Each day, I'm featuring several reader requests for the current technical take on a stock. I can't assure you that I'll get to yours, but I will certainly make every attempt to do so, as long as the stock meets the following criteria.
1. The average daily trading volume needs to exceed 250,000 shares. If a stock trades too thinly, chart analysis doesn't help much, because there just are not that many traders involved. One big buy or sell order can move the stock in ways that chart analysis just cannot predict. So let's stay above 250,000 daily shares.
2. The stock really needs to be trading above $5. Sub-$5 stocks don't get the same treatment by institutions and portfolio managers. Also, many traders set their trading screens to ignore stocks below $5 just to cut down on their trading candidates. While I'm sure your favorite penny stock is the next undiscovered gem, I'm not in the business of breaking news stories ... so once your gem is discovered, let me know, and I'll take a look at the chart.
Technical Analysis Gold Is the Ticket 12/6/2007 8:59 AM EST There are a number of reasons that the precious metal has come back, but regardless, it is back.
Technical Analysis A Pattern Is There, But Not the Stats 12/6/2007 8:15 AM EST A head-and-shoulders bottom is shaping up in the Nasdaq, but the statistics stink.
Technical Analysis Year-End Winners: BMC, MSFT, INTC 12/5/2007 1:03 PM EST Performance-chasing money managers are likely to pile into these names.
At the time of publication, Fitzpatrick had no positions, though positions may change at any time.
Dan Fitzpatrick is the publisher of StockMarketMentor.com, an advisory newsletter and educational forum dedicated to teaching effective risk management and trading methodologies to aspiring traders and investors. He is a former hedge fund manager and a member of the Market Technicians Association, and he now trades from his home in San Diego, Calif. While Fitzpatrick holds various securities licenses, he does not give recommendations to buy or sell stocks. Under no circumstances does the information in this column represent a recommendation to buy or sell stocks. He appreciates your feedback; click here to send him an email.
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