Tag Archive: breakout

May 12

Entering Long Stryker ($SYK), CR Bard ($BCR), Alexion ($ALXN)

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Here are three more longs we’ll be entering at Monday’s open. As I mentioned in this weekend’s review of open positions, we’ve had a flurry of new entries in the last week or so, a reflection of how many opportunities exist with a number of stocks in strong uptrends and attractive risk/reward setups. For two …

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Apr 30

Entering Long Adobe Systems ($ADBE)

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We’ll be adding a long in $ADBE at Wednesday’s open, bringing us up to 26 open positions. It’s interesting this is the first new equity position for over a month, possibly a reflection of the fact that although many of our existing ideas continue to work, we hadn’t been finding many new opportunities. Until now …

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Apr 25

Dollar/Yen 100.00 – Coming To A Screen Near You

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In case you’ve been on a desert island for the last six months you might be unaware the Yen has been in a monster downtrend. Fortunes have already been made and lost, but depending on your timeframe it may just be getting interesting. For ease of consistency and reference let’s continue the rest of this …

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Mar 04

Long Microchip Tech ($MCHP)

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I’ve liked Microchip Tech ($MCHP) for a while but it hasn’t given me the low-risk entry I was looking for, until now. Here’s the weekly chart where you can see the breakout it had from a huge descending triangle last month. Looking at the last six months in more detail on the daily chart below, you …

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Feb 06

Dr. Copper Will See You Now – $JJC

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It’s time for our regular checkup with Dr. Copper, so-called because of his record as a leading indicator of economic health. He’s been down in the dumps for a while now but is showing signs of recovery. Here’s the weekly chart of the iPath Dow Jones UBS Copper ETF ($JJC): It’s dominated by this huge …

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