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  • BIDU: To Break Or Not To Break ? 0 comments
    Feb 22, 2012 4:58 AM | about stocks: BIDU
    I wrote about BIDU's intraday action and signs of weakness
    yesterday after it came out with outlook and earnings that
    were not so impressive. BIDU's stock continued to suffer today
    with a big loss of 4.6% on heavy and above average volume.

    So would BIDU continue to break down ?

    The following daily chart shows BIDU at the bottom of
    a rising channel, If it does not bounce back, it could follow
    the red downtrend channel. Daily critical support and
    resistance are: $136, $130 and $119 areas. BIDU closed
    at $130.64, so it is stting on a critical support now.

    20210221_BIDU_Daily

    Our trend indicator on the first pane shows BIDU has
    not reversed its trend yet, as indicated by an up yellow
    bar. And obviously it has been underperforming the
    market (red dots) since yesterday.

    On the following intraday 1-hour chart, BIDU has reached
    oversold (white down bars on first pane) state and
    went below the downtrend channel drawn yesterday
    and is near the $130 support area.

    The relative strength (the red dots) continues to go down.
    However, there were attempts to bounce back during
    the last three hours with three rising red dots. Another
    encourging sign is the last hour it closed above the
    middle of the bar.

    20120221_BIDU_Hourly

    The following price-volume action chart shows heavy
    and above average volume during the last three hours.
    The last hour's price/volume indicator (red dots) went
    down a little bit, signaling the possibility of a turning
    point. This is confirmed by the last hour's close above
    the middle of the bar.

    20120221_BIDU_Hourly_PV

    In summary, on an intraday basis, it appears BIDU
    shows signs of attempting to bounce back. On a daily
    basis, it has not really reversed the up trend, although
    it is sitting at a critical support level.

    Disclosure: I am short BIDU.

    Stocks: BIDU
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