CALA is a biotech stock that has shown some buying interest while in the midst of a down trend. The recent volume surge has the stock over it's 50 dma, which could start a remount and give it the momentum it needs to make a short term run. This is a speculative setup. Please retweet if you... Continue Reading →
Chart of the day: DIG
Today's swing trade stock chart of the day is DIG. Energy is showing positive money flow and the sector has broke out over the 50 day moving average. Here we can place a stop under the moving average with a target at the recent February pivot high at $57.Subscribe to The Market Speculator by EmailI... Continue Reading →
Chart of the day: GTLS
We have been swing trading the bottoming formation in commodities since December and now the formation has matured to the start of a possible trend move.GTLS is a good example of a commodity stock ready to start a momentum trend. It looks to have put in a bottom formation on strong volume and now is... Continue Reading →
How to identify explosive bottom formation breakouts
Every momentum stock starts from a bottom formation breakout. Back in November we started talking about Gold Miners as a potential bottom formation trade. Study this chart carefully and notice the positive volume as gold miners put in a bottom formation, the remount of the 50 dma and successful hold on pullback. If you would... Continue Reading →
How to Identify and Trade A Market Short Signal
Swing traders need a basket of "goto" setups that can be applied to different markets. Two of my favorite are the breakout-remount and the breakout failure. Mr. Market, aka SPY, offered us a little of both a few days ago with a remount that failed. Notice in the chart above SPY has remounted the 50... Continue Reading →
How to trade the gold miner stock bottom formation breakout
Swing Traders must be vigilant about sector rotation and money flow. Back in early December we started talking about gold miners as a bottom play in the Trade Report. Notice that as gold miners were at lows, positive volume outweighed negative. This was a clear signal that "big money" players were accumulating positions in this... Continue Reading →
Stock Chart of the Day: ZU
Trade Report focus list stock ZU broke out of a post moving average remount breakout range on strong volume. This stock has been showing signs of accumulation even before remounting the moving average. This underlying volume support should help propel the stock to recent highs around $42. I will look for a good entry on... Continue Reading →