Amazon, Breakout Stock Treasure Hunt
Companies / Company Chart Analysis Sep 15, 2009 - 01:04 AM GMTTrading Approach: Identifying fundamentally stellar stocks poised technically to breakout for big profits.
Company Description
This week's breakout stock trade will involve Amazon.com (AMZN). Amazon.com, Incorporated. operates as an online retailer in North
America and internationally. It operates various retail Web sites, including amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.de, amazon.fr, amazon.co.jp, amazon.ca, and amazon.cn. The company serves its consumer customers through its retail Websites and focuses on selection, price, and convenience.
Fundamental Picture
The stock has terrific fundamentals with excellent sales growth and impressive return on equity. The trend of consumers to continue shopping online to save money has really benefited this company. In addition, the recent acquisition of Zappos and the success of the electronic reader Kindle will help turbo charge sales going forward.
Technical Outlook
The AMZN stock is exhibiting a strong uptrend based on the moving averages as well as an up sloping On Balance Volume(OBV)line whichfurther confirms the uptrend. The stock is also showing signs of starting to breakout from its most recent support area.
Trading Action Plan for the Week Entry:
Buy Amazon (AMZN) at 85.00 or better.
Profit Target Exit: 108.
Please note that we will use this price as an initial guide but we will gradually move up our trailing stop to capture as much of the breakout as possible while protecting our profits.
Stop-loss Exit: 77.50.
As the stock starts to breakout we will move the trailing stop up to protect any accrued profits.
Review of Open Positions: Trade Date Symbol Trade Trade Comments
No open positions.
Good Trading,
Jeff Neal - Editor
Jeff Neal has been actively and successfully trading the markets since 1996. He holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Indianapolis and a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Indiana University. Jeff is a veteran trader consistently posting profits by strategically applying options to the stock and ETF markets. As an expert risk manager Jeff combines technical analysis, fundamental analysis and options to create an optimal risk to reward profile. Jeff has been a longtime trading mentor and a prolific writer that has had many articles published. He is an author having featured articles in Futures magazine and Stocks and Commodities magazine. Over the years Jeff has interviewed many of the top traders in the business discussing the secrets of their trading success. In addition to his trading and writing experience, he also was a radio show market correspondent discussing the best stocks and options for the week. Jeff is passionate about trading the markets and as a mentor he constantly emphasizes that concentrating on risk management has been the cornerstone of his trading success.
Regards,
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Comments
STEVEN
03 Oct 09, 23:26 |
Amazon Target REVISED
Amazon new Revised Target is $114. All enjoy good trading with Amazon. Best of Luck Steven |