Tuesday, May 11, 2010

BBT Watch

The banking company BB&T Corp. (BBT) is showing a parabolic sar bull phase on a price increase that is approaching the most recent swing high.
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trend
stosto
trend
BBT $34.81
At 2:27 p.m. Eastern

A persistent push past $35.40 would confirm that th euptrend has indeed resumed. The most recent increase began in late February.

The present price level is within a region of dense congestion dating back to October 2008, when capitalist finance was in the process of collapsing.

A prudent strategy would be to wait for a close above the swing high before opening a bull position.

Reversal Levels
  • $45.31, +30.2%
  • $40.00, +14.9%
  • $36.60, +5.1%
  • $35.40, +1.7%
  • $34.81 <==You are here.
  • $31.46, -9.6%

The average directional index has weakened to 22 since the swing high. However, the prior rise produced adx readings as high as 50, so I count it as a strongly trending stock once the breakout occurs.

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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


About the glance: The colors indicate the state of each signal.
  • trend: Determined by the 5-day moving average, green for up, red for down, yellow for sideways
  • adx: orange for above 30-up, blue for 20-down, purple for in the middle. Red is most prone to whipsaws
  • psar, pps, macd: green for bull mode, red for bear
  • sto: green for overbought, red for oversold, yellow for the neutral zone.


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