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Q&A Summary
| Question | Answer(s) |
|---|---|
| $AAPL or $MSFT split the money | live answered |
| $FB Is it a long term leader? | No. It doesn't have the earnings stability that we like to see for our Long-Term Leader list. |
| **DPZ | live answered |
| "LOGI" lock in gains or hold? | You could do a little of both. |
| A Good Morning to all IBDLivers! | Morning, Steve! |
| A lot of our key stocks went negative or at their lows for the day at the close! Comment? | Yep, there was some pretty massive rotation yesterday. Now we just have to see this is a trend shift or a one-off event. |
| A terrific Tuesday morning to the entire IBD Live Team from Minneapolis! Let's do this !! | Good morning, Minneapolis! |
| "ADSK | |
| CDNS Looks to be better company" | Thanks John |
| ADSK is involved heavily in manufacturing | nice follow through today! |
| ADSSK has a custom programming Eco System that makes it very sticky | Annual EPS is part of that Rating and they had some losses in 2017 and 18 |
| Ali - am I first on the Q&A again this morning? | Yep, on a streak! |
| Alissa: Are you in chrge this section? Thank you for your input. | It is a team effort! |
| Also, the green line on leaderboard on the daily chart - is it 10DMA or 21DMA? I couldn't find any annotation. I'm asking this because it looks different from the 21DMA on Marketsmith | It's the 10-day! |
| AMAT looks to be breaking out above consolidation- can we look at it? | 54.75 would definitely be an aggressive entry. 200-day line has been a wall for a while. |
| AMD had misleading marketing that pissed off its hardcore fans and manufacturing partners | oh, good to know |
| AMD is showing strength today. Pl comment.. | live answered |
| AMD looking great (actionable) today - can the team have a look please. | Have to agree. We've been waiting for a day like today. Now let's see if it can hold and get back to its winning ways. |
| AMD went down after earnings, how this may happen to NVDIA too? | That's always the risk with any stock with earnings. |
| "AMZN vs TSLA: | |
| Rivian Automotive announced Friday a funding round of $700 million led by Amazon (AMZN). Rivian is taking orders..." | Thanks Matt |
| and would like to spotlight GMAB IP | Extended from cup entry at 25.52 |
| Another query on technicals for Mike - Are we going towards a similar trend that we saw in 2008-2009 Markets? The markets shall go up till Fed stimulus is in and then have a huge drop again and then rise again similar to 2009 charts? Thanks. Any views on this will great for longer term investors!!! | So hard to look at things that way...I get what you are asking...but very tricky |
| Any thoughts on CHGG ? | Team analyzed earlier. Thanks for the Q! |
| APPN - Could you discuss Appian? It showed tight action for about three weeks in mid-April to early May and it seems to be on the move. But, I'm not certain how to read the action prior - it looks scary. Would love some counsel. Thanks. | 53.94 buy point looks legit to me. But gains faded Monday and again. Let's see if it can find its footing. |
| are the volumes in Leaderboard and Marketsmith sourced from the same place? | Making a note of this Q |
| Autodesk seems to be breaking out. Any opions? | live answered |
| BABA - Was the early buy point at $16.20? | BABA crossed an downward-sloping trend line - which was about 210 on Monday. 216.20 also could be seen as a resistance area and an alternate entry. |
| BIDU really poped would it be actionable? | See the answered section for thoughts on BIDU vs. BABA, JD and PDD |
| Big Picture states volume increased on NYSE not reflected in Marketsmith? | Hi Scott, IBD and MS used to be separate companies (within the O'Neil family) so we use diff volume feeds. We hope to sync this up very soon. But right now they will be different. Use IBD for now if you run into an issue like this |
| buenos dias! | Buenos dias, Juan! |
| Can Mike look at a possible entry on Googl please. Thank you very much. | We played it on SwingTrader on the 5/4 reversal. It had another reversal on 5/14 that looked actionable as well. Or you can go with the traditional pivot around 1415. |
| Can we checkout pypl | live answered |
| can we discuss DPZ? showed alot of weakness yesterday and still weak today | Sold off - like WING - on coronavirus recovery hopes (not great for coronavirus crisis plays). Doing better than the S&P 500 tody. |
| Can we LA SIMO | live answered |
| Can we look at UNH it is on SwingTrader also, looks like stop hit @ open thnx | We put that one as a close below the entry day low @290.72. So we are waiting for now, but it isn't acting as we expected. |
| can we please look at DPZ today? It is breaking a trend line and seems to be rebounding, but is it broken? Hold or cut and run? | "My two cents before the panelists discuss DPZ - but coronavirus plays sold off Monday as hopes for a vaccine raised the prospect of reopening the economy. ZM, PTON, DPZ all fell. WING reversed lower Monday, another pickup/delivery fast-food giant. |
