ANR (Alpha Natural Resources) is one of several long-side trade ideas currently on my watchlist that are showing some bullish developments on both the daily & weekly time frames. With many of the coal stock firmly entrenched in a bear market, these should be considered counter-trend, fairly aggressive trades at this time. For those who may have an interest in the coal stocks, to help adjust position sizing for each trade idea in order to account for the total target exposure to the sector, I currently have six coal stocks on my watchlist that are at or close to triggering an entry that may also be added as Trade Setups and/or Active Trades soon. In addition to the potentially bullish developments on those individual coal stocks, the DJ US Coal Index may be forming a right shoulder of an Inverse Head & Shoulders bottoming pattern following a divergent low at the formation of the head.

ANR will be added as long entry here around 3.60 following yesterday’s breakout on average volume. Suggested stops for those targeting T1 (4.08) would be below 3.40 while longer-term traders targeting T2 or higher (additional upside targets likely to be added) might consider a stop below 3.10 as well as considering a scale-in strategy to allow for a possible backtest of the downtrend line. The last trade on ANR was entered on a break of this downtrend & hit T2 for a 34% on Nov 4th. ANR is once again being added as both a typical swing trade (Active Long) and a Long-Term Trade idea on this breakout. However, longer-term & more conservative swing traders might wait for a solid weekly close (end of day Friday) before establishing a position.     click here to view the live daily chart of ANR     click here to view the live weekly chart of ANR     click here to view the live weekly chart of the DJ US Coal Index