jeudi 29 octobre 2009

EPA values : exonhit therapeutics and SOITEC

ALEHT:
Several values went down these days in correlation with a strong CAC40 fall.
It was the case for ALEHT, a society I'm watching closely...
Today, many stocks went green, among which exonhit.

What a beautiful engulfing candlestick we have but we shall wait fora confirmation of a potential upward trend reversal tomorrow...


SOITEC:
Many hopes people have on SOITEC. Semi-conductor industries have a bright future and soitec has a consistent portfolio of patents, a leading technology:smartcut. Also, many rumors about partnerships with Thomson have made this value very speculative thses last times...
Some brokers give targets of 12.5, even 15.
The pps went down thse last days, as people are taking profits...
After a long and spectacular series of black candlesticks, SOITEC pps might begin a new upward trend reversal with a long engulfing white candlestick and a buy signal given by the slow stochs indicator. The pps touched its 50 day MA and could rebound on it...

[back to ecd] uptrend observed

On the 10th, I suggested you a technical analysis of energy conversion devices pps and stressed the fact it could be time to enter long with a 14 target. On the 1Oth, ECD PPS was around 11.
What happened two days after was a long uptrend that went until a maximum around 13.5
The stock touched the 100 day moving average before retracting...
Now, investors are taking profits and a three black crows candlestick pattern constitutes the actual downtrend.


The pps evolution is somewhat cyclical and I think again one may get ready for an uptrend all the more since the MACD tends to go positive. In addition, one might predict a MACD positive divergence again with the same PPS as on the 10th but a higher MACD indicator value.

Let's see what's going on in the next days...

samedi 10 octobre 2009

energy conversion devices: I think t's time to buy

Not a long time ago, I've heard of nanosolar, a solar company which manufactures very thin silicium films. Google was interested in this company. Therefore, I thought it would be a good investment but i couldn't trade it as it hadn't entered (yet?) NASDAQ market.
I searched the web for innovating solar companies. I found energy conversion devices. Looking at the chart, I thought it could be interested to invest on this value...

"Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENER) manufactures and sells thin-film solar laminates that convert sunlight to energy using proprietary technology. Distributed globally under the UNI-SOLAR® brand, the company's products are ideally suited for cost-effective solutions for roofing applications because they are lightweight, durable, flexible, can be integrated directly with building materials, and generate more energy in real-world conditions. ECD also pioneers other alternative technologies, including a new type of nonvolatile digital memory technology that is significantly faster and less expensive, ideal for use in a variety of applications, including cell phones, digital cameras and personal computers."

Here's the chart taken from google finance:



On the 5th of October, the company announced it would supply 4.8 megawatts of solar generating systems to Recurrent Energy in Spain but strangely enough, the investors didn't react to this news. The value was still going downward. Maybe the market will react later?

Technically, after long white candlesticks based on significant volumes, there has been a smooth downward movement...The black candlesticks are getting narrower bodies, showing uncertainty, a pause/correction of the downtrend. The buyers may hesitate to continue selling their stocks. The volumes are especially low

If you look at the chart from Feb to September, you can notice a falling wedge. A falling wedge usually announces strong reversals...

If you look at time cycles, you can see that an average 40 day interval separates two picks or two lows. The last high was on about 30 day ago so maybe it's time to get ready for a change in the next few days?...

The stock behaviour is really irregular with lots of whipsaws since the second half of July.
generally, upward movements are strong, sometimes with gaps so my advice is one shouldn't wait too long to enter the position, or you might miss the train!..

One can notice a positive divergence on the MACD: the stock is having lower highs while the MACD indicator is getting higher lows.
The MACD is getting closer to its trigger line and it seems to follow it, which may indicate a really strong buy signal unlike when it crosses it abruptly...

Also, the slow stochs indicate the value is clearly overbought...Besides, you can uncover a time interval for the stock cycle by following the extremes of this indicator..

So, what would be, for me, the target value?
The 100 day simple moving average proves to be a good resistance level. If you project it in the short-term future, a level of 14 could be a good target, which would represent about 40% gain but maybe I'm too optimistic?!..

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We shall see what's happening next.
My estimate may be totally false, who knows?

about this blog

Stock trading is something very risky so I prefer to present myself and why this blog..

This summer, during my holidays, a friend of my parents' told me about stock trading. The discussion was really interesting as I didn't know anything of the subject. He convinced me into buying some shares of a company that is actually going up these times.

What interests me in trading is that it's part challenge, risk taking, and of course, econoy-following. The sectors in which I pay a lot of attention to are new tech companies: biotechnology, nanotechnology, computer companies, green energy. For e, trading is a very lucrative way to follow nowadays economy trends, while earning money (or losing :( ).

I learnt about technical trading but obviously, I still have a lot to learn about finance. But the few things I know, I want to share them with you through this blog. I could have written these analysises for myself but I prefer making them accesssible for those who are interested...

I'm trading as a non-professional, of course. Therefore, my analysises must be taken carefully. You can make yourself an opinion based on the little material I put in this blog. Don't hesitate to criticize. Make this blog the more interactive it can be, even if I know that many investors will prefer professional finance blogs to this modest contribution.

Anyway, hoping this blog will be as useful for you as i hope it to be for me,

mathieu