DOCU has been a relative strength name during this bear market. Since the bounce started, DOCU has broken out of a consolidation base and has since pulled back to the breakout area. This ticker has benefited from the COVID-19 and has not yet made a big up move. If we start to reject the breakout zone, DOCU could be setting up for a big move past 100. Trigger...
During my last stock market analysis yesterday, I had identified some key indicators that showed this market is most likely headed lower. In order to take advantage of the possible flush back down to the lows, I have been looking for some good short ideas. The markets are currently consolidating and if we make new lows today or tomorrow, that would be a great...
With elevated volatility throughout the month on March I choose to take as little trades as possible and only take small bites here and there. I only initiated 11 trades this month, the majority losers. To be honest, I am pretty disappointed with my performance despite the great opportunities. I will forgive myself however since this is my first real bear...
Markets have shown us what direction it wants to go and the direction is down. Since the last analysis, markets were continuing an impressive but overextended bounce. The markets continued this action on Monday and through mid Tuesday. By late Tuesday, there were some big red flags that markets were cracking and this recent bounce may be over. On the SPY I...
As we continue the slow grind to overextended conditions on the upside, I have been looking for new short ideas to take advantage of a possible flush. Markets have yet to have a significant pullback which is needed to continue a strong bull trend. AMD was one of those short ideas where a rising wedge on the 30m chart is forming. What I like about this AMD short...
ZM has been gaining a lot of attention lately due to COVID-19 and the rising demand for online conferencing programs. ZM had recently broke out but has been relaxing for the last 3 days after reaching a high of 164. The last 2 days, ZM formed inside candlesticks on the daily chart indicating that a breakout may be imminent. Following yesterday's post on ZM,...
Another action packed week in the books. The USA topped the leaderboard with the most cases on Friday and a 2$ trillion stimulus package has been approved by congress. This week we had a sharp retracement from the lows with a nearly 18% bounce from the lows to the highs, the sharpest in fact since 1933. It seems as though the things are looking hopefully and we...
Throughout this short term reaction bounce yesterday and today, volatility indexes have stayed relatively strong. VXX had a deep gap down on Tuesday but started to trend higher with the market indexes. Today VXX closed green with market indexes. As the short term trend on the market indexes seems to be terminated, I believe as markets start to retest lows, we...
2 inside day candlesticks are forming in ZM as a coiled spring is forming on the lower timeframes. ZM has not participated in the recent market bounce and seems to be acting inversely to the action. Watch ZM to start breaking out today or tomorrow above 147. Long @ 147 Stop Loss @ Below today's low. Target @ 180
It seems like the overall market outlook has changed and for the better. With a looming $2 trillion stimulus on the horizon, markets have broke the intermediate trend and looks to be in a stage of recovery. Since my last analysis, I expected markets to start to consolidate at this level and this looks to be the case. Although the downtrend has terminated, this...
APT is another speculative Coronavirus play I have been stalking. APT produces a lot of the medical supplies and protective gear that is in extremely high demand right now. Coronavirus stocks such GILD, APHI, CODX, etc have also been tightening up for the past few days. GILD started to break out two days ago and APHI which has a very similar pattern as APT,...
The past few days since the last analysis I've made has been stunning and literally historic. As the coronavirus continues to threaten the American economy, POTUS and the Federal Reserve has made multiple attempts to shore up the economy is the face of a possible recession. The Federal Reserve for example has cut federal rates to nearly 0% as well as promised...
The markets continue to accelerate to the downside as volatility continues to run higher. As a swing trader, there are three things I am doing in order to protect capital. 1. Lower risk - If you are putting on trade at this time, do so with reduced risk. Reduce your risk more than usual to protect yourself from the unusually large price swings that are common...
Markets have gone back down into the range and knocking on the lows. I have been looking for short plays to take advantage of this possible downtrend and TSLA looks intriguing. TSLA has not experienced the deep retracement like other stocks and is current sitting on support. On the daily chart, TSLA printed 2 inside days in a row and is setting up as a coiled...
The past 2 days of trading have been quite spectacular. We started Monday with a quick 7% limit down, recovered, trapped bulls, then collapsed again closing at the LOD. Monday's price action was fueled by continued Coronavirus fears over the weekend and collapses in world markets before the US open. Today we had the complete opposite price action and closed...
As a background, I do this type of analysis daily to gauge sentiment in the market. The reason for this analysis is to be on the right side of the market whenever I put on new trades. Have you even tried to run with the wind behind your back? Going long a stock when the general market supports a bullish sentiment is what it means to trade with the wind behind...
Yesterday's ugly selloff, following news of a big federal rate cut, was completely erased by today's solid gains and a followthrough day, but on lower volume. Although it is not yet entirely clear if this current selloff is over, today's price action showed some bullish signs that should have the average trader leaning towards the bull side. SPY on the 30m...
After Friday's gap down, reversal, and strong buying into the close, today we had the first followthrough day. A short term bottom looks confirmed as all indexes rallied higher into the close on strong volume. The picture on SPY is looking very bullish into the close. We held the Anchored VWAP from the December 2018 lows (Magenta Line) which has been acting...