Locking in Big Gains and Downgrading This Sleeper Position

SymbolTransaction Type# Shares TradedRecent Price $Shares Owned After Trade% Portfolio
CIBRSell44584.502,2853.2

After you receive this Alert, the Pro Portfolio will sell 445 shares of the First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF ($CIBR) at or near $84.50. Following the trade, CIBR shares will account for roughly 3.2% of the Pro Portfolio’s assets. 

Following up on our comments in today’s video, we are electing to lock in some gains following the more than 38% rise in CIBR shares over the last five weeks. Helping cement that decision is CIBR’s RSI reading above 80, which indicates a severely overbought condition in the stock. We’d also note the RSI figures for both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite are back above 70 (overbought) as well. 

With the vector and velocity of cyberattacks increasing, in part due to bad actors leveraging AI, and our view that every portfolio should have cybersecurity exposure, we will continue to own a sizable position in CIBR after today’s trade. 

Alongside this trade, we will reset our checkpoint level for CIBR shares to $71 from $68. In the chart below, note the gap in the chart near $71. We will also downgrade CIBR shares to a Two from One. 

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(Please note that we are looking to execute these trades at or near the share price mentioned above. Once the trade is completed, subscribers can see the trade’s executed price here. Be sure to toggle the chart to sort by Purchase Date.)

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

SymbolTransaction Type (Sell/Buy)# Shares Traded
CIBRSell445
SymbolRating (0 = Not Rated, 1 = Buy, 2 = StockPile, 3 = Hold, 4 = Sell)
CIBR2
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Posted by Chris Versace

With 30 years of cross-industry experience, Chris Versace brings his thematic investing lens to TheStreet Pro Portfolio (formerly Action Alerts PLUS) each day as lead portfolio manager. His daily insights, analysis, and recommendations provide the foundation for TheStreet's Pro Portfolio. Versace began his career in equity research before founding Versace Management in 2005. He joined TheStreet team in 2011 as a Real Money contributor before becoming portfolio manager of Action Alerts PLUS in 2021. He holds an MBA from Fordham Gabelli School of Business and has co-authored a book called “Cocktail Investing - Distilling Everyday Noise into Clear Investing Signals for Better Returns.” With a passion for teaching others about investing, Versace spent 9 years as an Assistant Professor of Finance at NJCU School of Business. When he’s not contributing to TheStreet’s premium services, he can be found speaking at industry conferences or at a Bruce Springsteen concert (he’s seen him 50 times and counting!).

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