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Watchlist Update: Three Trades to Make as Virus Fears Flare Up

I’m putting together this list the morning of Friday, Nov. 26.

At the market open, the Dow was down over 850 points on renewed COVID fears.

A new heavily mutated coronavirus strain was discovered in South Africa, and the big but unsubstantiated fear is that it could be resistant to current vaccines.

Even though the market is only open until 1:00 p.m. ET today, it is possible we could see heavy selling if institutions begin liquidating on the news.

I continue to remain cautious in this market with such low stock participation.

Furthermore, I’m seeing fewer ideal setups in buyable positions.

In fact, I actually took a short position in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), an exchange-traded fund that tracks the S&P 500 index on Friday, with a tight stop above the high of the day.

If the market sells off even further on Friday, investors may consider staying out of the market for the next few days until we see how things play out.

Now, before we get to this week’s Watchlist, if you’d like a step-by-step walkthrough on how to best take advantage of these weekly trades…

Be sure to check out my recent article, How to Follow My Weekly Trades, to know where I’m buying so that you can follow along.

Amazon.com, Inc.

Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) is the ubiquitous online retailer offering customers nearly anything they could ever want delivered straight to their doors.

The company also runs its lucrative Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform focused on cloud computing services.

Here’s how the chart is setting up:

Weekly Chart of Louisiana-Pacific (LPX) -- Source: TradingView
Daily Chart of Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) — Source: TradingView

And here’s how the stock is setting up with my Stock Surge Indicator (SSI):

  • Surge score: 70/100
  • % Above 52-wk low: 25.4%
  • MFI reading: 61
  • Sales growth: +15%
  • Triple momentum: yes

AMZN tried to break out last week but failed to follow through. It squatted back to the resistance level but quickly reversed back to the upside.

Renewed COVID fears have this stock up on Friday while most of the market is down.

A short-term pop in work-from-home stocks is expected, and AMZN is a good way to play it.

Traders now have the chance to buy AMZN near the original buy zone and work a tight stop to risk less than 5% on the trade.

The Real Brokerage Inc.

The Real Brokerage Inc. (REAX) is a $650 million real estate brokerage company based in Canada but with operations in the United States as well.

Here’s how the chart is setting up:

Weekly Chart of Hayward Holdings (HAYW) -- Source: TradingView
Daily Chart of The Real Brokerage Inc. (REAX) — Source: TradingView

And here’s how the stock is setting up with my SSI:

  • Surge score: 96/100
  • % Above 52-wk low: 421%
  • MFI reading: 87
  • Sales growth: +885%
  • Triple momentum: yes

REAX formed a high tight flag pattern and quickly emerged to new highs after only six trading days.

The company is experiencing parabolic growth, and investors clearly have a big appetite for this stock.

As long as price does not get extended, the stock is buyable with a stop at $3.23.

Albertsons Companies, Inc.

Albertsons Companies, Inc. (ACI) is the $16 billion food and drug store operator, with 2,277 stores and 1,727 pharmacies along with in-store branded coffee shops and adjacent fuel centers.

Here’s how the chart is setting up:

Weekly Chart of Adobe (ADBE) -- Source: TradingView
Daily Chart of Albertsons Companies, Inc. (ACI) — Source: TradingView

And here’s how the stock is setting up with my SSI:

  • Surge score: 97/100
  • % Above 52-wk low: 144%
  • MFI reading: 42
  • Sales growth: +5%
  • Triple momentum: yes

I typically like to see higher sales growth than what Albertsons posted last quarter.

However, the company beat estimates in each of the last three quarters, and analysts are slowly raising their projections for the company.

Plus, the stock is actually up Friday morning in an ugly market.

We have a textbook consolidation pattern with pullbacks compressing down to a nice and tight 6%.

I would be comfortable buying here with a stop beneath the swing low.

Embrace the surge,

Ross Givens

Editor, Stock Surge Daily

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