28 May, 2008 (16:00:00 AEST)
the downside:upside probability is estimated at 107:15 or 7.1:1. ;-))))))))))))))))
BOUGAINVILLE COPPER SURGES 9.3% ON ROBUST VOLUME, IN SIGNIFICANT UPTREND May 28, 2008 16:00:00 AEST
Bougainville Copper (BOC) surged 12.50c (or 9.3%) to $1.48. Compared with the All Ordinaries Index which fell 63.9 points (or 1.1%) on the day, this represented a relative price change of 10.4%.
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Significant Uptrend Price Volume Trend: The price soared 20.9% in the last week. This has been propped up by firm volume of 1.3 times average for the week. In the last three months the number of rises outnumbered falls 28:27 or 1.04:1. Relativities: Compared with the All Ordinaries Index which rose 1.5% for the month, this represented a relative price increase of 47.9% for the month. Since open its percentile rank in the Australian market was 95. In the Australian market of 2,092 stocks, the stock has a 6-month relative strength of 86 which means it is beating 86% of the market. A price rise combined with a high relative strength is a bullish signal. Moving Average Price (MAP): The price to 200-day MAP ratio is 1.37, a bullish indicator. In the past 200 days this ratio has exceeded 1.37 44 times suggesting further upside. The stock is trading above both its MAPs at $1.08 for the 200-day MAP and $1.05 for the 50-day MAP, a bullish indicator. The 200-day MAP has increased to $1.08. An increase is another bullish indicator. Breakout: The stock traded at a five-month high of $1.48 today. The bulls are maintaining control with price open, high, low and close exceeding yesterday's levels. Support: The support price is hovering at the $1.0 level. Volume traded at the fragile support price zone was 0.3 times average during the six occasions when the support price was breached. In the last one month the first low was at $1.0 on Apr 29, the second at $1.0 on May 05. The third decline halted at $1.0 on May 07, the fourth at $1.0 on May 08, the fifth at $1.02 on May 06 and the sixth at $1.02 on Apr 30
PRICE VOLUME DYNAMICS Volatility: The stock traded between an intraday low of $1.40 and five-month high of $1.48. The price range has expanded in the last two days (from 3.0c two days ago to 7.50c today) which, accompanied by a price rise, is a bullish signal. Volume and Turnover Period: There were 115,230 shares worth $164,274 traded. The volume was 2.5 times average trading of 46,264 shares. % Disc to High and % Prem to Low: The last price is at a discount of 24.0% to the 12-month high of $1.94 and a premium of 102.0% to the 12-month low of 73.0c. Volume Weighted Price (VWP): The price is at a premium of 17.5% to the 1-month volume weighted average price of $1.26. Given that this premium has been under 17.5% one hundred seven times and over 17.5% fifteen times in the last year, the downside:upside probability is estimated at 107:15 or 7.1:1. |