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Ticker Tape Digest

Monday - March 5, 2018


By Leo Fasciocco -- TTD

   Ticker Tape Digest presents its daily stock market report containing stocks to go long as Breakout Trades, Quick Trades, or Bargain Accumulation Trades.

  We also feature stocks under Significant Accumulation that are poised to breakout.

Ticker Tape Digest's

Daily schedule guide for TTD subscribers

1. Pre-market - check Breakout Watch List and Quick Trades.

2. Morning - (11:30 - 12 A.M.) - check breakout stocks tape and breakout chart slide show.

3. Midday (1 P.M.) check TTD Midsession Report and see market video show.

4. After close (4 P.M.) check final TTD Report for day.


Trading Strategies

Bullish

Aggressive Investors Bullish - "Breakout Stocks" - ideally suited for bull markets and special situation stocks. Potential for large returns. (See Performance)


Aggressive Investor Bullish-  "Quick Trade Stocks" -ideally suited for entry into top performing issues looking for a small quick profit."  (See Performance)


Conservative Investors  "Bargain Buy Trades for the Long Term."  Ideally suited for entry into top performing big cap stocks on pullbacks within overall up trend.(See Performance)


Bearish

Aggressive Bearish Investors - "Breakdown Stocks" to Sell Short. Ideally suited for bear markets or market pull backs. Potential for large returns  (See Performance)

   The TTD report also contains stocks to short as  breakdown plays and as bargain (swing trade) shorts.

  Investors should  tend to try to go with a strategy that fits with the stock market's trend, unless there is a special situation play.

  TTD's Breakout Stocks - Long are most suitable for aggressive investors seeking ideal entry points into leading stocks, especially during bull markets. They can do extremely well in bull markets with gains of as much as several hundred percent.

 These stocks can also do extremely well during strong market rallies, or if they are in a industry group that is performing very well. They tend to have strong earnings outlooks and are near new-52 week, or all-time highs.

  TTD Quick Trade Stocks - Long These are leading issues that have pulled back in recent days, but could move higher soon. They are most suitable for Aggressive Investors willing to trade short term. These stocks will do extremely  well during market advances. They have about 74% win rate. During market rally sequences the win rate is even higher. The return is small 3% to 8% in just a few days.

 TTD's Bargain Buy Trades - Long - Long Term.  These are for conservative bullish Investors These long-term buys are ideally suited for entry into stocks on pull backs within overall up trend. These stocks can give a good return long-term especially during a bull market.

   TTD also presents Stocks To Sell or Sell Short. These issues are suitable for aggressive investors willing to take short positions both as trades or for longer-term plays. These stocks will do very well during bear markets or market pull backs.

  TTD's Bearish breakdown stocks to sell short. These issues have potential to fall sharply. They often show a technical breakdown and also some fundamental business problem such as weak earnings.  

 TTD's multi-media updates include a slide-show that presents charts and analysis at midsession. Some times TTD presents feature analysis on stocks and the market. TTD uses Windows Media Files. (WMV).

 TTD also presents a "Breakout Watch List" that is up dated daily. This list consists of key stocks in position to breakout. A close watch of this list can put you in the stock just as it breaks out. A good idea is to study the list and be ready to move into a stock quickly as it hits its breakpoint.

TTD often suggests using stop buy orders to enter. It is very important to buy a breakout stock as close as possible to the breakpoint. The idea is to get "elbow room" if the stock should follow through to the upside. This is very important in being successful in making big money with breakout stocks.

It is also essential to have a stop loss strategy for all stocks in which positions are taken. Not every stock will work as expected. It is important for investors to "police" their portfolios and avoid getting trapped in any bad positions.

 Quality rating of breakout  Two key factors: 1 - Stock near all-time high in price or near a 52-week high. 2 - earnings growth current year is strong. The ideal play is a stock with an Above Average Quality Rating. The stock is near a new high and will have strong earnings. TTD's other ratings are Average and Below Average.

Quote or chart

   TTD also has  special feature sections on  Educational Tips on Investing.

   To email Mr. Leo Fasciocco  leo@tickertapedigest.com.   

   For service, email Beverly Owen owen@tickertapedigest.com. TTD’s Tel: 1-480-926-1680.


Monday - March 5, 2018

TTD's Breakout Stocks

  Stock Market Overview

Total Buy Breakouts so far today -  19

Quality of Breakouts -  Above Average

Stocks Screened - 12,234

Bull side -  Large list of breakouts with some leaders. Aggressive bulls can be venturesome.

Stock market  - Trading Range on a Daily Basis. All major averages bullish except for the daily Dow.

  However, the stock market on a daily basis remains in a trading range with a great deal of volatility. Bulls be conservative.

