Can NVAX rise again?NVAX has had significant down trending over a wide range of time. On the 4H chart it seems to
be pivoting from a swing bottom 3-4 days ago. This is accompanied by a cross of the MACD
lines under the histogram on that indicator and a flip of volatility on the relative volatility
indicator. NVAX has been subject to significant short selling. Price is presently nearly
two standard deviations below the mean anchored VWAP set in mid May. Basically it is in
deep undervalued oversold territory and now with a rise. The volume profile has a point of
control level considerably above the mean VWAP. This is the level with the highest volume
of trades showing most trades occurred well above VWAP. This would be traders taking
profit and selling or alternatively short sellers opening a position but more likely a combination
of them. Price wants to ascend to at least VWAP if not the POC line. My analysis is that
any significant rise could begin a squeeze on short positions. Those closing with a buy to
cover trade would in effect be synergizing new buyers and add to the bullish momentum,
Accordingly, I will open a position early and see if I can get in ahead of a potential
short squeeze. While speculative, a narrow stop loss at 6.80 the second band line below
the mean VWAP will take a lot of risk off the trade and allow me to be patient comfortably
watching the price action.
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ABT a slow moving low beta medical stockABT is Abbott Labs, a well-established medical technology company has had good earnings
twice this year. In the first episode, the price trended down then recovered in a retracement.
I have anchored a long-term mean VWAP and its standard deviations as a means to assess
areas of dynamic support and resistance. One week ago, the price crossed the mean VWAP in
its uptrend. I see this as a good place for a long trade over a month or more. For a stop loss
I will place the stop below the mean VWAP also confluent with two horizontal support lines
as well as the rising support trendline and the POC line of the volume profile
Targets are the first and second standard deviations at about $105 and $110. I will make an
optimal entry from a pivot low on a timeframe of 30-90 minutes.
As the anticipated ROI is relatively small although with reasonable risk, my approach is
a call option for mid-September with a strike in the range of $100-104. I expect this to
yield 25% or more monthly until signs of a pullback or reversal. While the general market
has heightened volatility and controlled chaos, I see adding some trades of slow-moving
low beta stocks to be proper risk management.
BOIL Day Trade Recap and ReviewBOIL the 3x Leveraged ETF of natural gas futures has been highly volatile. Volatility yields high
profits if there are good entries and trade management. This past Friday BOIL was doing a
reverse split ( 20 shares become one) which I considered to be an opportunity for high profit
because a higher number of traders would have eyes on the chart.
The 15-minute chart is shown here with an anchored VWAP from 2 days earlier. At market open
price reversed a downtrend after the reverse split in the premarket. It got support from the line
one standard deviation below the mean VWAP. My first considered entry was the second green
HA candle in the reversal with a stop loss at the pivot low of the red candles. However
I passed on this entry and instead entered upon price crossing the mean VWAP. The entry
was supported by the indicators showing Z score and volatility. The entry was made more
precise by analysis on the 5-minute chart. The stop loss was set at the value of the close of the
last candle to close below VWAP. After that, trade management was routine. Every time
price went up 1% I raised the stop loss by the same amount until getting up 6% Once at that
level, I changed to a trailing stop loss of 2% so I could pay attention to other trading chores.
At the same time, I set an alert for when the price crossed to above two standard deviations
above the mean anchored VWAP. I did this because this is the overvalued overbought area
where institutional traders will set sell orders either short selling or closing profitable
trades. The resultant reversal would diminish my unrealized profits. In this case, I got
the alert and closed the position without the trailing loss. The trade resulted in a profit
of 12% without use of leverage or margin other than the leverage imbedded in BOIL inself.
Is SOFI a buy or a sell?SOFi in the past month as shown on the 4H chart has run up more than 80% and now appears
to be in a standard 50% Fibonacci retracement. Price has descended from two standard
deviations above the mean VWAP to a single deviation after a Doji reversal candle on
June 14th. The reversal was also marked by the RSI and the signal lines crossing at a
reading of 93 and then descending. The price volume trend indicator went from green
for increasing to a flat line and then red for decreasing. Overall, I believe that SOFI
has nearly completed a retracement. I will watch for RSI to rise above 20 and the PVT
to transition from red to green and the candles themselves for a bullish candle pattern
or formation in order to ascertain an optimal long entry. I will do this on a 5 or 15 minute
time frame chart to make the best assessment of that entry. My first target is $ 10.20
or just under the pivot high while the second target is $13.00 just under a support area a
year ago on the weekly chart. Fundamentally, I believe that the reactivation of student loan
repayments will have dramatic effects on SOFI's earnings.
