In updating the trade ideas today, the following stocks will be removed from the Active Trades category to the Completed Trades category in order to focus on the most attractive opportunities at this time. Many of these trades have already hit a profit target or remain profitable at this time while a few are slightly underwater at this time.
HOV- Although this trade is still profitable and may very well continue lower to hit one or both of its price targets, HOV has been locked in a frustrating trading range ever since the entry earlier this year. In order to focus on more promising trade ideas, HOV will be removed from the Active Trades category.
JPM- JPM is currently trading around 5.25% above the original entry which came on a break below the 14-month uptrend line back in mid-August. Just over a month later, on Sept 25th, JPM hit a low 50.06 vs. the first price target of 50.04. From there the stock bounced to recently make a marginal new high while putting in even more powerful negative divergences in place so as with so most other recent short trades, this one may very well go on to hit the second and final target of 46.58.
KBH- This home builder stock hit its first profit target about a month after the short entry was triggered back in late June and has since floundered around in a relatively tight trading range around that level, still profitable at this time. Like most other short trades being removed today, KBH very well may break down from the current trading range and move lower to hit the second and final target but will be removed in order to focus on trades with a more favorable R/R at this time.
KEX- KEX moved lower after entry but reversed about a point above its first target and has been backtesting the broken uptrend line from below since.
KO- KO is another short trade that is still profitable and continues to looks promising longer-term for those who wish to remain short. The short entry for KO was triggered on a break below the steep ascending channel on the daily chart back in late May. KO went on to drop about 13% from there, so far reversing just shy of the first target but is still profitable by nearly 7%.
LEN- As with the HOV & KBH trades mentioned above, LEN is another home builder stock which has already hit it’s first profit target and remains solidly profitable at this time. Two separate short entries were posted on LEN, giving the trade an average entry price of 38.22. LEN is current at about an 8% profit from that level after making it down about half-way to the 2nd target for a nearly 20% gain before reversing. As with the other home builders, LEN has chopped around in a trading range around the first target level for months now. As with the other builders, I believe that the additional target levels will likely be hit over time but I am removing LEN from the Active Trade category in order to focus on trade currently offering clearly bearish technical patterns and better R/R profiles.
M- M (Macy’s) was most recently covered in the Nov 7th Short Trades Update video in which I mentioned a typo that I made on the final price target. M quickly hit the first profit target after the entry earlier this year and continue to fall reversing exactly on my final target line, however due to mix-up, I had incorrectly listed that target as 42.08 on the chart when it should have been about 15-20 cents higher. (The stock reverse at 42.18 and never looked back).
PWRD- PWRD hit the first profit target shortly after entry and still remains profitable. However, the stock has recently experienced some very volatile, sloppy price action which has muddled the charts somewhat. As such, PWRD will be moved to the Complete Trades category at this time.
SBH- This trade is essentially flat, trading less than 3% above the original entry price. Basically, the stock has chopped around in a frustrating trading range for what seems like forever and with out a clear read on the chart, SBH will be removed from the Active Trades category for a slight loss.
UNP- UNP was shorted at 156.00 in Sept and is currently trading at 160.72 or about 3% higher. As the technical picture is now somewhat obscure, UNP will be considered stopped out for a small loss and moved to the Completed Trades category.
The remaining Active Short Trades look fine at this time and updates will continue to be posted as important technical developments occur (targets hit, breaks above/below support/resistance, trendline backtests, etc…) As always, feel free to contact me if you any questions about these or any other trade ideas posted on the site. Also keep in mind that many of the trade ideas now have links to the live, annotated charts which are updated regularly, sometimes without a new post & static chart. The live chart links (for trades that have one) can be found under the most recent posts by selecting the ticker symbol from the “Posts By Ticker Symbol” drop-down menu on the right sidebar of the home page. This would be the preferred method when following a trade (vs. bookmarking the live chart link) as the link address to the live charts are occasionally changed or updated.