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Ticker Tape Digest

 Thursday - March 9, 2017


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 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.


Breakout Stocks

Total Buy Breakouts so far today - 6

Quality of Breakouts - AVERAGE

Stocks Screened - 8,300

Bull side - Breakout list small but some good looking plays for aggressive bulls. Stock market now consolidating recent gains.

 (Put mouse on chart to Nasdaq)

 Environment for bulls:  Neutral

    Stock Market Momentum

Market (Daily) - NYSE Bearish, Nasdaq Bearish

Market (Weekly) - NYSE Bullish, Nasdaq Bearish

Market  (Monthly) - NYSE Bullish, Nasdaq Bullish 


Ticker Tape Digest's

Timely Breakout Stocks From Tape Action - Thursday

(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

Celgene Corp. (CELG) - 125.13, up 2.09 - Breakpoint 124.63

Net to Climb 27% This Year, TTD Targets 150

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

   CELG, based in Summit, N.J., produces drugs to treat cancer and immune-inflammatory related diseases. Annual revenues: $11.2 billion. CELG's stock breaks out Thursday from an 18-week cup-and-handle base. The move comes with a pick up in volume.

  CELG is a big cap leader in the medical sector.

  So far today, CELG is trading 5.6 million shares. Its average daily volume is 4 million shares. 

  CELG's stock moved sharply higher in the morning and cut across its breakpoint line.

  The stock reached an intraday peak of $126.16 around noon. It pulled back a bit in the early afternoon, but rallied to complete the day as a breakout stock.

  There was a significant pick up in volume near the close. (see 10-minute chart). 

 Tape Action  

  CELG's tape action shows the recent big block trades.

  One can see the price for the blocks climbing from $122.74 in the prior session to a peak of $125.42 Thursday.

  A key bullish trade came in the morning when a block of 37,016 shares crossed the tape at $123.04.

That was up from the prior block at $122.74 on 20,700 shares.

 Late in the session a massive block of 329,792 shares (duplicated) crossed at $125.13.

  That came on a sequence with a down tick from $125.17.

  So, it would indicate some institutional profit taking. So, bulls need to be watchful at the opening on Friday.

 Business

 CELG develops orally administered, small molecule drugs to treat cancer and immunological diseases.

  Its primary commercial-stage products include Revlimid, Vidaza, Thalomid and Abraxande. It also has licensing deals with Novartis. CELG has also been active in making acquisitions.

 Charts

  CELG's 12-month performance chart shows the stock appreciating 24% compared with an 19% gain for the stock market. CELG has moved sharply higher after its past  two earnings reports.  

  The past few months insiders have been buying using stock options at $27 to $31 a share. They turned around and sold at $116 to $123 a share.

  CELG's long-term chart shows the stock soaring from  $5 back in 2005 to a peak of 77 in 2008. The stock then fell back to 39 during the bear market that ended in 2008.

 The stock worked its way back and in 2012 broke out from its long-term  flat basing chart pattern. It hit a new high in 2015 at $131.25.

  It the pulled back and went into a long-term  basing pattern. However, CELG is within striking distance of making a new all-time high. That would be bullish.

  CELG's daily chart shows the stock climbing from  96 back in October to a peak near $124 by November.

  The stock pulled back and formed a base. It morphed into a cup-and-handle set up.

  Thursday, CELG breaks out by just clearing its breakpoint line.

  CELG's CCI  momentum indicator (bottom of chart) is still in the bullish zone by being over 100.

Earnings

  For 2017, analysts are forecasting a 27% increase in net to $6.60 a share from $5.18 a year ago. The stock sells with a price-earnings ratio of 18. TTD sees that as low. making the stock a good value-growth play.

  Looking out to 2018, Wall Street projects a 24% jump in profits to $8.16 a share from the anticipated $6.60 this year.

  Net for the upcoming first quarter is expected to jump 25% to $1.47 a share from  $1.18 the year before.

  The highest estimate on the Street is at $1.55 a share. CELG topped the Street estimate three out of the past four quarters.

