Core Mark Holdings Co – CORE

2019-03-05

This trade idea came from Investor's Business Daily 03/01, because it was featured on the front page under Stocks on Move, Up.

From the company's About page "Core-Mark has grown into one of the largest distributors and marketers of consumer goods in North America." They have stand alone displays in many retail locations.

This broke out of a consolidation period on strong volume on Friday. This is a cup formation and I'm expecting this to form a handle for a few weeks. They are reporting earnings in 2 months 05/08

I placed a market order for 100 shares about 11:30, because it had held and was a little off the previous day's close. This Day 2 of a 7 Trading Day Time Stop

I got filled at $35.88
-5% stop = $34.09
20% Target = $43.06

IBD Rankings 03/05/19
Composite Rating: 88
EPS Rating: 76
RS Rating: 98
Group RS Rating: B+
SMR Rating: D
Acc/Dis Rating: A+
ROE: 10.5%
Debt: 92%
Outstanding Shares: 45.7m
EPS Due Date: 5/6/19

Dr Alexander has a triple screen for viewing charts and Trading for a Living is why I use the following charts

CORE 5 Year Monthly from BigCharts 2019-03-05
CORE 5 Year Monthly from BigCharts 2019-03-05
CORE 2 Year Weekly from BigCharts 2019-03-05
CORE 2 Year Weekly from BigCharts 2019-03-05
CORE 3 Month Daily from BigCharts 2019-03-05
CORE 3 Month Daily from BigCharts 2019-03-05
CORE 3 Month Daily from StockCharts 2019-03-05
CORE 3 Month Daily from StockCharts 2019-03-05

2019-03-14

I closed out of the position today, because momentum has stalled. I wanted to lock in some gains and this will still be on my watch list. Looking at the weekly chart I'm expecting more selling and needing time for a handle form around the $34-35 range.

I got filled at $37.13

$37.13 - $35.88 = $1.25 / $35.88 = +3.5%  in 10 days

CORE 3 Month Daily from StockCharts 2019-03-14
CORE 3 Month Daily from StockCharts 2019-03-14