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Ticker Tape Digest

Monday - April 12, 2021


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 Swng - 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 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.


Monday - April 12, 2021

TTD's Breakout Stocks

  Stock Market Overview

Total Buy Breakouts   -  14

Quality of Breakouts -  Above average.

Stocks Screened - 12,234

Bull side -  Large list of breakouts with some good looking plays.

Stock market  -  Major averages remain bullish in all time zones.

Comment -  Stock market holds up trend. Bulls need to be very watchful now of earning and a stock's reaction to the news.

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 - Bullish

 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

(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. )  


Today's Featured TTD Breakout Stock

XPO Logistics Inc. (XPO) - 134.75, up 3.42 - Breakpoint 131.07

Net To Soar 166% This Year, TTD Targets 158

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

  XPO, based in Greenwich, Ct., provides transportation and logistics services in North America. Annual revenues: #16.3 billion. XPO's stock drives higher Monday and breaks out from its 15-week flat base Monday.

  So far today, XPO is trading 885,032 shares. Its average daily volume 1 million shares.

  XPO's breakout carries it to a new all-time high.

  TTD sees potential for more on the upside.

  XPO's stock

  XPO's stock moved higher in the morning to clear its breakpoint.

  The stock worked steadily higher through the day.

  It closed near its high for the session. That is bullish.

  The stock was unchanged in after-hours trading.

    Tape Action

  XPO's tape action shows the recent block trades.

  One can see the price for the blocks climbing from $131.13 in the prior session to as thigh as $135.

  A key bullish trade came in the afternoon when a block of 2,500 shares crossed the tape at $133.80.

  That was up from the prior block at $131.33 on 4,632 shares.

  Near the close a block of 35,327 shares crossed at $134.75.

  That actually came on an up tick from a prior trade at #134.74 on 181 shares in the sequence.   

    Business

  XPO provides freight brokerage, last mile, less-than-truckload, full truckload and global forwarding services.

The Logistics segment also provides warehousing and distribution, cold chain solutions and other inventory solutions.

Its freight brokerage operations encompass truck brokerage globally, as well as intermodal, drayage and expedite services in North America.

 Charts

  XPO's 12-month performance chart shows the stock up 130% versus a 50% gain for the stock market.

  Insiders were recent buyers using stock options at $9.28 to $26.63 a share.

  They were sellers at $81 to $118 a share.

  XPO's long-term chart shows the stock climbing from $18 back in 2016 to a peak at $116 by 2018.

  The stock then fell back to $41 late in 2018, rallied to $100 in early 2020, but then fell back again. This time to $38.

  The stock has since allied to $134.

  XPO's daily chart shows the stock rising from $100 back in November to a peak at $131 by March.

  The stock put down a small cup-and-handle base.

  The breakout is solid coming with a good widening of the daily spread.

  The CCI momentum indicator is strongly bullish.

   Earnings Outlook

  This year, analysts predict a 166% surge in profits to $5.35 a share from the $2.01 the prior year.

  The stock has a price-earnings ratio of 25. TTD sees that as reasonable.

  Looking out to 2022, the Street projects a 15% rise in net to $6.13 a share from the anticipated $5.35 this year.

  Quarterly net will be strong and show an acceleration in growth

  Net for the first quarter should jump 98% to 93 cents a share from the 47 cents the prior year.

 The highest estimate is at $1.07 a share. The company beat the consensus estimate the past three quarters by 54 cents a share, 46 cents and 12 cents.

  Then in the second quarter profits should spurt to $1.44 a share from the loss of 63 cents the previous year.

Strategy Opinion:  TTD is targeting XPO for a move to $158 within the next few months, or sooner.

A protective stop can be placed near $127.

Intermediate-Term Rating: Average.

Suitability:   Average Bulls.

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

Breakout Success

Bullish

  XPO scored big gains off recent breakouts.

Response to Net

Bullish

  XPO rose 13 times after 15 earnings reports.

Seasonal Success

Bullish

  XPO avg. gain 2.4% in April , 6.8% in May prior years.

Earnings Beats

Bullish

  XPO beat Street net estimate 17 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

             28%

   11/9/2020      99.28        126.89    1/7/2021

             15%

   8/16/2019      65.24        75.22    9/11/2019

             43%

   10/20/2017      67.61        96.35    1/25/2018

             30%

   11/11/2016      37.85        49.35    12/8/2016

(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


Charts of Selected Breakout Stocks

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

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

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

      TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - BURL -  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  -  7

Stocks Screened - 12,234

Long-Term Environment for bears: Unfavorable.

Bear Side -  Large list of shorts. Aggressive bears can be venturesome, but must keep in mind coming earnings.


List of Stocks To Sell or Short


TTD’s Feature Bear Play

Kronos Bio Inc. (KRON) - 25.41

Loss Seen This Year and Next, TTD Sees Drop to 20

  KRON, based in San Mateo, Ca., is biotech firm working on treatments for cancer. Annual revenues: Nil. KRON's stock falls sharply Monday and undercuts key support.

 So far today, KRON is trading 459,980 shares. Its average daily volume is 307,000 shares.

  TTD sees potential for more on the downside.

  KRON's stock fell in the morning to close to its key support line at $26.17.

  it rallied to $26.73 shortly, but then faded the rest of the day with selling accelerating in the final hour.

  That is very bearish.

  The stock as unchanged in after-hours trading.

   Tape Action

  KRON's tape action shows the recent block trades.

  One can see the price for the blocks falling from $27.28 in the prior session to as low as $25.41 by the close.

  A key bearish trade came in the morning a block of 9,800 shares crossed the tape at $26.87.

  That was down from the prior block in the prior session at $27.28 on 7,059 shares.

 Business

  KRON  is working on cancer therapeutics to target dysregulated transcription.

   Its lead product candidate, entospletinib is an orally administered, selective spleen tyrosine kinase inhibitor that is being developed to treatacute myeloid leukemia (AML).

 The company's second product candidate, KB-0742, is generated from its product engine’s small molecule microarray platform. It is designed to be an orally bioavailable inhibitor of CDK9 with a differentiated selectivity profile.

  Earnings:

  This year, analysts forecast a loss of $2.54 a share compared with a loss of $3.75 the prior year.

  Looking out to 2022, the Street predicts a loss of #2.29 a share.

 For the upcoming first quarter, the Street expects a loss of 43 cents a share. There was no comparison from a year ago.   

Charts:  

  KRON's daily chart shows the stock cutting below support and extending its down trend from a peak at $38 late last year.

  The company's six month performance chart shows the stock down 20% versus a 19% gain for the stock market.

Strategy Opinion: TTD  is targeting KRON for a decline to $20 within the next few months, or sooner. A protective stop buy can be placed near $26.70.

Suitability:  Aggressive Bears.

  TTD's Stock Probability research of Prior Performance:  

Response to Net

Bearish

 KRON fell 1 time after 1 earnings reports.

Seasonal Success

Bearish

 KRON loss avg 13.2% in April

Earnings Beats

Bullish

 KRON beat Street estimate 1 time after 1 report.


   TTD's Quality Rating of Stock  - KRON -  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. - 2021

    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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