DPLS Playing out vs FibsDPLS has played out almost perfectly against the Fibonacci retracement so far. Considering that it was denied around $0.20, retraced the move back to the 786 fib line, which is also around 10/11 cents or about 0.005 shy of where DPLS got denied during the June rally is interesting. If you look at levels, around 4/5 cents in February was a resistance that couldn't be broken through until June. Then after DPLS was denied at nearly 10 cents, where did it pull back to and hold above? The 5 cent area. The volume will be something to pay attention to if DPLS is still on your watch list following the denial at the 618 fib and retracement back to the 786 in my opinion. Now the focus is where does DPLS find its new range? Based on the historical chart, which so far has come through, 13-15 cents was a previous area of traffic the last time DPLS was trading consistently above 10 cents. Will that become the interim pivot point in this latest move?
"Systems can quantify strains and stresses, adding to the safety profile of common industrial components. This includes monitoring structures such as pipelines, perimeters, aircraft components, and mining safety among others. Recently, the company announced the planned acquisition of TerraData Unmanned, PLC. This is a drone company that offers underwater inspection, 3D modeled mapping, and a variety of other services. 'As DarkPulse continues to build best in class technology service offerings to the critical infrastructure/key resources market we look for teams such as TerraData to bring experienced personnel and leading-edge equipment allowing the Company to operate AI-assisted inspection services in all mediums including land, sea, and air. TerraData’s ability to work in difficult marine environments with accuracy, efficiency, and expert results while eliminating risk to humans is a game-changer.' - DarkPulse CEO, Dennis O’Leary"
We'll have to see what happens next based on company news and technicals
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Technology
Macro Perspective - TechnologyAn increasing level of concern is rising within the Bond, Equity and Real Estate Complexes or Markets.
I prefer Complex as each "Market" has a number of entities using their control mechanisms.
The Equity Complex has a number of headwinds approaching for Technology (NQ). Yields, specifically the 10Yr Treasury Note
has been a reliable Instrument for an Inverse or Negative Correlation. 10Yr Yields rose Friday 4.6%
In addition, we want to observe the Long End of the Yield Curve flattening - this is a warning sign, one which proceeds corrections.
Technically, the most recent reversal has seen poor breadth within NQ. The majority of the rise have been driven by the usual
narrow Big Cap, heaviest weighted Equities. AAPL, GOOG, AMZN, FB, MSFT - NVDA provided most of the gains for Index.
Unusual option activity has been on the rise as well, favoring large and often extreme positions for downside. One Trade amounted to $40Million in QQQ 340 Puts.
The NQ has repeatedly created a large squeeze prior to a reversal, the last thrust higher pushed up 500 points late in the day only to collapse the following day, giving up all of its gains.
IMHO, something is brewing which will be extremely bad for the NQ. There are a number of vectors for it see a large correction. Earnings will be led by share buy backs, Co2 Credits and a host of other accounting manifestations, but Gross Revenues should be less than optimal for a sustained uptrend.
The "Delta" variant may encourage some traders to position for increasing "growth" initially - this is not March of 2020.
Taiwan is at risk on a number of fronts. This would clearly be a large negative for Semiconductors. I do believe this will play out as there is an increasing number of large entities seeking to follow Apple's lead with their RISC Architecture and begin using their own Chipset Designs and Architecture. MSFT announced this some time ago. Google continues to reduce MSFT Office's market share with Google Docs. Windows 11 is a clear signal MSFT is changing their strategy after having announcing Win 10 was it.
The concentration of Chip/Chipset fabrication in Taiwan presents an imbalance globally and with it the attendant risks.
China is one, Water is another and there are a more. Japan has recently sworn to defend Taiwan as they are wholly dependent on Semiconductors for almost everything they manufacture.
The US has conducted multiple Naval exercises in the South China Sea for years. IS something brewing there? I do not know, but do believe there is an inherent risk well advanced with respect to Taiwan. There is little the US can do to prevent China taking back Taiwan IMHO.
I favor a Geopolitical Event inducing this correction, one that occurs after hours during GLOBEX and not RTH.
Europe is well advanced in declining Economic activity. The pace of Economic growth in China has slowed. The US reopening trade has been one of confusion, mistrust and one foot our the door.
If traders review Samsung in 2019 and their decline in Gross Revenues, we are witnessing the same event spreading once again.
Inflation changes purchasing decisions, substitution effects begin to take place.
