AMD Broke Out... Now What??!!... An Earnings Story!!AMD appears to have confirmed a technical breakout on the Daily chart. The stock has experienced a meteoric rise since its last earnings report(10/30/23) moving over +20% in just a few short days. This extremely BULLISH price action has not only been fueled by a great earnings report, but there is also a major news catalyst driving the stock price higher. The catalyst has been strong enough to boost the price despite weak 'Q4 forward guidance. There are talks of a new AI chip that may allow them to compete with the likes of NVDA, the main player in the semiconductor industry. AMD may never surpass NVDA in stature however, AI projects to be the biggest technological innovation since the implementation of the internet making being the second, or even third biggest player in the space not a bad spot to be in. The need for semiconductors in general will most likely dominate the future resulting in plenty of profits to be made.
The recent price action of AMD is really a tale of earnings. Zooming out to the Daily chart and this phenomenon can be easily identified. The story really began with an earnings miss on 11/01/22. A few days before the release of this report AMD would set what ultimately turned out to be its 52 wk Low. This was preceded by a precipitous drop from the ATH of $164.46 set on 11/30/21. This rise to a new ATH and subsequent fall to a new 52 wk Low ironically occurred during a streak of nine consecutive earnings beats. Further analysis and one is able to discern that price action broke down over a series of DBL TOP patterns before recovering in a series of a DBL BTM patterns. This behavior may prove to be foreshadowing, but I digress.
Fast forward to 11/3/23 AMD has just closed above the neckline of a DBL BTM pattern, after completing a series of DBL TOP patterns, in the midst of four consecutive earnings beats. History may not repeat itself, but it has a tendency to rhyme. The stock has also broken through the top of a Descending Channel(D) that it has been trading in since the start of the series of DBL TOP patterns. The upward momentum has been so strong that the stock broken and closed above the 200MA(D), 100MA(D), and 50MA(D) over just the last three trading sessions, making a new local high in the process. The stock has been on a rocket ship since finding support at levels identified and explained in a previous idea(see AMD Earnings Breakout or Breakdown).
As for this idea. The series of DBL TOP patterns is represented by the black curves above the would be tops, with their respective necklines identified by the small black circles seen on the chart. The DBL BTM pattern is represented by the green curves found at the would be bottoms with the neckline also identified with a circle as well. The red curves represent a failed DBL TOP even after a closing confirmation on the Daily chart below what would have been the neckline. Proof that the markets can do anything at any time therefore, you can never let your guard down. However, it should be noted that this failed DBL TOP pattern comes after two successfully executed DBL TOP patterns, and a third that could be considered successful depending on your perspective. The third one just happened to occur near the 200MA(D) which has historically been strong support for any asset. Regardless the diagnosis it still amounts to a series of successful BEARISH patterns that have begun to fail, possibly indicating BULLISH price action moving forward.
Bull Case
1. Strength above $111.31. If the DBL BTM pattern is to play out, this area would be the neckline of the formation.
2. Strength above the top of the Descending Channel(D) in which the stock has been trading for the past three months or so. The stock has closed above the top of the channel with momentum. It would not be shocking to see the stock retest the top of the channel.
3. A retest and bounce from the local low, creating a higher low. This would be a BULLISH indication as the stock has already created a higher high signaling the potential start of an uptrend.
Bear Case
1. Strong rejection at the stock's current levels. Such price action could imply yet another DBL TOP formation, leading to further downward momentum.
2. BEARISH price action, chart patterns, or strong rejection at the yellow rectangle drawn above the current price level. This area represents the Golden Zone of a BEARISH Fib Retracement from the local high of $132.83 to the local low of $93.12. This area serves as a strong area of resistance and could serve as a logical area of rejection. Especially given how far and fast the stock has run since earnings.
3. A break below the DBL BTM pattern all together. This would be extremely BEARISH and could signal a falling knife situation. Under these circumstances bias should switch to the downside and the stock should be monitored for short opportunities.
*As things currently stand, bias is to the upside, with a guilty until proven innocent approach. The market has been extremely erratic, and rallies have been hard to trust. The stock has only created its first higher high, after trading in a clear downtrend(a series of lower highs and lower lows).
*RSI(D) displays a DBL BTM formation that has been confirmed with a break of the neckline.
*Watching AVP(52 wk Low)(POC), Moving Averages(D), Descending Channel(D), Key Levels(black rectangles), Ascending Support(red trendline), Bollinger Bands(D), and the AVWAP(52 wk Low) at their respective levels for additional confluence.
