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FireEye Rally on SolarWinds HackFireEye, CrowdStrike and Other Security Stocks Rally on SolarWinds Hack Security-software stocks were flying high Friday, as investors anticipated a pickup in spending in response to widespread damage FireEye, U.S. Agencies Affected By Cyber Attack On Solar Winds Software The security-software firm said a “global intrusion campaign” is making use of a tainted update to SolarWinds IT-management software. Continue reading from the cyberattacks on SolarWinds believed to have been orchestrated by Russia. SolarWinds (ticker: SWI) has said that close to 18,000 customers were left vulnerable in the incident that has affected a range of U.S. government agencies as well as commercial clients. That means cybersecurity spending could be “poised to accelerate” on intrusion and containment fears The incident was first identified last week by FireEye (FEYE), a victim of the attack. While FireEye shares initially tumbled on the news as investors worried that the hack could severely impact its business, the stock has since reversed course and rallied almost 32% on Friday. Other security software stocks are also trading higher, with substantial gains for CyberArk (CYBR), Fortinet (FTNT), Mimecast (MIME), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Proofpoint (PFPT), Qualys (QLYS), Rapid7 (RPD), Tenable (TENB), Varonis Systems (VRNS) and Zscaler (ZS). www.barrons.com
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by AlenCiken
$PLTR Earnings Call Announcements is Crucial (Potential $20)Palantir will report its first earnings report since the IPO on Thursday Nov 12th. Analysts expect the company to report $279.32M in revenue and $0.03 EPS. Before it went public, Palantir guided Q3 revenue of $278-280M, up 46-47% Y/Y, and operating income of $60-62M. For the year, PLTR forecast $1.05-1.06B in revenue (+41-43%) with operating income of $116-126M. The company expected 2021 revenue growth above 30%. Palantir shares are up 1.9% to $14.95 and have popped 39% in the past week on a potential tailwind from the Biden administration, which could lead to a cut in defense spending and send those clients towards lower-cost alternatives like Palantir software. (Source: Seeking Alpha) With the recent news of Palantir supporting not only the United States but the United Kingdoms as well in tracing COVID-19, along with Tracking COVID-19 vaccines for the DOD... Palantir continues to show its importance to the public along with attracting even more investors. If Palantir exceeds earnings expectations this could cause the stock to continue to spike massively... potentially reaching $20. But keep in mind, with the way the market has been reacting to earnings calls... don't be surprised with a minor pullback back. Either Way... We are at a crucial pivot point for Palantir. If you truly believe in the company.. you know what you have...
NYSE:PLTRLong
by AlexCutler247
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CrowdStrike Has Pulled BackOne of the main features of the market lately has been a rotation to non-megacap technology names. Zoom Video Communications, Twilio, Roku, Snap, Pinterest, Zendesk, Etsy, Match, Digital Turbine, Appian, Fiverr and others (including solars) have all shot to new highs lately. Meanwhile the biggest names like Amazon.com and Apple have drifted since the Nasdaq-100’s overbought top in early September. CrowdStrike could be a member of the “new name” club because it only went public in June 2019. The cybersecurity stock rallied along with other software companies between March and September and has been consolidating since. Four potential patterns are now appearing on its chart. First, CRWD’s stochastics have dipped to their most oversold levels since March. Second is the price zone around $130-131. It served as resistance at the top of a bullish triangle September 4-18. CRWD then broke through it and bounced above it on September 24. Prices have now returned to that same area. Third, CRWD has pulled back to its rising 50-day simple moving average (SMA). Fourth, momentum has been bearish over the last two weeks. But recent candlesticks show several potential reversal patterns: inside day on October 23, outside day/spinning top on October 26 and another inside day on October 27. Is it trying to stabilize, potentially allowing the longer-term uptrend to continue? TradeStation is a pioneer in the trading industry, providing access to stocks, options, futures and cryptocurrencies. See our Overview for more.
NASDAQ:CRWD
by TradeStation
Topping up #AR9. Seems to be finding a base here.Topping up here TA, - Trend line support - 20EMA daily - Ascending triangle - RSI relatively oversold - Short term resistance at 0.6 show by high volume. Good place to take some profits if you intend to. Concerns, - Recent earnings and 50% loss in operating revenue. However, the earnings reaction was neutral which shows strong hands holding this. - If negative momentum continues, could see 0.35 in the short term. Should bounce there(first touch rejection 90% of the time) FA, Fundamentally, I am betting on the the team and the trust they've developed over the last 1.5 decades It's quite obvious that the next decade will be dominated by data,cloud and IoT. Cyber security is the back bone for this next paradigm and it is highly unlikely governments will outsource data security to a non-Australian company. AR9 has built this trust over the last 1.5 decades. Trust is hard to replicate on balance sheets.
