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Ticker Tape Digest

Tuesday - April 17, 2018


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: 1-480-926-1680.


Tuesday - April 17, 2018

TTD's Breakout Stocks

  Stock Market Overview

Total Buy Breakouts so far today -  34

Quality of Breakouts -  Above Average.

Stocks Screened - 12,234

Bull side - Large list of breakouts with some good looking plays. Bulls can be venturesome.

Stock market  -  Bullish. Major averages now above 15-unit moving average. However, market remains in an overall trading range. Earnings are now coming so bulls need to be alert.

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 - Tuesday

(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

Planet Fitness Inc. (PLNT) - 40.47, up 1.29 - Breakpoint 40.02

Net To Surge 42% This Year, TTD Targets 50 

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

      PLNT, based in Newington, N.H., is a franchiser and operator of fitness centers in the U.S. Annual revenues: $378 million. PLNT drives higher Tuesday and breaks out from a seven-cup-and-handle base.

 The move carries the stock to a new all-time high. That is bullish.

  PLNT traded 1.4 million shares. Its average daily volume is 859,000 shares.

  PLNT rose slightly in the morning and then trended sideways into mid-afternoon.

  The stock then rallied late in the day and cleared its breakpoint line (see 10-minute chart. The late advance came with a good pickup in intraday volume.

   TTD highlighted a few session ago PLNT as a stock to accumulate in anticipation of a breakout.  

  Tape Action

  PLNT's tape action shows the recent block trades.

  One can see the price for the blocks climbing from $39.18 in the prior session to as high as $40.49 Tuesday.

  A key bullish trade came in the morning when a block of 10,516 shares crossed the tape at $39.64.

  That was up from the prior block trade at $39.18 on 50,526 shares late in the prior session.

 Near the close a block of 27,946 shares (duplicated) crossed the tape at $40.47.

  That came on a down tick from the prior trade at $40.49 on 400 shares.

   Business

  PLNT operates franchised and company-owned stores. It also sells equipment.

 The franchise segment covers operations in the U.S., Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Canada.

 The company-owned stores operate in the U.S. and Canada. The equipment segment covers the sale of equipment to franchisee-owned stores.

 PLNT has 10.5 million members and 1,432 stores of which 1,261 were franchised and 58 company owned.   

  Charts

  PLNT's 12-month performance chart shows the stock soaring 114% versus a 16% gain for the stock market.

  Insiders were buyers using stock options. The price was not disclosed. They were sellers recently at $30 to $34 a share.

  PLNT's long-term chart shows the stock coming public in late 2015 at $16.71.

 The stock then fell back to its all-time low of $13.23 by early 2016. The decline was due in part to a selloff in the stock market in early 2016.

  Since then, PLNT has been driving steadily higher more than doubling from its low.

  PLNT's daily chart shows the stock breaking out in February on good earnings.

  The stock got to around $40 in March, but then backed off and formed its base.

  The breakout Tuesday is good coming with a pick up in volume.

 The stock's CCI momentum indicator is strongly bullish and trending higher.

  Earnings Outlook

   Net for 2918 is expected to surge 42% to $1.19 a share from 84 cents a share for 2017.

  The stock sells with a price-earnings ratio of 34. TTD sees that as reasonable.

  Analysts have been raising estimates.

  Looking out to 2019, analysts predict a 21%  increase in net to $1.44 a share from the anticipated $1.19 this year.

  Net for the first quarter of 2018 should surge 42% to 27 cents a share from 19 cents the year before.

  The highest estimate on the Street is at 29 cents a share.

  The company has topped the quarterly Street consensus estimate the past 11 quarters.

  Net for the second quarter of 2018 is expected to leap 41%  to 31 cents a share from 22 cents the year before.

Strategy Opinion: TTD is targeting PLNT for a move to $50 within the next few months, or sooner.

A protective stop can be placed near $38

 TTD rates PLNT a good intermediate-term play.

Suitability:  Average Bulls.

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

Probability - Breakout Success -  Bullish.  PLNT has scored good gains off its recent breakouts. The stock is now in a long-term up trend.

Probability - Earnings Response -  Extremely Bullish.  PLNT rose 9 times after the past 10 earnings reports when there was a significant change in price.

Probability:  Seasonal Success - Extremely Bullish.  PLNT has averaged a gain of 3.2% in April the past several years and a big gain of 10.7% for May.


           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

             12%

    01/25/2018      35.11        39.51    Still in play

             27%

    11/8/2017      27.26        34.81    12/26/2017

             10%

     8/10/2017      24.40        27    9/27/2017

             10%

    6/13/2017      21.92        24.25    6/23/2017
             38%     5/11/2016      16.48        22.81     8/23/2016

(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 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

               


TTD's Breakout Profile Rating
Planet Fitness Inc.  (PLNT)  
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   14 0 0

Charts of Selected Breakout Stocks

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

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

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

TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - MIXT -  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 so far today - 2

Stocks Screened - 12,234

Long-Term Environment for bears:  Neutral.

Bear Side - Small list of shorts as stock market rallies broadly Tuesday. Bears be patient and selective.


List of Stocks To Sell or Short


TTD’s Feature Bear Play

Ladder Capital Corp. (LADR) - 14.32, down 0.66

Stock Falls Below Support, TTD Sees Decline to 11

  LADR, based in New York, is a commercial real estate finance company. Annual revenues: $450 million. LADR's stock falls sharply Tuesday with big volume. The move undercuts key support. TTD sees more on the downside.

  LADR is trading a heavy 9.4 million shares, eight times its average daily volume of 1.2 million shares.

  TTD highlighted LADR as a short at our midsession video show on the Web Tuesday.

   Tape Action

  LADR's tape action shows the recent block trades.

  One can see the price for the blocks falling from $14.98 in the prior session to as low as $13.60 Tuesday morning.

  A key bearish trade came in the morning when a block of 25,000 shares crossed the tape at $13.60.

  That was down from the prior block at $14.98 on 175,629 shares.

 The rest of the session the price for the blocks worked higher, although late in the day the price for blocks edged lower.

  Business

  LADR's loan business covers mortgage loan receivables held for investment and mortgage loan receivables held for sale.

  The securities segment consists of all of its activities related to commercial real estate securities, which include investments in commercial mortgage-backed securities  and U.S. Agency Securities.

The real estate operations include net leased properties, office buildings, a warehouse and condominium units.

 Earnings:

  This year, analysts are forecasting flat earnings at $1.54 a shares. The same as the year before.

  Net for the first quarter is expected to climb 13% to 36 cents a share from 31 cents the year before.

  However, net for the second quarter is expected to drop 10% to 38 cents a share from 42 cents the year before.

Charts:   

  LADR's daily chart shows the stock falling sharply with heavy volume. The stock's CCI momentum indicator is strongly bearish.

  LADR's 12-month performance chart shows the stock down 5% versus a 16% gain for the stock market.

Strategy Opinion: TTD is targeting LADR for a decline to $11 within the next few months, or sooner. A protective stop buy can be placed near $15.60.

Suitability: Average Bears.

  TTD's special probability research of  Prior Performance:  

Probability - Earnings Response - Neutral.  LADR rose 4 times after the past 8 earnings reports when there was a significant change.

Probability:  Seasonal Activity - Slightly Bearish.  LADR declined an average of 2.6% in April but rose an average of 1.1% in May the past several years.


   TTD's Quality Rating of Stock - LADR -  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. - 2018

    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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