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Ticker Tape Digest

Thursday - April 16, 2015


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 - 12

Overall Quality of Breakouts - AVERAGE

Stocks Screened - 8,300

Bull side - Breakout list large with some good looking plays. Biotech issues continue to breakout. Bulls be selective. Stock market still in trading range.

 (Put mouse on Dow chart to see Nasdaq chart)

Long Term Environment for bulls:  Favorable

    Stock Market Momentum

Market (Daily) - NYSE Bullish, Nasdaq Bullish

Market (Weekly) - NYSE Bearish, 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

Inogen Inc. (INGN) - 36.71, up 1.35 - Breakpoint 35.49

Profits to Climb 47% This Year, TTD Targets 44

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

  INGN, based in Goleta, Ca. makes oxygen concentrators. Annual revenues: $103 million. INGN's stock breaks out today from a six-week cup-and-handle base. The move carries the stock, a recent IPO, to a new all-time high. So far today, INGN is trading 313,806 shares, double its average daily volume of 161,000 shares.

  INGN's stock spiked higher in the morning to clear its breakpoint. The push higher was aided by a bullish recommendation by a Needham analysts. The company was also expected to report earnings soon after a delay about accounting requirements.

  The news caused INGN to push higher in the morning and then trended mostly sideways the rest of the day holding over its breakpoint. (see 10-minute chart).

  INGN is trading 313,806 shares, about double its average daily volume of 161,000 shares.

  The Needham analysts said he raised his estimate of INGN's earnings for the first quarter. He has a $45 price target for the stock.

  INGN's tape action shows the recent block trades.

  One can see the price for the blocks advancing from $34.51 a few sessions ago to as high as $40.60 on Thursday.

  A key bullish trade came back on April 14 when a block of 17,062 shares crossed the tape at $34.53.

  That was up from the prior block trade at $34.51 on 3,454 shares.  

 Then at the opening on Thursday, a big block of 13,997 shares, duplicated crossed the tape at $40.60.

  That was up sharply from the prior block trade at $35.36 on 7,027 shares (duplicated).

  The tape did show some profit taking near the close Thursday.

  INGN sells oxygen units for home healthcare.

 The oxygen concentrators come with a cart, carry bags, backpacks, external battery chargers and universal power supply for obstructive pulmonary disease patients.

 The company's products include Inogen One G3 and Inogen One G2.

   It sells its products in the U.S. and internationally.

  INGN's 12-month performance chart shows the stock appreciating a sensational 140% versus a 20% gain for the S&P 500 index.

  INGN's long-term chart shows the stock coming public in February of 2014 at $16.

  The stock has gradually worked its way higher and on Thursday hits a new all-time high of $40.60.   

  INGN's daily chart shows the stock climbing from around 21 in November to 34 by February.

  It then formed a flat base. There was a breakout try in March, but the stock faded back and continued to trend sideways.

  Today, INGN breaks out aided by favorable news by a Wall Street analyst.

  The stock's TTD momentum indicator (top of chart) is strongly bullish.

  Analysts expect INGN to come in with a profit of 30 cents a share for 2014 compared with a loss of 22 cents a share in 2013. The numbers had been delayed.

  Turning to 2015, the Street looks for a 47% leap in net to 44 cents a share from an anticipated 30 cents for 2014.

   The stock sells with a price-earnings ratio of  81. That is high. So, the stock is most suitable for aggressive investors.

  For the upcoming first quarter, analysts expect an 80% leap in earnings to 9 cents a share from 5 cents a year ago. The highest estimate on the Street is at 11 cents a share.

  INGN topped the consensus estimate the two reported quarters by a significant amount.

  Going out to the second quarter, analysts look for a 20% rise in profits to 13 cents a share from 11 cents the year before.

  Strategy Opinion:  TTD is targeting INGN for a move to 44 off this breakout. A protective stop can be placed near 34.

  TTD rates INGN a trading play since the valuation is high. That could change if the company shows exception earnings. However, insiders have been getting in cheap with stock options. So, that may present selling pressure in the future.

  Sponsorship: Very Good. The 5-star rated AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Inst. Fund was a recent buyer of 31,700 shares. It has a 1.5% stake.

  Also, the 5-star rated Lord Abbett Micro Cap Growth I Fund was a buyer of 63,010 shares as a new position.

  INGN has 18.6 million shares outstanding. Insiders are heavy holders.

  Insider Activity: Bearish. Insiders have been buyers from 60 cents a share to $2.40 a share using stock options. They were recent sellers around $35 to $37.

  No analysts follow the stock. INGN has a book value of  $6.18.



Stock Performance Chart with Quarterly Earnings Markers.

  


TTD's Breakout Profile Rating
Inogen Inc.  - (INGN)  
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 - UL - AVERAGE

                    TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - UFPI - AVERAGE

                    TTD's Quality Rating of Stock -FCS - AVERAGE

                    TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - WTFC - 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 - 3

Stocks Screened - 8,300

Long-Term Environment for bears: Unfavorable.

Bear Side -  Small list of breakdown stocks today, but some interesting plays. Bears be conservative. TTD's short from the prior session was ASML Holding N.V. (ASML) at 96.60. Today, ASML has declined to 94.98 and is working well for bears.


List of Stocks To Sell or Short


TTD’s Feature Bear Play

Pernix Therapeutics Holdings Inc. (PTX) - 8.36, down 1.61

Lowers Revenue Forecast, TTD Sees Decline to 6.30

  PTX, based in Morristown, N.J., makes products to treat allergies and symptoms of the common cold. Annual revenues: $122 million. PTX's stock falls sharply today after the company lowered its forecast of revenues for the first quarter. TTD sees more on the downside.

  TTD highlighted PTX as a short at our midsession video show on the Web Thursday.

  So far today, PTX is trading a heavy 7.5 million shares, 15 times its average daily volume of 538,000 shares.

  The company said first quarter revenues would be $32. to $35 million. That is down from the Street estimate of $49.5 million.

  The company blamed lower Treximet prescription volume.

  PTX's tape action shows the recent block trades.

  One can see the price for the blocks falling from $10.50 a few sessions ago to as low as $8.26 Thursday morning.

  A key bearish trade came when a block of 48,100 shares crossed in the morning at $8.50.

  That was down from the prior block trade at $10 on 66,812 shares.

  PTX, formerly Golf Trust of America, Inc., develops products for pediatrics. The company's products include Aldex, Pediatex, Z-Cof, Brovex, ReZyst and QuinZyme. Its ALDEX products treat allergies and symptoms of the common cold.

 The company's Brovex products treat allergies and symptoms of the common cold.

 Its Rezyst IM is a chewable tablet probiotic indicated to replace active cultures that are destroyed by diet and antibiotics and to reduce symptoms associated with irritable bowel syndrome and various gastrointes.

  This year, analysts have been forecasting a profit of 76 cents a share, up sharply from the 11 cents a year ago. However, that forecast could come down. Net for the first quarter was predicted by the Street to be 17 cents against a loss of 15 cents the year before. That could be reduced too.

  PTX's  daily chart shows a gap drop with big volume. The move undercuts key technical support. The stock's accumulation - distribution line (bottom of chart) broke down several weeks ago.   

  Strategy Opinion: TTD is targeting PTX for a decline to 6.30 within the next few months, or sooner. A protective stop buy can be placed near 9.40.


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


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. - 2014

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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