  Going out to the second quarter earnings are expected to rise another 25% to $1.60 a share from $1.28 the year before.

  Strategy Opinion: TTD is targeting CELG for a move to $150.  A protective stop can be placed near 118. 

 TTD rates CELG an excellent intermediate-term play provided earnings meet expectations.   

 Suitability: Average Bulls.

  TTD's special research of Stock's Prior Performance after a Breakout:  

  TTD's research shows that recently (see table)  CELG has scored only small gains off its breakouts.

 That is due in part that the company is in a long-term consolidation pattern. Going back to 2013 and the next several months CELG racked up some big gains.

  If CELG can embark on a new long-term up trend, TTD expects the breakouts to score some strong gains, especially since CELG's earnings outlook remains solid.

 The stock has moved higher after earnings four out of the past five quarters. CELG's seasonal chart shows the stock doing very will in May. April tends to be soft.


           CELG'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

              6%

     7/27/2016         108.72          116.14     8/3/2016

              7%

     7/13/2015         120.70          130.01     7/23/2015

              33%

     10/23/2014         96.29          128.50     3/20/2015

              13%

     6/10/2014

        83.52

         94.74

    8/22/2014

              21%

     7/11/2013         65.70          79.61

    10/21/2013

              58%

     1/7/2013         40.82          64.83     5/13/2013

(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

               


Charts of Selected Breakout Stocks

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

                    TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - ALRM - AVERAGE

                    TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - AGM - AVERAGE

                    TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - ING - BELOW 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 - 7

Stocks Screened - 8,300

Long-Term Environment for bears: Unfavorable.

Bear Side - Small list of breakdown plays Thursday, but some interesting plays. Bears be conservative. Stock market now is going into a consolidation.


List of Stocks To Sell or Short


TTD’s Feature Bear Play

21Vianet Group Inc. (VNET) - 5.61, down 1.44

Chinese Stock Posts Loss, TTD Sees Decline to 4.40

  VNET, based in China, is an internet data center services provider. Annual revenues: $540 million. VNET's stock falls sharply Thursday after the company reported a loss for the quarter. TTD sees more on the downside.

  So far today, VNET is trading a heavy 4.9 million shares, 16 times its average daily volume of 331,000 shares.

  The stock was as high as $32 back in 2014. It has fallen steadily.

  VNET reported an adjusted loss per share for the quarter of  60 cents a share compared with a loss of 7 cents a share, a year before.

  VNET's stock fell in the morning and continued South through the day. It closed near its low for the session. That is bearish.

  Tape Action

  VNET's tape shows the recent block trades.

  One can see the price for the blocks falling from $7.05 in the prior session to as low as $5.61.

  A key bearish trade came in the morning when a block of 21,187 shares (duplicated) traded at $6.61.

  That was down  sharply from the prior block trade at $7.05 on 21,848 shares.

  Business

  VNET hosts its customers' servers and networking equipment and provides interconnectivity.

  The company also provides managed network services to enable customers to deliver data across the Internet through its data transmission network and smart routing technology.

  VNeT provides value-added services, such as content delivery network services, virtual private network  services and last-mile wired broadband services.

 Earnings

  This year, analysts have been forecasting a loss of 48 cents a share compared with a loss of 52 cents in 2016.

  The Street expects a loss 12 cents a share in the second quarter.

Charts

  VNET's daily chart shows the stock gapping lower with big volume. The action shows panic selling. The stock may pause in coming session, but the momentum to the downside dominates.

  VNET's 12-month performance chart shows the stock down 70% versus a 19% gain for the stock market.

Strategy Opinion: TTD is targeting VNET for a decline to $4.40 within the next few months, or sooner.  A protective stop buy can be placed near $6.

Suitability: Aggressive Bears.


                    TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - VNET  - 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. - 2017

TTD columnist Leo Fasciocco has covered the stock market for over 30 years. His articles appear in many publications. He is also a speaker at the Intershow 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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