Golden Agriculture: A golden opportunity

Golden Agriculture confirmed the bearish signals seen yesterday with a gap down today. Opening at the psychologically important 60c level, it quickly turned that into a resistance level, resulting in a black candle day on rather high volume. Sell signal is confirmed on the MACD. The MFI continues to decline, moving out of the overbought territory in the process. The counter is no longer overbought but such black candle days usually have some momentum and the expectation is for a further decline in price. A major support level is at 54c.

Despite the fall in price, the uptrend for Golden Agriculture is still intact. I have drawn three trendline supports in blue, orange and purple colors. Comparing the high achieved just three sessions ago with the trendline supports, we get an idea of how the rapid rise in price was not sustainable. It would be nice to see the blue trendline tested sometime in the next few sessions and holding, failing which the orange trendline comes into play. With improving fundamentals, I do not expect Golden Agriculture to fall to test the purple trendline but, of course, nothing is for sure.

Strategy: This correction presents a golden opportunity to accumulate. Having divested 90% of my position at every resistance level on the way up, I will now accumulate at every support level on the way down.

Mid-afternoon take: AusGroup

On 9 Jan, I wrote in a post that "AusGroup had a sell signal on the MACD on Thursday (7 Jan). In the near term, price seems set to go lower. Initial support is at 69c, a many times tested candlestick support level. The cluster of rising 20dMA, 50dMA and 100dMA, all within close proximity of each other, should limit downside to 66c which coincides with the 50% Fibo line."AusGroup

AusGroup closed at 68.5c in yesterday's session and is now hugging the 100dMA and the 20dMA supports which are at 68.5c and 68c respectively. MFI has formed a lower high indicating weakened buying momentum and the OBV has gone flat. Despite the ugly black candle formed in the last session, the uptrend is still intact. If the support at 68c gives way, next support is provided by the 50dMA at 66c.

The current uptrend is negated if price closes below 65c this week. From a technical perspective, the probability of this happening is rather low. Having said this, we want to see AusGroup forming a higher low to confirm the uptrend in the next few sessions. The previous low was at 63c on 23 Dec 09.