DELAFIELD, Wis. (Stockpickr) -- Professional traders running mutual funds and hedge funds don't just look at a stock's price moves; they also track big changes in volume activity. Often when above-average volume moves into an equity, it precedes a large spike in volatility. Must Read: Warren Buffett's Top 10 Dividend Stocks Major moves in volume can signal unusual activity, such as insider buying or selling -- or buying or selling by "superinvestors." Unusual volume can also be a major signal that hedge funds and momentum traders are piling into a stock ahead of a catalyst. These types of traders like to get in well before a large spike, so it's always a smart move to monitor unusual volume. That said, remember to combine trend and price action with unusual volume. Put them all together to help you decipher the next big trend for any stock. With that in mind, let's take a look at several stocks rising on unusual volume recently. Must Read: 10 Stocks Carl Icahn Loves Acorda Therapeutics Acorda Therapeutics , a biopharmaceutical company, identifies, develops and commercializes novel therapies for multiple sclerosis spinal cord injury and other disorders of the nervous system in the U.S. This stock is trading up 3.1% to $37.19 in Wednesday's trading session. Wednesday's Volume: 917,000 Three-Month Average Volume: 584,224 Volume % Change: 225% From a technical perspective, ACOR is ripping higher here right above some past support at $31.15 with strong upside volume flows. This stock recently gapped down from around $41 to around $36 with strong downside volume flows. Shares of ACOR are now spiking higher here following that gap move and it's quickly moving within range of triggering a near-term breakout trade. That trade will hit if ACOR manages to take out some key near-term overhead resistance at Wednesday's intraday high of $37.75 to around $38 with high volume. Traders should now look for long-biased trades in ACOR as long as it's trending above Wednesday's intraday low of $35.75 and then once it sustains a move or close above those breakout levels with volume that hits near or above 584,224 shares. If that breakout hits soon, then ACOR will set up to re-test or possibly take out its next major overhead resistance levels at its 200-day moving average of $40.36 to $42.57. Must Read: 10 Stocks Billionaire John Paulson Loves Silicon Laboratories Silicon Laboratories , a fabless semiconductor company, designs and develops analog-intensive, mixed-signal integrated circuits. This stock is trading up 1.1% to $48.26 in Wednesday's trading session. Wednesday's Volume: 286,000 Three-Month Average Volume: 292,669 Volume % Change: 135% From a technical perspective, SLAB is spiking modestly higher here right above its 50-day moving average of $46.29 with decent upside volume flows. This spike to the upside on Wednesday has started to push shares of SLAB into breakout territory, since this stock has started take out or flirt with some key near-term overhead resistance levels at $48.49 to $48.50. This move is now starting to push shares of SLAB within range of triggering another breakout trade. That trade will hit if SLAB manages to take out Wednesday's intraday high of $48.70 and then once it clears some past overhead resistance at $50.05 with high volume. Traders should now look for long-biased trades in SLAB as long as it's trending above its 50-day moving average of $46.29 and then once it sustains a move or close above those breakout levels with volume that hits near or above 292,669 shares. If that breakout hits soon, then SLAB will set up to re-test or possibly take out its next major overhead resistance levels at $52.72 to its 52-week high of $54. Must Read: 11 Stocks Warren Buffett Loves First Solar First Solar provides solar energy solutions worldwide. This stock is trading up 1% at $49 in Wednesday's trading session. Wednesday's Volume: 7.88 million Three-Month Average Volume: 2.49 million Volume % Change: 654% From a technical perspective, FSLR is spiking modestly higher here and breaking out above some near-term overhead resistance at $48.62 with strong upside volume flows. Wednesday's trading session marks the second day in a row that shares of FSLR have seen expanding upside volume flows. This move is now quickly pushing shares of FSLR within range of triggering another much bigger breakout trade. That trade will hit if FSLR manage to take out Wednesday's intraday high of $50.29 to some past resistance at $51.87 with high volume. Traders should now look for long-biased trades in FSLR as long as it's trending above $47.50 or above $46 and then once it sustains a move or close above those breakout levels with volume that hits near or above 2.49 million shares. If that breakout begins soon, then FSLR will set up to re-fill its previous gap-down-day zone from last November that started near $57.50. -- Written by Roberto Pedone in Delafield, Wis. Must Read: 10 Stocks George Soros Is Buying
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