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Continuation Breakout Thursday 4PM 7/18/2024

July 18, 2024 3 min read

Overall Sector and Industry Analysis

Date Range Analyzed: June 18, 2024 – July 18, 2024 (EST)

Summary:

Based on the price and volume data from the past 30 days and emphasizing the last 10 days, several trends and patterns have emerged across various sectors and industries.

Trending Sectors:
1. Technology and Software:
EPAM Systems (EPAM): Showing notable resilience with moderate price fluctuations, indicating potential stability or safe haven characteristics in volatile times. Volume spikes indicate market interest.
Leggen Technologies (LEGN): Significant uptrend behavior with high volume, pointing towards strong bullish sentiment.

  1. Finance:
    • Blackstone Inc. (BX): Consistent high trading volume, with recent dips potentially signaling short-term oversold conditions. Generally steady performance with potential for short-term gains.
  2. Consumer Goods and Retail:
    • Barnes & Noble Education (BNED): Volatility with an upward trend in volume in the last 10 days indicates heightened interest which might lead to short-term price increase.
    • Virco Manufacturing (VIRC): Steady price increase with volume, suggesting a bullish outlook supported by recent demand.

Noticeable Trends and Patterns:
1. Volume Spikes:
– Stocks like GNTA and SOI experienced significant volume spikes, indicating increased market activity and potential price action in the near term.

  1. Price Consolidation:
    • Stocks such as ASST and SBAC show patterns of consolidation, suggesting a potential breakout or breakdown scenario in the coming days.
  2. Breakout Stocks:
    • Leggen Technologies (LEGN) and Energen Corp (EG) have shown breakout tendencies, with increasing prices backed by substantial volume, which typically indicates strong bullish behavior.

Ticker Performance Prediction

Likely to Go Up:
LEGN: Strong upward momentum with high volume.
GNTA: Significant recent volume increase suggesting potential price action.
BNED: Rising volume with a steady uptrend.
SOI: Steady price increase with high volume in recent days.
VIRC: Continuous price strength with supporting volume.

Strong Bullish Signals:
LEGN: High volume with rising price trend.
BNED: Increased volume and upward price action.
SOI: High volume with steady price gain.
VIRC: Consistent price and volume increase.

Individual Stock Analysis

Leggen Technologies (LEGN)

  • Support Levels: $56.00, $55.50, $54.00
  • Resistance Levels: $58.50, $59.00, $60.00
  • Price Action Prediction:
    • Next 2-3 Days: Continuation of bullish trend towards $58.50-$59.00.
    • Entry Point: Near $56.50 support level.
    • Stop-Loss: Near $55.00
    • Targets: $58.00, $58.50, $59.00
    • Finviz Chart: finviz dynamic chart for  LEGN

Gentex Corp. (GNTA)

  • Support Levels: $4.50, $4.40, $4.00
  • Resistance Levels: $4.90, $5.00, $5.20
  • Price Action Prediction:
    • Next 2-3 Days: Potential breakout towards $4.90-$5.00.
    • Entry Point: Near $4.60 support level.
    • Stop-Loss: Near $4.40
    • Targets: $4.80, $4.90, $5.00
    • Finviz Chart: finviz dynamic chart for  GNTA

Barnes & Noble Education (BNED)

  • Support Levels: $10.20, $10.00, $9.80
  • Resistance Levels: $10.60, $10.80, $11.00
  • Price Action Prediction:
    • Next 2-3 Days: Expected to continue upwards to $10.60-$10.80.
    • Entry Point: Near $10.20 support level.
    • Stop-Loss: Near $10.00
    • Targets: $10.50, $10.60, $10.80
    • Finviz Chart: finviz dynamic chart for  BNED

SolarEdge Technologies (SOI)

  • Support Levels: $12.50, $12.20, $12.00
  • Resistance Levels: $13.00, $13.20, $13.50
  • Price Action Prediction:
    • Next 2-3 Days: Likely to reach $13.00-$13.20 range.
    • Entry Point: Near $12.60 support level.
    • Stop-Loss: Near $12.30
    • Targets: $12.90, $13.00, $13.20
    • Finviz Chart: finviz dynamic chart for  SOI

Virco Manufacturing (VIRC)

  • Support Levels: $16.00, $15.80, $15.60
  • Resistance Levels: $16.50, $16.80, $17.00
  • Price Action Prediction:
    • Next 2-3 Days: Potential rise towards $16.80-$17.00.
    • Entry Point: Near $16.00 support level.
    • Stop-Loss: Near $15.80
    • Targets: $16.50, $16.80, $17.00
    • Finviz Chart: finviz dynamic chart for  VIRC

Conclusion

The selected tickers show strong potential for upward momentum backed by recent volume increase and price trends. Careful consideration of support and resistance levels can guide entry and exit points, while tight stop-loss levels can mitigate risk exposure in the volatile short-term trading horizon.

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