| On the other hand, DPZ was doing well just before the coronavirus crisis. So there's a long-term story there." | |
| Can you clarify? Mike talks about 1st hour as amatuer hour,yet he places trades | NO I DO NOT call the first hour amatuer hour...but others do. Bill would trade in the first hour...I always have too. But the final 30 minutes is KEY! |
| Can you comment on DIS? Did it break out yesterday? | DIS had a strong gain on vaccine//economy opening hopes, but it's got a long way to go to form a proper pattern and breakout. Dis needs to get above its 200-day line before it's likely to be interesting from a CAN SLIM perspective. |
| can you comment on VRTX? | live answered |
| Can you define short stroke | Here's a article from Dave: https://www.investors.com/how-to-invest/investors-corner/smart-chart-reading-why-short-stroke-3-weeks-tight-give-a-profit-opportunity/ |
| can you discuss FB? Has the handle been formed yet? | live answered |
| Can you discuss whether to and how to rotate into the S&P stocks. timing etc | We're always looking at sector rotation. When you're screening stocks all the time, you'll notice themes in what's leading and what's moving out of favor. You can also track industry group rankings on Investors.com when you do a stock checkup! |
| Can you go over NOW and correlate the point of the stock going down after being added to the SP500 | live answered |
| can you guys look at RNG if possible | live answered |
| Can you guys please discuss NOW and PYPL | live answered |
| can you look at charts for currency. thinking japanese yen | You could do currency ETFs. A few that track the yen include: FXY, YCS, YCL, UJPY |
| Can you look at TEAM, VRTX and VEEV | live answered |
| can you take a look at CHGG? | live answered |
| Can you take a look at TDOC? Distribution shows D-, does this mean anything? | live answered |
| Can you talk about gold stocks going up or down in relation to the S&P and other major markets ? | Barrick (GOLD) broke out on 4/13. Looks like it could be closing in on a new entry at 28.60. It's not a traditional base pattern, but a short consolidation |
| can you talk about TMUS, with the softbank news. Hold, sell? | Depends on your entry. It's extended from a cup-with-handle buy point of 88.62. Could have also used 99.40. Still holding above its 10-day |
| CDNS breaking from a Cup & Handle what do u think, thnx | Reclaimed its buy point on Friday and kept moving. Now it's extended. |
| CHGG sold off more than i expected.... i trimmed to a half and will trim today if it doesn't bounce...expecting upside reversal | A lot of coronavirus plays sold off Monday. Obviously CHGG had a big run, so a little profit taking shouldn't be a surprise. |
| CHGG? | We'll definitely take a look. |
| Chris nickname: Panamint not Panama! | You got that right! |
| CMG in lightning mode? | live answered |
| Could I ask if you did both buy top ups in NOW and PYPL yesterday or was the price action a bit weak? | I bought some NOW but no PYPL. It kept fading. I was waiting for some strength. |
| Could mike explain how to read the candle stick charts? | Check out this article for details: https://www.investors.com/market-trend/stock-market-update-how-to-use/ |
| Could we look at SIMO | live answered |
| Could you comment on the price action of Chegg ? | Team analyzed earlier. Thanks for the Q! |
| could you please check out AYX shakeout yesterday? Thanks | In that group we've been focusing more on MDB |
| Country Rooooooaaaads taaake me hoooome | We sing that song all the time...long story. But that wasn't the pic...that pic was in HI |
| Dave- Awesome analogy on the Big Picture Friday - The Bulls backed up the truck! | Glad you liked it! |
| David - lol was just thinking that about the smiley face buttons at the airport 🙂 | Cheers Todd! |
| David. What about you? msft or aapl? | I like both very much! Thanks George |
| do u mean buy amazon today if u dont own any | live answered |
| does pattern recognition work for Mutual Funds? | No, it does not — but it does for ETFs! |
| DPZ down 3percent | live answered |
| DPZ fell yesterday. How are you seeing this chart action. I have a position and wondering how to play it? | live answered |
| DPZ was a monster from 2010 to August 2018. But hasn't it mostly been dead money until it jumped again on earnings in Feb or this year? | Yes, it really dropped off our radar until that recent shift. |
| DXCM | live answered |
| FB is recommended to buy at 215.38. Now FB is above it. Buy now? | live answered |
| For Mike: Can you go over the double cup on WDAY weekly reminder | live answered |
| For those holding NVDA going to be holding thru earnings? | That's what a lot of us are doing because we have over 20% profit. |
| Fresh pet broke out yesterday too | live answered |
| FRPT please!!! | live answered |
| FYI - according to Barrons, the market cap of DKNG is $9bil +, not the $1.48 on MS. the meregr with blank check company was tri-party and complicated. | Making a note of this! |
| G1320, Energy-Solar. Do you have an up thoughts on this one? Looks like an interesting chart and good RS rating but no fundamentals. | live answered |
| GM all Beautiful day in Centerville on Cape Cod | Awesome, GM Phil! |
| GM all from Sunny Liverpool NY | GM, Leslie! |
| GM all. Can you discuss the recent action on Swing Trader position UNH? Many thanks! | We put it on as kind of a slower mover to give us some balance but if it doesn't start doing something we'll probably be parting ways. |
| GM all... Q to MikeW please... What is the app that you use for Weekend Update candlestick charting? Thanks -Paul | making a note of this, thanks! |
| GM, do you have an article that explains how to read volume? | Yes! We have a ton of articles in our IBD Live FAQ to help investors on their IBD Live journey - you can check it out at investors.com/LiveFAQ. Link for price and volume explainer here for your convenience - there are three pages, so make sure to click through to the other two when you get to the bottom of the page: https://www.investors.com/ibd-university/chart-reading/price-volume-1/ |
| GM, the leaders did not do too well yesterday, if there is a rotation, what will grow investors do? do we start investing in value stocks as well? | It's important to not isolate one day of action — need to put it into perspective. Growth stocks have run up a lot in this rally, so it makes sense for them to take a breather at some point. If you start seeing many top growth names really start breaking down, that would be different. But if you take a step back, all of the names we're focusing on still look great in large part. Looking at weekly charts helps provide this perspective |
| GM, Views on Appian, TTD and Twilio please. thank you. | APPN the weakest of the three. TWLO holding gains since an earnings-fueled gap-up. TTD - could do downward-sloping trendline over 5/7 high or wait for traditional handle breakout to new highs over that level. |
| GM. Could you comment on TEAM and TTD? | See answered section for thoughts on TEAM and TTD |
| Good morning everyone, one thing about you guys is 'consistency' in showing up. Thanks for that! | Such a good point, Ronald! Thank you for your consistency as well! 🙂 |
| Good Morning from Florida | Morning, Uday! |
| Good morning team! Here's to a productive day! | GM, Dean! Agreed! |
| Good Morning Team! Luv it when Dave facilitates! 🙂 | He's got it dialed in. |
| Good morning! Please check out RNG. Thanks | live answered |
| good morning! Can we look at ENPH & SEDG today? Thanks! | live answered |
| Good Morning! Do you know why the Big Picture says that the volume rose on the NYSE and Nasdaq yesterday? I don't see it that way in MarketSmith. Looks different don't you think? | live answered |
| Good Morning, please comment on long term leader DG, flat base? | Trading tight lately but not quite a proper flat base |
| Good morning. Does IBD have any historical average for how often leadership rotation occurs? And isn't it early for leadership rotation to occur for this new uptrend? | Here's our article on sector rotation: https://www.investors.com/how-to-invest/investors-corner/how-to-find-stock-market-winners-watch-changing-industry-group-power/ |
| Good morning. Mike, Do you use the 8 or 10 Days MA also for anything? | Nothing. I used to use the 10 day for stuff on the upside |
| Hajimemashite. 🙂 Watashiwa Shari Dez......(It's been awhile!) 🙂 | Hey there, and Dozo yoroshiku onegaishimasu, Barbara-san! |
| Happy Birthday Scott! | Ty to everyone for the birthday wishes! I owe Irusha now 😉 |
| Happy Tuesday morning!!!! Have coffee and ready to go 🙂 | Same here! Happy Tuesday to you too! |
| HBD Scott!! | TY |
| Hello, could you please talk about PAYC? It had a good day yesterday. Thank you | PAYC definitely getting its mojo back. Still in buy zone IMO |
| Hi all, is NASDAQ forming a cup with handle pattern? | The Nasdaq has formed a bunch of handle-like patterns along the way. That's let some growth stocks form handles - sometimes multiple ones. |
| Hi guys! And gals:) any discussion on AAXN | live answered |
| Hi Team, Why would the RS line be against the S&P and not Nasdaq if most growth stocks tend to be from there? | S&P 500 is the industry standard for benchmarking performance |
| Hi! I have a15% profit in EVBG and would like to add to it. Any thoughts on whether it is setting up for a small additional buy? | When it clears a trendline or hits new highs. Like what we've been doing w/ PYPL |
| hi. how about NVDA? | Team just discussed in lightning round. Thanks for the Q! |
| how about adding some exposure to the "real ecenomy" stocks in the SP500 by buying some SPY or UPRO? it seems like other sectors not in Nasdaq are heating up | It makes sense for there to be a little mean reversion. Personally, I did a little UPRO position. I don't like to bottom fish in the sectors but figured that would get a little pop. |
