Happy Marvelous Monday!
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The Nasdaq was down 2 days out of 5. The bullish days wiped out last week’s losses and test last week’s high. Back and forth it has gone for the last 4 weeks between similar highs and lows. Will it break out this week?
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I am going to focus on the NASDAQ on Mondays and call it “QQQ Monday”. I will focus on QQQ which is the ETF covering companies traded within the NASDAQ Exchange Traded Fund.
For today’s discussion, we will be looking at Invesco QQQ Trust, symbol (QQQ).
Before analyzing QQQ’s charts, let’s take a closer look at the ETF and its services.
Invesco QQQ is an exchange-traded fund that tracks the Nasdaq-100 Index™. The Index includes the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq based on market cap. These companies are often cut-edge tech stocks and trendier companies.
The image below is Friday’s price activity – mid-morning.
This chart image is courtesy of FINVIZ.com a free website and gives a quick view of each day’s movement.
This is an image from Friday where it dropped throughout most of the day. The carpet shows a lot of red. Many of the symbols with 4 or 5 letters are included in the QQQs- AAPL, AMZN, GOOGL, etc.
Fibonacci Exponential Moving Averages (EMA)
Exponential moving averages (EMAs) reduce the lag seen in simple moving averages by applying more weight to recent prices. The weighting applied to the most recent price depends on the number of periods in the moving average. We are applying 8, 21, and 55 weekly periods for our entry signals. EMAs differ from simple moving averages in that a given day’s EMA calculation depends on the EMA calculations for all the days prior to that day. You need far more than 10 days of data to calculate a reasonably accurate 10-day EMA.
There are three steps to calculating an exponential moving average (EMA). First, calculate the simple moving average for the initial EMA value. An exponential moving average (EMA) must start somewhere, so a simple moving average is used as the previous period’s EMA in the first calculation. Second, calculate the weighting multiplier. Third, calculate the exponential moving average for each day between the initial EMA value and today, using the price, the multiplier, and the previous period’s EMA value.
Charting services like Stockcharts.com and your broker’s chart service figure these calculations for you.
As mentioned, entry signals are based on the use of 8, 21, and 55 weekly averages. (8, 21 and 55 are Fibonacci numbers which are a special sequence of numbers which are added together- 1+1= 2, 2+1=3, 2+3=5, 5+3= 8, etc. 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 600… As mentioned, we are zeroing in on 8 EMA (short term), 21 EMA (medium term) and 55 EMA (long term).
Let’s See Why This Signal Potentially Offers Potential Trade Info
Each candle on the chart represents price movement over a 5-day (week) period. QQQ is apt to continue to drop or flatten out if the EMAs curl down, going lower. In March and May this year, price pulled back toward the 21 EMA and then, bounced up off that area. The last 3 weeks price have been up and down, as seen above, switching between red and black every other week with the end result being flat. It seems the pullback is over for the moment and yet price is now back down to the area where it seemed stuck. It needs to break above or below one of the lines to determine the new direction. We will see.
As long as the 8 EMA remains above the 21 EMA and the 8 and 21 EMA both remain above the 55 EMA, said to be in uptrending order, its current uptrend will remain intact, and price will continue to rise or go flat. Price has closed back above the 8 EMA which is again bullish. With last week’s upward move and down this week, we will likely have an indecisive final week of 2021. We will keep an eye on QQQ’s movement over the course of the couple weeks.
Potential Profit Play for QQQ
Last week, the QQQs reversed and gained the loss from the previous week. The majority of days were bullish, and price is back to where it was when it rose two weeks ago. There is no way of knowing what will happen Monday with a weekend to pause, but I suspect it will go up or go flat near this area.
General info:
Options often offer a smaller overall investment, covering more shares of stock and potential for greater profits, as well as making money when the price of a stock drops.
Possible trade:
If price continues to rise on Monday, you could consider a call trade if it moves above 398. If price drops below 378 you could consider a put trade.
To understand the difference between a stock purchase and an option, let’s make a comparison, if you bought 2 shares of QQQ stock for 398 per share, you would invest $796. If it rises to $410 you would have a gain of $12 per share or $24 or a gain of 3%.
Now let’s compare to an option trade. If you selected a 410 strike Call option and paid a premium of $1.11 for the Jan 10th (Dec wk1) expiration. If price rise from 398 to 410, rising $12 dollars in the stock’s price, the call premium is apt to go up about $6. Premium of $1.11 plus $6 = $7.11 or a profit of $6 per share or $600 for the 100-share contract. That is a profit of 540%
If price drops below 378, you could consider a Put trade where premium benefits when price drops.
Remember, you can take profit anywhere along the line, you don’t have to wait for the expiration date to sell. It is often wise to take profit when it is earned, especially in a volatile market.
If price drops below the support line, it can be wise to sell to reduce loss. As the expiration date nears, the premium will lose an increasing time value.
EMAs and line crosses are at the heart of most of my strategies. Many strategies come with a weekly newsletter listing numerous potential trade candidates.
I love teaching and sharing. It is my “thing”.
Yours for a prosperous future,
Wendy Kirkland
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Past trade update:
There has been no trades the last three weeks because price never moved above the support/resistance lines that were needed to consider a trade. The market is in a period of transition and deciding on a direction.
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