Trains Keep Chugging

• Posted by Greg Harmon
• on March 19th, 2014

You may have notice that I put on a long position in CSX Corporation, $CSX, today. Let me explain my thinking. I did the trade 25 minutes before the release of the FOMC statement. That should give you a clue that this was not a short term oriented trade. Here is what got me excited. For starters the entire transportation sector is on fire, making new highs. I wrote about that here this morning. Specifically to CSX, the weekly chart below is marked very simply. There is a “w” consolidation that took place from mid 2011 to mid 2013. A break out above that consolidation ensued in late 2013. The break out was retested at the start of the year and it moved back higher. The other indicators, RSI and MACD, support

more upside and the 3 box reversal Point and Figure Chart has a price objective of 50. With the stock consolidating at the previous high it appears ready to break out. The daily chart is also looking good. With just an Andrew’s Pitchfork price is following the Median Line higher. A pullback to support at 27.50 would be an ideal entry, or a break out over 29. My trade was a bit of a bullish compromise. Putting on a bullish Risk Reversal, I bought the April 30 Call and at the same time sold the April 27.50 Put. This combination paid me 2 cents to put on. This takes margin, but just as much as owning the stock at 27.50. If all goes well and it rises there is a lot of leverage in this trade to reap gains. If the stock does not rise but goes

back to the 27-27.50 consolidation range I run the risk of being put the stock at April Expiry. But I already stated that the 27 area was a good entry point. Obviously if it looks to keep falling it would require a hedge at some point. If it does move higher then I am left with a decision to take of the trade ahead of earnings April 15th or create a longer term trade out of it.

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