Wednesday, May 16, 2012

SPLS...down and out


Staples is a great example of a broken stock.  Not only was this stock down for 2010, it was also a dog in 2011 as you can see from the chart below.  But what I wanted to focus on what not only trading with the trend - ie selling rallies - but how this stock acts on gaps below a major moving average.

Just today SPLS gapped down below its 200day moving average after finding some support there recently. If you look back to this time last year it gapped below its 200day, then below its 50day and it was all downhill after that. I would expect SPLS to act similarly this time around also as the sellers dump a grossly underperforming stock for something else...and not ODP because that dog also has fleas.

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