Monday's Finalists: TIBX, VZ, AGO

Update 10/16/2014: VZ closed below its 10-day price channel on Oct. 15 and traded below the channel today, confirming the signal. I have removed the symbol from the Watchlist as a potential bull play.

Actually, today's trading produced a close below the 55-day price channel, which means VZ has given a bear signal, which is a whole other analysis if it makes it past my analytical hurdles.

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None of the three symbols that made it to the final round of analysis has sufficient momentum to support a trade. Two are bear signals -- TIBX and AGO. The third, VZ, is a bull signal. (See "Monday's Prospects" for the earlier rounds of analysis.)

Three of the six that made it past the earlier analysis failed confirmation by moving back within their 20-day price channels. All were bull signals: GLOG, SABR and BERY.

Of the remaining three, I rejected AGO immediately as having a chart that is insufficiently bullish to support a trade.

The remaining two, a bull signal on VZ and a bear signal on TIBX, were more ambiguous. Both have neutral ratings from Zacks Investment Research, and both have highly liquid options that could provide good leverage and hedging.

VZ pays a high dividend, north of 4%. TIBX pays none (and of course, a dividend is irrelevant for a bear position.)

I turned to the charts to guide my decision.

Click on chart to enlarge.

TIBX 5 months daily bars (left), VZ 3 months daily bars (right)

TIBX, to the left, has fallen sharply from its peak on Sept. 4. However, as of today, it has traced out a series of higher highs and non-trending lows since that time. It will take a break below $18.88 to change the trend, 1.7% below the present price of $19.21.

I'll add TIBX to my Watchlist as a potential bear play and shall reconsider it if the price indeed breaks significantly below that level. I would expect significant resistance.

VZ, to the right, has failed to move higher that Friday's peak, as momentum falters. The resulting trend line creates what could either be a shorter-term counter-trend correction, probably lasting weeks or a couple of months, or the beginnings of a triangle. VZ is presently trading half a percent below Friday's peak of $50.38.

I'm also adding VZ to my Watchlist as a potential bull play and shall reconsider it if a break above that level reestablishes the trend.

One symbol made it through to the finals from my supplemental list of innovative companies: TCS. However, it failed confirmation and I removed it from consideration.

I plan no further analysis today based on Friday's market results.

-- Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, Sept. 22, 2014

References

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