Is A Sherwin Williams Breakout Looming From Consolidation?

10/21/11 10:59:54 AM

by Donald W. Pendergast, Jr.

Shares of Sherwin Williams appear to be in prime position to rally along with the rest of the broad market after Thursday, October 20's notable intraday reversal.

Security: SHW
Position: Buy

With a single glance, a skilled technician would be able to recognize the bullish rectangle pattern on Sherwin Williams' (SHW) daily chart (Figure 1): It's a near-textbook quality pattern, one that in the current broad market scenario should attract more than a few serious traders to take a shot here on the long side.

The new Rahul Mohindar (RMO) swing buy signal has printed at a fairly mature point in the development of this ordinarily bullish consolidation pattern, and a breakout above the upper channel line will likely be a major buy signal for bulls. Given that the medium-term Chaikin money flow (CMF)(34) has been hanging tough near its zero line during the formation of the rectangle pattern, there seems to be no shortage of reasons to enter long SHW on a buy-stop break above $79.75.

FIGURE 1: SHW, DAILY. Beautiful, bullishly postured rectangle patterns like this aren't everyday occurrences, so it pays to be prepared to take advantage of them when they do decide to show up.

Graphic provided by: MetaStock.

Graphic provided by: RMO indicators and tools from MetaStock 11.

Traders considering a long entry here might want to run a two- to three-bar trailing stop of the daily lows, holding the position until the final stopout. Depending on several factors such as account size, risk tolerance, and trading skill level, the total risk to the account should probably be limited to no more than 1% or 2%.

For example, if you anticipate your long entry to be filled at $79.79, and your initial stop is $76.50, your risk per share would be $3.29. Therefore, on a 50-share purchase, the account risk would be about $164. If you had a $20,000 account, your risk is only about 0.81%, which is pretty conservative.

Over time, you'll probably be able to fine-tune your allocations to help minimize risk during iffy market phases, even as you learn to maximize gains during obviously bullish phases.

Donald W. Pendergast, Jr.

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