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$AAPL Ready for Bottom Fishing?NASDAQ:AAPL I like how this is setting up. It looks like it has held the $180 “area” for a month now. It has had some good rallies from that area. I am looking for it to break above that steep blue downtrend line. It has captured the 5 DMA (white) and looks like it could take the 10 EMA too. All TBD. My plan is to go long on a break of the downtrend line with a stop just below that day’s low. If the market is going to move higher $APPL needs to participate, IMO. Of course, we must wait and see. The chart I am using is LevelUp available here on TV. Checking it out, I think you will like it as well as I do. Ideas, not investing / trading advice. Comments always welcome. Thanks for looking.
NASDAQ:AAPLLong
by jaxdog
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$PFE Ready for Bottom Fishing?NYSE:PFE is certainly a dog but, it has put in a higher low and the moving averages are starting to turn up. I like to go bottom fishing occasionally. PFE is my new candidate. I have an alert set just above the current price where it may move above short-term resistance, around the thin blue line. If it triggers and I take this trade, I can put a stop close by at either the day low or the previous day’s low. All TBD. Ideas, not investing / trading advice. Comments always welcome. Thanks for looking.
NYSE:PFELong
by jaxdog
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$ILMN Ready for a Base Break?Looking at this weekly chart it looks to me that sellers finally capitulated the week of November 13, 2023. Since then, it is mostly green accumulation, and it is holding price on lower and lower volume. You can see the flat base as identified with the LevelUp chart. I had a position earlier this week and stopped myself out for no gain. I re-entered today in anticipation of the breakout around $150. I like these early entries as I can set my stop just below the weekly low for a minimal risk to reward. It is one you may want on your watchlist. Ideas, not investing / trading advice. Comments always welcome. Thanks for looking.
NASDAQ:ILMNLong
by jaxdog
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Opening (IRA): IWM April 19th 176 Monied Covered Call... for a 171.23 debit. Comments: Buying stock and selling the -75 call against to emulate the delta metrics of a 25 delta put. This setup gives me a slight bump in premium over selling the 25 delta put due to call IV skew, along with built-in position defense with the short call. Laddering out over time after flattening out at the end of the year. I'll naturally look to add in shorter duration if I can get in at strikes/cost basis below what I currently have on, but will probably continue laddering out to the end of the second quarter (June) for a bit here. Will generally look to take profit at 50% max; look to roll out the short call to reduce cost basis further should price traverse the short call strike (since extrinsic is highest in at-the-money strikes).
AMEX:IWMLong
by NaughtyPines
Russel 2000 WeakLet's take a look at the Russel 2000. This index seems to be the only one between the Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P that is failing to break to new ATH while they are. What we're seeing is a triple top/triple resistance in Aug 2022, than again February 2023, and again August 2023 which was confirmed with a break down to the lows of October 2023 before more manipulation came into play. Some will say inflation is declining and talks of rate cuts seems to be the reason markets rose, but from what we are hearing today from the Fed is that rate cuts aren't likely as they continue to backtrack and downplay rate cuts. Perhaps, they know something before we do... perhaps double peak inflation like the 1970s? Just as everyone believes its declining, surprising new data comes out that proves otherwise? Let's see. Once again we see the Russel 2K failed more recently to break and hold above 2020 with constant rejections. This would be the 4th rejection and we could be on the 5th rejection. And why not? Banks once again are starting to shake, with JPMorgan losing deposits, NY Community Bank failing, banks invested in CRE are tanking and this before the big ending to their Bank Term Funding Programme (BTFP) officially ending. Look at the chart for it, it spiked in March 2023 with the failure of SVB, and it is spiking once again Jan and Feb of 2024. Something coming down the pipelines? I shudder when I see markets breaking ATH, because it has ALWAYS meant markets are more vulnerable to bad news (be it financial, economical, or geopolitical). What we're witnessing is a market that is getting fundamentally weaker and weaker. The economy does not support equities hitting ATH, as earnings are revised lower, personal debt is $17 TRILLION dollars (an ATH) and personal savings are at an all time low. This is not including the decaying jobs market, retail, national debt, manufacturing, consumer sentiment and so on. The floor is a 1 centimeter sheet of ice and it's warming up. This bubble is poised to pop any moment now. My advice Obviously, be vigilant. If you are holding positions from a lower price point and you are making profit, I say hold until whatever event happens and breaks the glass floor. If you are new money looking to invest, I can not suggest investing now at the top with such toxic economy and financials. Do your own research, look at the economic data and see if any of it or at least majority of it gives you peace about investing. People are broke, debt is exploding so retail will inevitably collapse and since we're a retail based economy, you can imagine what comes next. Targets for Russel 2K - IWM 1) 1915, if we break that then 2) 1730, if we break that then 3) 1680, if we break that then 4) 1630, if we break that then run for the hills.
