JLL gaps up but remains below pivot highJLL yesterday gapped up on higher volume and a good earnings report. But it hasn't yet comfortably cleared the recent pivot high of 2nd April.
I last looked at JLL 5 months ago in November 2014. The analysis suggested price would be heading higher - which it has done. But some of the pullbacks have been a little deeper than a trend trader would have liked - breaching the 50sma support on a couple of occasions. These pullbacks were within acceptable limits but a more linear trending chart would not have caused as much equity volatility.
Yesterday's spinning top/doji - and the fact price failed to break above the recent pivot high in a meaningful way - means that momentum is not as strong to the upside as I would like. I would expect to see a continuation of the uptrend but we need to see a bit more conviction with a stronger, more bullish bar.
A possibly buy opportunity in the near future.
Spinning Top
FTNT gaps up on earningsFTNT only has data going back to 2009 and has been in consolidation for the majority of that time. However, it has a good volume of stock traded on a daily basis and is nicely priced at below $50 (making it cheaper to trade than more expensive stocks).
Since breaking out above the 2012 pivot high ($28.82) in December 2014 price did retrace to retest this zone (and the 50sma) in January 2015. A good, linear trend is still to develop. The trend looks to be in the early stages - the 50sma is still being used for support and I would want to see price move away from this before considering a buy here.
Yesterday's gap up was most likely due to the earnings announcement. I would not consider this a good near term opportunity as the bar was a doji/spinning top so neither bullish or bearish. A bullish bar may have persuaded me otherwise, but the likelihood of momentum remaining to the upside in the near term does not present a good enough probability for me.
FTNT is one to look at, again, some time in the future.
MNK trending well since breaking $100MNK is not a stock I would normally consider as it only has data going back 18 months or so. However, it has been trending up that whole time and, since passing the $100 figure, has begun to trend well.
Prior to breaking above $100 the pullbacks were quite deep - frequently breaching the daily 50ma. But as price approached, and tested, this zone the 50ma began to act as support. There was a doji just below the resistance and, later, a spinning top retest as $100 became support.
On 16th March there was a breakout bar (on higher volume) followed by another bullish bar yesterday. Volume is good on this stock so a buy opportunity beckons.