There is much more, but I will condense this in now: I expect Tech to see a large correction later this month. I expect a number of Monthly Red Bars for a number of Indices.
I will discuss the ES YM RTY and Bonds in upcoming posts. I do believe the Russell 2000 and tech will lead the Indices down soon.
Perhaps August - November contracts will serve us well. Given the large ranges, using Micro Contracts for Inverse Ladders would be a wise choice.
The VXN should be monitored closely, it has worked well.
We will see how hard this can be pushed prior to a large reversal.
The VIX has not been as correlated to the NQ as the VXN and 10Yr Yields.
Good Trading Everyone - more to follow as we are approaching highs in everything, although the YM won't likely peak until August.
DPLS Overextension or next leg?It's been a LONG time since DPLS traded at these levels. Had to take the chart back out to 2018 to draw out these fib lines and wouldn't you know it, the 618 is a major level to keep watch of. Both May '18 and Sept. '18 the DPLS rallies were denied at or near this level. It managed to hold as support during the summer months. But again unable to sustain those levels. Now that DPLS is approaching this level again, it could be important to keep the 618 fib in mind. There haven't been any significant pullbacks on the chart so this could be a major over extension and big risk factor to also throw in the mix. Like most charts like this, volume is going to be the guide for what could come. Though it was higher on Friday compared to Thursday, both day's levels were much lower than the recent average daily volumes.
“'As DarkPulse continues to build best in class technology service offerings to the critical infrastructure/key resources market we look for teams such as TerraData to bring experienced personnel and leading-edge equipment allowing the Company to operate AI-assisted inspection services in all mediums including land, sea, and air. TerraData’s ability to work in difficult marine environments with accuracy, efficiency, and expert results while eliminating risk to humans is a game-changer,' said DarkPulse CEO, Dennis O’Leary. This is big news for the company and is more than likely the cause of the almost 100% gain witnessed with DPLS stock in the past five days. With this in mind, is DPLS worth keeping an eye on in July 2021?"
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A Success Tunnel for 360 DigiTech: Business TransformationChina's outstanding loan balance reached a fresh record of CNY 172.75 trillion in 2020 and keeps growing, spurred by the increasing digitalization and booming e-commerce market.
In China, 2020 was a milestone year for fintech. The year saw heightened regulatory scrutiny, intensified competition and business patterns were altered by the COVID-19 outbreak, both in the corporate and consumer sectors. The Matthew effect in the industry has been further exacerbated under such circumstances, where small-sized companies with less capital or poor risk resistance ability will be forced to quit the stage.
Although 360 DigiTech, Inc. (QFIN:NASDAQ) is a late starter, it is one of those niche players able to stand up to this fierce competition, mainly due to the reputation of its parent company – 360 Security Technology, Inc. (601360:SH) which brings significant brand visibility to the table.
Strong performance with low valuation
This USD 6.57 billion company is currently outperforming what the market expects. On May 27, 360 DigiTech released its unaudited financial results for the first quarter of 2021. The total net revenue increased by 13.1% to CNY 3.6 billion (USD 0.55 billion) from CNY 3.2 billion in the same period of 2020, while the non-GAAP net income reached CNY 1.41 billion (USD 0.2 billion) with an astonishing increase of 452.8%. The operating income along with the account under the non-GAAP measure achieved a growth of 745.7% and 533.0%, respectively.
However, given this relatively strong financial performance, 360 DigiTech's P/E ratio appears to have been lower than that of its peers for a long time, although it is currently ranked the highest among the top four. Lexin (LX:NASDAQ), a leading online consumption and consumer finance platform, is also using technologies to encompass risk management and loan facilitation systems, just as QFIN does, but its P/E ratio is far higher than that of QFIN. For example, in the third quarter of 2020, Lexin's P/E ratio was more than 5 times that of 360 DigiTech; by Q2 2021, Lexin was lower than 360 DigiTech for the first time, at the level of 8.1. Along with the progressively upward stock price, the necessity of re-assessing 360 DigiTech is becoming more obvious.
How the asset-light business model works
360 DigiTech is one of the earliest platforms in the industry to proactively initiate the transformation of reducing the proportion of self-operated loans and improving loan facilitation. This turned out to be an informed decision.
In the third quarter of 2019, 360 DigiTech first proposed its new strategic target for adopting the 'capital-light,' or more commonly as 'asset-light' business model. More colloquially, this refers to the company directly navigating the borrower to their cooperative financial institution, while collecting service fees from credit evaluation, credit management, or other technical-related services.