Stock Market Momentum

(Daily is based on a moving average)

Market (Daily)

 Market (Weekly)

 Market (Monthly)  

 Dow - Bearish

 Dow - Bullish

 Dow - Bullish,

  Nasdaq - Bullish

  Nasdaq - Bullish

Nasdaq - Bullish 

   S&P 500 - Bullish

  S&P 500 - Bullish

  S&P 500 - Bullish


Ticker Tape Digest's

Timely Breakout Stocks From Tape Action - Monday

(The “breakout List” gives all stocks breaking out of a base of five weeks or more. These stocks have a good chance to trend higher. However, a stop should be used to avoid those that do not work. They are ranked according to percentage change and classified as leaders or other. (Trading strategy: One should buy breakout stocks at breakpoint by using market order or stop buy)All Timely Breakout Stocks From Tape Action Today )  


Today's Featured TTD Breakout Stock

CoStar Group Inc. (CSGP) - 357.08, up 8.80 - Breakpoint 355.95

Net To Surge 53% This Year, TTD Targets 420 

                TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - CSGP -  ABOVE AVERAGE

  CSGP, based in Washington, D.C., provides commercial real estate data in the U.S. and Europe. Annual revenues: $965 million. CSGP's stock surges higher and breaks out from its seven-week, flat base. The move carries the stock close to a new all-time high.

  So far today, CSGP is trading 209,812 shares. Its average daily volume is 221,000 shares.

  CSGP moves higher in the morning getting to $354.75. The stock then trended sideways just below its breakpoint line.

The in the early afternoon the stock punched across its breakpoint line and held above until the final bell.

  Tape Action

  CSGP's tape action shows the recent block trades.

  One can see the price for the blocks climbing from  $345.47 to $357.58.

  A key bullish trade came in the morning when a block of 500 shares crossed the tape at $353.90.

  That was up from  the prior block at $347.36.

  The stock finished strong.

  A block of 47,500 shares - the largest of the session - crossed in after hours at $357.08.

  That was with a sequence started by a block trade at $354.11 on 700 shares.   

 Business

  CSGP provides information, analytics and online marketplaces to the commercial real estate and related business of commercial real estate in the U.S., U.K. and parts of Canada, Spain, Germany and France.

 The company provides online marketplaces for commercial real estate, apartment rentals, lands for sale and businesses for sale. 

Its suite of information, analytics and online marketplaces is branded and marketed to its customers.

CSGP services are primarily derived from a database of building-specific information and offer customers specialized tools for accessing and  analyzing its information. It has five brands: CoStar, LoopNet, Apartments.com, BizBuySell and LandsofAmerica.  

Charts

  CSGP's 12-month performance chart shows the stock appreciating 72% versus a 16% gain for the stock market.

  Insiders were recent buyers at $57 to $193 a share. They were sellers at $265 to $347 a share.

  A key insiders was CEO Andrew Florance who bought 80,055 shares at $57 to $58 a share. He sold the same day - Feb. 27 - $347.10.

  CSGP's long-term chart shows the stock climbing from $51.97 in 2011 to a peak at $218.17 by 2014.

  The stock formed a long-term base and then broke out in 2017 and surged to $357.08.   

  CSGP's daily chart shows the stock climbing from $280 in October to a peak at $352.80 in January.

  The stock then formed a cup-and-handle base.

  CSGP edges out of its base.

  The stock's CCI momentum indicator (bottom of chart) is bullish.

 Earnings Outlook:

  This year, analysts are forecasting a 53% surge in net to $7.01 a share from the $4.59 the year before.

  The stock sells with a price-earnings ratio of 50. TTD sees that as reasonable given the earnings growth rate.

  Looking out to 2019, the Street is predicting a 35% gain in net to $9.46 a share from the anticipated $7.01 this year.

  Quarterly earnings growth will show a modest acceleration.

  Net for the first quarter is expected to rise 30% to $1.37 a share from the $1.05 the year before.

  The highest estimate is at $1.39 a share. The company missed by one cent a share in the prior quarter. However, the three quarters before that it beat the Street estimate by 27 cents a share, 24 cents and 11 cents.

  Net for the second quarter is projected to rise 36% to $1.17 a share from the 86 cents the year before.   

Strategy Opinion: TTD is targeting CSGP for a move to $420 within the next few months or sooner.  A protective stop can be placed near $345.

Intermediate-Term Rating: Bullish.

Suitability: Average Bullish.

                 TTD's special research of  Stock's Prior Performance:  

Probability - Breakout Success - Modestly Bullish.  CSGP has tended to score just modest gains off its recent breakouts. The stock is in a strong up trend.

Probability - Earnings Response - Slightly Bullish. CSGP rose 7 times after the past 12 earnings reports when there was a significant change.

Probability:  Seasonal Success - Bullish.  CSGP rose an average of 1% in March and 2.8% in April the past several years.


           Stock's Prior Performance After A Breakout

Stock's % Change from Breakout to peak - prior  to cut below 50-day M/A.

Date of Breakout

Break point Price

Stocks Price Peak after Breakout - prior to cut below 50-day M/A

  Date Trade Closed

             13%

    1/11/2018

     315.37

       357.08

   Still in Play

               8%

    10/26/2017

     288.32

       310.19

   11/24/2017

              3%

    7/7/2017

     267.86

       275.26

   9/13/2017

             31%

    4/19/2017

     209.96

       275.26

    9/13/2017

             10%

    3/18/2016

     171.77

       188.39

    12/26/2014

(In actual trading, entry and exit points could vary depending on broker execution.

