Trade Ideas: KMG, WDR, ECA, APLX, AES, SRE, ZL, GRB
Bulls put the hammer down with strength across the board. The Trade Ideas scan was not short of bullish candidates; today's selection covered 2 minutes of late afternoon trading. Every stock appeared once during this period, but ZL was the most frequent appearer based on the previous 10 minutes of the scan.
KMG: Three month cup-and-handle pattern. Stops can go on a loss of $98. Cautious buyers should wait for volume break of $107. Projected target of $127. Point-n-figure target of $110 should be exceeded. Weekly chart shows stong uptrend, although volume has dropped off significantly since early 2005.
WDR: Bounce off the 50-day MA is stuck in a limbo of retracement from $24.80 highs. Look for retracements back to the 50-day MA as buying opportunities and a place to set stops. Resistance at $26 and $31.
ECA: Small handle between $50 and $52. Stops can go on loss of $50. Triple bottom ($40.04/$39.47/$41.15) forms part of a wider consolidation base (7-months, see weekly chart) with resistance at $52. Looks good for move to $80. Point-n-figure target of $65 is more modest. Investor grade.
APLX: Thinly traded issue. Building pressure on $8 resistance as part of the big February gap down ($8.25 resistance). 40-week average has been strong support and a good place to buy. Weekly chart shows a bullish ascending triangle; projected target of $12.
AES: Working through a declining channel base on modest volume. This channel forms part of a much larger, 15-month base (see weekly chart). Should the latter break $18 resistance it should see a move to $23. Point-n-figure target of $21.50 looks a little conservative here.
SRE: Close above the 50-day MA after the second test of the 200-day MA drove a break of the faster MA. Gap resistance at $47.50 and 52-week high resistance at $49.22. Stops go on a loss of $45. Point-n-figure target of $55.50; ride the trend.
ZL: Lovely bullish engulfing pattern at 50-day MA support. Should see a challenge of $3.00 resistance. Stops go on a loss of the 50-day MA which has been picture perfect in its support. Resistance kicks in at $4 up to $5.50, then there is a some room to the next resistance point at $12.50.
GRB: Currently price at good accumulation levels in the $9.75-$10.75 range of a 2-month base. Likely test of 40-week MA will be the impetus to continue the rally started in the summer of 2005. Measured move target of $18.50. Stops on a loss of $9.70. Point-n-figure target holds to a more ambitious $24.50.
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KMG: Three month cup-and-handle pattern. Stops can go on a loss of $98. Cautious buyers should wait for volume break of $107. Projected target of $127. Point-n-figure target of $110 should be exceeded. Weekly chart shows stong uptrend, although volume has dropped off significantly since early 2005.
WDR: Bounce off the 50-day MA is stuck in a limbo of retracement from $24.80 highs. Look for retracements back to the 50-day MA as buying opportunities and a place to set stops. Resistance at $26 and $31.
ECA: Small handle between $50 and $52. Stops can go on loss of $50. Triple bottom ($40.04/$39.47/$41.15) forms part of a wider consolidation base (7-months, see weekly chart) with resistance at $52. Looks good for move to $80. Point-n-figure target of $65 is more modest. Investor grade.
APLX: Thinly traded issue. Building pressure on $8 resistance as part of the big February gap down ($8.25 resistance). 40-week average has been strong support and a good place to buy. Weekly chart shows a bullish ascending triangle; projected target of $12.
AES: Working through a declining channel base on modest volume. This channel forms part of a much larger, 15-month base (see weekly chart). Should the latter break $18 resistance it should see a move to $23. Point-n-figure target of $21.50 looks a little conservative here.
SRE: Close above the 50-day MA after the second test of the 200-day MA drove a break of the faster MA. Gap resistance at $47.50 and 52-week high resistance at $49.22. Stops go on a loss of $45. Point-n-figure target of $55.50; ride the trend.
ZL: Lovely bullish engulfing pattern at 50-day MA support. Should see a challenge of $3.00 resistance. Stops go on a loss of the 50-day MA which has been picture perfect in its support. Resistance kicks in at $4 up to $5.50, then there is a some room to the next resistance point at $12.50.
GRB: Currently price at good accumulation levels in the $9.75-$10.75 range of a 2-month base. Likely test of 40-week MA will be the impetus to continue the rally started in the summer of 2005. Measured move target of $18.50. Stops on a loss of $9.70. Point-n-figure target holds to a more ambitious $24.50.
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