Chart of the Day: Palantir Flips the Script

Don’t adjust your screens, that was really a big trading day for Palantir ($PLTR). PLTR ripped to the upside following an earnings smash with raised guidance that lifted the stock higher than it has been since January, when it was in free fall. It was an amazing quarter of record-setting earnings for the software company and puts any doubts about their future business to bed.

What is amazing about PLTR is the chart, where an about face occurred and suddenly the bears were torched. The chart is not altogether bullish, but is certainly headed in that direction. That sharp rise Tuesday on heavy volume (best volume day in a year) helped guide the stock to a teal candle, which is cautiously bullish (from a cautiously bearish the day prior). That is impressive. MACD is now on a buy signal, looking for a confirmation day.

Money flow had been surging of late, which we noted recently. The RSI is jammed up and nearly overbought, just a condition though and not a signal to sell yet. A confirmed rally would signal more upside is coming for Palantir. Some would target short-covering for this large move, and that might be right. But big rallies tend to get started from covering shorts, and we think this is where Palantir will do its best work.

The stock is well above its 200-day moving average now, which is important as a marker for institutional sponsorship. That is the place where big money is often ready to add more, and we see that happening recently in the Chaikin money flow.

We like Palantir in TheStreet Pro Portfolio and rate it a One, or “buy at anytime.”

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At the time of publication, TheStreet Pro Portfolio was long PLTR.

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Bob Lang is one of the country’s top options traders, an expert market technician, and a highly sought-after mentor and teacher. He is a private trader in equity and option markets and created his own hedge fund and options trading company called Explosive Options. He is also founder and Chief Options Analyst at Aztec Capital, LLC. He has been a regular contributor to TheStreet Pro's paid subscription products since 2009. Lang is both a short-term trader and long-term stock investor. He utilizes technical and fundamental analysis to find investment opportunities. His coverage for TheStreet Pro specializes in options trading, stock investing, and technical analysis. One of Lang’s claims to fame is his creation of the acronym FANG to describe the top tech companies at the time (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google). The acronym has since expanded considerably and is still widely used today. He is the author of the book “Know Your Options” and holds an MBA from the University of Redlands. When he’s not providing financial commentary for TheStreet, he can be found on the tennis court, reading, or traveling.

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