Swing Trading: Strategies for Trading Overbought Stocks at the End of the Month?
Many traders have asked about the End of the Month Effect now that we are in the final week of trading for July. If you aren’t familiar with the End of the Month Effect, phenomena that has been quantified in the book Short Term Trading Strategies That Work: A Quantified Guide to Trading Stocks and ETFs by Larry Connors, then see Chapter 11 of Short Term Trading Strategies That Work.
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Specifically, many traders have noted that when markets are oversold heading into the end of the month, the traditional upside bias can be especially pronounced. The question on the minds of some is whether or not this upward bias is still in effect even when markets are in overbought territory as the end of the month arrives.
Again, you can find clues to answer this question in Chapter 11 of Short Term Trading Strategies That Work. We will discuss this more in tomorrow’s edition of 7 Stocks You Need to Know.
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Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Tuesday
A weak open followed by intraday strength left most of the major equity indexes lower ahead of trading on Tuesday, but off the lowest levels of Monday’s session.
Leading the S&P 500 higher on the first trading day of the week were shares of ^ETFC^.
Shares of ETFC gained well over 5%, closing higher for a fifth day in a row. Monday’s close was the highest in the stock since late April.
Up more than 1% intraday before pulling back ahead of its scheduled earnings announcement on Tuesday was ^ERTS^.
Also advancing ahead of its scheduled earnings report, ^IGT^ rallied to its highest closing level since mid-May.
Closing at its highest levels of the year were shares of Whole Foods Market ^WFM^. The stock gained for a second day in a row ahead of trading on Tuesday.
^NFLX^ announced growth projections after the bell on Monday that were worse than analysts had expected. The stock had closed higher for a second day in a row, gaining more than 1%, ahead of the earnings report, and was down sharply afterhours.
Shares of ^AMZN^ pulled back by more than 1% on Monday, closing lower for three out of the past four trading days. Amazon.com is scheduled to report quarterly earnings on Tuesday.
Also scheduled to report earnings on Tuesday is ^F^. Shares of F were down more than 1% on Monday. The stock has traded below its 200-day moving average since late May.
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David Penn is Editor in Chief of TradingMarkets.com