CAT1 trade ideas
Caterpillar (CAT) earnings preview: strong double-digit growthCaterpillar has carefully assembled its brand and product portfolio over the past 100 years to create the largest construction and mining equipment manufacturer in the world. In a push to realize research and development and production efficiencies, Caterpillar has become the largest or second-largest manufacturer of virtually every product it makes while generating a double-digit return on invested capital.
While the company has entered new geographies organically, acquisitions have helped it create a robust product line. Typically, larger and higher-priced equipment is completely designed and manufactured in-house at Caterpillar, while smaller and lower-priced equipment is largely assembled from premanufactured components from various suppliers. Over the past decade, Caterpillar has increased its adoption of lean manufacturing principles, particularly with new hires from the automotive industry.
Caterpillar increased manufacturing segment revenue 33% to $12.2 billion compared with the prior year’s quarter. The industry has been in growth mode thanks to a combination of U.S. tax reform, strong economic activity, and positive commodity price trends. Caterpillar’s resource industries and energy and transportation segments clearly demonstrate this point, as both segments increased revenue 32% to $2.2 billion, and 27% to $4.3 billion, respectively.
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CAT looks ready to make a move into ERTwo different options for trading on chart. RSI in bullish diversion, MACD curling upward, base building at an area of support. Could head back up toward 200MA at 147 area and toward filling two gaps left above. Run could come into ER on July 31, options on chart depend on risk taste, whether or not you want to play the ER. Good luck to all.
$CAT Entry position on parabolic uptrend line$CAT a dow stock had a large correction near the parabolic line support, alot of support going back to 2014 at e $118, best entry would be at $129 on the parabolic support line however all the FUD that has come from TRUMP and trade war fake news has already shown its effect and held up well around the $130 support line.
Recommended LONG at current price of $135 and dollar cost average in onto the lows of $120, if major support lines get tested and break at $119 sell, good place to place your stop losses.
I dont own any $CAT atm but entering position for a LONG TERM hold here at these levels dollar cost averaging down to the $120 supports.
$CAT Oversold Catching Support$CAT Caterpillar looking oversold on the daily chart - catching support at gapfill around $132.50 today, already bounced nearly $3 intraday. Expecting continuation to at least $140 in the very near term, possibly further. Breaking through the 200d ema will be crucial for additional gains, may see some resistance there.
Note this stock has been one of the equities affected by trade war concerns, beware it could make a significant move in either direction with further trade war developments and/or POTUS tweets.
Note: Observation/opinion, not investment advice.
WATCH to LONG soon $CAT$CAT @breakingoptions , keep this one on the radar, RSI has not been this oversold since 2014, This is all trade war noise. Stock is below every moving avg. I have a string support / gap up line at 132.01. Fib 38.2% @ 145.12, once trade war news is over this will be your go to stock. Aug 145 calls looking like a decent play
Watch for the live CAT bounceThis is a short term trade.
to specify, short term meaning no more than 2 hour trade(Perhaps max) I'm pretty sure we break above the close Tuesdays 152.95. The quicker you are in the morning, the better. Hopefully we get a quick bounce off of 152.70s to launch into 153.50s.
And the final reminder, this trade is no longer than 2 hours. At the very least, trail a stop loss just in case it runs beyond 153.70s.
Lets see how I do on the CAT call(s)
CAT lesson - Open was Bullish & End was BearishYou need to understand that price action always comes back to 20 moving average or middle of Bollinger Indicator. When anything is overstretched, like a rubber band and let go, it will come back to normal or back in balance. No price action can continue to either go up and/or down for long, that is why oversold and/or overbought areas are very important, in your trading.
*IF you were all in buying CAT at beginning of today and did not understand this LESSON, you would have took a huge loss of $15.00 per share. Be flexible and understand price action and trust both your EYES and charts, they will tell you were they are going in the future.