EBS a biotech company focused on vaccinesEBS is a small biotechnology company whose forte is the clean processing and manufacturing
facility that the FDA requires for certain bioprocessing to be certified for delivery of products
to end-user patients. It is not a research facility like the one in China that accidentally released
COVID and the global impact will be likely felt for another decade. EBS does depend on
federal support and income from contract work from vaccine manufacturers. There is
reasonable expectation or persistent and consistent revenues ongoing without fail unless
the FDA decertified the facilities. On the chart, EBS is in a flat bottom triangle on its base.
It is presently rising out of the triangle and towards the mean anchored VWAP It is just above
The POC line which functions as dynamic support in the demand zone. I see a long trade
with the stop loss below the POC line, the first target the blue line representing one standard
deviation above the mean VWAP at about 9.4 while the second target is the redline two
standard deviations above the mean VWAP at about 10.05 while the final target contemplates
that EBS will challenge the high in May of 10.75.
GOOG is in an early reversalGOOG with its dominant search engine, YouTube, Maps and other apps besides cloud services
is a revenue gisnt. On the daily chart, it has had a respectable 40% YTD . However, I see signs
of a reversal. Added to the chart are the anchored VWAP bands beginning from the earnings of
November 2022. Price is in the neighborhood of 3 standard deviations from the mean. This is an
area where institutional and professional traders like to sell and earn their profits. Several
recent candles had wicks beyond that third standard deviation line. The candle stick analysis
is that of a " 3 bar play" - in this case, a green candle then a Doji candle suggesting indecision
and finally, a red candle documenting the change in direction. The ADX indicator shows
the weakening of trend directional strength topping out and then decreasing. The POC line
of the long-term volume profile is about the same level as the mean VWAP line. That is to
say, there is congruence there and so a very strong buying zone with high volatility
Overall I will take a short trade in 20 shares of GOOG with a stop loss at 129 and take a profit
of half at 106 ( above the POC line) and the other half at half at 103 ( near VWAP) using a sell-
stop order when the price crosses $ 0.25 below market to assure the direction
validation. If the trade goes in my direction to the target I expect a R0! of 15- 18% overall.
IF you want to know my idea of a good option trade leave a comment. IF you take a short
trade on the stock, I wish you the best of luck in your trade. I will adjust
stop loss down to the entry price when the stock price goes under 120 to make the
trade risk-free and then decrease the stop loss price by 4.50 upon market of 115. When
the market goes under 110, I'll change the stop loss to a trailing loss of 2 % and when it goes
under 108 change the trailing loss to 1% as alerted by alerts on the price that I have setup
to minimize screen time in trade management .
GME - Is Gamestop ready for another run ?GME this past week showed a nice reversal as seen on the 30 minute chart. Price hit a swing
low on May 2nd and then rose the rest of the week. Is it riding above the linear regression line
set to draw context and direction. On the anchored VWAP bands GME has crossed over the
first standard deviation VWAP line as well as the mean VWAP. Buying volume has replaced
selling volume in the past 3-4 sessions. GME crossed above the POC line of the intermediate
term volume profile suggesting buyers are taking control of the market
Please comment. What do you think? Is GME getting ready for another launch?
AUDNZD bounces down from the Overbought ZoneOn the 15 minute chart- the AUDNZD pair is shown to have encountered overhead horizontal
resistance by the Luxalgo indicator. It has been unable to get above the 2nd standard deviaion
line of the anchored VWAP and deflected downward. Price is now below the POC line of
the multisession volume profile. Overall, bearish bias is on the chart as confirmed by the
zero lag MACD with the lines crossing down on the horizontal zero line. I will trade an additional
short sell trade on this pair and review the strength of AUD as compared with EUR USD and
JPY for other trade possibilities. My target here is the underlying green zone of support and
demand.
