Archive for June, 2010

Up on a Down Day

The following stocks moved higher on Tuesday, despite broad selling pressure. These fall into two broad categories:  resilient in the face of weakness and short based funds and ultra funds:

Athenahealth
ATHN
25.71
0.45
10221

Astrazeneca Plc
AZN
48.74
4.02
79664

BP P.L.C.
BP
27.67
0.62
676131

DynCorp International Inc
DCP
17.46
0.06
24687

DB Gold Double Long ETN
DGP
33.39
0.08
14743

ProShares UltraShort Oil & Gas
DUG
74.24
4.35
25306

ProShares UltraShort Dow 30
DXD
30.33
1.51
103061

Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bear 3x
EDZ
48.72
5.11
42121

ProShares UltraShort [...]

June 30, 2010 • Posted in: Peripherals, TA • No Comments

Playing Post Russell

The following stocks showed unusual volume spikes in Friday’s session. Mean reversion after the Russell rebalancing could trigger buyable pullbacks on the stronger members of this group:

ACE Limited
ACE
53.2
0.41
224057

Alcon Inc
ACL
151.44
1.9
41210

Accenture Ltd
ACN
40.55
3
531599

American Equity Invst Life Hld
AEL
11.39
1.37
37837

American Capital Agency Corp.
AGNC
28.97
0.53
42618

Assured Guaranty Ltd
AGO
13.69
0.19
126382

Alkermes Inc
ALKS
13.09
0.87
44080

Alterra Capital Holdings
ALTE
19.08
-0.14
88877

Amgen Inc
AMGN
56.26
0.11
332973

Ares Capital
ARCC
13.1
-0.07
250178

Asiainfo Holdings Inc
ASIA
23.07
0.1
58593

Atheros Communications Inc
ATHR
29.85
0.36
109559

Atlas Energy Inc
ATLS
29.74
0.47
91505

Aerovironment Inc
AVAV
21.43
-1.83
29094

American Water Works
AWK
21.02
0.22
56513

Acuity Brands
AYI
43.99
-0.05
63875

Brink’s Co
BCO
20.4
0.22
41734

Blackrock [...]

June 28, 2010 • Posted in: Market Mechanics, TA • One Comment

Range Expansion Plays for June 14th

The following stocks showed notable range expansion in Friday’s session and could set up a variety of opportunities in Monday’s session:

Arc Sight` Inc.
ARST
23.4
31939
3.58

Boston Private Fincl Hld
BPFH
6.27
5755
0.5

China Electric Motor Inc
CELM
5.55
1553
0.63

Conn’s Inc
CONN
7.14
2199
0.73

Canadian Solar Inc
CSIQ
10.38
18902
0.59

Delcath Systems Inc
DCTH
10.22
38572
1.02

Houston American Energy Corp
HUSA
13.47
3005
1.6

US Airways Group Inc
LCC
9.93
147998
0.77

Mannkind Corp
MNKD
6.5
32312
0.25

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp
PPC
7.9
5680
0.77

Perfect World Co Ltd
PWRD
25.63
12971
3.17

Sonic Solutions
SNIC
9.69
14244
0.24

Solarfun Power Holdings Co Ltd
SOLF
8.11
32600
0.46

Timberland Co
TBL
19.37
15273
1.66

June 13, 2010 • Posted in: TA • No Comments

Finding Morning Mavericks

Look for green on the screen after a big down opening. Stocks that don’t respond to early selling pressure may stay resilient for the entire session.
Pull up an index component list, and look for the leaders in [...]

June 4, 2010 • Posted in: Market Day • No Comments