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GIS is a buy!Shares of General Mills (GIS) have been terrible to own lately. But they're finally finding support at a major support level (breakout from 2012-2013) at about $41. They recently acquired Blue Buffalo Pet Foods, which should help drive growth to the bottom line, as the humanization of pets continues to accelerate. At current prices, it's also sporting a solid 4.4% dividend (54% payout ratio, 5.2% 5-year annual average dividend growth, but new revenue/income streams should give them the ability to grow dividends more significantly going forward). As a "consumer staple," it's no doubt out of favor... and that makes me like it even more! Buy when others sell, sell when other buy. Right?! :) The valuation is attractive at 14x 2018's estimated E.P.S., and again, the new revenue/income streams from recent acquisitions should help raise E.P.S. estimates in the next few quarters. To be fair in my analysis, the PEG ratio is a bit high at 2.3. Also, I've noticed some insider selling, so I'm curious about that. But insiders sell for a ton of reasons, so in and of itself, its not a reason to be scared away, just something to watch. Option open interest is 22% higher than average, and favors bulls, with 1.2 calls for every one 1 put. I also wanted to point out that the MACD experienced a bullish cross (on weekly chart), so any dips from here should be bought! Long this name as a core position in a long-term account, as well as long September calls in my trading account.
NYSE:GISLong
by EchoAlphaBravo
Risk on/Risk off, XLY:XLP ratios, THE Real money flow indicator.Was recently shown this little gem of a ratio chart that will help gauge strength to certain markets such as the stocks and other financial instruments as the S&P, Dow Jones etc So what does it all mean?? The ratio of two diametrically opposed asset classes often provides insightful clues about what investors are doing. The XLY:XLP ratio is a perfect example. Its not a hypothetical as it uses real money data based on what investors are DOING and NOT what they maybe thinking or projecting... XLY represents the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF. XLP represents the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF. XLY is the ETF which tracks the consumer discretionary sector XLY’s top 5 holdings are... Comcast (CMCSK), Walt Disney (DIS), Amazon.com (AMZN), Home Depot (HD), McDonald’s (MCD). XLP tracks the consumer staples sector, with top holdings of... Procter & Gamble (PG), Coca-Cola (KO), Philip Morris (PM), Wal-Mart (WMT), CVS Caremark (CVS). So how does this affect markets? When the chart value rises its a clear indicator that people are happy to spend freely and without caution, investors will look to increase risk, where as if the value starts to go down and decline, people are spending more on everyday essential items and thus stock markets are in shrinkage, decline and investors are taking LESS risk. we can clearly see how this chart reflects current highs on the stock indices if we compare to the current S&P500, Russel, Dow Jones and so on If this article has helped or you have any further questions, please leave them in the comments below.....
AMEX:XLYEducation
by majorlee
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THE WEEK AHEAD: TSLA EARNINGS, EEMAlthough AAPL and GILD announce earnings next week, the only earnings announcement that interests me from a premium selling standpoint is TSLA, with a background implied volatility of over 65%. The 73% probability of profit May 11th 255/330 short strangle is paying 5.83 at the mid (off hours quotes) with its defined risk counterpart, the 68% probability of profit May 11th 250/255/330/335 iron condor paying 1.06, which is less than I'd like to see out of a 5-wide. On the exchange-traded fund front, most of the most liquid funds are sub-35% implied volatility, which generally makes for less than compelling premium selling plays. For what it's worth, however, the top five ranked by implied volatility are: XOP (30.4%), OIH (30.2%), EWZ (27.4%), GDXJ (25.5%), and FXI (23.1%). I'm already in XOP and GDX plays, so I might consider having another go at "the Brazilian" in the June cycle -- the June 15th 39/47 short strangle (18 delta) is paying .77. Naturally, more aggressive delta strikes pay more, and it may be amenable to a short straddle/iron fly, depending on your account size, risk appetite, and patience for managing an underlying that seems to whip all over the place on occasion ... . Alternatively, I might go with another net credit double diagonal due to setup flexibility over a static one-off play, this time in the fairly broad market EEM, which has been closely tracking FXI of late, but is of greater liquidity: the June/Sept 44/47/47.5/50.5 double net credit diagonal is .26 at the mid for a three-wide, and I'd probably look to bail on it at 20% the width of the 3.00 wings ... . I'll also look at bullish directional shots in IYR, XLI, XHB, and/or XLP, which appear to be the weakest of the sectors currently. Pricing those out in non-New York hours tends to be non-productive since the deep-in-the-money back months show wide bid/ask in off hours, so it's tough to tell how much you're going to have to commit buying power wise to play ... .