UNG- Buy at a BottomAs shown on the 4H chart, UNG has been trending down albeit with a triple top in April
and a head and shoulders in early May. It is presently at the bottom of the long term volume
profile and two standard deviations below the running mean anchored VWAP. This is
deep undervalued territory. On the MACD indicator, the K and D lines intersecting while under
the histogram which is positive portrays an early entry signal. I believe that it is inevitable
that UNG will have an uptrend in June as it did in April and May. The uptrends had a slope
of about 1.5-3% per day while underway. I will take a long trade in UNG and potentially BOIL
while leveraging XNGUSD on forex. For UNG, the targets are the POC line of the volume profile,
and mean VWAP , the final target is one standard deviation above VWAP while the stop loss
is three standard deviations below VWAP ( thin green line).
DE traders buy on favorable earningsDeere Company had favorable earnings in May reporting quarterly earnings of about 3.5 % on
their share's market price. DE is a blue-chip industrial sector stock comparable to CAT. It not
a fast mover but very suitable for options trading or investment. On the 4H chart DE had been
trending down through earnings in a descending parallel channel and relying on a lower VWAP
for support. At the middle of this past week, DE made its reversal move into a trend up. This
was accompanied by a change in the volume to predominantly buying volumes relatively high
compared with the period before the earnings. This surge of volume of sorts is the fuel for
upward price action. The zero-lag MACD indicator shows moving average divergence Price is
breaking out of the channel moving towards the mean VWAP and POC line of the volume profile.
demonstrating bullish momentum. Accordingly, I see DE as well setup for a long trade.
( SL $345 pivot low TP1 $400 ( 1 std above mean VWAP ) TP2 $420 ( 2 std above mean VWAP)
SOFI in consolidation so can it continue bullishSOFI on the 2H chart is showing a massive bullish move of 30% in ten days. Most of the trading
volume was near to the present price and indicated by the POC line on the volume profile.
Price has not moved since most of the trades as there is now a consolidation phase more or less
in the style of the high tight bull flag pattern. The three pat indicator of RSI, momentum and
money flow index is red for momentum which went over 60 and then 80 and otherwise green.
Overall, the indicator is a bullish bias. The volume indicator interestingly shows most of the
the massive increase in volume is at the consolidation phase. This makes sense to me because in
a nearly parabolic up move without a pullback it is hard to find a decent entry. Many traders
including those based in large institutions will simply wait until a consolidation phase begins.
The price is in the upper VWAP bands showing buyer has successfully pushed against the
well-entrenched short sellers. The rise in price could force short sellers to buy to cover and
close. In doing so they would actually help entrench bullish momentum. I believe I will join
others in a long trade awaiting the next leg up. My stop loss is the mean VWAP +1 std dev while
the target will be mean VWAP +3 std dev. Fundamentally, I believe that the financial sector
including the fintech subsector are getting hot as technology is overextended.
CAT appears to be starting to digCAT as a blue-chip industrial is not a fast mover- it is best suited for options traders or investors.
On the 4 H chart, CAT rose from the lows on a trend up from last November through this
February. It then descended in a retracement about a 50% Fibonacci extent to its present value.
It is now at the POC line of the volume profile for support and is near to the mean anchored
VWAP line. RSI is above 50. I see this as an excellent long trade setup given that other sectors
may be cooling off there may be plenty of money looking for a new home. The volume indicator
shows steadily rising volumes. The stop loss is the line of one standard deviation below the
the mean VWAP while the target is the even dollar immediately below the ceiling of the
supply / resistance zone of the Luxalgo indicator. This seems to be a reasonable position to
diversify from techonolgy which seems to be a bit overextended.
Is DISH ready to dish out some profits?On the weekly chart, DISH has been in a steady decline for over a year and is now on sale for
20% of the asking price a year ago. It is sitting on the long term support zone and has passed
over the POC line of the volume profile putting buyers in control. The red doji candle followed
by the green doji candle is the capitulation of the bottom. Volume in 2023 has steadily and
persistently grown compared with 2022. The accumulation/distribution curve slope has
finally approached zero to suggest a price action reversal
. I will take a long trade early and beon the leading edge of the uptrend after noting a 15%
breakout to kick off the month of June.
