Trading the Charts for Tuesday, September 19th
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The focus this week will be the FOMC meeting on Wednesday…
The last 20 days of September is one of the worst stretches of the year…
SPY
RSP — bounced off 200d sma
QQQ — bounced off 50d ema
QQQE
IWM — sliced through 200d sma and closed below VWAP from March lows
IWO — closed right on top of 200d sma
ARKK — sliced through VWAP from recent lows
Morning stock screen via Deepvue: AFL AGI ALKT ALSN AMP APLE AXON BRC BRZE BSX CELH CI CNK CRBG CRS CRWD CTAS DO DUOL EMR EPAC ESNT ESTC GSHD HDSN INVH KEX LIN MAIN MELI MTN MUFG NCNO NMFC NMIH NVS OBDC PCAR RIG RSG STLA TEAM WDAY WELL WIX WT WWD ZS
Criteria: market cap above $500M, above 20d sma, above 50d sma, above 200d sma, average volume above 200k, sales acceleration last two quarters, earnings accelerations last two quarters
Morning stock screen via Finviz: AGRO ALKS AMZN APO ARES ARRY AXNX BB BKR BRZE BVN CELH CIEN CINF COUR CRS CRWD CYBR DHT DKNG DUOL DX EGO ESTC FLS FSR GE GWRE HIG HLX KEX KGS KKR LLY LNW MELI META NBIX NCNO NTNX OII OKTA PAAS PDD PGR PUMP RIVN RSI SLB TDW TEAM TENB TIMB TSLA TTI UBER UBS VIV WFRD WK WRB XPRO ZS
Criteria: price above $3, market cap above $500M, above 20d sma, above 50d sma, above 200d sma, average volume above 300k, QoQ earnings growth above 5%, QoQ sales growth above 5%, earnings growth next year above 20%
Commentary:
I did my best to put together a watchlist with some half-decent setups but overall I don’t see any great setups that get me excited. This is a choppy, unpredictable market with lots of stocks 20-40% off their summer highs as several of the indexes (RSP, IWM, IWO) pull back to their 200d moving averages.
We get the FOMC decision tomorrow and I think there’s a good chance they sound hawkish so I would not be expecting any sort of post-FOMC rally. I don’t mind starting a few positions today because I can keep stop losses super tight going into the FOMC statement at 2pm EST tomorrow, but also not sure it’s even worth the time or risk of capital. Might be better to just do nothing today and see how the market reacts tomorrow and Thursday. With oil at $92+ and the 10Y at 4.33% it’s hard to imagine stocks can do anything to the upside especially if the FOMC leaves the door open for more rate hikes.
Even though I’m trying to find the best stocks (strong fundamentals & strong technicals) it’s like trying to sail a boat in choppy seas with no wind, not worth it. Better to wait for the seas (ie markets) to calm down and the wind (ie technicals) to improve.
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