KR is a stock I have been trading for some time - but it still offers a great opportunity if entering for the first time now. KR first came on to my radar in 2013 as it had begun to trend well. But we needed price to take out the 1999 high ($34.91) which it did in about July 2013. After the retest it looked safe to enter but unfortunately there was a second, deep...
ACT has been on a great bull run since breaking out from a pullback/consolidation (and the 2000 high) in early 2012 - as can be seen on the weekly chart. Unfortunately, the trend hasn't been as smooth on the daily chart throughout 2014 - with multiple breached of the 50ma (which should act as support). Since December 2014, however, we have seen the trend just...
The uptrend for SPR is still a little erratic. It has been using the daily 200ma as support rather than the 50ma - so the pullbacks have been deep and prolonged. This has not made it easy to trend trade. However, since breaking above the 2007 high ($41.72) we have seen a slight change in personality. Price did struggle at this level and retested the area three...
AWK has been trending nicely on the weekly chart since the beginning of 2014. But on the daily chart there were two deep pullbacks (in August and October) which, although just within the bounds of acceptable, would've meant several months of little real profit. However the overall trend is up - with higher highs and higher lows, so if you are comfortable holding...
Since breaking above the June pivot high, at the end of October, LNT has continued it's bull run. The June high was tested in November first with a double bottom chart pattern followed, in December, by a deep flag. However, both of these were within acceptable parameters for a linear trend so a longer-term buy position could be considered. Despite this I would...
LUV has been a good trending stock I have traded until the October pullback earlier this year. Breaking above the September high (and confirming a cup and handle chart pattern) offered the first opportunity to re-enter this stock. But with some uncertainty still in the markets I passed this one by. Since then price has continued its bullish rise with a more...
APD has been in an uptrend all year but the deep pullbacks have made it too unpredictable to long-term trade so far. On the daily chart an inverted head and shoulders chart pattern offered an opportunity to trade a measured move up. Since the break of the pivot high (which also confirmed the H&S pattern) there have been two gaps up on slightly higher...
NKE has cropped up quite frequently on our breakout lists lately. It doesn't have a very linear history (pullbacks tend to be too deep for most risk management structures). But since breaking above the $80 mark it has offered several opportunities to buy. The October pullback was not too deep, remaining comfortably above the daily 50ma. Once price broke $90 NKE...
Many traders like to trade IPOs and new stocks as the volatility is considered to offer good opportunity. But as a technical trader I find it difficult to trade a stock for which there is less than 5 years data. There is a limited history of how the stock reacts to events - which makes them difficult to analyse. In the case of ABBV a pattern is now beginning to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Nice flag Bout after testing 50DMA. Nice swing long trade
The 50MA has provided an almost unbreakable support for HPQ since the beginning of the year. Although the stock has consolidated the past week or so I see the rally to continue in light of earnings on the 20th towards the $37 price.