I had to say goodbye to Ruby Tuesday (NYSE:RT) last weekend. Not quite the same as the classic Rolling Stones song, but I am missing her. In my case it was the stock, and my long call options had expired. It happens all the time. You lose your dreams and then you lose your mind. Life can be unkind.
But the stock chart below gives me hope that she just can’t go to far away.
Since the beginning of the year, Ruby Tuesday's stock price has been building an ascending triangle. This price pattern often precedes a breakout in the stock price higher as the selling supply at the top of the triangle dissipates. And when it does, it creates a target move to 7.25. The momentum indicators are supportive of a break higher, with the RSI rising and heading toward the bullish zone and the MACD also rising.
The flat SMAs at 7.00 above may give it a some trouble on the way higher, but a 50 cent move in a $6.50 stock is still a pretty good short term return. And with the April 7.5 Calls trading at 25 cents it is a low cost defined risk way to participate should it move.
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