Watchlist for August 10, 2004

I didn’t get chance to run my scans yet, so nothing’s on the swing trade list today. The gappers are below, but I’m not doing anything until after the interest rate decision.

Currently holding:

Long – None

Short – None

Looking for swing trade entries in:

Longs – None

Shorts – None

Potential day trades:

(From Briefing.com)

Gapping Down

CEPH -6% (cut to Peer Perform at Thomas Weisel), TECH -6% (reports JunQ), ADRX -4% (reports Q2 results; light on revs), SYMC -1.5% (discovers and corrects error in non-U.S. consumer rev)… Under $3: DJT -46% (to file Ch11 in refinance plan – WSJ), DCEL -37% (reports Q2, guides).

Gapping Up

NVDA +6% (announces $300 mln stock repurchase program; Needham upgrade), TASR +10% (announces orders), ALKS +13% (announces Eli Lilly decision to proceed with Inhaled Insulin program), ACF +11% (Piper upgrade after strong JunQ), SNDA +11% (beats by $0.09), VCLK +8% (completes acquisition of Pricerunner, raises rev guidance), CTIC +7% (started with a Buy at WR Hambrecht; tgt $16), ROXI +7% (announces deal to sell unit to SNIC/earnings report), VION +6% (reports JunQ), DISH +3.5% (reports, authorizes $1 bln stock buy back)…. Under $3: BVSN +28% (agrees to pay to break four long-term leases, reducing quarterly cash burn rate by more than $2.7 mln), TMTA +10% (Schwab upgrade).

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Comments

  1. Posted by Yasser on August 10, 2004 at 11:44 pm

    Take a look at ERTS (short). Double top breakdown, with dead cat bounce to the 200-day MA. Also note bearish formations in related video game makers, ATVI and THQI.

  2. Posted by Michael on August 11, 2004 at 12:43 am

    Yasser,

    I agree that they all look bad. I’ll be watching for an entry point in them.