According to the published unaudited financial results of 360 DigiTech for the first quarter of 2021, the total loans originated by financial institutions were CNY 74.15 billion, of which CNY 37.25 billion (50.2%) was under an asset-light model and other technology solutions, achieving an astonishing increase of 211.9% over the same period in 2020.
Haisheng Wu, CEO of 360 DigiTech, stated that "...over 50% of the loans were facilitated under the capital-light model and other technology solutions..." and it is a "fundamental change to the nature of our business, from being capital-driven to technology-driven."
The highlight of this model is that as a loan facilitator, the company is not required to inject any margin for each loan. In other words, the credit risk of the asset-light business is borne by the capital; the loan facilitator is thus riskless. Besides, it can better respond to regulatory requirements and resist the impacts of uncertainty on business stability.
Moving further towards 'tech'
In policy terms, the tightening regulatory rules pose a little impact to loan facilitators like 360 DigiTech – even as fintech giants like Ant Group and JD Digits may suffer – as its targets are excess leverage and systematic risks. It creates opportunities for 360 DigiTech to jump a queue. The asset-light model is hence the core strategy of reducing the regulatory and credit risk. Besides, QFIN is trying to use less capital and more technology-powered services to open up more opportunities, both in terms of client acquisition and risk management.
The improved portfolio quality, as indicated by the relatively low delinquency ratio, was one of the contributors for its shining performance even in the special 2020, although it showed an upward-trending slope for the period during the epidemic. However, it seems reasonable: due to the lag of loan repayment as well as its timeliness of statistics, the negative effects of China's -6.8% GDP in 2020Q1 only started to appear in the second quarter of 2020, causing a history of high non-payment ratio of 2.82%. Up to date, the company's delinquency ratio has nearly risen back to the level before COVID-19, and we will keep an eye on its future performance.
Moreover, with a few innovations and technologies, for example, Argus RM Model, Intelligence Credit Engine (ICE), Cloud Bank System, Cosmic Cube System, Apollo Platform and AI Robots, 360 DigiTech is working hard towards the 'tech side' of the fintech business as well as being technology partners with banks. The strategic collaboration with Kincheng Bank (KCB) is a good example.
The bottom line
360 DigiTech's asset-light model works well, and it has the potential to pay off from the long-term perspective, which brings further expectation for its growth prospects. The company's business expansion plans are proceeding with KCB as the first step. These strategies will further improve the company's flexibility in this competition for market share.
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Is $AAPL headed to $150?*Before reading the information in this please understand the risks associated with both the stock market and investing as a whole. ALWAYS do your own research; invest with conviction, rather than emotion.*
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My team and I have always had a love affair with Apple ($AAPL) and their operations. It has recently been correcting on the charts from a $150 price point, and based on the the company's performance last week, we believe Apple has broken any bearish pattern that may have been apparent on the charts.
Apple is a notorious company with a brand equity that is currently unmatched in the electronics industry. Holding this company makes sense in any portfolio, this tech giant has showed time and time again it is the clear standard in consumer electronics sector. They have hold of a very large market by having a variety of products, these products all having some level of interconnectivity to one another. This interconnectivity has created a level of dependence for their consumers, meaning consumers do not want to buy non-Apple products simply because they already own many different Apple products. They are also able to sell older models of their devices at a discounted price, further increasing their market capitalization.
Regardless if you are chasing Apple to the $150 price point, securing yourself a good long entry for a long-term hold, or just riding Apple up on this bull run, buying at this price point certainly appears to be a good idea. Our price points are as follows:
ENTRY: $127
STOP LOSS: $120
TAKE PROFIT 1: $140
TAKE PROFIT 2: $145
TAKE PROFIT 3: $150
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$AAPL @ crucial price point*Before reading the information in this please understand the risks associated with both the stock market and investing as a whole. ALWAYS do your own research; invest with conviction, rather than emotion.*
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Apple ($AAPL) has caught fire in the past month, flying up a hot 18%. I've been following this tech giant since early June, and have been loving its activity in the last month. They are currently at a very crucial resistance point, a point set when a short term downtrend started in January of this year. Amazon ($AMZN) recently broke through a resistance; it appears that big tech might be seeing large growth across the board. Regardless if Amazon's breakout has any correlation to Apple's current price action, $AAPL appears to be reaching for the skies.
