Market breaks out of bull flag on French Election Results

Not a bad way to start your week, if you are long on the market (and yes, I am long on the market). It all goes back to what I have been saying in these morning writeups, and that is, the market has been far too dull for a strong short conviction. The bears have, no doubt, had plenty of opportunity to sell this market off, but each time they are given the opportunity, they lack the willingness to push the market lower. 

Today could be interesting though, because often times when you have a big gap on Sunday night, it often leads to a fade throughout the trading day. More so with gaps that are lower, but I’ve seen it with these too. As a result, the bulls will need to make sure they don’t let the market play with the  gap this morning and try to fill it. 

You also have a bull flag depicted in the chart below. The open should push price out of the bull flag as well as gap price over the 50-day moving average too. If either of these fail to hold, that will be problem for the bulls going forward. But keep momentum going throughout the day, and that should spur on the next leg higher in this market.

S&P 500 Chart

Current Stock Trading Portfolio Balance: 

• 3  Long positions

Recent Stock Trade Notables:

• UPRO: Long at 92.75, closed at 94.78 for a 2.2% profit. 
• Las Vegas Sands (LVS): Long at 57.24, closed at 56.53 for a 1.2% loss.  
• UPRO: Long at 91.94, closed at 96.54 for a 5.0% profit.
• Alibaba Group (BABA): Long at 105.736, closed at 108.22 for a 2.4% profit. 
• Facebook (FB): Long at 134.27, Closed at 139.23 for a 3.7% profit. 
• CDW Corp (CDW): Long at 58.65, closed at 58.91 for a 2.7% loss. 
• Redhat (RHT): Long at 82.41, Closed at 83.53 for a 1.4% profit. 
• Ambarella (AMBA): Long at 57.15, Closed at 55.52 for a 2.8% loss. 
• Alibaba Group (BABA): Long at 104.73, closed at 106.05 for a 1.3% profit. 
• Broadcom (AVGO): Long at 218.63, Closed at 222.71 for a 1.9% profit. 
• American Airlines (AAL): Short at 44.76, Closed at 44.03 for a 1.6% profit.
• UPRO  (Day-Tade): Long at 95.35, closed at 96.50 for a 1.2% profit.
• OZRK: Long at $56.12, closed at $54.69 for a 2.5% loss. 
• FNSR: Long at $34.25, closed at 34.70 for a 1.3% profit. 
• UPRO  (Day-Tade): Long at 96.92, closed at 98.03 for a 1.2% profit. 
• JP Morgan Chase (JPM): Long at 87.21, closed at 89.67 for a 2.8% profit. 
• Chevron (CVX): Short at 110.03, covered at 111.85 for a 1.6% loss. 
• Flex Technologies (FLEX): Long at $15.62, closed at $16.57 for a 6.1% profit. 
• Baidu (BIDU): Long at $174.70, closed at $187.00 for a 7.0% profit. 
• Ollie’s Bargain Outlet: Long at 33.20, closed at $32.50 for a 2.1% loss. 
• Corning (GLW): Long at $26.98, closed at $27.45 for a 1.7% profit. 
• Illinois Tool Works (ITW): Long at $127.74, closed at $129.86 for a 1.7% profit. 
• Marriott Int’l (MAR): Long at $86.16, closed at $87.51 for a 1.6% profit.