| how about NOW. add on here ? | live answered |
| how about NVDA ? | live answered |
| How about TMUS - down big time pre market | Softbank, which has its own issues, is selling a lot of TMUS shares. Interesting to see if sell-off holds in session - and if it's just a one-off negative news amid a positive TMUS trend. |
| How do you get exposure to biotechs. which ETF. Is there an entry point. | We've been looking at IBB. Check out this IBD Live clip from yesterday, which includes a discussion of biotech ETFs: https://www.investors.com/research/ibd-live-coronavirus-vaccine-stock-soars-but-is-it-a-buy/ |
| How do you get input text on AMZN chart? Do you write or they are hidden somewhere on Market Smith? | I'm not exactly sure I understand your question - but you can definitely set up an appointment with a MarketSmith coach, click the talk to a coach button on the MarketSmith home screen! |
| How do you view the 5 day moving average on Market smith? How does one set conditional orders using the 5 day in Think or swim? | Check the "how do I..." section of our FAQ at investors.com/LiveFAQ for your first question. For the second one, would check with the TDAmeritrade team for training for that platform! |
| How many full positions have you defined SwingTrader with it was fully invested? | 8 full positions, 12.5% each is the way we do it for calculating performance. |
| I did have PODD what should I do? | live answered |
| I have no sound...... | Check investors.com/LiveFAQ for troubleshooting tips! |
| I heard Draft Kings has a new game 1st on IBD Live Tom Payne | I'm drafting Mike. |
| "I like the lightning comparison of stocks! MSFT v AAPL | |
| Do again!" | Cheers! |
| I really like the new look and function of the IBD main page | Awesome, thanks for the feedback! |
| I second CHGG | live answered |
| I see that daily chart shows TTWO is extended, however, the weekly is showing it is in the buy zone | live answered |
| I would like to hear you discuss risk and reward when sizing a trade and setting stops. | Please check out our FAQ for portfolio management tips, including this, at investors.com/LiveFAQ - position size article (which includes calculator) link pasted here for your convenience: https://www.investors.com/how-to-invest/investors-corner/calculating-position-size-for-portfolio-management/ |
| IBD had recent article on short stroke, where do I find it? | Here you go: https://www.investors.com/how-to-invest/investors-corner/smart-chart-reading-why-short-stroke-3-weeks-tight-give-a-profit-opportunity/ |
| IBD Team: Question: What is the average return of the entire IBD Live Team over the last 1 month, 3 months, and YTD...? | SWINGTrader...which we talk about daily is up 20.63% vs the S&P -8.57% as of last night |
| I'd like to know what kind of stairs that Chris has. Could he explain his stair steeping. | I like sustained moves above the 10-week. Stocks that pop up and go sideways, close below the 10-week and then take another step up can be very profitable but they are very tough for me to hold. |
| if a stock goes up to 20-25%? | Would look at it on a case-by-case basis. Need to conduct full analysis to determine if it's a big winner that you want to let run, or if it's not as strong as other holdings and you want to put your profits to work somewhere else, etc. — here's an article on how to grade your stocks: https://www.investors.com/how-to-invest/investors-corner/how-to-trade-stocks-execute-a-solid-trading-plan-letter-grade-system/ |
| If i buy JCP since Amazon is looking at buying them...will i be foolish, i mean are they in bankruptcy, would the Amazon buy be like private equity, will we lose? | It's speculative. The problem is that if the deal doesn't go through then what? |
| ILMN | live answered |
| In the case of RP (RealPage), how do you apply the 8% down sell rule when the stock announces a secondary common stock and bonds offering, and drops 10%? | Well it looks like it's bounced back! In this group, we've been focusing more on TEAM |
| Is CHGG too extended to add to? | live answered |
| Is it too late to buy BIDU | If you look at a weekly chart, this one is still in a downtrend — even with the powerful move this week. We like focusing on stocks in uptrends forming base patterns above their 200-day lines. So for Chinese stocks, we've been looking at BABA, JD and even PDD rather than BIDU |
| is MRNA a buy with yesterdays gap up low as your stop? | No. It was already extended at that point. If you get a gap after a consolidation it's actionable. But when it is sticking straight up in the air, that's a lot more risky. |
| Is NVIDIA actionable with earnings on Thursday? | It's extended here. |
| Is team mobile (TMUS) a buy or wait to see what happens with soft bank possible sale of its shares | live answered |
| Is there a filter for breakouts over the 21ema with volume? | Making a note of this! |
