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Copper Doesn’t Exactly Suggest Bull Market Ahead
A Short Watch-List in a Long Market (by Ryan Mallory)
My watch-list that I work off of for swing-trading short setups are getting… well… short
Simply because this market keeps going up and up, although painstakingly so. You don't seem to see the surges higher, but rather a market that is simply content on drifting higher. Nonetheless, there are quite a few gems that I like on this list so keep an eye out for them.
There are others that have already dropped and the ideal scenario is to wait for them to pop back up into resistance
My three favorite short swing-trade setups are:
EverBank Financial (EVER) – nice bear flag confirmation – breakdown looks great, right underneath the prior rising trend-line.
Actavis (ACT) has a great lookin' head and shoulders pattern that has yet to confirm. But below $83, you should be good to go.
Barrick Gold (ABX) Already broke below key support. I'd like to short this stock on a move back to somewhere near $33, and then ride it lower below $31 before covering.
Be sure to check out more of Ryan's swing-trading ideas at SharePlanner.com
One of These Markets is Lying
Miners (below, in black) and the S&P (in blue) used to move largely in lockstep.
Over the past few months, miners have been in an unrelenting free-fall, whereas stocks have been on a helium-based ride to nosebleed levels.
I wonder which one of these markets is wrong? How will this divergence resolve itself? Actually, I don't wonder. But I present the chart to you nonetheless.
Time to Short Facebook
Not that a price/earnings ratio of about 2,000 isn't a steal, but I think it's time to short Facebook (symbol FB), with a tight stop at 29.64, which is where that gap is shown below. This market is priced for absolute perfection, and when it starts to turn down, the most far-fetched stocks are going to suffer the worst.
