Orient Paper, Inc. ONP
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ONP was a good pick from yesterday’s extended watchlist. We included it after after noticing that the stock was gapping up pre-market. It did so, and after touching a morning low of 2.15, we observed a move from ONP which took the price as high as 2.55. That was good for an intraday spike of 19%
This came on the heels of the company’s release of unaudited preliminary third quarter figures, which included 25% increases in both net income and earnings-per-share, and a 23.5% boost to gross profit. This is a steadily growing business that we will want to keep an eye on moving forward.
NQ Mobile, Inc. NQ
Another winner from the extended watchlist yesterday came in the form of NQ. The stock saw a daily range from 8.74 up to 12.18, and afforded us the opportunity at gains of up to 39% It seems we caught this play off of its bottom and mentioned it at just the right time.
As is generally the case when we come across such a play, today we’re on the lookout for the stock to post higher highs and higher lows to confirm an uptrend off of that bottom.
American Apparel, Inc. APP
On October 8th, we mentioned that we were watching for a bottom on an old favorite of ours, APP. It had been steadily downtrending since the beginning of August, and it seemed like the right time to re-alert the stock. Just two days later, we saw that bottom, as APP touched 1.04. After waiting patiently for just a few weeks, it seems that APP has finally begun a reversal and is now headed up once again. Yesterday APP broke through a key resistance point, the 50DMA at 1.31, and several indicators are showing strength, including the MACD, which is currently diverging, and we have an RSI which is heading straight into the power zone.
The timing here couldn’t much better, as APP has been one of our favorite retail stocks heading into the holiday season for years now. For example, last year, the stock saw a move from .90-2.40 between the months of November and April. The year before, it was from the .50-range up to 1.20. We are excited to see where this year’s retail season takes APP, especially after catching it right off of its dead bottom.
Extended Watchlist:
CYBK, S, NLST, ARIA, OXBT, MEET, BLDP
