June 2nd, 2021 Residential Real Estate ETF Pushes Higher Dear Reader, Yesterday, we looked at a Daily Price Chart of United Parcel Service, Inc., noting the stock’s 50-Day EMA is trading above the 100-Day EMA signaling a ‘Buy’. For today’s Trade of the Day we will be looking at an On Balance Volume chart for the iShares Residential Real Estate ETF symbol: REZ. Before breaking down REZ’s OBV chart let’s first review the investment objective of the ETF. The REZ ETF seeks to track the investment results of the FTSE NAREIT All Residential Capped Index composed of U.S. residential, healthcare and self-storage real estate equities. The underlying index measures the performance of the residential apartments, manufactured homes, healthcare and self-storage real estate sectors of the U.S. equity market. Confirming a Price Uptrend with OBV The REZ daily price chart below shows that REZ is in a price uptrend as the current price is above the price REZ 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 REZ 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 REZ Since REZ's OBV line is sloping up, the most likely future price movement for REZ is up, making REZ a good candidate for an ETF purchase or a call option purchase. Let's use the Hughes Optioneering calculator to look at the potential returns for a REZ call option purchase. The Call Option Calculator will calculate the profit/loss potential for a call option trade based on the price change of the underlying stock/ETF at option expiration in this example from a flat REZ price to a 12.5% increase. The Optioneering Team uses the 1% Rule to select an option strike price with a higher percentage of winning trades. In the following REZ option example, we used the 1% Rule to select the REZ option strike price but out of fairness to our paid option service subscribers we don’t list the strike price used in the profit/loss calculation. Our initial price target for REZ stock is 90.00 per share. |
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