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What Part of Advanced Auto Parts' Chart Do You Like?

Greg Schnell

Greg Schnell

Chief Technical Analyst, Osprey Strategic

Advanced Auto Parts (AAP) has been struggling around the 170 level for years and we are back to that level once again. The SCTR has been strong, having recently pulled back as price consolidated through the first quarter. The SCTR is a method of comparing the strength of price moves across a group of stocks. I like to find stocks moving into the top quartile (i.e. above 75).  The full stochastic is moving back above 50, which is also good on a weekly chart. The PPO is a momentum indicator. There are four real phases of momentum: rising below zero, rising above zero, declining above zero and declining below zero. Turning up just above zero is a very positive sign. This stock has a nice setup and looks strong.

If this market is going to start running into a bigger bull market, we should see some rotation into new leaders. One of the reasons I like the chart here is that we are also seeing Genuine Parts (GPC) and Autozone (AZO) break out to new highs as well. I quite like when whole industries are setting up a move to new highs. 

Here is the chart for Genuine Auto Parts:

Autozone has already made a big move, as seen in the chart below.

With all of these factors in play, a stop at the 40-week moving average should give this stock room to run.

Good trading,
Greg Schnell, CMT, MFTA
Senior Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com
Author, Stock Charts for Dummies

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Greg Schnell
About the author: , CMT, MFTA is Chief Technical Analyst at Osprey Strategic specializing in intermarket and commodities analysis. He is also the co-author of Stock Charts For Dummies (Wiley, 2018). Based in Calgary, Greg is a board member of the Canadian Society of Technical Analysts (CSTA) and the chairman of the CSTA Calgary chapter. He is an active member of both the CMT Association and the International Federation of Technical Analysts (IFTA). Learn More