Pingan
Ping An Insurance - A fintech Playwww.businesstimes.com.sg
This is what I would be watching closely as well.
If you understand how insurance works, it is a fantastic business model of risk and rewards.
By collecting regular premium from life insurance products and reinvesting to make greater profits, the risks of payout is smaller over a long period of time is smaller compared to what is collected.
Despite the good profits declared, the share price dropped , creating a good buying opportunity for us. See chart for explanation.
2318.HK PingAn (Rebounce Suspecting for short-run)1. Uptrend line (Long-run): Lining up bottoms of 2016 and 2020.
2. Fibonacci retracement: 61.8% of latest uptrend (Mar 2020 - Jan 2021)
3. Former tops: In monthly chart, ~79.50 was the top of consolidation area in 2H2020.
Trades:
A) BUY - hold and wait for actual buy signals (above 9EMA, MACD cross, ROCxSROC)
B) SELL - short it when price touch 9EMA
2318 HK: Top of the range for -17% downside2318 is a leveraged financial play on the Chinese economy which is not doing very well at the moment. The stock has been consolidation in a range between $68 to $80 from July 2018 to today. Stock is back at the top of the range which suggest there is an asymmetrical risk reward trade set-up.
Technically speaking, it is worthwhile to remember 2318 completed a 3-Drive pattern from the 2009 trough in Jan 2018 while fundamentally speaking, it is a victim of the Chinese deleveraging, slowdown in the private sector and a bombed out stock market. Consolidation channels are generally continuation patterns which suggest 2 potential downside scenario:-
#1 a retest of the channel lower boundary for -17% potential downside target
#2 a breakdown from the channel which would imply a CD leg down to $45 to $48, -40%, which coincides with the 78.6% retracement level of the Feb'16 to Jan'18 up-move.
So far, I am commenting mainly from the technical analysis angle with a smattering of fundamentals/equity story. Do let me know in the comments if you folks prefer more TA, fundamentals or a more nuanced view. Knowledge without timing = 0.