Another Blow-Off Top for Yelp.com

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on August 10, 2012. Click here to read the entire piece.) {snip}…The chart below represents all of YELP’s trading history to-date. Source: FreeStockCharts.com The chart cannot show the magnitude of the trading volume given the large distortion from the first day of … Read more

Buy the Dips As The Post-Earnings Trade in Amazon.com Continues To Deliver

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on July 30, 2012. Click here to read the entire piece.) For the second earnings cycle in a row, I failed to execute the post-earnings trading strategy for Amazon.com (AMZN) to buy the open (see “After Amazon.com Earnings, Buy The Stock At … Read more

Amazon.com Closes In On Its Endgame As Sales Taxes Loom

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on July 17, 2012. Click here to read the entire piece.) In “Tax Break Nears End For Online Shoppers“, the Wall Street Journal reports that the final dominoes appear to be falling in favor of providing states authority to tax online retailers. … Read more

A Bottom for Netflix Is Not Confirmed Until Its Next Earnings Report

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on July 11, 2012. Click here to read the entire piece.) In the past, I have only had bearish things to say about Netflix (for example, “Netflix Tags the $110 Target But More Downside To Come” from September 30, 2011). However, I … Read more

Chart Review: Back Into Puts As Yelp.com Fails to Establish New Highs

In about one month, Yelp.com (YELP) doubled from its all-time lows to a retest of its all-time highest close. Along the way, Apple (AAPL) made the following announcement on June 11th: “…local search includes information for over 100 million businesses with info cards that offer Yelp ratings, reviews, available deals and photos.” YELP did not … Read more

Chart Review: Amazon Flips Back to Bullish

The opportunity to go short on Amazon.com (AMZN) was short-lived. Just last week I pointed out how AMZN triggered a post-earnings short again. I missed the first breakdown and was looking to play a second move down. It was not to be. Instead, on Monday, AMZN flipped back into bullish territory. I followed suit by … Read more

Chart Review: Facebook Actually Building Positive Momentum

Nine days and counting. That is how many trading days have passed without Facebook (FB) marking fresh post-IPO lows. For twelve trading days, nothing but negativity swirled around the FB IPO. It was if the company itself were about to go bankrupt – taking all 900 million users with it. On May 31st, I pointed … Read more

Chart Review: Amazon Triggers Post-Earnings Short

On May 18th, I wrote that Amazon.com (AMZN) had triggered a post-earnings short by closing below the low of trading in the immediate aftermath of the last earnings report (at $220). However, I did not recommend pulling the trigger because the market was oversold at the time. Surprisingly, AMZN did not benefit from the market’s … Read more

So Far, Facebook IPO Has Had No Significant Impact On Housing Market Near HQ

Last week, Zillow (Z) published an infographic on its blog site purportedly describing the impact of the Facebook (FB) IPO on home listings in the local neighborhood of its Menlo Park headquarters (see “Millionaire’s Row: How Did Facebook’s IPO Affect Silicon Valley Real Estate?“). The summary caught my attention: “To illustrate the Valley’s real estate … Read more