Updated price points for this trade is as follows:
ORIGINAL ENTRY: $127
STOP LOSS: $127
TAKE PROFIT 1: $160
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$GOOGL continuing bull run through end of year?*Before reading the information in this please understand the risks associated with both the stock market and investing as a whole. ALWAYS do your own research; invest with conviction, rather than emotion.*
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Google ($GOOGL) is a company I will *probably* be holding for at least the next five years. This global technology powerhouse has been on a rampage this year, going up nearly $1000 in share price since the beginning of 2021, when the company still held a mighty impressive $1600 share price. They currently appear to have two bullish trends active, one long term starting in March of 2020, as well as a bullish trend started in January of this year.
Google is a global phenomenon, touching every country in the world; that in itself is a powerful intangible asset. This paired with their ability to smash estimated earnings on a quarterly basis, Google is the benchmark for success in the industries they touch.
If entry is secured in this price range, someone could see Google run close to 25% by the end of the year. Our price points are as follows:
ENTRY: $2520
STOP LOSS: $2300
TAKE PROFIT 1: $2800
TAKE PROFIT 2: $3100
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$TSLA on the road back to $900?*Before reading the information in this please understand the risks associated with both the stock market and investing as a whole. ALWAYS do your own research; invest with conviction, rather than emotion.*
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My team and I undoubtedly agree that Tesla ($TSLA) has incredible potential and upside, both short and long term. Having someone as renowned as Elon Musk at the helm of operations adds a sort of "social equity." At its founding, Tesla took a large risk by attempting to cultivate and advance the electric vehicle scene. The company has ramped up operations in recent years, and appears to be ahead of its competitors in the electric vehicle space. This paired now with its current operations in the solar energy/energy alternative industry, Tesla is attempting to shift the market's normal consumer demands. These shifts are presently altering some trends that have been apparent for over one hundred years; i.e. the gas/oil automobile industry, as well as thermal energy powering many residential and commercial buildings in the United States.
Tesla has been going through a correction from a $900 price point hit earlier this January. Based on its chart, it appears that there is a support level at $550. Past that, there doesn't appear to be much structure on the charts, simply due to Tesla's huge run from $70 since March 2020 has not allowed for a clear trend and/or structure to emerge due to its huge value increase. The only trend that appears at Tesla's current price level is a bullish trend started in the middle of this past May. Tesla is at a resistance point on the charts currently, it has pushed to a $700 price point, and has bounced off of this resistance level 3 times. Regardless of this resistance, Tesla has clear bullish sentiment, and could break through this $700 price point in the next few weeks. Through its current pattern, this company has potential to hit a $1,000 price point. This price point will not be reached anytime soon, but the company could see itself in the $800-$900 per share price range before the end of 2021.
At its current price point under $700 per share, we believe this stock is undervalued. This price point could be a "golden-egg" entry for people wanting to hold Tesla for years to come. Whether attempting to hold $TSLA for the long, or wanting to turn some profit in the short, seeking an entry in $TSLA in its current state appears to make sense.
MY ENTRY: $610
STOP LOSS: $575
TAKE PROFIT 1: $775
TAKE PROFIT 2: $900
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VEON 52 Week Highs But Long Way To GoVEON finally popped its head over that pestering resistance level that it failed to break for months. Now the real fun begins (so to speak). It's back in this no-man's land that it hasn't traded in for some time. What I'm watching is to see if the resistance level finally becomes a new support. Then the tall task: filling and breaking back through that old gap.
"Veon Ltd (NASDAQ: VEON), for example, provides connectivity and internet services. In Pakistan, its operating company, Jazz, recently secured a roughly $320 million syndicated credit facility from a banking consortium led by Habib Bank Limited. This facility will finance the company’s ongoing 4G network rollouts and technology upgrades, among other things."
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Alibaba triangle breakoutAfter a long period of underperformance related to the Chinese government's crackdown on Jack Ma, Alibaba finally got an upside breakout from its triangle this morning.
Alibaba has had some recent analyst upgrades (although its Equity Starmine Summary Score is only up to 2.2/10 from its previous score of 0.9/10. It has also had some positive buzz. A couple of Alibaba-backed companies, DiDi and Xpeng, are soon to be listed on major new exchanges in Hong Kong and the US, and Alibaba is also in talks with Chinese state-owned enterprises to collaborate on a credit scoring business. Alibaba is also rising in sympathy with the ecommerce sector as a whole, which is outperforming the market right now.
BABA's forward P/E is down to about 22, which isn't bad for a mega-cap tech giant. According to Fidelity, BABA has a PEG ratio around 1, which is roughly fair value. I think you could do a lot worse than to buy BABA and hold for a long time.