CME_MINI:RTY1!Short
by WorldEconomics
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Opening (IRA): IWM March 15th 183 Monied Covered Call... for a 179.87 debit. Comments: Doing another one of these in March with a short call strike and cost basis better than what I currently have on at the 186. Selling the -75 delta call, buying a Johnny one lot to emulate a 25 delta short put in order to take advantage of call side IV skew. 3.13 max profit on BPE of 179.87; 1.74% ROC at max; .87% at 50% max. Will generally look to take profit at 50% max/roll out the short call to reduce cost basis further in the event price breaks the short call.
AMEX:IWMLong
by NaughtyPines
$BITO Ready to Run?AMEX:BITO Kathy Woods AMEX:ARKW fund sold OTC:GBTC and bought $92mm AMEX:BITO yesterday. They also sold $COIN. There is the news. I am more of a technical trader, and I like the set-up on BITO here. I have started a one third size position in the anticipation of a break above the small consolidation area or pennant. My stop is tight, just below today’s low of day. I like the fact that it is trading above the IPO AVWAP which means that by volume most shareholders are in the money. That means there is little overhead resistance at this point. It is also trading above all the moving averages. Ideas, not investing / trading advice. Comments always welcome. Thanks for looking.
AMEX:BITOLong
by jaxdog
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$XOM Undercut and Reverse?NYSE:XOM this is a remarkably simple U&R play. I have gone long with the undercut and today’s reversal from the low on December 12, 2023. That low was $97.48. It broke above that this morning. My stop is simple. If it closes below $97.48, I am out because it will tell me it is resuming the downtrend. Should it push higher tomorrow, I will add to my position. All TBD. Ideas, not investing / trading advice. Comments always welcome. Thanks for looking.
NYSE:XOMLong
by jaxdog
$WYNN Breaking Out?NASDAQ:WYNN Looks like it may be breaking out over the horizontal area of resistance. The 40 Week MA is just above and would be nice if it can break above that too. It is above all shorter term Moving Averages including the 50 Day MA in red. Wynn is rated as an outperform or buy by many brokerage houses with price target well over $100 per share. I have started a 1/3 size position today with a stop just under the day low. I will look to add once it gets over the 40 Week MA and consolidates. All TBD. Ideas, not investing / trading advice. Comments always welcome. Thanks for looking.
NASDAQ:WYNNLong
by jaxdog
$FFTY Forming a VCP (Volatility Contraction Pattern)?AMEX:FFTY looks to me like it is working on a VCP with volatility shrinking and forming a nice wedging pattern. I like this pattern “IF” or when the market turns positive. Here are the negative things I see, as of now it is trading below or right at the 18-month AVWAP. It is right at shorter term resistance. It is below the downward sloping wedge trendline. And the RS is still declining. On the Positive side I see current price is about 11% below the 52-week high. Price is above all the moving averages including the 50 DMA and the 40 Week MA. Price is above the upward sloping wedge trendline. Here is my trading plan, if the overall market looks good, RS breaks above the trendline and price moves above the 18-month AVWAP I will start with a one-third size position. My stop will be price closing below the 50 DMA. If it breaks out over the wedge downtrend line, I will make it a two-thirds sized position. If it can consolidate without stopping me out, I will build to a full position on any resumption of the uptrend. All TBD. Ideas, not investing / trading advice. Comments always welcome. Thanks for looking. AMEX:FFTY The IBD 50 Innovator Fund is comprised of IBD’s picks for high growth stocks. The stocks represented turnover more often than most ETF’s.
AMEX:FFTYLong
by jaxdog