Tesla breaks higher

By

Gary Christie

April 16, 2020

2

Min Read

The vertically integrated sustainable energy company Tesla (TSLA) has seen its stock price shoot vertically in Tuesday's trading surging over 13% making it one of the top performers in the Nasdaq 100.

The Co was upgraded to "Neutral" from "underperform" at Credit Suisse

TSLA stock had some of the most active options trading volume on the CBOE Tuesday with over 37 thousand call contracts traded at the $800 strike expiring on April 17th.

Looking at the price action of TSLA in relation to heavy call trading, price action broke above the 50% retracement level ($651) from the swing high of $946 and swing low of $350 confirming a breakaway gap which occurs when price action gaps above a key resistance level. The 50% retracement level coincidently corresponded to the 50-day moving average.

There is a high probability that the uptrend will continue towards a retest of record highs unless $651 support is broken. A break of $651 will likely play to our alternative technical scenario down towards $560 support from the March 26th high.

TSLA is anticipated to report Q1 earnings on 04/24/2020

Happy Trading.

Gary Christie

Head of North American Research
Gary has over 15 years in financial markets. Prior to joining TC, he served as an equity & derivatives specialist with TD Bank and Bank of America. Gary is regularly quoted in Bloomberg News, conducts many education and market outlook webinars for investment institutions all over the world and has been a guest speaker at the New York Traders Expo.
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