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SIGNAL C2: RESTART

There are two versions of this signal:
* RESTART (BUY) in a BULL MARKET
* RESTART (SELL) in a BEAR MARKET

(Note: At the end of the page, you will see instructions for how to do a quick test of this signal on US stocks.)

RESTART (BUY):

This signal indicates continuation of the up- or the down- trend after a Reaction or a Correction. For a stock in a Bull trend, its price has an overall upward movement but as we know this movement is not continuous. The stock does not keep going up every day. The stock may go up a few days and then profit-taking or selling increases at a higher level and the stock goes down for a few days. This is a like a pause before it continues its upward movement. These types of movements that are contra to the main trend are called Reactions in a Bull trend. In other words, a Reaction is a temporary pause of the bullish trend. Similarly in a downtrend, when a stock goes up for a few days, we call this temporary up-trend in a major downtrend as Corrections. 

The signal we are going to discuss is primarily used to spot when the stock is likely to end its Reaction/Correction and resume its main trend. So let us call it the RESTART signal because all it does is to tell us that the main trend is about to restart. Like the previous signal (GAP), this RESTART signal is also easier to spot on a chart; but if you are just looking at just daily prices, it is not that difficult to find its occurrence. This signal mostly occurs on a daily chart but sometimes it can be in weekly prices or on weekly chart too.

Let us first discuss conditions that form the basis for this RESTART (BUY) signal, and then we will take an example.

Conditions:

1. The main trend for the stock has to be an up-trend but the most recent days, three to ten or so, of the stock should be in a kind of in Sideways or downtrend
2. Today’s Low price has to be LOWER than Previous Day’s Low price.
   TDL < PDL
   The more the difference between, TDL and PDL, the more powerful the signal would be. A small difference that is less than 0.5% to 1% of the stock price would make this signal weak.
3. Today has to be a Bull Day.  Today’s Close has to be HIGHER than Today’s Open.
   TDC > TDO
4. Today’s Close has to be HIGHER than Previous Day’s Close. This is also a very important required condition for this signal.
   TDC > PDC
5. Today’s Low price has to be sort of the lowest price of the current Reactionary trend.
6. It is desirable to have a higher volume today in comparison with the volume of the last few days that form the Reaction. The more the increase in volume on the day of the RESTART (BUY), the stronger the signal.

Here is how you can find this signal on a Candlestick chart:

BRIEF EXPLANATION:  The stock is in an up-trend for the last few weeks/months. However for the last few days (roughly three to ten days), the stock seems to be going down or seems to have stopped its up-trend. This makes many people doubt the continuation of the up-trend.
What is happening in this situation is simple: the Demand and the Supply phenomena of Economics are at work. AS the stock has kept going up for the last few weeks/months and has made a new high price, the Demand is going down and there is likely to be some profit-taking or even short selling at such a high level. So it is as if the stock were in a pause or were resting so when it is ready, it can resume its up-trend with much more vigor.

What does this signal mean? As said the stock is in a powerful up-trend but it is trading lower for the last few days. Today it makes a significantly lower Bottom than yesterday’s low price and Today’s Low is also the lowest price since the Reaction set in. Now after making a lower low, the stock turns back and starts going up usually with a relatively heavy volume. Now when it trades higher than Today’s Open, it makes today a Bull Day. So it seems the RESTART (BUY) signal is in the making and when it goes higher than Previous Day’s Close, we have this signal confirmed. You can close your short positions if any and can initiate long positions at this time with a Stop-loss at Today’s Low price. However you have to look at today’s closing price and see if all conditions are still fulfilled. If today is a Bull Day and Today’s Close is also higher than Previous Day’s Close, we can confer that there was some powerful shift in Demand today. This wasn’t just some emotional or psychological buildup overnight but today’s lower price attracted new buying in the stock and also sellers are not willing to sell at these lower prices. So the combined effect could be pretty positive for the stock.
Let us take an example from AMZN (Amazon.com).

After trading as low as 47.51, the stock changed its course and when it traded higher than Today’s Open price (48.37) it created a possibility of today being a Bull Day (Condition 3). Then when it traded higher than Previous Day’s Close of 48.43, it was a RESTART (BUY) (a kind of reversal) in the making (Condition 4). The volume was also somewhat higher than the daily volume over the last two days.

Now when the trading ended for Oct 1, AMZN actually closed at 49.12 as we might have hoped after it crossed 48.43. So based on the closing prices, we had a confirmed RESTART (BUY) signal.

ACTION: When this signal takes place during a Reaction, it indicates that stock is back to it major up-trend and you can expect it to not only cross the Previous Top but also make a higher Top. In the event of this signal taking place, you should close your short positions and initiate new long positions.

STOP-LOSS: Possible Stop-loss levels are Today’s Low price, or Previous Day’s Close price. However the recommended Stop-loss would be at Today’s Low price minus around 1%.