| Is there an S&P stock that you would recommand? | MSFT, AAPL, AMZN all on our radar |
| Is this an add-on position. I don't have any position in AMZN. is this a good time to start a new position? | Team has been adding to existing positions |
| JOHN B. Hello | Hi there, John! |
| Leaderboard question: Assuming that we buy a leaderboard stock at within the buy range: Is there a common sell point if the stock goes down, e.g., the 10 wk line or 7% of 50 day ma or 21 day ma? Or Are all stocks unique depending on what relationship they have to their bases, ma's etc. That would probably make more sense. I dokn't see sellpointss in the Leaderboard stock analysis. Your thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks, Steve | In general, the 7% to 8% sell rule takes precedence (remember that's from our purchase price). Once we have cushion, we would like to use the 10-week moving average line for most stocks. Maybe for a Long-Term Leader, once we have more cushion, we could use the 40-week line. |
| Lightning round - ENPH | live answered |
| look at ADSK. Opinion? | live answered |
| Lulu? Athletic/Yoga apparel had close to 140% increase in sales on Baba for the Qtr.....should translate to sales growth for LuLu? | Obviously, a lot of LULU online sales in China and U.S. are substituting for lost in-store sales. LULU has shown strong online sales growth in recent years. If the economy does pick up, that's good news for consumer discretionary names. |
| lvgo went below the 60 level. Would you sell or hold? | It's still looking great. Like they were saying with CHGG, would give this one some breathing room |
| Mike - Be careful, Chris may ask you TPS report | Good one!! |
| Mike I always need my MarketSmith Chart! | It's true |
| Mike mentioned on WDAY the RS line number was low. I see the RS rating is low but where is the RS line number Thanks Peter Schumacher | The RS line doesn't have a number. We just look at where the line is trending. |
| Mike mentioned Square (SQ). Can we discuss entry points? | live answered |
| Mike you have to hike on the beach in order to make a line in the sand! lol | The things I do for IBDLive:) |
| Mike: when the Power Trend will be stopped? How you see it today? | When the 21 day go below the 50 day |
| Mike's country road background | 🙂 |
| Morning - Is PYPL actionable today? Thanks | live answered |
| Morning all! What's a closing range? | This provides a good explainer: https://www.investors.com/market-trend/stock-market-update-how-to-use/ |
| Morning folks! | Morning, Joseph! |
| Morning from Belgium, Super-Team! | Well then I guess, good afternoon Belgium. |
| Morning from Madrid | live answered |
| MSFT y AAPL | live answered |
| MSFT?? | live answered |
| MW = Shelf = "Armrest" | Nice |
| NAT, this one is really out there. Looking at the MarketSmith chart the RS rating looks unexpectedly high. Have I missed a trick here? The spike in the share price I believe is linked to the recent spike in freight rates, strong sales and earnings but clearly not a leader stock. More curious about the RS rating. | RS rating is based on 52-week price performance. So when this one went from 2.30 to 9, that is impacting RS rating. We pay more attention the the actual RS line. Check out investors.com/LiveFAQ for details about the qualities we look for in the stocks we're buying! One is that we tend to not focus on stocks under $10 |
| NBIX - thoughts? | live answered |
| Nice analysis Mike | Thanks |
| No Market School Market Strategy Commentary for Monday on Leaderboard? | Making a note of this! |
| NOW. Does 388.50 look like a high handle pivot point? | Yes - buy point is 388.60 ... though it's still in buy range range from the original cup base entry. |
| NOW-cup with handle? | You can treat that recent action as a handle and a buy point. Technically it's in buy range from its cup base entry of 363.05 |
| NVDA has a new killer chip. Story looks stronger than AMD even though both companies have very strong CEOs and teams. | live answered |
| NVda or amd | live answered |
| Ok, 0SP5L for the S&P. And for the Nasdaq? | Nasdaq volume is fine. |
| Please discuss ENPH - rising rapidly | live answered |
| Please discuss how to manage the upcoming earnings in BABA? | Team likes cushion of at least 8% ideally when holding stocks into earnings |
| "Please look at ABBV, thanks | live answered |
| please look at QDEL! before the show is over 🙂 | live answered |
| Please look at veev | live answered |
| Please take a look at $GOOGL. It's on the Near Pivot list. would it be considered actionable now? | buy point is just above handle - 1,145.63. Should wait for GOOGL to get above that, hopefully with strong price/volume action |
| PYPL | live answered |
| PYPL, is this now a full position on Leaderboard? I don't see position size on its leaderboard page. Thanks Guys. | Under Current Action you'll find the position size. It's also usually noted on the chart. We started as a quarter position on the earnings gap up on May 7. We brought it to a half position yesterday. |