Is AMC setting up to go long?On the 15 minute chart, AMC is in deep vundervalued territory between one and two standard
deviations below the mean VWAP band. IT is near to and abouve to cross over the central POC
line of the volume profile. It is the price area where the highest volumes of trading have
occurred. The zero-lag MACD shows a buy signal with a K and D line intersection under a green
histogram while the RSI Ichimoku shows relative strength to have risen from the bottom of
its upward-sloping regression channel and over the 50 value. Overall I see a potential setup
here for a breakout. It might be the best time to get a ride on a rocket is before the launch.
FOMO riders typically are disappointed. I will take a long trade with 1/4 my usual risk and
Que Sera Sera.
SNOW pulls bak on Earnings Discount SaleSNOW on the daily chart pulled back from decent earnings to in a massive bearish candle down
into its intermediate-term fair value zone near to the mean anchored VWAP and the POC line
of the volume profile. It is entirely possible that many traders sold SNOW at its highs when
they got FOMO over NVDA and needed to free capital to get more cash in their accounts
after buying NVDA . This could have easily helped SNOW go down despite decent earnings.
No matter if SNOW is on sale, I will buy it now setting a stop loss @ $145.00 and watch for
a Fibonacci-style retracement halfway back to the Pirvot high from which it fell for a first
the target of $ 170, a second of $180 ( one third of the position for each) and the final at
$170. In the meanwhile, I have a position on NVDA to play a possible drop.
Is ROKU ready to reverse and recover?ROKU here is on a one hour chart. IT has trended down from from its supply/ resistance area
of 65-68 and has dipped into its demand/ support zone of 52-53 per the Luxalgo indicator.
Price is presently far below the high volume area of the volume profile which shows the
the highest volume at 64. At this point, short sellers are buying to cover and take profit.
Price is now at the lowermost VWAP bands in the deep undervalued area. Bargain hunters
such as myself now have an interest. Fundamentally, the last earnings report was
reasonably favorable given the context of the general market and the economy.
I see ROKU as a long-trade candidate at this point. It should follow AAPL, TSLA, META GOOG
and other mega-caps and begin an uptrend. ROKU has high volume high liquidity and
relatively narrow spreads. I will take a call option trade striking $50 with a
DTE of 30-45 days. IF it performs well, at 21-30 days I will roll it into another.
SYM Technology @ WorkSYM has ascended YTD at a rate of 20% monthly and compounded. It has had consistent
earnings doing its thing which is providing robots to replace human labor in factories and
servicing them. Its products are in constant demand and growing. On the chart, SYM
is above the POC of the volume profile. Buyers have pushed the price higher and sellers
overall have not kept up with opposing momentum. Price is in the upper bands of both
the intermediate and short-term anchored VWAPs putting it in the fair to overvalued
range. I see SYM as continuing to rise as companies and industries with warehouses seek
to lower labor costs as a means to maintain their margins and survive the recession and its
consequences. For me, this is an obvious long setup with high potential.
BOIL Megaphone PatternBOIL on the 15-minute chart is currently in an upward facing megaphone pattern. I have drawn
in the upper and lower trendlines which are a form of static support and resistance. The
megaphone pattern is one of increasing volatility between buyers and sellers and indecision
It is the opposite of consolidation in a narrow channel. The anchored VWAP
shows BOIL to be between the mean VWAP and the first standard deviation band below it.
This is generally considered the lower part of the fair value zone. The volume profile has a
high volume area of in the price range of 3 to 3.7 while the POC line is confluent with the
VWAP. The "better" RSI oscillator/ indicator shows values above 75 at swing highs
and values below 25 at swing lows. My goal in this trade is to buy at the lower ( support )
trendline and sell at the higher ( resistance) trendline. I will be watchful for any fibonnaci
retracements of a prior trend. At present, BOIL is at that lower trendline and RSI is showing
weakness. I will add to my position now as I did in the whipsaw action some hours ago at the
location of the bearish engulfing candles in the premarket and the opening.
