The airline stocks have been mudding around. They have stayed in a giant trading range. I noted on my chart last year Warren Buffet had been buying airline stocks. Well, its been a zero gain trade. The airlines bounced last week at support and are bouncing up. One consideration is the $15 drop in Crude could help the airline margins for the fourth quarter.
One of the better airline charts is United Airlines (UAL). The chart has had a strong SCTR recently. It broke above horizontal support at $77.50 in mid October and has now bounced up to retest the highs. The improvement in relative strength is particularly encouraging. It is making new 12 month RS highs.
To finish the chart the PPO is pushing back into positive territory. It's tough trading right now with the high volatility on the indexes. Keep stops very tight and manage position sizing so no specific trade hurts your account in a big way.
Here is this week's video.
I have included some scans to help you find some nice setups near these lows.
The Canadian Technician video shows the massive breakdown on almost every sector chart in Canada. Canada is back below the 2008 highs. Tough ten years for investors.
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Good trading,
Greg Schnell, CMT, MFTA
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