May 18th, 2022 Significant Buying Pressure for XOM Dear Reader, Yesterday, we looked at a Daily Price Chart of Yeti Holdings Inc., noting the stock’s 24/52 Day MACD is trading below the 18-Day EMA signaling a ‘Sell’. For today’s Trade of the Day we will be looking at an On Balance Volume chart for Exxon Mobil Corp. stock symbol: XOM. Before breaking down XOM’s OBV chart let’s first review which products and services are offered by the company. Exxon Mobil Corporation explores for and produces crude oil and natural gas in the United States and internationally. It operates through Upstream, Downstream, and Chemical segments. The company is also involved in the manufacture, trade, transport, and sale of crude oil, natural gas, petroleum products, petrochemicals, and other specialty products; manufactures and sells petrochemicals, including olefins, polyolefins, aromatics, and various other petrochemicals; and captures and stores carbon, hydrogen, and biofuels. Confirming a Price Uptrend with OBV The XOM daily price chart below shows that XOM is in a price uptrend as the current price is above the price XOM 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 XOM 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 XOM Since XOM's OBV line is sloping up, the most likely future price movement for XOM is up, making XOM a good candidate for a stock purchase or a call option purchase. Let's use the Hughes Optioneering calculator to look at the potential returns for an XOM 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 XOM 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 XOM option example, we used the 1% Rule to select the XOM 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. |
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