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FOE - $20 break may trigger a squeeze - this isn’t worth watching for a short as its really not up all that much its been an extremely gradual move. I wouldn’t be surprised if on the first attempt it doesn’t hold $20, in which case I’d watch for dips (any dips .50 cents or so) may be good for an add before it gears up and bust through the $20 mark.

GST from scan HERE has held the $2.00 mark and the volume cannot be ignored. This is heading straight for $2.25 which is the first resistance point after that a break of $2.50 should carry it towards $3.

BEXP I missed this one on last nights scan a beautiful break over $15, if this test and breaks $17 again this could squeeze towards $20, I don’t like this one for a short…

IMGN broke out of consolidation at the $4.50 level. This is a bullish sign, watch for a dip tomorrow, if $4.50 holds this should be a good buy for $5-5.50+

PLM - Three attempts to break the $4.25 level. Watch for the break tomorrow, if it does its probably going to head higher than $4.50 because of higher consolidation compared to last attempt at $4.50 (meaning last move where it tested $4.50 was coming off of lows, this time around its coming from a higher consolidation level of $3.75 so will not be faced with as much resistance as it was the previous attempt at highs)

RPRX - I would play this one similar to LLNW from last nights scan - you can see that HERE.

As I had mentioned before it’s not always the next day that the scan plays out. Most of the charts I post are up over 30-40% in just the past 10 days alone. Note how they’ve squeezed, topped off and corrected.

The two previous scans with the most charts can be found HERE and HERE.

MMR - Three failed attempts to break higher than $29 and change (-$2.00 correction)
EXM - Four failed attempts to break $45 dollars (-$5.00 correction)
JRJC - After the squeeze to short on detailed in this point (-$3.00 correction)
BEXP - Double top at $10 - unable to break ($-1.00 correct)
HL - After a failed second attempt to break $13 ($-3.00 correction)
CLR - After a squeeze Monday $1.00 after the mornings dip ($-5.00 correction)
CF - Unsuccessfully breaking $160 after a multi month squeeze (-$29.00 correction)
BTU - After the quick squeeze above $70 - the breakpoint and failure it’s base ($-10.00 correction)

This is not a “I told you so” style posting. AT ALL. This is to show that yes it does work, we wait for the pattern to play out, you need to focus on break points (previous highs, psychological, 52 week highs, double/triple tops etc.) and watch for weakness. Additionally it’s worth watching for spikes. I tend to watch for a spike of .50-1.00+ to short on, normally if these types of squeezes happen (or even a multi dollar squeeze) this signifies a “blow off” to the squeeze which you need to take advantage of. Many would argue that shorting is the riskiest thing to do since you can lose everything… but I’m not suggesting going short for a long period of time, you are simply taking advantage of an over extension.

As I mentioned in last nights blog, it might be time to buy after some of these consolidate, after all in most cases its healthy to have a pull back. Get the traders out, those happy with their short term 30-50% gains (as I said most scans are up 30-50% in 10 days), shake out the weak and bring in a new batch of longs taking a position for the longer term.

I will have a scan for tomorrow (Wednesday) shortly!

Scan List: BEXP KOG PDO ENT DGLY EXM ICO SCA MMR WMG

This is a purely technical scan and what I’m looking for on each. There may be earnings expectations being built in and if hit could spike further, or upon a miss could sink, there also may be news releases that come out and disprove any reads on the charts as of tonight 4/21/08! So with that, proceed with caution but here are my thoughts!

Big day in the markets tomorrow with AAPL first and then BIDU Thursday

KOG
Very nice move as of late. Lots of players trying to find the top (which it did top temporarily) but managed to squeeze higher and higher. The top is near in my opinion. Watch for a morning spike, if it loses $3.20 this should test $3.00 support again and end up near the $2.75 mark shortly there after. Worth a watch here could be an easy .50 cent play given a morning squeeze.

