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ALPHABET: GOOG Volatility = OpportunityAlphabet: GOOG Curious Case of the Unfilled Gap Normally when Google beats earnings expectaions it tends to gap up and away for a couple of months or more and then, eventually, momentum begins to wane and it comes back off to fill the gap. It's been that way for so many quarters now and every gap has always been filled in the end - and notice when it does get filled that moment (that day, not minute as with Bitcoin) presents the best buying opportunity you will find...every time....because it tells you in advance where the low should be. Helpful if you're looking to build a long position in any FANG. Works every time. Except once. That red arrow at 900 shows the one large gap here into new high ground that has never been filled. Friday's price action has led to a second test of the last gap created during last earnings season. For those with a technical interest there is also a fabulous island reversal showing at the very top of the rally with a tiny gap created to left of the red arrrow at 1160 followed by the massive fracture which begins from the same level. The ensuing bear rampage takes price all the way back to that same gap zone before it bounces again. Mind the Gaps. They are very interesting from a technical perspective and create some great short term trading opportunities on the rare occasions when a stock like GOOG runs into a consolidation phase. Having bounced from the gap zone GOOG has rallied to test the underside of the structure to its left at 1046-1050 and come to a temporary halt at 1037. Nasdaq is likely to remain volatile next week, the environment we need to go out scalping Maybe Goog can still make a getaway from the gap zone, just as it has always done in the recent past (bar1) - but if so it still looks like it will need a retest to prove it. Whilst unable to move and hold up above 1046-1050 it's likely to retest 996-987 again. And if at any point on Monday 987 gives way it can be shorted back to 961. Then if this level in turn fails it can be shortred a second (or third) time to 942 and most likely back to the lower parallels where it becomes a buy again if struck with stops below for those who may have been waiting to buy Alphabet for the longer term. A 20% decline would create a target at 948 and 21% at 937. On the upside Goog has to move above 1050 and then hold up at 1037 on any retest to trigger a long but only if it holds up well at 1037 and then moves up through 1050 with some volume behind it - then it can be followed up to 1080 but run a stop up underneath it quite tight just in case it fails. The next near term long shot from here triggers from 1085 to 1120 and then from 1125 to the top of the gap at 1159. As to the case of the unfilled gap...to fill the missing gap the parallel will have to be broken. Google likes to fill big gaps. It's in its nature. It could happen eventually and if it breaks below 987 come Mondaythat will be the first signal that either the parallel or the gap itself will become the final low. More as this move develops.
NASDAQ:GOOG
by sumastardon
Alphabet:GOOG Long term and short term targetsALPHABET: GOOG THE Alpha Bet Google goes on and on, creating a wide pair of parallels as it pushes relentlessly onwards. Only the Regulators can stop them. If Bitcoin's your favourite girlfriend, Google is your mum, (or should be, with Facebook as dad). Looks like Alphabet should push higher towards 1075 where the upper parallel waits to repel it., or at least halt its advance for a while - and what's good for Google is good for world markets usually. (Nasdaq, next comment, is poised to rocket 280 points provided it opens up and moves higher from the open, as looks likely at moment, barring disasters between now and Monday open). Over the longer term, in a year's time, Alphabet should be trading between 1450 and 1500, slowly grinding ever higher, and likely still within the long term controlling parallels shown on the chart. Stops for long term holders can be raised to just below 950
NASDAQ:GOOGLong
by sumastardon
Alphabet, sideways channel & price on trendline analysisThe stock is consolidating in a sideways channel after a strong bullish movement. Now the price is on the mid-term bullish trendline. If the price continues higher and breaks the resistance level (987.00), the minimum target is around 1065.00. If the price breaks the trendline and the support it may start a strong bearish movement. The breakout must be confirmed by very high volume to avoid fakeouts or pullbacks. The informations and the strategies discussed are NOT recommendation to buy, sell or trade any securities. They are strictly for educational and illustrative purposes.
NASDAQ:GOOG
by UnknownUnicorn1249598
NASDAQ Potential to Outperform 1st quarter of 2017Nasdaq futures have trailed both the SP500 & DOW since last quarter of 2016. Even the Russell 2000 have gotten the better move ahead of it. But finally it caught up with Tech stocks delivering the goods as we are near the closing of the first trading month of January 2017. Based on our recent analysis mid-way through the DOW's breaking 20k, the last major component in the mix that we had been waiting for and believe have triggered the momentum came from the alignment of the three (3) e-mini futures when the Nasdaq futures broke the 5k a week earlier that drove us to vividly expect a major move in the making. The conclusive evidence that indeed proved to be true came about after a week when the rally above the 20k materialized at the opening US session. With that said, tech stocks such as Microsoft, Google and FB are so far three of the best we have followed & delivered for the last quarter of 2016 and until today, as selected carry-over stocks-for-keeps are in place. Although, FB is trailing behind Alphabet & Microsoft in their price levels it would take awhile to break its challenging resistance. However, Alphabet would attempt a considerable price target @1000 within this 1st quarter period. However, there would be daily session declines that would be a convincing bearish outlook along the way. Meanwhile, Microsoft's break-out of the USD60.00 level is quite encouraging. Notwithstanding that a probable pullack scenario can occur in the near term with an initial objective @70-75.00 extensions for the quarter period. Tech stocks would lead the market this 1st quarter with some resiliency of a possible corrective phase seen towards the month of March & first two weeks of April. Quite a daring market call not unless some unsuspecting catalyst may prove otherwise. And a consolidation period that may extend the price objective relative to the Nasdaq Index would simply derail a transition well within the first quarter of 2017 or at the most a better part of the 2nd quarter. Cloud Chart on Microsoft (MSFT) Cloud Chart Alphabet (Goog) Cloud Chart on Facebook Cloud Chart on NASDAQ Cloud Chart EMini NQ100
CME_MINI:NQ1!Long
by megatrade101