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This week – Energy stocks dominate the EDGE reports.
Oasis Petroluem Inc. ($OAS)
With oil prices gyrating daily, energy stocks have become very volatile, completely changing trading conditions, and creating new profit opportunities.
Tuesday, the S-Score for $OAS started to ramp up shortly after the open.
It breached the +2 level at around 11:30ET, when price was at $13.60, and continued to rise, showing up with a +3.773 score in the Closing EDGE report.
That day, price closed at $14.22.
Wednesday the story continued, with $OAS registering in the top 10 on the Early EDGE with a S-score of +3.100.
That day price moved from $14.02 to close at $15.66.
Today, price has continued to move up and made an intraday high just after open of $16.80.
Sanchez Energy Corp. ($SN)
$SN got off to a good start on Wednesday, scoring +2.725 in the Early EDGE. By the 08:55ET EDGE report, it had pushed higher to +3.185.
Meanwhile price opened Wednesday at $7.20 and rallied to close at $9.22.
Today, price popped even higher after the open, recording an intraday high of $9.88.
GIII-Apparel Group Ltd. ($GIII)
Before the market open, Wednesday, $GIII announced earnings, beating expectations and issuing improved FY15 estimates.
After a sizable gap at the open, trading commenced at $91.27. By the session end it had risen to $96.95, with an intraday high shortly before of $98.09.
GIII made it’s debut in the Early EDGE report with a S-Score of +4.226 and stayed above +4 for the rest of the day.
Shoe Carnival Inc. ($SCVL)
$SCVL released earnings Monday after the bell, beating Wall St expectations. The stock’s S-Score was at +4.101 in the Early EDGE Tuesday, and stayed above +4 for the rest of the day.
Price opened at $21.64, and peaked at $23.49 intraday. The following day the rally continued with an intraday high of $24.42.
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Palo Alto Networks Inc. ($PANW)
After the close Monday, $PANW announced Q1 earnings, with their loss widening but their revenues beating. Tuesday $PANW debuted in the Early EDGE report, with a S-Score of +3.989, and stayed in the +4 area for the rest of the day.
Meanwhile price opened at $114.80 and continued to rally, topping out in the $120 area.
Brown Shoe Co. Inc. ($BWS)
$MDT released earnings before the open Tuesday, beating estimates by $0.07, and raising FY15 outlook. The stock’s S-Score was at +4.1205 in the EDGE, and stayed around +4 for the rest of the day.
Price opened at $30.10, and peaked at $31.76 intraday. Today the rally is continuing with a high of $32.43 being registered in the first 15 mins of trade.
This week: As Q3 earnings season winds down, we look at some final earnings plays –
Staples Inc. ($SPLS)
Before the open Wednesday, $SPLS announced earnings. S-Score was +3.588 in the Early EDGE report, and floated up to above +4 for the remainder of the session.
Meanwhile price gapped up on the open 2.6% to $13.10, before shooting up to a high of $14.14 in the first hour of trade. It then settled into a range between $13.80 and $14.00.
Medtronic Inc. ($MDT)
$MDT also released earnings Wednesday. The stock’s S-Score was at +3.751 in the EDGE, and stayed just below +4 for the rest of the day.
Price opened at $69.22, peaked at $72.74 and closed at $72.50, offering traders a nice one day gain.
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