NFLX Watching for another BreakoutNFLX gapped up on the morning of 5/18 with high momentum and a volume spike both of
which faded by mid-day shown on this 15- minute chart. Since then price has been in a narrow
consolidation range centered about the POC line of the multisession volume profile. Price is
in the fair value area between the mean anchored VWAP and the +1 STD band. The zero lag
MACD is confirmatory for a trend resting in consolidation
I will watch for green candles in a row with the second having more range than the first. I will
check to see if the relative volume is 2X the running mean. If so, I will enter and try to get
the early breakout. Stop loss will be $365 below the POC line. I will exit upon seeing upper
wicks and volume falling back down to the mean. My expectation is for a quick 3 to 5 percent
trade with a R:R of better than 10:!.
CVNA - Retracement UnderwayCVNA in the past couple of trading sessions had a 20 % move and then reversed downward.
As shown on the 1 hour chart, price is below the demand/ resistance zone and sitting on the
POC line of the multisession volume profile where volatility is often at its highest. The
anchored VWAP indicator shows the bands are nearly flat. Price is in the fair value zone and
falling towards VWAP. RSI is near 60 and dropping.
I see this as a decent short setup.
The first target is before the VWAP at 11.20 while the second target is at 10, the confluence
of the bottom of the high volume area and the first VWAP band below the mean. the stop
loss is near to the first VWAP band above the mean at 12.55.
Fundamentally, CVNA has a decent earnings report but is subject
to an impending recession where consumers may be not inclined to make big purchases such
as cars.
BOH Bank of Hawaii Is this a safe short?BOH has been in a downtrend for 2 months since the very beginning of the small bank crisis all
precipitated by the fed and its rate hikes confounding the value of bonds with fixed yields.
As can be seen on the 4H chart, price was in consolidation in January and February but the
dropped out of the supply / resistance zone which is quite thick by the Luxalgo indicator.
Price hit another consolidation range at about $ 50 and then moved lower as the banking crisis
was temporarily stabilized but then took another downside leg. the moving averages show
price underneath both the EMA 100 and EMA 20 while also in the range of three standard
deviations below the mean anchored VWAP. the EMA100 and the mean anchored VWAP
provide confluent super-trend direction. Support is breaking down; Price is in the deep
undervalued area and has not stabilized where it is. As such it bargain hunter's dream but
more likely a solid and sate shorting candidate. I always keep in mind if a catalyst such as
federal rescue measures comes into play, and price reverses above say $36.00 some buying
momentum could come into effect especially if short sellers need to cover their positions to
out with a small profit or loss. This play would have far less liquidity than PACW but perhaps
more room to the downside from which to realize profit.
ACB Aurora Cannabis Long SetupOn the 4H chart ACB has dropped out of a head and shoulders pattern list winter with high
volume into a downtrend with lower volume now into support / demand as shown by the
Luxalgo indicator. The anchored VWAP is also trending downward with support at the minus 1
and minus 2 standard deviations. The volume profile shows the majority of the recent share
exchanges have been at the $0.65 per share area. If price rises above that POC line of the
profile, ACB will get the attention of new buyers while short sellers will begin to cover thus
causing buying pressure and momentum. I will buy a sizeable quantity for perhaps $1-2K shares
once price gets over that POC line. Prospective buyers will consider this to be a reversal
confirmation. I will be one of them. The first target is the volume void at $0.79 or about
25% with the other target being one standard deviation above VWAP at about $.90. Stop loss
will be set at $0.05 below the entry. For profit insurance I will hedge with a single put option
contract at a strike of $0.70 with a 90-120 DTE to diminish risk at a minimal cost.
PSNY Polestar EV Startup Can it Rise from Bottom?PSNY ( Polestar) has dropped to its lows after an earnings report which shown it still has no
cash flow but at least the losses are less than projected by the analysts. On the chart zoomed
out, price is in megaphone pattern which demonstrates increasing volatility. Price is at the
bottom support trendline and one standard deviation below the anchored VWAP. This suggests
15% upside in the immediate short term. Price action is starting to resemble that of Fisker
(FSR) . I see this as a risky swing long trade as price tries to rise to the VWAP and POC line
of the volume profile. ( PSNY is in better shape than NKLA and RIDE but not by a whole lot )
I would be very reluctant to make an investment in Polestar but happy to play the volatility
for profit.