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Waiting patiently

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Market consolidating at 280 SPY is not a bad thing — especially if it can be a horizontal chop that digests through time instead of price. There are not that many good risk/reward swing set-ups for our type of trading right now but even a bit of basing could do wonders. What sector would we want to get into the most? The same sector we have been blogging about now for months. Software. Let’s take a look at five software stocks that also are in the IBD 50 and levels of interest.

FTNT, software cybersecurity, IBD #4, fantastic chart here. Working on a handle, 20sma near 82. Look for pullback/reversal or base and breakout on this one.

PANW IBD #7 and also in Software security space, massive cup here and begging for a handle. Any base here would set it up. Add to watch list!

PAYC coming in IBD #7 has already broken out on a gap up on strong earnings. We’d love a a pullback to near the breakout area (as seen on the MarketSmith pattern recognition points on chart) near 164

RP coming in IBD #19 came into our radar today on the buying on support. Entry would swing entry here with stop on today’s lows.

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Trader favorite TEAM coming in IBD #2 already broken out and we’d love a re-test and reversal off 96 zone. Too much to ask? Maybe but alerts are free. Put it out there and see what types of fish your nets bring in.

We like this digestion near 280, as long as it does not accelerate past the mid 270s. Again just a bit of basing would do wonders for risk/reward entry levels. See you on the streams!

Over all SMAs, now what?

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Market is finally over all major SMAs: #1 was the last stand on 200sma weekly which held like a champ, much better than we expected (we thought it would be messier). #2 was the basing on top of 100sma, #3 perfect rest on 20sma weekly and #4 a breakout of 50sma weekly (and of course 200sma daily). 280 is horizontal resistance: we would love a base above 50sma weekly (so hold 273) but under 280 to set up a fresh breakout. It would not behoove the bulls to attempt 280 breakout in overbought status.

Horizontal resistance for us trumps any SMA — 280 is pretty important.

Our readers will recognize the sweet spot trend below – look how SPY held the upper Dev 1 floor even on pullback days and managed to close on the line. Tape has given such a tough time to the bears thus far in 2019

From our favorite Near Pivot and IBD scans we found a few interesting charts. Note that last week we found many more setups than we did this week and any rest/digestion in the market right now would be welcome.

FIVE is IBD #10 and looking for new highs. Looking for new base in low 130s to get long.

MNST from the MarketSmith Near Pivot scan — great trend, continuation play here if you want for swing. Stops for short time frame would be 58 zone

TTD is IBD darling at #5 in the hot hot software sector: would love this to take a breath and set up here under this 160 breakout zone

WIX from Near Pivot: look at this cup! We are lovers of the handle on cups and will be watching this one closely to see if we can get some consolidation in the low 120s

Market has come a long way in a short time. Ideally we get a breather before trying to break out of 280 SPY. We don’t want to hit that level stretched. See you on the streams!

IBD and Near Pivot Delight

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We found a ton of set-ups this week on our own scans and scans we have set up thru MarketSmith. One of our favorite scans is one we created to combine IBD 50 with MarketSmith pattern recognition Near Pivot scan. Let’s take a look at a few of these: TTD #IBD 5 bounced on 20sma as buyers showed up on Friday exactly where they had to — if you want to swing entry would be here with stop on Friday low.

FIVE IBD #7 great base, looks set to go with breakout over 128

CDNS IBD #16 we highlighted on our stream at 46 breakout base. Currently at 51 — needs to base again for next phase.

LULU #18 buyers came in at 144 support. If you want to swing this entry here with stop on Thursday low (or if more aggressive then on 20sma near 146)

ADBE #50 we like how it is basing under 260. Software acts amazing and not letting up — note SHOP TWLO earnings this week.

Market at pivotal point: buyers showed up exactly where they had to on support last week and pushed it back into congestion zone. Next step of course would be push off into breakout territory. And on the other side if bears want to push they will want a close under Friday low. See you on the streams. HCPG

The sector that keeps on giving

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We’ve been talking about the software sector now for a couple of months and blogged about it in December. Back then we wrote about how our MarketSmith scans found WDAY (165), TWLO (94), PAYC (133), NOW (186), CRM (147), ZEN (60), NTNX (44), and COUP (66) it was before the glitch (Dec 03) and yet every single name is significantly higher (the lowest still up 6% and the highest 39%) than it was on December 03 while the QQQ is 3% lower! Pretty amazing divergence. To sum it up: this sector remains hot and is currently the clear leader of momentum stocks.

And the set-ups continue — we posted CDNS last week on our stream and it’s already up 5% and looks great for continuation.

CRM leaving base and we are swing long — great chart.

NOW big gap on earnings — we missed this one but are stalking for another set-up after a few days base.

NTNX we talked about last week in our streams — love the way it’s holding above the 200sma. The only thing that makes us slightly cautious is how long it is taking to lift away while sector has already moved. Do they know something we don’t know?

SHOP 160 breakout from our newsletter continuation — great chart.

TEAM like this digestion near 100.

These hot stocks are not letting buyers in easily with few and shallow pullbacks. Keep them front and center of your watch-lists — from what we can tell, the run is not over yet. See you on streams. HCPG

IBD and Near Pivot magic

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One of our favorite scans in MarketSmith is one we have discussed many times in this blog – Near Pivot. It’s a native scan to the product which populates stocks that are near pivot to some type of breakout, be it flat base, double bottom, cup with/without handle, etc. We’ve found many gems in that scan, as we have also in the IBD 50. There are a few that are currently in the IBD 50 AND Near Pivot: worth paying extra attention to these. Let’s review:

NOW earnings out Jan 30 and like this base near 192 a lot — keep an eye out for a move either before, or preferably after, earnings.

NOW also IBD #8 and Near Pivot candidate

PYPL is IBD #36 and also in MarketSmith Near Pivot scan. Earnings out Jan 30

TEAM is IBD #4 and earnings out today after the close. Keep on radar for tomorrow — chart looks set.

WDAY from the Near Pivot list we like this high base near 168. Earnings out Feb 25. Add to radar

SPY right into resistance but price trumps all — you know how we stand: bias long until 260 breaks. Note how buyers picked up that support today like algo magic.

Day 3 of our sweet spot between upper Dev 1 and 2. We haven’t hit the top of upper BB since glitch started in October. Best place for bulls is in the sweet spot.

Not a tape to be stubborn in — your opinions are worthless in the face of price. Rules to last in this business: follow your tells and obey your stops. And try as hard as you can not to overtrade. See you on the streams.