HACK
Bullish on Cybersecurity We are becoming more and more dependent on the internet. Along with this increased dependence the social desire for cyber defense will grow. Even at high costs the demand and necessity will be strong.
A single company will not monopolize security of the internet - it's too big and too complex - but I do think a broad index of companies building the "immune system of the internet" can benefit from this trend.
Supporting this trend are:
continued political cyber warfare & allegations lawfareblog.com
the release of CIA Hacking Tools ("zero day" exploits etc.) wikileaks.org
Hospital ransomware attacks - speaking to someone working in hospital data - hackers taking control of hospital data and holding it as ransom is more common than many of us are aware of. "The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reported a fourfold increase in ransomware attacks from 2015 to 2016. Those attacks resulted in a total of $1 billion being paid to hackers, the FBI said." medlineplus.gov
The Elliott Wave and technical analysis perspective:
Two cybersecurity ETFs $HACK & $CIBR have been trending in a bullish channel since 2015 and 2016 respectively, after tracing out a clear zigzag corrective patterns on long-term charts.
The two primary counts suggest further fifth wave upside at Intermediate or Minor degree.
The leading count is in red on the $HACK chart and depicted on the CIBR chart. Wave 3 is extended and wave 5 has begun tracing out the initial first and second waves.
The alternative count in blue on the $HACK charts illustrates an extended fifth wave in which Minute waves ((i)) and ((ii)) are complete and the initial first and second waves of wave ((iii)) of 5 are near complete suggesting a (iii) of ((iii)) of 5 spike is possible soon. $31.50 - $32.00 would be the first target zone.
RSI on $HACK is just shy of bullish territory and has been trending bullish with lower highs since February 2016.
Volume on $CIBR is trending up with higher highs suggest there is building strength for further upside.
$PANW Cup and HandleSwitched to the daily for this pattern. Looking at a cup and handle into earnings. After a breather this past year, cyber is becoming another hot topic with the election. Pay attention to this as the next 2 weeks go. Im a buyer on volume
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Ascending triangle $FEYEAscending triangle..higher probability of breaking to the upside and outside this triangle..$FEYE
$CHKP Thoughts Going Into Earnings On 1/28/16...Fundamentally this company is in rather good shape, just take a look at the balance sheet. We are all well-aware of the demand of IT security, it's now being openly discussed on television from the likes of people like our own president! I digress.
From a TA perspective, it did not break the bottom trend-line (Red Line) and I do not account the 'Flash Crash' of 8/24/15 because it is my personal opinion that to have been an HFT and Algorithm mishap, I digress once more.
With that being said, we have not even come close to combating the All Time Highs of $88.45. With a huge amount of Short Interest on the % of float, any good news can send this up.
-Zaibatsu