$PSX going short - high confluence, good r:r setupfundamentals: bang average. decent for short.
sector: XLE sector at resistance and overbought - good to short - matches $PSX sentiment
thesis: wedge playing the bounce from resistance convergence spot down to support
buy confluences: horizontal resistance zone (very key level back to 2015), resistance trendline, wedge pattern continuation, no volume above, POC below, 200ma below (in middle of wedge which shows consolidation and validates wedge thesis), rsi overbought, vortex bulls high bears low (both above the minimum support line), rsi and vortex bearish divergence (shows slowdown in bullish momentum), XLE sector over extended and easy short
stop confluences: breaks key level resistance value zone, breaks resistance trendline, breaks relevant noise wicks rsi and vortex will be very over extended, invalidates thesis because breaks key resistance level and also breaks the wedge thesis
risk/reward: risk 1.6%, make 6.4% conservatively 1:4 but will let run by not taking profits, but moving stop up
trading plan-
stop: $90.60
tp: $83.41
validation strategy: move trailing up quick when in profit to secure gains but also give breathing room below key support, then let run with trailing and keep moving it up, take profits at TP if market's choppy and happy with profits, if not manual stop below and let winner run.
PSX trade ideas
Sunday Prep 7/25 - $PSX ShortHmmm, now where have I seen this name before? Oh, that’s right! It was from our sector analysis earlier where we identified the relative weakness. With an ATR of 2.6, any hard pop back into the 200d should offer a nice opp for a fade. Would even consider leaving room to add at the quarterly pivot at 75.32.
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Is a perfect storm brewing?I am looking at potential short positions on OIL related stocks as indicated by this example.
Observation
Phillips 66 has gone into a bearish mode with swing traders (around 30% of the market) losing on net longs positions with the wider market on average now being at break even.
Break-even price levels can mean either 1) important support areas, 2) break points where on-stop shorts can be positioned (without the risk of being affected by stop loss hunts)
Discussion
Several core issues to measure here:
1) OPEC - growing pump volumes'
2) USA dollar - and its purchasing power
3) US economy - is the US fiscal response still in-tact?
4) Covid-19 and economic recovery - new strains and 2nd / 3rd waves in countries - South Africa, USA etc.
We could have a situation where OPEC volumes being increased intersect with economic wobbles and new Covid impacts. So a perfect storm may be brewing!
Extra
Two oscillators are presented:
1 - Realised PnL for this stock - If I saw large losses being realised and a new cost basis being set by the wider market , I would be more inclined to think that the current set-up is a pivot point low and potential buying opportunity - currently this is NOT the case!
2 - Exempt short volume - measures the 'Urgency' of shorts- or hedgers. These points come in just before or at Pivot Point highs or after Pivot Point lows for cover. So I will be keeping an eye on this.
Good trading :)
PHILLIPS 66 Course DailyHey my friends, PHILLIPS 66 is in a bullish push with abnormal buying volume issued and a larger tail of buyers. Looking at the TIMEFRAME M1 we notice a marubozu with a very large volume of purchases exchanged. Strong possibility of breaking the price then the range to reach the one above and go to the last previous higher. Two highs on the MULTIFRAME between a falling break gap will be filled. To once again try to breakout a zone of consolidation with significant resistance above (Detail thanks to ANDREWS PICHTFORK).
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Phillips 66 Is Out of GasPSX has a nice flag off the March lows, which briefly got it above its long-term trend line from 2015 before immediately giving it back up again. That flag has also now broken into a bearish, downward-sloping channel.
And finally, it trades well below both its 50- and 200-day moving averages. This is a short.
PSX - Bullish SignalFundamentals
- Petroleum & Coal industries have reported growth in July 2020.
- Long term debt to equity ratio is in the lower spectrum.
- Diversified business makes it more sustainable in this difficult time.
- EPS expectation is very high for next year
Technicals
- MACD line is rising above the signal line.
- Retraced down to Fibonacci level 61.7% and now rising.
- MACD histogram is rising.
- Hit the lower bollinger band and rising
- Falling wedge is formed and price rose above the upper line.
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