Saturday, April 11, 2015

Is it time to buy MSFT? 4/11/15

A friend of mine asked me if it was a good time to buy Microsoft now as it had come down from its high. Show below is daily chart on MSFT.

MSFT has been in a downward signal since the end of last year. It is still in the throes of multi-month pullback - see the blue line sloping down touching the local highs and being unable to cross the trend line... I would wait for that trend line to be broken and an uptrend to be established before going back in. In an uptrend the 50 day ema should be above the 200 day ema ... It is currently opposite of that. If you are a contrarian or aggressive investor then you could enter... but I am not.
So far the price is holding above its support which is around $38-$40. It may start moving up or could break down below $38. One could take a chance and buy keeping the $38-39 as a stop loss level depending on appetite for loss.


I prefer to trade the uptrend by buying on dips ... for example you will see on the chart larger arrows which give the primary trend direction and small arrows which are the contrarian signals suggesting when you can buy on the dip if the larger arrow is also pointing up. Earnings season has begun. Perhaps the market is waiting for earnings news to decide which way to turn.


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