As of 10/03/2024
  Indus: 42,012 -184.93 -0.4%  
  Trans: 15,745 -226.81 -1.4%  
  Utils: 1,058 -6.74 -0.6%  
  Nasdaq: 17,918 -6.64 0.0%  
  S&P 500: 5,700 -9.60 -0.2%  
YTD
 +11.5%  
-1.0%  
 +20.0%  
 +19.4%  
 +19.5%  
  Targets    Overview: 09/30/2024  
  Up arrow43,500 or 41,600 by 10/15/2024
  Up arrow16,800 or 15,700 by 10/15/2024
  Up arrow1,125 or 1,025 by 10/15/2024
  Up arrow19,000 or 17,600 by 10/15/2024
  Up arrow5,900 or 5,600 by 10/15/2024
As of 10/03/2024
  Indus: 42,012 -184.93 -0.4%  
  Trans: 15,745 -226.81 -1.4%  
  Utils: 1,058 -6.74 -0.6%  
  Nasdaq: 17,918 -6.64 0.0%  
  S&P 500: 5,700 -9.60 -0.2%  
YTD
 +11.5%  
-1.0%  
 +20.0%  
 +19.4%  
 +19.5%  
  Targets    Overview: 09/30/2024  
  Up arrow43,500 or 41,600 by 10/15/2024
  Up arrow16,800 or 15,700 by 10/15/2024
  Up arrow1,125 or 1,025 by 10/15/2024
  Up arrow19,000 or 17,600 by 10/15/2024
  Up arrow5,900 or 5,600 by 10/15/2024

Bulkowski's Alaska Air Trading Quiz

Released 6/15/2020.

Alaska Air: Trading Quiz

Below is a slider quiz to test your trading ability. Captions appear below the pictures for guidance, so be sure to scroll down far enough to read them.

 

1 / 4
chart pattern
What chart patterns can you find? Look for the following: 2 diamonds, Eve & Adam double bottom, 4 broadening patterns of various types, and 3 scallops.

(Good luck finding them all).

Answers are on the next slide.
2 / 4
chart pattern
Price is rising after the scallop/double bottom on the right of the chart.
Question 1: Do you buy, short, or avoid trading this stock?
Question 2: If trading this one, what is the target price?
Question 3: If trading this one, what is the stop price?
Since this is based on an actual trade, my answers appear on next page.
3 / 4
chart pattern
Question 1: Do you buy, short, or avoid trading this stock? Answer: I bought.
Question 2: If trading this one, what is the target price? Answer: 38.
Question 3: If trading this one, what is the stop price? Answer: 28.

This is from my trade notebook.

"I bought at 32.19, market order. The stock has completed a confirmed Eve & Adam double bottom coupled with an upside earnings surprise 4 days ago. The stock has moved higher but may have overhead resistance at 32-33, where it is now trading. I expect it to push through this region then post new highs. Oil prices are falling but OPEC is expected to tighten the spigot in coming weeks, putting upward pressure on fuel prices. Economy is slow but some predict it's bottoming. This airline is one of the few still profitable. Sell in the early Spring when the market for airline stocks usually goes soft (strong starting in the fall). Upside is 38, another mild resistance zone. Downside is 28, a prior support zone in March through June 2000 on weekly scale. That would put the loss at a rather steep 13%. That region is also just below the double top high, a likely support zone. This is a risky trade due to overhead resistance so I limited the number of shares bought."

New question: Do you buy more at a lower price, sell, or hold on for a rebound?

The next slide shows important dates that I conveniently left off...and with good reason.
4 / 4
chart pattern
More notebook...

"9/6/01: I put a stop at 31.50 this morning and it was hit. The stock has breached a support level and with weakness in the economy and Sept/October upon us, it's time to leave with a small loss. I should have bought at the breakout price. [Wilder] RSI peaked twice and now is headed down, suggesting a sell and CCI [commodity channel index] says sell too."

The middle of the chart shows that I sold just days before the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001. The stock bottomed at 17.40 on 9/27, well below my 31.50 stop price. I lost 2.5% on the trade. If I sold at the bottom, I would have lost over 18 times as much! Ouch. All of the airlines show a similar price pattern, by the way.
The end.

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