NTCT: Island Gap PotentialThere is an interesting phenomenon that occurs often: when a gap down of this size occurs, followed by a bottoming action and a large white candle forms, this often becomes an island gap. HFTs that gapped the stock down gap it up again.
The fact that the gap down candle is a huge white candle for this chart indicates that the gap down is below fundamental values and Dark Pools were the buyers against the HFT selling. The drop in Accumulation/Distribution at that time was smaller funds dumping which often triggers Dark Pool TWAPs. NASDAQ:NTCT has a high Percentage of Institutional Holdings at this time and it's a lower-priced stock in a pricey market.
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ATVI: Rounded Bottom with Dark Pools WaitingActivision Blizzard Co is developing what will become an intermediate-term rounded bottom formation, aka bowl bottom. It is about 25% to completion. Large-lot indicators have not formed a shift of sentiment pattern yet, as smaller funds’ VWAP orders continue to trigger in capitulation mode. The smaller funds are giving up on ATVI as it bottoms. The Dark Pools will wait to see if the stock will drop further due to the smaller funds dumping before they decide where to set their TWAP orders. ATVI is a gaming company that is gearing up for Augmented Reality.