| RNG? | live answered |
| RNG? | live answered |
| Scott doesn't look a day over 40! lol | Well said 🙂 |
| Scott's son should be on more !!!! | He was very cute, wasn't he? |
| Scott-happy BD...you so look like Opie as a kid. That is a compliment! | IT IS! |
| Singapore airport restrooms have those (smilometer) kind of feedback. | LAX too now! |
| So what are your thoughts on GSX after the IBD story with 2 short sellers claiming it is a total fraud? | There's already enough risk with high-octane growth stocks. When a foreign company faces fraud accusations, the risks are very high. If GSX ends up being innocent, maybe the stock will rise (though you never know), but the risk of a sudden, massive drop is there. |
| So, where should I see the real volume? | We use the S&P 500 Index listed volume. That's 0SP5L in MarketSmith |
| SPGI adding to gains! | live answered |
| SWKS setting up? | RS line hitting a new high on the daily. Breaking out of a cup-with-handle base with a 112.84 buy point on the weekly. In the chip sector, we've been focusing on NVDA and AMD - better fundamentals as of late and stronger uptrends |
| Take profits on NVDA ? | live answered |
| Thank You Alissa. Would we be able to review UNH, since it is on Leaderboard. I am thinking a lot of people are sick and UNH may have to pay out its customer a bunch of $$$. Why is it on Leaderboard? | It's on the "near a buy point" list — still waiting for it to clear 304.10, aggressive entry above trendline is 293. Has track record of outperforming over the long term. This base resets the base count, and we like early-stage bases. And from Leaderboard: UnitedHealth's model aims to contain health costs for its managed care arm, partly by insourcing health services to its own cost-efficient locations. A 3-year annual EPS growth rate of 22% is rare for megacap companies. |
| Thanks for discussing ENPH. Was just looking for insight into ENPH. | That's what lightning round is for! |
| Thanks for the CHGG update! | Thank you! |
| Thanks Scott for $GLOB | So far anyhow 🙂 |
| The DPZ Chart looks a pizza with all the toppings... Messy | Good one. |
| The folks who do dark ops each day do an excellent job. Kudos. | Cheers Joseph! |
| The road to Mayberry? | 🙂 |
| "They are reporting 53,000 deaths in the UK. 🙂 | |
| Good afternoon from the UK!" | Trying to focus on the good news! Afternoon, Daphne! |
| Thoughts on AMZN ? | live answered |
| Thoughts on DBX? Started a position near the 21 day average but was disappointed in lack of participation yesterday. | In that group, MDB looking a lot better |
| Thoughts on DPZ please, character change? | live answered |
| Thoughts on MA and BKNG? | In the payments space, We've preferred PYPL over MA, but it's trying to form the right side of a cup right now. BKNG making a big move this week, but it's in a beaten-down industry group and not in position |
| TMUS? | live answered |
| TTWO b/o, what do you think? | live answered |
| TTWO Please. | live answered |
| TWLO trending sideways for past 5 days. Would you continue to hold or take profits? | Like the team was saying for CHGG, it's not doing anything wrong since the earnings gap. Holding above the 10-day. Would give it a little breathing room |
| UNH , stop loss at 290? can we get out now? For swing trader?. or keep in it. | We picked a close below that entry, but it's not doing what we expected. Can't all be winners 🙁 |
| Wait for NVDA earnings before purchasing AMD (if breaks handle pivot)? | live answered |
| What are your thoughts on intuit? | Nice support week at bottom of base (see weekly chart). Sneaky handle on daily chart (268.02 entry). Earnings due Thursday after the close. |
| What do you think about semi-equip companies like ACMR or ASML | ASML is just below a possible early entry of 306. It's a chip gear giant. ACMR is a smaller player, not profitable. Stock looks great but is extended. |
| what does the orange bubble on the marketsmith chart mean ? | Largest volume since breakout from base |
| What happened to Peloton yesterday | There was some rotation. A number of coronavirus plays (stay at home to workout with gyms closed) suffered because of the positive news for MRNA vaccine work. |
| what is I.com | our internal shorthand for investors.com! |
| What is your reading on DXCM, it has had a terrific run but seems to be getting tired. | Certainly taking a break. Still leading the market. |
| What portfolio allocation is recommended to do all three services: % money in long term leaders, % leaderboard, % swing trader, % ibd live quick adds ? Number of stocks? We put the time to manage full time | I think that's kind of a personal decision and depends on what type of trading speaks to you more. And you'll notice there is a lot of overlap. |
| What was the research company you just mentioned that does good analysis. You said they were similar to IBD but based on the east coast. | Ned Davis Research, NDR. |
