Don’t Miss These Two ETFs Which Are Ready To Breakout This Week

In our January 10 commentary, we said Market Vectors Coal ETF (KOL) could pull back to find near-term support in the area of both its rising 20-day exponential moving average and 200-day moving average (around $25.50). Specifically, we said:

We would ideally like to see the price action retrace down to its 200-day moving average and form some sort of bullish reversal candlestick pattern. If this occurs, it would subsequently provide us with a very low-risk swing trade buy entry.

In the days that followed, that’s exactly what happened. This is shown on the annotated daily chart of KOL below:


The support level at convergence of the moving averages (last week’s lows) looks as though it will hold. If it does, it will create another higher “swing low” on the right side of the base of consolidation. As we have pointed out several times in recent weeks, a valid base of consolidation should consist of both “higher lows” within the base, as well as tightening of the price action. KOL presently meets this technical criteria.

Because the price action of KOL has been playing out exactly as anticipated, we are now stalking this ETF for potential swing trade buy entry going into today’s session. Although this is a “trend reversal” setup, rather than a potential breakout to new highs, we like the reward-risk ratio for trade entry near its current price.

Another ETF poised to rally in the coming days is SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate ETF (RWO), which continues to consolidate in a tight range beneath the highs of its current base. Starting from the beginning of the basing pattern in September, the price action in RWO is a good example of what we look for when identifying bullish price action within a base:


When looking at a base of consolidation, we typically see more volatility on the left hand side of the pattern, as the stock/ETF initially pulls back from its highs, enters distribution mode, and sells off for several weeks. At one point during the decline, the price action will either “undercut” a previous low and reverse higher or simply explode higher and hold. This usually occurs after the stock/ETF breaks out above the downtrend line from the high of its base, which subsequently leads to the “right side” of the pattern developing with the formation of “higher swing highs” and “higher swing lows.”

With RWO, notice that the price action bottomed out by undercutting its prior swing low and then reversing sharply off major support of its 200-day moving average (orange line). Since then, the ETF has formed a series of higher highs and lows, with the price action tightening up just below the highs of the base. Note that this tightening of the price does not always have to form just below the highs of the base, as it could form anywhere from 5-10% off the highs and still be technically valid. Regardless, we like the recent price action in RWO and expect the ETF to soon break out above the highs of the range.

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