its price might fluctuate wildly over the coming years until its sales catch up with the valuation
  • For now, the technicals are the key...

Technicals
  • The longer a firm has been forming a bottom, the more excited I tend to get about a breakout
  • The price of SNOW has been oscillating around for a while, forming a basing pattern (pick any of the three names on the screen) and accumulating share demand and momentum
  • If everything goes well, the price breaks out cleanly over the resistance (black line)
  • Looking at the stochastics, momentum is strong and volume has been on our side for the duration of the most recent up leg - shown by the Chaikin Money Flow indicator.
  • However, considering my slight doubts about the overall market, I would shorten the horizon on this trade to 2-3 months - to hedge the best in case the market calls the investors' "soft-landing" bluff

    Trade
  • I see two potential ways of playing this trade: (i) enter where the price touched the red-coloured line, catching the pullback and frontrunning the breakout (if you have a strong conviction) or (ii) wait for the actual breakout - best-case scenario is a long, fat green candle which sustains the highs towards the close and does so on volume
  • Given the first choice, stop loss just below the red line or the 19-day EMA. With the second option, the black line is the obvious stop
  • Failed breakout would be an obvious no-no for me and I would abort the trade and wait how the price action develops
  • Also closely watch the QQQ , Snowflake likes to follow it and I have some worries about the sustainability of the tech rally

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