Also, ideal are breakouts to a new 52-week high or better, perhaps all-time highs.)


  Stock's Long-term Chart


   Stock's Performance Chart with Quarterly Earnings Markers vs. S&P 500

Insider Buying in Green  - Insider Selling in Red


   Stock's Monthly Seasonal Performance Chart - Past 5 Years

Showing % Months UP and % Change

               


TTD's Breakout Profile Rating
CoStar Group Inc. (CSGP )  
TTD Check List Bullish Bearish Neutral
Near 52-week High YES
Volume   YES
Tick Volume YES
Price Trend - Daily YES  
Price Trend - Long Term YES    
Price Daily Spread YES  
Base Structure YES    
Base - A-D YES
Earnings-Quarterly YES    
Earnings-Long Term YES    
Earnings Outlook YES  
Industry Group YES  
Prior Breakout Success YES  
Fund Sponsorship YES  
Total Score   13 0 1

Charts of Selected Breakout Stocks

      TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - SQ -  ABOVE AVERAGE

    TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - RCKY -  ABOVE AVERAGE

 TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - ACXM - ABOVE AVERAGE

TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - CNOB -  ABOVE AVERAGE


Ticker Tape Digest’s

Stocks To “Sell or Short”

Ticker Tape Digest’s Daily List of “Stocks To Sell or Sell Short” ranks stocks well timed to be sold immediately based on daily trading. The list can be used as an alert to reduce current long-term positions.

Shorts from tape action so far today - 1

Stocks Screened - 12,234

Long-Term Environment for bears:  Neutral.

Bear Side - Only one short Monday as stock market rallies strongly. Bears be conservative and watchful.


List of Stocks To Sell or Short


TTD’s Feature Bear Play

Brinks Co. (BCO) - 70.60, down 1.60

Stock Cuts Below Technical Support, TTD Sees Decline to 62

  BCO, based in Richmond, Va., provides security services with armored cars and other services. Annual revenues: $3 billion. BCO falls sharply Monday and undercuts key technical support. The drop came despite a strong rally in the stock market.

  So far today, BCO is trading 695,355 shares. Its average daily volume is 552,000 shares.

  TTD highlighted BCO as a short at our midsession video show on the Web Monday.

  BCO's stock gapped lower in the morning and cut below key technical support.

  The stock touched a low in the morning of $70.65. The stock lifted back to $71.50 by the afternoon. However, the stock faded badly in the late afternoon to close near its low for the session.

  Tape Action

  BCO's tape action shows the recent block trades.

  One can see the price for the blocks falling from $72.20 in the prior sessions to as low as $70.60 near the close.

  A key bearish trade came in the morning when a block of 11,065 shares crossed the tape at $71.45

  That was down from the prior block at $72.20 on 19,304 shares  

   Business

 BCO provides his security services in the U.S., France, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, Latin America, EMEA and Asia.

 The company's solutions include cash-in-transit, automated teller machine replenishment and maintenance, cash management services, including vault outsourcing, money processing, and intelligent safe services, international transportation of valuables and payment services.  

 Earnings:

  This year, analysts are forecasting a 27% increase in net to $3.86 a share from $3.03 in 2017.

  However, net for the first quarter will show a more modest gain of 11% to 63 cents a share from 57 cents the year before.

  The company did miss by 4 cents a share in the prior quarter - the fourth quarter.   

Charts:   

  BCO's 12-month performance chart shows the stock up 39% versus a 16% gain for the stock market.

  However, the stock has been losing ground the past several weeks.

  BCO's daily chart shows the stock recently cutting below key technical support near $77 when it reported earnings. (see daily chart). The stock consolidated, but now breaks down again.

Strategy Opinion: TTD is targeting BCO for a decline

Suitability: TTD is targeting BCO for a decline to $62 within the next few months, or sooner. A protective stop buy can be placed near $73.50.

  TTD's special probability research of  Prior Performance:  

Probability - Earnings Response - Neutral.  BCO rose just 7 times after the past 14 earnings reports when there was a significant change.

Probability:  Seasonal Activity - Neutral.   BCO rose an average of 0.66% in March and 0.1% in April the past several years.


   TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - BCO -  BELOW AVERAGE


   Stock Performance Chart with Quarterly Earnings Markers vs. S&P 500

Insider Buying in Green  - Insider Selling in Red

          


   TTD takes no responsibility for trading by those using this information. The stocks presented in our report are those we deem the best looking "Day Trades" for the long side. We take no responsibility for the accuracy of this data, although every effort is made to present the information correctly. Copyright Ticker Tape Digest. - 2018

    TTD columnist Leo Fasciocco has covered the stock market for over 30 years. His articles appear in many publications. He has also been  a speaker at the Money Show conferences. He has been on television and radio. He is author of many educational articles about stock investing and the book “Guide To High-Performance Investing.”

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