PDO - very thin not worth it to take a big position. I would watch for the test of $7.00 again before shorting. This is one of those stocks that could wash out to $5.50 and immediately recover to the $6.50’s leaving shorts confused and before you know it … its double digits.

ENT - A lovely chart, volume is really kicking in now. The volume tells me there is still more to come and may very well take out the last high of 2.65-2.70. On this break it should see $3.00. It’s not ready to be shorted … yet…

BEXP - quite a break out lately watching for the break of $10.00. If it breaks $10 it will probably start consolidating around this level before it heads for $12. If it breaks over $10 proceed with caution, and wait for the trade to come to you. $10 is a key area. There are two plays I am watching for.
1) Any spike to the upside of .50 to .75 I will likely scalp (rather quickly unlikely to hold for any period of time)
2) If it opens above $10 and squeezes higher I will wait for it to show weakness, upon breaking $10 on the downside I will enter looking for mid 8’s.

DGLY - met some resistance today, if this loses $9.00 it may retest low 8’s before heading back towards $10.

EXM - what a breakout $28 to a near $45 in a week. Watching for this to “gap and crap” tomorrow. This may open up $43.50-$44.00 and sprint towards the $45 before closing near $41. Most definitely on radar!

ICO nearly 10 million shares traded hands today. If this trades above $9 tomorrow I will watch for the fade under $9 to begin my short. What does that mean? If its $9.10-9.20 and begins to sell off towards the $9 mark I will short then, rather trying to catch the top. This can very easily see $10 so I’d rather not try to find the top by picking it out of a hat but rather let it form and then just join the fall.

SCA - starting to turn off bottom here, I’m not usually a fan of the sub dollar plays. If this breaks $1.18 it could turn into a supernova of sorts after it breaks $1.50 in which case I’m sure you’ll find Tim PennyStalking it but its time time and as he’s mentioned its just a POS random stock. I agree. BUT its on the radar just in case it squeezes not worth a position yet, although I do think we’ll see .80 before 1.20.

MMR some of these NYSE stocks vs. NASDAQ stocks are unbelievable. They just trend straight up without looking back. It’s heading towards $30 but I don’t think it will make it. This is on watch for any weakness, potential upside I feel is $31.00 potential downside support is around $24.00. Tomorrow may be the last day it closes green before taking a breather to gain additional momentum.

WMG - Heading towards $9.00. Note back in February it had trouble getting past that. This is what I’m looking for, if it fails as you can see it corrects rather quickly to the downside!

RDTA a great short heading right to where it belongs…

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Breakouts:

CMO is on the verge of breakout, this could easily fill the gap to $16.00 on a break of $13.92 (lets call it $14) which is the 200 day moving average. There is a double top around the 13.75 area. The play here is buying on the $14.00 break.

BCF is breaking its all time highs, this is well on its way towards the $20s

ENI - Amazingly bullish stock, this is heading for over $20 and hasn’t shown any weakness to this point.

Short Watch: Near Term

BEXP topping off it may squeeze through $10 but if volume dries and starts to show weakness this will test sub $9

GBRC - this one is topping off, perhaps one more squeeze towards the $4.50 range and that’s about it, this is up way to much.

The following I am looking for spikes to short on, these are all on the verge of breakout but still have another $1 to $2.00 in their squeezes, if they don’t and turn red, perfect time to short - these are not long term shorts they are just short term trades. It’s taking advantage of a price correction after a huge move higher, although they may sustain over the long period and make even more highs they still need to consolidate and filter out some of the longs. Investors/Traders end up satisfied with there enormous gains in such a short period of time and the first sign of weakness they are afraid to give them all back.

HL I’d like to see test $14

HA - this could squeeze almost to $10 before it takes a break

AAV looks very toppy today but given market conditions I’d like to see another squeeze out of it before I’m convinced theres a good short side opportunity

CLR - what a move for the longs, this may test $45 again shortly but needs a break if it’s going to hold any of these gains longer term

CF I wouldn’t be surprised to see $160 before it gives shorts some ease

BG on watch towards $130

BTU $68 I’ll start watching