p_haolader said:
Hi,
I had posted this in another thread but no replys. Would u peple be kind enough to give some comments
I am very new to the market and technical analysis. I had made a small investment in Aksh Optofibre @ 73.75, it is now quoting at 70.55 . When i bought this share i had a look at its fundamentals and its announcements at BSE and it looked good to me. But today i had a look at its chart on BSE and I kind of concluded :
1. It's forming a descending triangle.
2. The MACD has fallen below the the 0-base line which is not a good sign.
Now my questions
1. Have I read the chart correctly perticularly the trend lines.
2. Are my resonings/inferences correct
3. Should i hold on to aksh optifibre
4. Any updates on the fundamentals, are they still stong
Please do reply.
Thanks and regards
-Partha
Hi Partha...I've only just seen this query here and also at Saint's thread. He's obviously busy and will surely answer you in due course.
On the face if it, yes, there is a descending triangle on the daily chart where several lows are occurring at a consistant price level, with highs moving lower still.
So as you must be aware, a triangle pattern can be a continuation pattern or reversal pattern too. To see them as continuation patterns, one would have to locate an ongoing bearish trend first, which in the case of Aksh is not the case. In which case, as far as this single indication goes, the assumption is that the buyers and sellers are not quite certain where things are going and are moving in and out of trades a little too soon thereby causing the tighter formation.
As far as volume play in this pattern goes, it is assumed that volume would decrease as the price moves between the trendlines in an increasingly narrow range of high and lows. It's only when the breakout (in either direction) happens, there would be a sharp increase in volume. So far on the charts here the volume has generally been thin.
But there is another important factor to note: In an ascending triangle, it's commonly seen, that the volume diminishes noticably when the price swings to the up and increases when the price turns down again. This is not the case with the chart here with me. At a closer look it does appear that the volume pikes higher with an increase in price and drops with the price. So this is one positive sign that this may be a drifting kind of price action going on here.
Another noteworthy aspect of a descending triangle is the duration of it along the horizontal bottom line in relation to the apex. It is believed that the breakout should happen about two-thirds distance along the horizontal trend-line as compared to the height of the triangle.
In your chart you will see that the bottom line has extended quite beyond the relative height of the triangle without a breakout as yet. In such a scenario the pattern may well lose it's strength along the way as the price action just drifts along. Further, the chances of a false breakout would increase as the length of the bottom line increases, as now the chart is suggesting a period of consolidation, though with a hint of uncertainty.
So here, be alert to volume action and the associated price action.
One more point: As I use Bollinger Bands along with price and volume indicators, I as yet see no sign of the lower band being punctured. Yes, the price has played around closer to the lower band but nothing threatening yet.
The only concern is the price has moved below it's 50 day moving average since the last week of January.
All in all, I'd hold if keen on this counter till a decisive break happens with volume.
As to the MACD issue, I don't follow this indicator and have not found it to suit my style of trading....so no comments.
On the fundamentals, I have not looked into this as you have, but the assumption would be a good future for the company with the boom in broadband technology. This is provided the management is up to it.
I would hold with a stop below 69.
Hope this answers your query and do follow-up if you like.
Regards.