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Ticker Tape Digest

Friday - March 6, 2020


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: 1-480-878-8381 or 480-704-3331.

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Friday - March 6, 2020

TTD's Breakout Stocks

  Stock Market Overview

Total Buy Breakouts Friday   -  None

Quality of Breakouts -  None

Stocks Screened - 12,234

Bull side -  No breakouts as stock market falls sharply Friday, but then cuts loss late in the day.

Stock market  -  Market bearish daily and weekly and also the Dow monthly.

Comment -  Market is still vulnerable to the downside. Bulls remain cautious and watchful.

See Latest Earnings Reports -  A company that tops the Street's highest earnings estimate has potential to go higher. Key earnings beats -  None.

Stock Market Momentum

(Daily is based on a moving average)

Market (Daily)

 Market (Weekly)

 Market (Monthly)  

 Dow - Bearish

 Dow - Bearish

 Dow - Bearish

  Nasdaq - Bearish

  Nasdaq - Bearish

Nasdaq - Bullish

   S&P 500 - Bearish

  S&P 500 - Bearish

  S&P 500 - Bullish


Ticker Tape Digest's

Timely Breakout Stocks From Tape Action

(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 near breakpoint by using market order or stop buy.  They can also be bought soon after a follow through move, sometimes on an intraday pullback. )  

None


No Breakouts Friday. TTD Features a Stock Near a breakout

Today's Featured TTD Stock

BoozAllen Hamilton Holding (BAH) - 76.29, up 0.80 - Breakpoint 80,.10

Net To Rise 14% for Fiscal 2020 (March), TTD Sees 90 after a breakout

      TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - BAH  - AVERAGE

  BAH, based in McLean, Va., provides management and technology consulting, analytics, digital solutions, engineering, and cyber solutions. Annual revenues: $6.7 billion. BAH moves higher Friday and is in position to breakout from its 8-week flat base.

  There were no breakout stocks Friday. So, TTD features a stock in position for a potential breakout.

  So far today, BAH is trading 2.1 million shares. Its average daily volume is 1.6 million shares.

  BAH's stock gapped lower in the morning to $72.94.

  The stock then lifted to around $75 and then trended sideways.

  In the final hour BAS shot higher to close near its high for the session. That was very bullish.

   Tape Action

  BAH's tape action shows the recent block trades.

  One can see the price for the blocks climbing from $73.60 to as high as $76.34.

  A key bullish trade came in the morning when a block of 11,100 shares crossed the tape at $73.90.

  That was up from the prior block at $73.66 on 8,005 shares

  Near the close a massive block of 324,173 shares crossed at $76.29.

  That was down from the prior block at $76.34 on 2,445 shares.

   Business

  BAH's focuses on client problems and develop mission-oriented solutions for specific domains, business strategies, human capital, and operations through new approaches.

Its analytics services provide operations research; automation, and data science, including predictive modeling and machine learning.

  Its cybersecurity solutions include automated compliance, attack surface reduction, defensive cyber operations, incident response and weapon systems security.

   Charts

  BAH's 12-month performance chart shows the stock up 45% versus a 10% gain for the stock market.

  Insiders were recent buyers at $10 to $11 a share.

  They were sellers at $72 to $81 a share recently.

  BAH's long-term chart shows the stock climbing steadily from $12.51 back in 2013 to a peak near $80 a share.

  The stock with a beta of about 1.0 has been a great steady climber.

  BAH's daily chart shows the stock climbing to a peak near $80 in January.

  The stock then pulled back to base.

  However, the stock market selloff dragged the stock back to around $70.

  It is now making a come back and is nor far from its breakpoint line.

  BAH's CCI momentum indicator is solidly bullish.   

  Earnings Outlook

  This fiscal year ending March 2020, analysts are forecasting a 14% increase in net to $3.15 a share from the $2.76 the prior fiscal year.

  Net for the fiscal fourth quarter should be up 13% to 72 cents a share from the 64 cents the prior year.

