4/26 Watchlist: Stocks

CIEN added to the bull list. Two failures, a success and a wash.


Stocks that showed Parabolic SAR bull signals:

• A, 4/15.
• * CIEN, 4/26. New today.
• COH, 4/22, 4/23. The price has pulled back after setting a new near-term high. I'll continue to keep the signal open.
• KBE, 4/21.A sharp decline, although the psar bull signal remains in place. I'm exiting the signal for a 1.4% decline. The signal was a FAILURE.
• KRE, 4/6.A sharp decline, although bull signals remain active. I'm exiting for a 4.6% gain. This signal was a SUCCESS.
• PCAR, 4/23.
• * QQQQ, 4/21.
• WSM, 4/21.
• XLE, 4/17. I pegged this as a $56 to $60 May iron condor. It is above the max-profit range.
• XLY, 4/21.
• XRT, 4/22.

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Stocks showing a Parabolic SAR bear signal:

• CIEN, 4/20. Switched to a bull signal today on the parabolic sar. Exiting the signal with a 4.8% decline. This signal was a FAILURE.
• * EEM, 4/13.Showing a bull signal on the pps from late Friday. Exiting the signal for a 0.4% loss. The bear signal was a WASH.

Stocks of interest (I wouldn't necessarily trade them):

• FNM,  4/13, 4/23. Agnostic.
• * PALM, 2/26, 4/23. Agnostic. Buyout candidate.

Abbreviations:
psar - Parabolic Stop and Reverse
adx - Average Directional Index
pps - Person's Proprietary Signal
ma20 - 20-day moving average
macd - Moving Average Convergence-Divergence
mfi - Money Flow Index
sto - Fast Stochastic

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