| June 17th, 2021 Buying Pressure Sends ALXN Higher Dear Reader, Yesterday, we looked at a Daily Price Chart of Agilent Technologies, Inc., noting the stock has been making a series of 52-Week Highs since early June. For today’s Trade of the Day we will be looking at an On Balance Volume chart for Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. stock symbol: ALXN. Before breaking down ALXN’s OBV chart let’s first review which products and services are offered by the company. Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and commercializes various therapeutic products. The company serves distributors, pharmacies, hospital, hospital buying groups, and other healthcare providers in the United States and internationally. Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has collaboration and license agreement with Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.; and agreements with Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Zealand Pharma A/S, Caelum Biosciences, Inc., Stealth BioTherapeutics Corp., and Affibody AB. Confirming a Price Uptrend with OBV The ALXN daily price chart below shows that ALXN is in a price uptrend as the current price is above the price ALXN traded at six months ago (circled). The On Balance Volume chart is below the daily chart. On Balance Volume measures volume flow with a single Easy-to-Read Line. Volume flow precedes price movement and helps sustain the price uptrend. When a stock closes up, volume is added to the line. When a stock closes down, volume is subtracted from the line. A cumulative total of these additions and subtractions form the OBV line. On Balance Volume Indicator ● When Close is Up, Volume is Added ● When Close is Down, Volume is Subtracted ● A Cumulative Total of Additions and Subtractions form the OBV Line Volume flow precedes price and is the key to measuring the validity and sustainability of a price trend. We can see from the OBV chart below that the On Balance Volume line for ALXN is sloping up. An up-sloping line indicates that the volume is heavier on up days and buying pressure is exceeding selling pressure. Buying pressure must continue to exceed selling pressure in order to sustain a price uptrend. So, On Balance Volume is a simple indicator to use that confirms the price uptrend and its sustainability. The numerical value of the On Balance Volume line is not important. We simply want to see an up-sloping line to confirm a price up trend. 
Confirmed ‘Buy’ Signal for ALXN Since ALXN's OBV line is sloping up, the most likely future price movement for ALXN is up, making ALXN a good candidate for a stock purchase or a debit spread trade. Let's use the Hughes Optioneering calculator to look at the potential returns for an ALXN debit spread. The Call Option Spread Calculator will calculate the profit/loss potential for a call option spread based on the price change of the underlying stock/ETF at option expiration in this example from a 7.5% increase to a 7.5% decrease in ALXN stock at option expiration. The goal of this example is to demonstrate the ‘built in’ profit potential for option spreads and the ability of spreads to profit if the underlying stock is up, down or flat at option expiration. Out of fairness to our paid option service subscribers we don’t list the option strike prices used in the profit/loss calculation. The prices and returns represented below were calculated based on the current stock and option pricing for ALXN on 6/16/2021 before commissions. | 
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