Here's this week's crypto roundup. It's an opportunity for us to take a step back, set aside the distractions, and delve into the key charts shaping the crypto complex.
As most of you know, we use various bottom-up tools and scans to complement our top-down approach.
It's really been working for us!
One way we're doing this is by identifying the strongest growth stocks as they climb the market-cap ladder from small- to mid- to large- and, ultimately, to mega-cap status (over $200B).
Once they graduate from small-cap to mid-cap status (over $2B), they come on our radar. Likewise, when they surpass the roughly $30B mark, they roll off our list.
But the scan doesn't just end there.
We only want to look at the strongest growth industries in the market, as that is typically where these potential 50-baggers come from.
Some of the best performers in recent decades – stocks like Priceline, Amazon, Netflix, Salesforce, and myriad others – would have been on this list at some point during their journey to becoming the market...
I received a well-meaning question from one of our clients today regarding an open position.
This client missed getting into the trade a couple of months ago.
Paraphrasing her question, she asked, “Since the stock is still above your stop loss level, would it make sense to buy the dip here, and/or would you add to your position here?”
Again, it's a well-meaning question – one I’m sure we all often wrestle with.
The problem, however, is that the position isn’t acting well. It’s a longer-term trade for us and still has a ways to go until options expiration, but the stock is currently trading well below the level at which we first got in.
In the chart below, you can see where we entered at the purple circle:
Consumer Discretionary stocks are on our radar. And for today's trade, we're going abroad and finding a stock that has both a great setup and is also starting to become a fashion "story" here in the U.S.
Just about anyone I've talked to about sneakers recently has mentioned this brand. It is quickly becoming a favorite. I don't currently own a pair, but if this trade pays, then perhaps I'll go buy a pair with my profits :)
Bitcoin's shaping up rather nicely and I'm seeing a handful of successful breakouts around the place. If we see Bitcoin show its head above 73,000, we could be on the verge of an aggressive bullish move.
Many charts have gone sideways for many months, which provides us with a healthy foundation to build a rally off.
The US Dollar Index $DXY is violating its year-to-date trendline.
Is this it? Will the dollar finally follow the breakdowns in crude oil and interest rates?
The forex markets say, “Not so fast…”
Following yesterday’s breakout, the British pound is slipping back into the box as the greenback digs in its heels:
Fading the failed GBP/USD breakout earlier this spring proved rewarding. If you’re feeling spicy, you can take another shot at a mean reversion toward 1.25 – but only if the pound is trading below 1.2750.
On the flip side, I like buying the GBP/USD if it reclaims 1.2775 with a target of 1.3150. This trade will only work if DXY is trending lower.
The euro is also running into resistance – down 40 pips this morning: