JUL26 1538EST. Shares of ONEOK, Inc. (OKE) are not usually tracked by intraday traders, mostly as their average volume is relatively light (1.6M per day over the past 3 months). Yesterday, however, OKE gapped higher on news of a divestiture and, from the first minutes of trade, the pace of volume was several times (5x-10x) higher than the daily average. Even with a nearly 15% gap up, the first 5-minute high was surpassed before 9:40am, suggesting the potential for further upside.
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| OKE (ONEOK, Inc). May 2012 to July 2013. Daily candles. |
Looking at the daily candles chart above, two resistance levels are clear: ~$50 and ~$52.25. The former was formed by three pivot highs over the past year, while the latter marks the all-time high (and the stock is no recent IPO; it's been trading for at least 20 years).
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| OKE (ONEOK, Inc). Jul 25, 2013. 1-minute candles. |
And examining the intraday chart, the discerning observer can see that OKE respected these long-term resistance levels with almost surgical precision. On the first approach of price to either $50 or $52.25, a short position would have yielded quick profits. And on the break of either level, a long position would have likewise been profitable and, going with the day's trend, relatively easy to initiate.
Oftentimes, trades around long-term support or resistance levels are not quite this easy due to the incidence of false breakouts. Not so in the quite okay trades on Jul 25 in OKE.
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