Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Thursday's Prospects

On Wednesday, April 22:

Of 503 large-cap stocks and exchange-traded funds in my analytical universe, 17 broke beyond their 20-day price channels, 14 to the upside and three to the downside.

No symbols with high or low odds of success survived initial screening. High-odds symbols are candidates for directional trades, and low-odds symbols are candidates for non-directional trades.

There are five prospects for trades coinciding with earnings announcements under my Volatility Rules.

I shall do further analysis on Thursday, April 23.

The next earnings season began April 8 with the announcement by AA and runs six weeks. Under the exclusion rule that forbids me from opening new positions in stocks within 30 days of an earnings announcement, increasing numbers of symbols will be removed from my prospective trades list during initial screening. The rule doesn't apply to trades under my Volatility Rules.

First-round survivors

High-odds
Bull
(none)

High-odds
Bear
(none)

Low-odds
Bull
(none)

Low-odds
Bear
(none)

Potential trades under my Volatility Rules, keyed to events

The dates are those of the events, all of them earns announcements. Events prior to the opening bell are marked "am", during the trading day "mid", and after the closing bell "pm".

Thursday pm
AMZN
MSFT
NEM
SBUX
Friday am
AAL

Methodology

The stocks in my analytical universe all have analyst coverage through the stock-ranking company Zacks Investment Research. Not all of the exchange-traded funds are so covered.

I screen the symbols for historical odds of a profitable signal in the direction of the breakout for the past 12 months.

For symbols whose odds of success are in the top or bottom thirds, I next screen for suitability of the options grid and the the absence of an earnings announcement within the next 30 days.

-- Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, April 22, 2015

References

My trading rules can be read here.

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Disclaimer
Tim Bovee, Private Trader tracks the analysis and trades of a private trader for his own accounts. Nothing in this blog constitutes a recommendation to buy or sell stocks, options or any other financial instrument. The only purpose of this blog is to provide education and entertainment.
No trader is ever 100 percent successful in his or her trades. Trading in the stock and option markets is risky and uncertain. Each trader must make trading decision decisions for his or her own account, and take responsibility for the consequences.
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