The return of tech leadership? $CRWD is doing the VCP NASDAQ:CRWD looking good. Formming a volatility contraction pattern (VCP), price above 20d, 50d and 200d MA , better than expected earnings for the last 3 quarters and the sector is having a good relative strength against the market. So, now I'll be waiting for the breakout above $227 to entry.
Another thing worth mentioning is that its price earnings ratio (PER) is negative, this means that its earnings are far greater in relation of its stock price and need catching up, which is starting, that is a good sign.
ASX: APX (Appen Ltd.): Breaking Out of Downtrend?APX has begun to give indications that it is breaking out of the long term downtrend (see the red trend-band borrowed from Mohammed_Seeker's post). Reasons to be cautious/remain bearish: 1. Stocks are in a seasonally bearish part of the year 2. APX looks like it has been rejected by the 50 day EMA and has been showing weak momentum 3. I do not see any major potentially bullish news events until the half-year results are announced in late August. Potential reasons to be bullish: 1. Yields (at least in US bonds) have been dipping significantly which is a positive for growth stocks like APX 2. A stronger dollar is a positive for Appen as most of its income comes in the form of USD from US tech companies. I will be eyeing setting up a long position if APX dips into the green accumulation zone I have shown before August.
Will Fans...Unite?FANS back at historic resistance from a few weeks ago. With the murmurs of excitement in esports, looks like things are picking back up from related names. The biggest question is will the momo keep going or does it fail at resistance again? Still really light on the newsflow so could just be sympathy sentiment driving momentum.
"FansUnite has also achieved several fundamental milestones in the last few months. Namely, the company entered a brand partnership with Cash Live Inc. The goal of this deal is to launch FansUnite branded live games on the Cash Live mobile app. The company already has a minority interest in Cash Live, which offers a free-to-play gaming app designed for mobile devices. The tech start-up has a poker and social casino game show platform with daily live-streamed shows paying out real cash to winners."
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#NASDAQ NQ100 showing plenty of divergenceThe weekly chart of the Nasdaq 100 is representing classical bearish divergence (Higher highs in price not being confirmed by lower highs in the RSI indicator). This is telling me that momentum is slowing and we could expect a rapid decline in price at any moment. As this is a weekly chart, it can take some time but this is just a warning and I would strongly advise against chasing the Tech stocks while the divergence situation is evidently president.
ETSY reversal in motion?ETSY Daily TF
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Analysis
Etsy holding a strong support trendline with a gap to fill at 181.61. Convertible offering yesterday caused the stock to drop nearly 4% after hours. However, $ETSY was quickly bought up today and closed strong above yesterdays (6/8/2020) close. Getting close to crossing the 20d ema and looking primed to retest that downtrend resistance line. Ideally would like to see a strong push over 175 and hold for continuation. Long Term outlook is looking stronger with recent acquisition of Depop.
Targets: 181, 190+
Key Levels
Support: 162, 153.86
Resistance: 172.58, 175.50, 181
Trade Ideas
1. Shares
2. 1-2+ week out calls (atm/ otm)
Quisitive Technologies, $QUIS.V Bottom In? Utilizing Linear Regression at Standard Deviations at 3,2,1,-1,-2,-3 You should see these data lines captures the trading range of Quis. The Time of the plot was adjusted to 175 to best capture what I think is the relevant data lines capturing the tops and *perhaps* now the bottom.
I have personally added here to a long position. Last week and today. The Link below is to my notes on the most recent earnings call. It can provide more colour as to how we got to where we are today. There is further work on my substack to add even more of a background.
Please do your own DD and follow your trading rules before entering.
All the best,
Luke
WINT - Ready to Double 😵-Windtree Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:WINT) shares are trading higher by 32% at $2.63 in Friday's premarket session after Oppenheimer initiated coverage on the stock with an Outperform rating and an $8 price target.
-Windtree Therapeutics is a development-stage biotechnology company focused on developing KL4 surfactant therapies for respiratory diseases. The company's technology platform includes a synthetic, peptide-containing surfactant and novel drug delivery technologies that deliver aerosolized KL4 surfactant without invasive procedures.
-Windtree's development program utilizing its proprietary technology platform is AEROSURF that is being developed for the treatment of respiratory distress syndrome in premature infants. It operates in the business segment of research and development of products focused on surfactant therapies for respiratory disorders and diseases, and the manufacture and commercial sales of approved products.