3 Big Stock Charts for Friday: Electronic Arts, Centurylink and Wynn Resorts

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The market didn’t end yesterday’s session at its high, but the 0.29% gain the S&P 500 was able to hang onto still translates into the third-straight winner. The Dow Jones Industrial Average logged its seventh consecutive win, with both indices still buoyed by renewed hopes that trade ties with China are on the verge of improving.

3 Big Stock Charts for Friday: Electronic Arts, Centurylink and Wynn Resorts
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Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK) led the charge with its 17% advance. Shares of the e-commerce platform continued the rally spurred by an upgrade from D.A. Davidson tendered earlier this week. Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) offered up a meaningful helping hand too, gaining 1.5% because it’s one of the more pronounced beneficiaries of a more accommodating trade environment.

Holding the market back more than any other was Oracle (NYSE:ORCL), down 4.3% in response to last quarter’s lackluster revenue growth, which was underscored by the announcement that Co-CEO Mark Hurd will be taking medical leave to attend to an unnamed health-related matter.

None of those names are particularly well-suited trading prospects headed into today’s action, however. Instead, take a look at the stock charts of Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA), Centurylink (NYSE:CTL) and Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ:WYNN). Here’s why.

Centurylink (CTL)

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A little over a month ago, Centurylink was featured as a noteworthy name thanks to a repeated effort to break past a major technical ceiling. Although not yet over that hump, a string of higher lows and improving technical support suggested such a move was only a matter of time.

That happened, in spades. In fact, the sheer speed of the breakout was enough to push CTL stock beyond another major technical barrier. Although now overextended and ripe for some profit-taking, the entire sequence of events says the path of least resistance is now upward.


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Wynn Resorts (WYNN)

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After a rough 2018, a choppy 2019 is a relative win for Wynn Resorts. Technical support around $103, marked as a red dashed line on both stock charts, gets much of the credit for escaping would could have turned out to be a move to lower lows.

There may still be trouble ahead, however, despite the bullishness we’ve seen so far this month. WYNN stock is already slowing as it nears what’s known to be major resistance, and another clue says the damage has already been done.


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Electronic Arts (EA)

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Finally, the implosion Electronic Arts shares suffered last year hasn’t persisted into this year. In fact, EA stock looks like it’s been trying to stage a full recovery of that meltdown.

It hasn’t done that yet, and may never actually do so. There are several major clues that suggest that rebound is more likely than not though. And, the chart has drawn some clear lines in the sand that will make clear if and when the stock moves into full-breakout mode.


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As of this writing, James Brumley did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities. You can learn more about him at his website jamesbrumley.com, or follow him on Twitter, at @jbrumley.


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