NASDAQ:TSLA
by NaughtyPines
The Stock Market Swings From Bullish Signs to Stop Signs.A snipper from my latest post.... drduru.com The stock market faded from bullish undertones and back into the resting position. Now we can just look back at what could have been. For the first time in a long time, I feel compelled to change my short-term trading call from neutral. While the S&P 500 (SPY) still sits well within a trading range of churn, I see several signals which give me bearish vibes starting with my favorite technical indicator: AT40 (T2108), the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages (DMAs). Through Wednesday, April 18th, AT40 rallied relatively consistently with 9 up days out of 12 trading days. The last two up days featured weakening momentum and the top, an intraday high of 67.6%, came just short of the overbought threshold of 70%. I typically interpret a rejection at the overbought threshold as a bearish event. I am particularly keen to follow this interpretation given a similar rejection preceded the big February sell-off, and I was very slow to react to that rejection. AT40 swiftly fell all the way back to 55.2% to close the week. I am now eager to see AT40 hold a higher low. The S&P 500 (SPY) provided one component of a bearish confirmation. At its last high, the index closed just about even with its close after the Fed’s last decision on monetary policy. Not only did the index fail to maintain momentum from there, but also the subsequent selling pushed the S&P 500 right back below its 50DMA. The NASDAQ and the PowerShares QQQ ETF (QQQ) both pulled up short of their post-Fed closes before dipping below their 50DMAs to the end the week. The volatility index, the VIX, might as well have sealed the deal. Last week, the VIX traded right down to the 15.35 pivot and convincingly held that level as support over the next 3 trading days. While the VIX did not pop as much as I would have expected, I am still respecting this hold of support. I am staying patient before shorting the iPath® S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures™ ETN (VXX) again, and I am holding onto call options on the ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (UVXY). The Australian dollar (FXA) versus the Japanese yen (FXY) provided one more piece to the puzzle by breaking down below its 50DMA again. Just a week ago, AUD/JPY looked like it was leading financial markets higher. Now it looks set to grease the skids pointing downward....
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by drduru
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Where to Short #Clorox? Specific Levels to Watch for $CLX Bearish Break for Clorox occurred in early February 2018. On the chart you can see 4 horizontal lines. Notice that the Yellow and the Red Lines can be used as a good place to short, since Clorox is in a bear market currently. These custom support resistance indicator lines show decent places to enter or exit. The Blue indicator line serves as a Bullish Trend setter. If your instrument closes above the Blue line, we think about going Long. If your instrument closes below the Red line, we think about Shorting. For Stocks, I prefer to use the Yellow line as my Bearish Trend setter (on Daily charts). Find out more. Send Private Mail (PM) to @MasterCharts
NYSE:CLXShort
by mastercharts
Picture perfect rounding bottomShares of ANFI appear to be forming a rounding bottom, with resistance overhead at $4.40. A breakout above could cause shares to rally, but a failure opens the door for a retest of the lows or extend lower. To be fair, I don't know much about this company's fundamentals (yet), so I'll update this as I sift thru the financials. I just wanted to point out this damn-near perfect rounding bottom. If I end up positioning one way or the other, I'll update this idea. For now, I'm neutral. Comments? Thoughts?
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by EchoAlphaBravo
XLP long-term buyI came across an interesting pattern on consumer staples ETF (XLP). The pattern is a channel spanning almost 9 years. The pattern is well tested and respected (7 reversals on the lower bound, 6 reversals on the upper bound) Over the past two years, the ETF has consolidated gaining only 2% per year. Despite the consolidation, the ETF has an annual return of 22% for the past 9 years! today we saw the price break and close above the previous weekly high, a bullish sign. I love this trade because of the long-term price action and minimal risk. my stop loss is at $54.02 (6.7% risk). Economically speaking this space is extremely sound as consumers buy these products no matter the economic landscape. As shown by the price action this space offers slow and steady growth, due to the low elasticity and constant demand.
AMEX:XLPLong
by JakeSchoenleb
$xlp further short term breakdownhigher time frame is showing defined uptrend with an over-extension on breakout pulling back mid time frame is showing markup to distribution to consolidation for the next leg down descending triangle is forming against downtrend line and multiple test of support is showing weakness possible breakdown to breakout level of 55.7x on higher time frame- first level 56.2x lower time frame is showing range bound action with sellers slightly in control descending triangle is also forming- worth monitoring price action
AMEX:XLPShort
by inco1
Iron condor on XLPWith volatility this low I am looking for trades with IV percentile in the last 6months of above 25. XLP have an IV Rank of 14.5 which is low, but IV percentile of 33.5 in the last 6 months (which would meet with my criteria). I am placing an skewed Iron Condor, betting that it will stay within the expected move with a little skewed to the downside thinking that it might want to attack the 200 EMA. I did a ratio of 3 calls spreads for every 2 put spreads. The trade: 56/58 (2xCall spread) 54/51 (3xPut spread) 51% POP 1.61 credit per contract. Our break evens are at 53.22 and 56.51 Target is 50% of credit received.
AMEX:XLP
by AlexanderGotay
Long Term Sector RotationSPX vs Major Sectors. I added IBB to cover Biotech. Please comment. My understanding at this point is to stay in sectors which have good fundamentals and have been relative laggards. The 3 bottom ones at this point seem to be Financials, Technology and XLU / XLP. Since utilities is a risk-averse sector, so in a pro-growth environment I may want to go with the other 3. XLB is like the coyote / fox from Mickey mouse that runs a few meters off the cliff thinking its still running on solid ground before realizing that there's nothing below it and then falls like a rock. Great if you can time it right.
TVC:SPX
by iamajeya
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