It's nice to see a heavy volume gap higher to break a downtrend. It can be a very strong signal that sentiment has changed on a particular stock or industry group. While renewable energy stocks ($DWCREE) remain technically-challenged, one of its components - Sunrun (RUN) - has certainly begun to show improving technical signs that could be considered by aggressive traders. Take a look at the chart:
The bottom of gap support close to 5.40 has been filled and RUN is beginning to turn higher again. Ultimately, a breakout above 6.50 on a closing basis would indicate a much healthier stock with rising highs and lows.
Happy trading!
Tom
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Tom Bowley is the Chief Market Strategist of EarningsBeats.com, a company providing a research and educational platform for both investment professionals and individual investors. Tom writes a comprehensive Daily Market Report (DMR), providing guidance to EB.com members every day that the stock market is open. Tom has contributed technical expertise here at StockCharts.com since 2006 and has a fundamental background in public accounting as well, blending a unique skill set to approach the U.S. stock market.
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