| what's cls range on market smith mike is talking about? | Explained in this article: https://www.investors.com/market-trend/stock-market-update-how-to-use/ |
| when do you use a weekly chart vs monthly vs daily chart in your analysis | Hey Ray, How long do you want to hold? The longer you want to hold a stock, it makes sense to step back to a longer term chart. Puts the moves in perspective. Truth is we use all three to inform our decisions. |
| Where can I get into PYPL? | The earnings gap was the best place for starting a position, and since then, the team has been adding to their positions on days of strength |
| Which ETF tries to achieve 2x performance of QQQ? | QLD |
| Which is the best way to manage stop loss on my portfolio (USA stocks), if my main currency is Euros? Thanks | It's all about percentages and how much of your portfolio you are risking on each trade, regardless of currency. |
| Who's feeling the freshest today... hmm... SFM... | It's been on a nice run amid a turnaround in its fundamentals but it didn't really form a proper entry — making it hard to get in. It's extended now! |
| Why do guys hold on to "slivers of positions"? Put another way, why do you buy tiny positions? Is it to ensure that it's on your radar? | Stay on radar. But I have seen so many stocks that looked broken but didn't close below the 10-week and ended up being winners. (Also: Sometimes to keep an eye on it. Sometimes to get a position started at an early entry, with plan of building position at a more-conventional buy point. Perhaps the stock seems high risk/high reward, and one of us wants to take a flier on it but not take a big stake.) |
| why does ADSK have a 77 EPS rating with triple digits earnings the last 8 qtrs? | Net losses in 2017 and 2018 |
| Why is MKTX not on longterm Leaders List? | We kept gravitating toward the September 2019 dramatic drop that seemed really out of character and that's why we hesitated on this one. |
| Why not just offer candlestick charts in marketsmith? Also it would be nice to have MACD...?? | We have a very full pipeline of improvements that we want to make, and Irusha + co. are working very hard to make them happen! |
| Will you buy ENPH at this level or is it too extended? | live answered |
| Would NVDIA earnings affect AMD price? | There's a good chance that NVDA results/guidance will impact AMD, though AMD's results didn't have much impact on NVDA. |
| Would you add a position to NOW today if you previously had one cut due to the volatility of the recent breakout? | live answered |
| Would you consider call options as a way to play BABA into earnings? | We have a weekly earnings preview column that highlights earnings option plays of interest for the week — check it out! https://www.investors.com/category/research/earnings-preview/ |
| you have AMD on ready list but u have buy point at 58.73 for a couple of sessions now. what up | Hey Vivien! We actually used the break above a downward-sloping trendline on 5/11 as our entry for AMD. But you're right, the traditional/orthodox CAN SLIM entry is 58.73 - which is what we're eyeing for Leaderboard! |
Ready List
| Symbol | Name |
|---|---|
| AAPL | Apple Inc |
| AMD | Advanced Micro Devices |
| ASML | A S M L Holding N.V. NY |
| CRUS | Cirrus Logic Inc |
| FRPT | Freshpet Inc |
| GOOGL | Alphabet Inc Cl A |
| GPN | Global Payments Inc |
| HUBS | Hubspot Inc |
| NOW | Servicenow Inc |
| POOL | Pool Corp |
| SPLK | Splunk Inc |
Watchlist
| Symbol | Name |
|---|---|
| AAPL | Apple Inc |
| ABBV | AbbVie Inc |
| ABT | Abbott Laboratories |
| ACAD | Acadia Pharmaceuticals |
| ACMR | Acm Research Inc Cl A |
| ADBE | Adobe Inc |
| ADSK | Autodesk Inc |
| AEM | Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd |
| ALNY | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals |
| AMD | Advanced Micro Devices |
| AMGN | Amgen Inc |
| AMZN | Amazon.com Inc |
| ASML | A S M L Holding N.V. NY |
| ASND | Ascendis Pharma A/S Ads |
| ATRC | Atricure Inc |
| ATVI | Activision Blizzard Inc |
| AU | Anglogold Ashanti Ads |
| AVLR | Avalara Inc |
| AYX | Alteryx Inc Cl A |
| BABA | Alibaba Group Hldg Ads |
| BAND | Bandwidth Inc Cl A |
| BILI | Bilibili Inc Cl Z Ads |
| BILL | Bill.com Holdings Inc |
| BIO | Bio Rad Labs Inc Cl A |
| BKI | Black Knight Inc |
| BLK | Blackrock Inc |
| BMY | Bristol-Myers Squibb Co |
| BYND | Beyond Meat Inc |
| CACI | C A C I Intl Cl A |
| CCC | Clarivate Plc |
| CDNS | Cadence Design Systems |
| CGNX | Cognex Corp |
| CHGG | Chegg Inc |
| CHTR | Charter Comm |
| CHWY | Chewy Inc Cl A |
| CIEN | Ciena Corporation |
| CLX | Clorox Co |
| CMG | Chipotle Mexican Grill |
| COUP | Coupa Software Inc |
| CPRT | Copart Inc |
| CRL | Charles River Labs Intl |
| CRM | Salesforce.com Inc |
| CRUS | Cirrus Logic Inc |
| CRWD | Crowdstrike Holding Cl A |
| CWST | Casella Waste Sys Cl A |
| DDOG | Datadog Inc Cl A |
