Don’t Judge an Overbought Stock

One of the themes for 2013 has been the rocket ships that are ‘momentum stocks’. So far this year Netflix ($NFLX) is up 280%, Tesla ($TSLA) is up 416%, Zillow ($Z) is up 200%, and Yelp ($YELP) is up 284%, just to name a few. If you look at each of these stock’s charts you’ll see continued breaks of momentum into ‘overbought’ status – and this isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

This is the topic of my TraderPlanet article for this week.

Here’s a piece:

For many novice traders who begin showing interest in technical analysis they read a lot about oversold and overbought markets. The money signs flash in their eyes at the thought of how simple trading must be as they start penning a letter to Buffet that he should prepare to relinquish his seat to them on the Fortune Magazine’s Billionaire List. Not so fast!

Read the rest: Don’t Judge an Overbought Stock (TraderPlanet)

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