As of 04/21/2021
Indus: 34,137 +316.01 +0.9%
Trans: 15,040 +145.39 +1.0%
Utils: 927 -6.07 -0.7%
Nasdaq: 13,950 +163.95 +1.2%
S&P 500: 4,173 +38.48 +0.9%
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YTD
+11.5%
+20.3%
+7.2%
+8.2%
+11.1%
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 34,800 or 32,900 by 05/01/202115,200 or 14,000 by 05/01/2021950 or 885 by 05/01/202115,000 or 12,900 by 05/01/20214,400 or 3,900 by 05/01/2021 |
As of 04/21/2021
Indus: 34,137 +316.01 +0.9%
Trans: 15,040 +145.39 +1.0%
Utils: 927 -6.07 -0.7%
Nasdaq: 13,950 +163.95 +1.2%
S&P 500: 4,173 +38.48 +0.9%
|
YTD
+11.5%
+20.3%
+7.2%
+8.2%
+11.1%
| |
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34,800 or 32,900 by 05/01/202115,200 or 14,000 by 05/01/2021950 or 885 by 05/01/202115,000 or 12,900 by 05/01/20214,400 or 3,900 by 05/01/2021 | ||
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A good earnings surprise is an event pattern in which a company issues an earnings announcement and the market interprets it as better than expected. But, almost half peak after rising 10% in less than 2 weeks. Discovered by Thomas Bulkowski in the fall of 2003.
Good Earnings Surprise: Important Bull Market ResultsOverall performance rank (1 is best): 5 out of 6
Break even failure rate: 29%
Average rise: 24%
Throwback rate: 41%
Percentage meeting price target: 76%
The above numbers are based on hundreds of perfect trades. See the glossary for definitions. |
| Characteristic | Discussion |
| Price trend | Upward leading to the announcement for the best performance. |
| Market | This event pattern works best in a bull market. |
| Announcement | The company announces earnings and the stock makes a large upward move that day or the next if the market was closed. |
| Tall swing | Look for announcements in which price makes a large intraday price swing, 2 or 3 times the average daily intraday price range over the last month. |
| Yearly low | For best performance, select announcements that occur within a third of the yearly low, just make sure price is trending upward. |
| Upward breakout | A breakout occurs when price closes above the high posted on the announcement day. |
| Volume | Select patterns with heavy announcement day volume, above the 30-day average. |
| Trading Tactic | Explanation | 
The Measure Rule
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| Measure rule | On the announcement day, subtract the intraday low (point B) from the high (A) and multiply the difference by the above “percentage meeting price target.” Add the result to the intraday high (A) to get a price target (C). | |
| Confirmation | Wait for price to confirm the pattern because traders may push price down instead. An upward breakout (confirmation) happens when price closes above the high posted on the announcement day (point A in the figure to the right). | |
| Trend | Trade with the trend. Buy an upward breakout only if the market and industry are trending higher. | |
| Swingers | Place an order to sell if the stock hits its price target. | |
| Caution | Failure rates are high. Almost half (48%) rise just 10% before tumbling and that occurs in less than 2 weeks. |
The above figure shows an example of a good earnings announcement event pattern. Price makes a large price swing when earnings came in better than expected. Price climbed 7%. But, over the next three days, price retraced its gain and staged a downward breakout (price closed below the red line). The following day, price recovered and climbed to a new high. Then, as is so common with this event pattern, price rounded over and headed back down during the next several weeks.
-- Thomas Bulkowski
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