| DG | Dollar General Corp |
| DHR | Danaher Corp |
| DKNG | Draftkings Inc Cl A |
| DOCU | Docusign Inc |
| DPZ | Dominos Pizza Inc |
| DT | Dynatrace Inc |
| DVA | Davita Inc |
| DXCM | Dexcom Inc |
| EBAY | Ebay Inc |
| EBS | Emergent Biosolutions |
| ENPH | Enphase Energy Inc |
| ENTG | Entegris Inc |
| EPAM | Epam Systems Inc |
| ETSY | Etsy Inc |
| EVBG | Everbridge Inc |
| EVER | Everquote Inc Cl A |
| FB | Facebook Inc Cl A |
| FDS | Factset Research Sys Inc |
| FIVN | Five9 Inc |
| FNV | Franco Nevada Corp |
| FRPT | Freshpet Inc |
| FSLY | Fastly Inc CL A |
| FTNT | Fortinet Inc |
| GDDY | Godaddy Inc Cl A |
| GDX | Vaneck Vect Gold Miners |
| GH | Guardant Health Inc |
| GIS | General Mills Inc |
| GLOB | Globant SA |
| GNRC | Generac Hldgs Inc |
| GO | Grocery Outlet Hdg Corp |
| GOLD | Barrick Gold Corporation |
| GOOGL | Alphabet Inc Cl A |
| GPN | Global Payments Inc |
| HALO | Halozyme Therapeutics |
| HD | Home Depot Inc |
| HUBS | Hubspot Inc |
| HUM | Humana Inc |
| HZNP | Horizon Therap Public |
| IBB | Ishares Nasdaq Biotech |
| IIVI | Ii-Vi Incorporated |
| ILMN | Illumina Inc |
| INTU | Intuit Inc |
| IPHI | Inphi Corp |
| IRTC | Irhythm Technologies Inc |
| JD | JD.com Inc Cl A Ads |
| JKHY | Jack Henry & Assoc Inc |
| KNSL | Kinsale Capital Group |
| LLY | Eli Lilly & Co |
| LOGI | Logitech Intl Sa |
| LULU | Lululemon Athletica |
| LVGO | Livongo Health Inc |
| MA | Mastercard Inc Cl A |
| MASI | Masimo Corp |
| MCO | Moodys Corporation |
| MDB | Mongodb Inc Cl A |
| MELI | Mercadolibre Inc |
| MKC | Mccormick & Co |
| MKTX | Marketaxess Holdings Inc |
| MNST | Monster Beverage Corp |
| MOH | Molina Healthcare Inc |
| MRNA | Moderna Inc |
| MRVL | Marvell Technology Group |
| MSCI | M S C I Inc |
| MSFT | Microsoft Corp |
| MTCH | Match Group Inc |
| MYOK | Myokardia Inc |
| NBIX | Neurocrine Biosciences |
| NEM | Newmont Corporation |
| NET | Cloudflare Inc Cl A |
| NFLX | Netflix Inc |
| NICE | Nice Ltd Ads |
| NOW | Servicenow Inc |
| NTES | Netease Inc Adr |
| NTRA | Natera Inc |
| NVDA | Nvidia Corp |
| ODFL | Old Dominion Fght Line |
| OKTA | Okta Inc Cl A |
| ONEM | 1Life Healthcare Inc |
| PAAS | Pan American Silver Corp |
| PDD | Pinduoduo Inc Cl A Ads |
| POOL | Pool Corp |
| PTON | Peloton Interactive Cl A |
| PYPL | Paypal Holdings Inc |
| PZZA | Papa Johns Intl Inc |
| QDEL | Quidel Corp |
| QLYS | Qualys Inc |
| RARE | Ultragenyx Pharma |
| REGI | Renewable Energy Grp Inc |
| REGN | Regeneron Pharmaceutical |
| REYN | Reynolds Consumer Prdcts |
| RGEN | Repligen Corp |
| RMD | Resmed Inc |
| RNG | RingCentral Inc Cl A |
| SAM | Boston Beer Company |
| SDGR | Schrodinger Inc |
| SE | Sea Limited Ads Cl A |
| SEDG | Solaredge Technologies |
| SFM | Sprouts Farmers Market |
| SGEN | Seattle Genetics Inc |
| SHOP | Shopify Inc Cl A |
| SHW | Sherwin-Williams Co |
| SMAR | Smartsheet Inc Cl A |
| SMG | Scotts Miracle-Gro Co |
| SNAP | Snap Inc Cl A |
| SNPS | Synopsys Inc |
| SPGI | S&P Global Inc |
| SPLK | Splunk Inc |
| SPOT | Spotify Technology S A |
| SQ | Square Inc Cl A |
| SWCH | Switch Inc Cl A |
| SWKS | Skyworks Solutions Inc |
| TCEHY | Tencent Holdings Ltd Ads |
| TDOC | Teladoc Health Inc |
| TEAM | Atlassian Corp Plc Cl A |
| TECH | Bio-Techne Corp |
| TGT | Target Corporation |
| TGTX | TG Therapeutics Inc |
| TMO | Thermo Fisher Scientific |
| TMUS | T-Mobile U.S. Inc |
| TNDM | Tandem Diabetes Care Inc |
| TREX | Trex Company Inc |
| TRHC | Tabula Rasa Healthcare |
| TSLA | Tesla Inc |
| TTD | The Trade Desk Inc Cl A |
| TTWO | Take-Two Interactv Sftwr |
| TW | Tradeweb Markets Cl A |
| TWLO | Twilio Inc Cl A |
| TXG | 10x Genomics Inc Cl A |
| TYL | Tyler Technologies Inc |
| UBER | Uber Technologies Inc |
| UNH | Unitedhealth Group Inc |
| V | Visa Inc Cl A |
| VEEV | Veeva Systems Inc Cl A |
| VRSN | Verisign Inc |
| VRTX | Vertex Pharmaceuticals |
| WING | Wingstop Inc |
| WIX | Wix.com Ltd |
| WPM | Wheaton Precious Metals |
| WST | West Pharmaceutical Svcs |
| XLRN | Acceleron Pharma Inc |
| ZLAB | Zai Lab Limited Ads |
| ZM | Zoom Video Comm Cl A |
| ZS | Zscaler Inc |
| ZTO | Zto Express Ads Cl A |
| ZTS | Zoetis Inc |
Top Mutual Funds For Stock Research
| Symbol | Name |
|---|---|
| ALSAX | ALGER SMALL CAP GROWTH A |
| ACRNX | Columbia Acorn Inst |
| FCNTX | Fidelity Contrafund |
| FMAGX | Fidelity Magellan |
| FOCPX | Fidelity OTC |
| FKGRX | Franklin Growth A |
| VGRAX | Invesco Mid Cap Growth A |
| OPOCX | Invesco Oppenheimer Discovery |
| JDMAX | JANUS HENDERSON ENTERPRISE A |
| JDCAX | JANUS HENDERSON FORTY A |
| JACAX | Janus Henderson VIT Forty Inst |
| LAGWX | Lord Abbett Developing Growth |
| LGLAX | Lord Abbett Growth Leaders A |
| MFEGX | MFS Growth A |
| LGOAX | Miller Opportunity A |
| POAGX | PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Gr |
| PRNHX | T. Rowe Price New Horizons |
| VPCCX | Vanguard PRIMECAP Core Inv |
| WGROX | Wasatch Core Growth |
| WMICX | Wasatch Micro Cap |
| SGRAX | WELLS FARGO GROWTH A |
