7:00 – MORNING MARKET UPDATE & WATCH LIST NOTE: Today’s watch list can be found here. Yesterday, the Dow Jones closed up +0.3% on Monday. The S&P 500 added +0.4% and the Nasdaq gained +0.3%. This morning, stock futures are higher. European markets opened with small gains while stocks in Asia closed mixed. QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Paths are made by walking.” – Franz Kafka DSW (DSW) and Michaels Stores (MIK) will release earnings before the open. Tencent Music (TME) is up after the closing bell. Also, FedEx (FDX) will report its fiscal third-quarter earnings after the close, giving investors further insight into how the global economy is faring. ____________________________________________________ Now You Can Start Receiving James’ –Technical SetUps WatchList Each Market Morning Early each market morning James diligently screens through hundreds of high EPS and RS ranked stocks that have solid fundamentals. He is looking for those select few which are setting up in sound technical bases and which looked poised to breakout that day. Each stock is listed with specific trading criteria such as a TRIGGER PRICE, TRIGGER VOLUME and MAX BUY PRICE. Normally $19.95 a month, now just $9 a month through James’ BuyingBreakOuts.com website. LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS SPECIAL 50% DISCOUNT OFFER HERE ____________________________________________________ I ran my routine stock screens this morning, yet did not add any more stocks to our watch lists. We had 3 new volume-backed breakouts from our watchlists yesterday. MIDD, MDSO, and NICE Chart services courtesy of stockcharts.com. Annotations by James Taulman. We now have a total of 21 stocks on our watch lists. – see here. Now you can get access all watch lists with updated trading criteria including –TRIGGER PRICE, TRIGGER VOLUME, and MAX BUY PRICE for every stock here. Missed any of these morning reports? You can find all previous reports here. Standard rules apply – any gains above the stock’s TRIGGER PRICE while the day’s volume is at least on pace to make the TRIGGER VOLUME would have any of these set ups confirming a BUY signal up to their MAX BUY PRICE by default. Keep in mind that when a stock breaks out – becomes potentially buyable – there are other factors to consider. Volume on the breakout. A stock that is breaking out through resistance, with an increase in volume of +50% above the stock’s average volume (50 DAV), is showing more conviction and more demand. This is not saying – all lower volume breakouts will fail. Actually, we’ve seen many continue higher. If you have found that you did buy a stock that showed lower daily volume or volume under 50%, going forward – simply treat it a regular trade. Earnings BreakOuts. Many stocks from our watch list will break out during earnings season. Earnings breakouts can be more rewarding, however, these trades carry much more risk then traditional (non-news) breakouts. One needs to also consider – the strength/weakness of the fundamental news that was just released along with the forward-looking guidance the company gave, investors response to the conference call, etc. For anyone who is not familiar with – buying earnings breakouts – I suggest that they sit through a few seasons to study, paper trade, and show some profits, before applying actual capital. As always, if anyone has any questions – please feel free to email me at james@jamestaulman.com as I would be glad to assist you.