It’s expiration day so you know what that means — pinning and I’m outta here. I hope everybody has a great 3-day weekend. (Yes, the markets are closed on Monday).
P.S. For the two of you who watched Oprah’s “The Secret” show, she’s following in Larry King’s footsteps and doing a follow-up show today.
On Today’s Calendar:
- 10:00 — Leading Indicators
- 10:00 — Mich Sentiment-Prel.
More Calendars: U.S. Earnings | Conf. Calls | Surprises | IPO | Economic
Potential swing trades:
See one of the recent ‘Chart Reading‘ posts for some potential swing candidates.
Potential day trades:
(From Briefing.com)
Gapping Down
Gapping down on disappointing earnings/guidance: CECO -11% (also Pru downgrade to Underweight), CAPA -12% (also Needham downgrade), NHWK -9.1%, SNIC -8% (pre-reports Q4 revs), QDEL -7.8%, DENN -7.8% (also Merriman downgrade), NANO -5.2%, BUCY -3.5%, ARRS -3.1%, MRVC -2.3%… Other News: MLS -4.5% (reached deal to be acquired by largest shareholder, price is below yesterday’s close), ZVUE -4.9%, LMC -3.3% (profit taking after recent move higher), PACT -3.2% (CFO resigns), TTWO -2.6% (Wedbush downgrades to Sell, $15 tgt), HMY -2.4%, BBV -1.9% (to acquire CBSS), MSFT -1.5% (analyst day comments: CEO says some Windows sales forecasts are too high), F -1.2% (Detroit News reports co is failing to meet key goals in its turnaround plan), NYX -1.2% (extends recent slide).
Gapping Up
Gapping up on strong earnings/guidance: BSQR +39%, STMP +19% (also First Albany upgrade), BWLD +10%, CNTF +9.4%, HITT +9.3%, LTXX +5.3% (also FBR upgrade), CMG +5.1%, LGBT +5%, ONXX +3.9%, ENTG +3.3%, MHK +3.3%, AMMD +3.1%, NTGR +2.3%… Other News: FICC +96% (to be acquired), INO +18% (its partner Wyeth presents data), CYTR +7.5% (profiled in BWeek Inside Wall St section), NABI +6.3% (CEO resigns), CBSS +5.8% (to be acquired), AMR +4.1% (profiled in BWeek as potential butout candidate; up in sympathy: UAUA +1.6%), ARBA +3.4% (extends recent momentum), SYT +1.9%, ADM +1.6% (to repurchase $370 mln in stock; also prices notes offering), KO +1% (Goldman upgrade)… Under $3: ISV +10% (announces licensing deal), BKHM +2.8% (CEO resigns).
Disclaimer & How I use this list
