Daily - Go to TTD's Chart scroller of Breakout and Leading Stocks - Tuesday, April 12, 2016
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Daily - Go to TTD's Chart scroller of Breakout and Leading Stocks - Tuesday, April 12, 2016 |
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Go to Video Show - "How to Make Money With Breakout Stocks" |
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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.
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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) |
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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.
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 - 5
Overall Quality of Breakouts - ABOVE AVERAGE
Stocks Screened - 8,300
Bull side - Small list of breakouts Tuesday. The market rallies with oil stocks moving up in strongly. Bulls be selective.
(Put mouse on Dow chart to see Nasdaq chart)
Long Term Environment for bulls: Neutral
Stock Market Momentum
Market (Daily) - NYSE Bullish, Nasdaq Bearish.
Market (Weekly) - NYSE Bullish, Nasdaq Bullish
Market (Monthly) - NYSE Bullish, Nasdaq Bullish
Ticker Tape Digest's
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TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - PLPM - ABOVE AVERAGE |
PLPM, based in Long Beach, N.Y., provides international payment and transaction processing, and multi-currency processing services in the Asia, the Americas, Middle East, Africa, and Europe. Annual revenues: $50 million. PLPM, a small cap play, breaks out Tuesday from a six-week flat base. 
TTD highlighted PLPM as a breakout at our midsession video show on the Web Tuesday.
So far today, PLPM is trading a heavy 804,627 shares, almost four times its average daily volume of 231,000 shares. 
PLPM's 10-minute chart shows the stock spiking higher in the morning to clear its breakpoint line.
The stock then backed off slightly and trended higher steadily through the day.
PLPM's tape action shows the recent block trades.
One can see the price for the blocks climbing from $3.51 to as high as $3.75.
A key bullish trade came in the morning when a block of 5,197 shares crossed the tape at $3.59.
That was up from the prior block late in the prior session that crossed at $3.55 on 7,000 shares. 
PLPM offers payment processing services that enable the authorization and settlement of payment transactions by providing the connections between the merchant, its bank, and the card association.
Its services include multi-currency processing such as Pay in Your Currency, a point-of-sale dynamic currency conversion service, and Multi-Currency Pricing primarily for card-not-present merchants.
The company also provides Planet Payment Gateway, which provides domestic and multi-currency processing services; global consolidated reporting and data analytics.
PLPM's 12-month performance chart shows PLPM appreciating 100% versus a flat performance for the stock market.
One can see heavy insider buying PLPM back in August. It was a smart move for the insiders.
PLPM's long-term chart shows the stock coming public back in late 2008 at $1.03 a share. That was the bottom in the prior bear market.
The stock surged to a peak of 5 in 2011, pulled back, ran back up to 5 in 2012 again. It then pulled back to 1.50 in 2014, but has since rallied steadily. Being low-priced, PLPM is a speculative play.
PLPM's daily chart shows the stock climbing from 2.50 in February to 3.50.
The stock then put down a tight flat base. The breakout Tuesday comes with a widening of the daily spread. That is bullish.
The base was set up above a rising 50-day moving average line. That is bullish showing the stock is in an up trend.
PLPM's CCI momentum indicator is strongly bullish.
The accumulation - distribution line lags a bit. It should be at a new peak.
This year, analysts are forecasting an 88% surge in profits to 15 cents a share from 8 cents a year ago.
The stock has a price-earnings ratio of 25. TTD sees that as reasonable.
Looking out to 2017, the Street is predicting a 20% gain in net to 18 cents a share from the anticipated 15 cents this year. 
Net for the upcoming first quarter is expected to be 2 cents a share, down from 3 cents a year ago. The highest estimate is at 3 cents.
Strategy Opinion: TTD is targeting PLPM for a move to 5.50 off this breakout.
The stock is obviously geared for only very aggressive investors since it is low priced.
A protective stop can be placed near 3.40.
TTD rates PLPM an average intermediate-term play provided earnings meet expectations.
Sponsorship: Average. One of the largest fund buyers recently was the Oberweis Micro-Cap Fund which purchased 23,200 shares. The 3-star rated fund has a 0.2% stake.
Insider Activity: Neutral. Light insider selling in March at $3.26 a share.
Currently, 3 analysts follow the stock and all 3 have a buy, the same as three months ago.
PLPM has a book value of 49 cents a share.
Stock Performance Chart with Quarterly Earnings Markers.
| TTD's Breakout Profile
Rating Planet Payment Inc. - (PLPM) |
| 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 | 12 | 0 | 2 |
Charts of Selected Breakout Stocks
| TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - RM - AVERAGE |
| TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - RRC - BELOW AVERAGE |
| TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - CNX - BELOW AVERAGE |
| TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - LYTS - BELOW AVERAGE |
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 -4
Stocks Screened - 8,300
Long-Term Environment for bears: Neutral.
Bear Side - Small list of shorts as stock market rallies strongly. Bears be selective. TTD's short from Monday was Avis Budget Group Inc. (CAR) at 22.76. Tuesday, CAR declines 0.29 to 22.40 and is working well for bears.
LOGM, based in Boston, provides cloud-based services for individuals and businesses to increase security. Annual revenues: $271 million. LOGM's stock cuts below key technical support Tuesday. The move sets off a TTD short.
So far, today, LOGM is trading 248,337 shares. Its average daily volume is 236,000 shares.
LOGM's stock drifted lower through the day. It undercut key technical support in the morning. LOGM closed near its low for the session. That is bearish.
LOGM's tape action shows the recent block trades.
One can see the price for the blocks falling from $51.42 late in the prior session to as low as $47.73.
A key bearish trade came in the morning when a block of 16,538 shares (duplicated) crossed the tape at $50.57.
That was down from the prior block trade at $51.42 on 3,427 shares.
LOGM's services provide secure connection to workplaces, colleagues, and customers. Its services include join.me, join.me pro, and join.me enterprise that are browser-based online meetings and screen sharing services.
It also runs Cubby Basic, Cubby Pro, and Cubby Enterprise that are cloud-based file syncing, storage, and sharing services and LogMeIn Pro, a remote access service.
This year, analysts are forecasting a 34% drop in earnings to 68 cents a share from $1.03 a year ago.
Net for the upcoming first quarter should fall 71% and then drop 14% in the second quarter.
LOGM's daily chart shows the stock falling from 70 back in December to 40. It then lifted and trended sideways. Tuesday it undercuts key support.
Strategy Opinion: TTD is targeting LOGM for a decline to 41 within the next few months, or sooner. A protective stop buy can be placed near 49.
| TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - LOGM - BELOW AVERAGE |
TTD columnist Leo Fasciocco has covered the stock market for over 20 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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