ASX:AR9Long
by ashainp
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FSLY- When the momentum stock loses its momentumTrend line is temporarily broken and there was no strong bounce back after the price crashed to the confluence zone of POC, 50 SMA and fib 38.2 level, indicating a weak demand at this lvl. There is little sign of decreasing selling pressure at this moment. If FSLY doesn't get back above the resistance and supply zone of 90 convincingly in the next days, party may indeed be over. Generally speaking, when you see the momentum stock decline significantly after the positive earning, this should be your first warning sign that investors are disappointed that the stock fails to live up to their lofty expectation. This is especially true for momentum stocks with lofty valuation. Market tops are often made when stocks react negatively to positive earning or when stocks stop going up on positive news. It is possible though that the short-term negative sentiment is caused by the TikTok news, but it is undeniable that the growth of enterprise clients for FSLY has slowed down recently. The overall macro is still good for Fastly though as E-commerce is still thriving. I am also bullish on the cybersecurity industry as whole and another market-leading CDN in the edge computing space you can capitalize on is NET. Thank you for reading through my analysis! Don't forget to click the like and follow me :)
NYSE:FSLY
by Libratus
$AR9 with significant tailwindsTA, -MACD daily golden cross -Upper-level exhaustion (known as cup and handle in TA culture) - Bullish Moving averages FA, - Geopolitics - War on data. Data is the new currency. Protecting data comes with big rewards. - Management team - Top government contracts: MOAT - Good financial health - Insider ownership: 17% - Recurring revenue - TAM 2.8B in AUS and 7.7B worldwide (-) - Massive run-up since March lows so there could be some Profit-taking - RSI overbought - Dependent on a few big customers - Price/sales=120 Don't usually buy into overbought stocks, but success comes from doing things differently
ASX:AR9Long
by ashainp
Cyber Security has become essential for all"Because of the rise of remote working, cyberattacks have grown exponentially in recent months, with the FBI reporting a 400% increase in complaints in April versus March, as attackers hope to expose weaknesses in an organization's business continuity strategy" Fundamental difference between some of the biggest cyber-security companies: CrowdStrike's (CRWD) endpoint protection uses resource-friendly security agents to inform its crowdsourced cloud about any potential threat anomalies. All customers are protected based on a single threat found, and its technology is supported by having renowned threat remediation and hunting capabilities. OKTA disrupted the identity access and management market with its cloud-based technology that has a large number of application integrations that make controlling who has access to what much simpler for security teams. In a perimeterless security world, the importance of identity is becoming paramount. Zscaler's (ZS) secure web gateways delivered via its cloud locations provide customers a safe route to cloudbased resources. Branch and remote users can go directly to their applications instead of going through a centralized data center, decreasing lag for the end user and alleviating traffic bottlenecks for IT teams. Palo Alto Networks (PANW) is an attractive option for investors. In our view, its cloud transition springboarding growth off its firewall leadership, upselling and cross-selling prospects via its security platform, and strong cash flow and balance sheet are being overlooked for the pure cloud-based companies.
NASDAQ:ZS
by dorfmanmaster
MIME entry: Fundamental and Technical analysisFundamental metrics - Gross margin > 70% - Just entered profitability with a net margin of 0.04% - Revenue growth 25.4% - Rule of 40 = 0.04+0.04 = 25.4 - Free cash flow growing slowly - The net revenue retention rate of 111%. Existing customer base alone has added 11% of revenue for the year ended 2019. 1100 new customers which is about a 30% increase - Financial health is a concern with a current ratio of only 1.04, interest coverage of 1.04 and a Debt/equity of 0.82 - Structural tailwinds due to growing adaption of cloud services and network hacking. - An organization would spend more funds on ensuring cybersecurity, detecting threats and protecting data. Remember, data is the new oil. TA, - Lower Bollinger band accumulation -4H/Daily RSI buy - 5EMA trending up - 0.5 Fib support - Daily level support - Ascending wedge?
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by ashainp
Cybersecurity massive volume!On a minute chart, there was a buy trade for 266,069 shares; creating the biggest volume spike in this ETF's short history. (check volume candles on chart). As we see the volume spike on a specific minute (10:48am ET), we can assume the trade was made by probably 1 institution/person. This means this individual created a position of 5 million dollars with a single trade into BUG. 10sma towards the $19 range shows short-term support. Top-10 Portfolio holdings by weight: OKTA (8.4%) FTNT (8%) ZS (6.93%) Trend Micro Inc (6.09%) CHKP (5.69%) NLOK (5.63%) QLYS (5.61%) PANW (5.23%) AVST (4.89%) PFPT (4.79%) Total % weight: 61.26%
NASDAQ:BUGLong
by dorfmanmaster