Thinking Further on IBM 

Yes, I’ve added to IBM ($IBM) on today’s weakness.

Readers will see that after falling out of bed late this past winter, the shares of IBM had developed a rectangle pattern with a $258 pivot over the following three-month period. The stock broke out of that pattern in response to the above news flow. In doing so, IBM took back its 21-day EMA, 50-day SMA and 200-day SMA. 

Relative Strength is still quite robust but has now come off of a technically overbought level. Below the chart, the MACD now has a lot of bullish momentum, and is still postured in that way. Within that indicator, the histogram of the 9-day EMA is now well into bullish territory while the 12-day EMA is holding its ground above the 26-day EMA.

What if we strip away the rectangle? Take a look:

It’s a little lopsided, but IBM has developed a “cup with handle” pattern bearing a $331 pivot. This, in my opinion, refreshes the bullish setup for this stock. 

International Business Machines (IBM)

Price Target: $397 (up from $337)

Pivot: $331

Add: Down to 200-day SMA (Currently $272)

Panic: Loss of that 200-day line. 

Position: Long IBM equity

Quantum Computing Stocks Hit Hard

Quantum computing stocks sold off hard on Wednesday ahead of the Quantinuum IPO at the Nasdaq Market Site on Thursday. Quantinuum, which is majority owned by Honeywell ($HON), will officially begin trading later today under the ticker symbol “QNT.”

On Wednesday, Infleqtion ($INFQ) gave up 12.4%, Rigetti Computing ($RGTI) gave back 10.4%, and D-Wave Quantum ($QBTS) surrendered 7.9%. Even the mighty IBM ($IBM) lost 7.2%.

Last night, Quantinuum announced that it has raised $1.68 billion in its initial public offering after pricing 28 million shares at $60 apiece.

I will be adding to my long position in IBM (still up 31.6%) at some point this morning.

Positions: Long IBM equity.