  Looking out to 2021 ending in March, the Street predicts 13% increase in net to $3.54 a share from the anticipated $3.15 for fiscal 2020.

  Profits for the fiscal first quarter ending in June should rise 6% to 88 cents a share from 83 cents the prior year.

Strategy Opinion:  TTD is targeting BAH for a move to 90 after a breakout and then within the next few months.

A protective stop can be placed near $72.

Intermediate-Term Rating: Average.

Suitability:   Average Bulls.

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

Breakout Success

Bullish

 BAH scored good gains off recent breakouts.

Response to Net

Bullish

 BAH rose 12 times after 13 earnings reports.

Seasonal Success

Bullish

 BAH avg. gain 5.5% in March., loss 0.8% in April prior years.

Earnings Beats

Bullish

 BAH  beat Street net estimate 16 times after 20 reports.


           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

               7%

   1/9/2020      74.51        79.40    1/15/2020

             45%

   3/11/2019      53.11        77.10    9/5/2019

             28%

   5/18/2018      40.90        52.41    9/14/2018

             20%

   11/9/2016      31.91        38.20    11/29/2016

(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 Price Performance after Reporting Earnings

      


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

Insider Buying in Green  -  Insider Selling in Red

 


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 for Thursday - 4

Stocks Screened - 12,234

Long-Term Environment for bears: Neutral

Bear Side - Small list of shorts even as stock market falls sharply Friday. However, market did cut losses late in the day. Bears be selective.


List of Stocks To Sell or Short


TTD’s Feature Bear Play

HubSpot Inc. (HUBS) - 165.64

Net to Fall 13% This Year, TTD Sees Drop to 140

  HUBS, based in Cambridge, Ma., operates a cloud-based marketing and sales software platform. Annual revenues: $675 million. HUBS's stock falls sharply Friday and undercuts key technical support.

  So far today, HUBS is trading 885,094 shares. Its average daily volume is 654,000 shares.

 TTD sees more on the downside.

  HUBS's stock fell in the morning and undercut key technical support.

  The stock then drifted lower most of the day touching an intraday low at $158.77.

  The stock then lifted near the close as the stock market staged a last hour rally.

  Tape Action

  HUBS's tape action shows the recent block trades.

  One can see the price for the blocks falling from $172.22 in the prior session to as low as $161.43.

  A key bearish trade came in the morning when a block of 7,537 shares (duplicated) crossed the tape at $167.05.

  That was down sharply from the prior block at $172.22 on 20,471 shares late on Thursday.

 Business

 HUBS's software platform  features integrated applications to help businesses attract visitors to their Websites, convert visitors into leads and close leads into customers.

The applications include social media, search engine optimization, blogging, Website content management, marketing automation, e-mail, sales productivity and customer relationship management.  

 Earnings:

  This year, analysts are forecasting a 13% decline in net to $1.31 a share from the $1.50 the prior year.

  Net for the first quarter should drop 33% to 24 cents a share from 36 cents the prior year.

  Then in the second quarter profits are projected to fall 27% to 27 cents a share from 37 the year before.

Charts:  

    HUBS's daily chart shows the stock gapping lower from a head-and-shoulder pattern. It had been meeting upside resistance around $200.

  HUBS's 12-month performance chart shows the stock up 3% versus a 10% gain for the stock market.   

Strategy Opinion: TTD  is targeting HUBS for a decline to $140 within the next few months, or sooner.  A protective stop buy can be placed near $172.

Suitability:  Aggressive Bears.

  TTD's Stock Probability research of Prior Performance:  

Response to Net

Bullish

 HUBS rose 12 times after 14 earnings reports.

Seasonal Success

Bullish

 HUBS fell 1% in March, rose 5.3% in April prior years.

Earnings Beats

Bullish

 HUBS beat Street estimate 20 times after 20 reports.


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


   Stock's 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. - 2020

    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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