ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets
Exploring the poetry in financial markets for students of money and economy since the year 2000.
Two weeks ago, Yelp.com (YELP) confirmed its blow-off top with a break of critical support (see “Chart Review: Yelp.com Confirms Blow-Off Top With A Break Of Support“). That support immediately turned into resistance. After dropping close to post-IPO lows, YELP bounced, only to stop cold at resistance. After reporting earnings, YELP dropped 12% directly from … Read more
The recent batch of internet IPOs are collectively running into hard times these days despite the imminent introduction of Facebook (FB) to the public markets. On April 9, I noted a likely blow-off top in Yelp.com (YELP). Friday’s break of critical support all but confirms the top. I have updated the chart with the new … Read more
Yelp.com (YELP) is barely a month old as a publicly traded company, but it is already printing a fascinating stock chart. YELP’s IPO was priced at $15, but it opened for trading on March 2nd, 2012 at $22. That day, the stock went as high as $26 before settling at $24.58. After dropping 15% the … Read more
Zynga (ZNGA) has established itself as a resilient IPO so far. After an IPO on December 16, 2011 at $10/share, an open at $11, and a high of $11.50, ZNGA quickly sold off as low as $7.97 on January 9, 2012. From there, the stock rallied in almost a straight line, receiving a turbo boost … Read more