PRICE OBJECTIVE: Once this signal takes place, you can expect the stock to cross the last Top and make a new higher Top.

Now let us look at a complete chart of AMZN after the RESTART (BUY) took place. As seen from the chart below, the stock continued its upward journey. It did not go below the low price  of the day of the signal but crossed the previous high of 51$ and ultimately made a new high of 59$ over just two weeks.

Daily prices of AMZN:

 As you can see from the prices above and also from the Chart here, Oct 1 proved to be the actual end of the Reaction AMZN was going through. Since then, AMZN resumed its upward movement and made a high price of 59 only within the next ten trading days.

RESTART (SELL) in a BEARISH TREND:

Let us now see how a RESTART signal works in a primary downtrend As we know during a downtrend, a stock often has a few up days during which the stock seems to be going up. This point in time may be actually confusing. It is hard to differentiate if an actual trend reversal is going on or may be just that a Correction is taking place. So in the middle of such a crucial time, if you see this signal taking shape, it tells you that the stock is still not done with its downtrend! You can expect it to not only cross the Previous Bottom but a new lower Bottom may be formed. So like a GAP, this signal also indicates the continuation of the downtrend and you can expect new lower prices in the stock. Let us first list down the conditions that form this signal and then we will take one historical example.

Conditions:

1. The main trend for the stock has to be a downtrend but for a few recent days, three to ten or so, the stock should be kind of in Sideways or going up. (A Correction in stock prices.)
2. Today’s High price has to be HIGHER than Previous Day’s High price.
   TDH > PDH
   The more the difference between TDH and PDH, the more powerful the signal would be. A small difference that is less than 0.5% to 1% of the stock price would make this signal weak.
3. Today has to be a Bear Day.  Today’s Close has to be LOWER than Today’s Open.
   TDC < TDO
4. Today’s Close has to be LOWER than Previous Day’s Close. This is also a very important required condition for this signal.
   TDC < PDC
5. Today’s High price has to be sort of the highest price of the current Reactionary trend.
6. It is desirable to have a higher volume today in comparison with the volume of the last few days that form the Correction. The more the increase in volume on the day of the signal, the stronger the signal.

Let us take an example to understand this signal in a downtrend When you look at the Chart below of EELN (eLoan.com), you will see EELN in a definite downtrend. However during early August, it seemed to be in Sideways with daily prices becoming more stable in comparison to the strong downtrend of the last few weeks. Now on August 8^th, the stock gave us a RESTART (SELL) signal telling us that with a Stop-loss of around 4.14, you can short sell EELN and can expect it to make a new low Bottom. Let us see how this RESTART (SELL) signal took place on that day.

As evident from the Chart, EELN was in a downtrend but over the recent few days it demonstrated that it was in a Sideways movement. So the downtrend seemed to end for the last five to six days (Condition 1). Now on August 8^th, EELN opened at 4.02 and made a high of 4.10 that was higher than the Previous Day’s High, on Aug 7 of 4.05, fulfilling our Condition 2. Today’s High of 4.10 was the recent highest price (for the last six days), fulfilling our Condition 5. As trading continued on Aug 8^th, EELN started going down and when it traded at below 4.00, it made the day a Bear Day (Close of 3.94, lower than the day’s opening price of 4.02) (Condition 3) and it was also trading lower than Previous Day’s Close (Condition 4). Volume was also a little higher than the average volume of  the last three days.

Thus we had almost all conditions fulfilled to make August 8^th a RESTART (SELL) signal day indicating that the last few week’s downtrend may resume again pushing EELN prices down to form a new lower Bottom. You can note the volume wasn’t significantly higher and also the difference between the high price of Aug 8^th and the high price of Aug 7^th was only 5 cents. Both these facts made our signal a little weak but still it was a complete RESTART (SELL) signal.

Now look below at EELN’s prices and also the Chart to see what happened after we had this signal.

Here is what happened to EELN after the RESTART (SELL) signal on Aug 8^th.

After this Correction (or a Sideways movement) during the first few trading days of August 2003, the RESTART (SELL) signal indicated that the downtrend was again likely to gain momentum and this was exactly what happened there after. EELN kept sinking and made a low of 3.34 on the fourth trading day (August 14^th). Then if you look at the prices, there was another minor up trend (or you can call it Sideways) phase for the next three days, Aug 14th to Aug 18th. After making a higher high of 3.87 on August 19^th, EELN closed at 3.64 which was lower than Previous Day’s Close price of 3.79 as well as lower than Today’s Open of 3.84 (a Bear Day). Thus on the 19^th, we had a RESTART (SELL) signal once again. However this was a weak signal as on the 19^th, the high of 3.87 was only slightly higher than Previous Day’s High or 3.84. Volume wasn’t much higher either. Anyway, this RESTART (SELL) signal pointed out that EELN was likely to go below the last bottom of 3.34. If you look down the four following days, you will see that EELN broke below 3.34 and made a new low price of 3.10!

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