Check out weekly momentum on biotech. The tide is turning.Need a neutral to good close to the week tomorrow.
IBB trade ideas
Trying this biotech ETF now. Bounce off of support at 270Would like to see it over 5 day MA as soon as possible but RSI held its trend too.
Buy on further pullback toward 270 or break above 290If it happens soon, RSI and price uptrend should still be in tact. Stop below shaded rectangle of interest.
IBB Bios shortIBB may tap 282.50 before dropping below 277.50 before the close. If this were to happen, check out IBB's 1 Week Chart. It will show a massive reversal candle.
I am short bios. Watch for potential 3.5% to 4% DROP in the BioTechs Friday April 8th
Long IBBIBB formed an inverse head and shoulders pattern and broke 50 MA as well. The RSI confirms the price action. We wait for a pullback.
Drugs are bad, mmmmkayIBB has bounced 2x of lower bollinger band and fib level. Keep in mind this is the monthly chart so risk is wide & the move will be slow but could be very large.
Risk about $30 for unlimited upside. If Hillary gets elected, all bets are off.
@twinstrader
How To Play The Biotech BustBiotech stocks had tremendous runs over the last few years. Many advancing several hundred percent. But all good things in the stock market come to end, and the biotech group is no exception.
The advance over the last four to five years clearly reflected the improved growth rates that we saw biotech companies deliver over those years, and current fundamentals remain strong. Unfortunately, analysts have been revising their estimates downward, and now expect a major deceleration in growth over the next three years.
From a technical stand point, biotech stocks are clearly the weakest group in the medical sector and stock market. They are ranked at the bottom of the Investor’s Business Daily’s Industry Groups.
The group, as reflected by the Ishares Biotech ETF (IBB), has dropped over 40% since the market topped in July 2015, after advancing over 400% since 2011. On average, former leading stocks and groups, drop over 60% after topping.
How To Play The Biotech Bust
There are several options traders have to capitalize on the bust. They can short individual biotech stocks, or they can buy and/or short biotech ETFs. There are three ETFs that can be traded to take advantage of any biotech sell off.
The Ishares Biotech ETF (IBB) has pulled back to its fifty day moving average in low volume, after breaking down from a bearish head and shoulder base, in heavy volume, at the beginning of the year.
The ETF can be shorted right around the fifty day moving average as volume continues to dry up, or breaks down, in heavy volume, below $242.
Ishares Biotech ETF IBB
Ishares Biotech ETF (IBB) Pullback To 50 DMA in Low Volume
Aggressive traders can consider going long two biotech leveraged ETFs. The ProShares Ultra Short Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (BIS), 2x leverage, or the Proshares Ultra Pro Short Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (ZBIO), 3x leverage.
The entry point would be at the same time as the Ishares Biotech ETF (IBB) either stalls or rallies to the fifty day moving average in low volume, or starts to break down in heavy volume.
Whichever route you choose, the market will have to trend lower. As much as the group has wanted to break down over the last few weeks, it has been held up by the market’s rally attempt. But based on the poor relative strength of the stocks and ETFs that represent the group, it is clear, at least for now, the group wants to go lower.
Speaking of IBB..Watching for bullish confirmation.We had a double bottom off a long term trend line, which coincides with the 200 on the weekly's. Stock and Macd look great on all charts. Looks like friday was a bullish reversal that needs confirmation. A close above the 8ema at around 254 would be a good confirmation. Target is somewhere between 265 and 271.
IBB Biotechnology sectorIBB, the tracking stock for the Bio sector looks ready to regain its upward trajectory. With the RSI and %R at very oversold positions it may be ready. We recently had a bounce off the 200ma, There appears to be consolidation in the blue box currently. Look for a move above the 8ema to enter long.
Biotechnology Shares - IBB- Daily - Sell Signal Triggering TodayIt isn't the easiest thing in the world to sell short a market that is rising as strongly as IBB has here lately. However, when a trade is "hard to take" and it is following a set of rules, then it should be taken. The rules involve my personal RgMov indicator, which has failed to confirm the new high in IBB. Granted, that may make it seem like a terrible indicator if it can't make a new high on a move up like this, but that is saying that the rally is not as structurally sound as other times.
The Risk is 1 average range (use the 11-day ATR calculation = looks like it is at least 7 pts).
Downside potential is whatever the price is when CCI reaches -100 and -150.
Tim 3:11PM EST, Monday, November 3, 2014 - so 3/11 on 11/3
!BIOTECH WARNING!Big short potential if IBB doesn't break back into the wedge tomorrow (2/11). Ill be looking to add more LABD by the end of the week if we don't see a bounce. This could be a big one!
IBB screwedI posted a 123 top chart pattern about a month ago. Its playing out very well . BIS is surging and ibb wont find bottom until 218.66. even then its only going to bounce. this thing is going straight down.
