Oxen Group’s Trade of the Day: SRS
by David Ristau - July 16th, 2009 6:40 am
Buy Pick: SRS
Courtesy of David
The Oxen Group is liking a bearish market or at least a somewhat sideways market. The market has jumped up for three straight days, and a technical pullback with investors taking profits may be in order. One area that appears fundamentally bearish is the housing sector. Ultrashort Proshares Real Estate (SRS), which is a housing/commercial real estate ETF, looks to be bearish on a general market trend as well as news that foreclosures are continuing to rise to now 15% for the year and 33% in June.
The trend is not stabilizing, which while not directly affecting commercial real estate means that commercial real estate is in a tough spot, as well. Futures are currently registering in the red, and we did not have any large market moving earnings or news come out in after hours. Further, news that CIT Group has failed to get lending and will be filing bankruptcy shows that the recession may still be taking more victims. Many earnings are coming out in the morning, but not a marquis name that could really drive the market higher except perhaps JPMorganChase. Economic data being released could further influence a pullback if jobless claims come in under expectations. Even if jobless claims are good and JPMorgan is solid, investors will be looking to sell these stocks into this upward trend. SRS, however, is in the exact opposite boat. The ETF is extremely undervalued, just passed under a lower bollinger band, and is way oversold. Therefore, it is setting up for a perfect buying opportunity.
Entry: Recommend buying in 15-30 minutes into session.
Exit: We recommend exiting after a 2-5% increase.
Stop Loss: We recommend a 3% stop loss on all buy in prices
Upper Resistance: 21.00
Buy Pick (or Short): DLTR
by David Ristau - July 8th, 2009 3:20 am
Buy Pick (or Short): DLTR
Courtesy of David at The Oxen Group
The Oxen Group is surprised by how much the market is not thinking about the earnings coming out on Wednesday morning from Family Dollar Stores Inc. The Oxen Group believes these earnings could be a real market mover.
The Oxen Group is pretty bullish on Family Dollar earnings, but we have learned our lessons in the past from putting our hopes in earnings only to be disappointed. While we are excited about Family Dollar earnings, what we can say for sure is that Dollar Tree Inc. (DLTR) will move up or down with Family Dollar. If FDO beats expectations, we can expect Dollar Tree to significantly move up throughout the day. On the other hand, if Family Dollar does not beat expectations, Dollar Tree will most likely be an excellent short sale.
What we like about Dollar Tree over Family Dollar is that Family Dollar is going to bounce up or down right into the session, while the Dollar Tree should move slower. The market really could be moving on Family Dollar’s earnings, so if they are positive it could be a nice sign for the market. Further, crude oil inventories are supposed to come out lower than last week, which might be a piece that could actually make the oil market have a real reason to reverse its current direction.
The market seems to be almost perfectly following what energy is doing right now, and if inventories are good, it could further help the Dollar Tree move up on a bullish market. Technically, Dollar Tree is in a perfect position to move tomorrow on bullish news. The stock is extremely oversold, way too undervalued, and ready for a technical rise.
Entry: Enter 5-20 minutes into session.
Exit: 2-4% increase
Resistance: 43 or 39.50