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Palo Alto Networks Closes On A New High

Greg Schnell

Greg Schnell

Chief Technical Analyst, Osprey Strategic

Palo Alto Networks (PANW) has been climbing nicely off a huge gap down on earnings in late February 2017. Unfortunately for the investor it has been a round trip back to the beginning. On Tuesday's weak overall tape where the Dow was down 250, PANW pushed up to close at a new high. That's bullish. 

This year, PANW will be reporting earnings on Monday, February 26th, 2018 which is only a few days away.


While the earnings a year ago were a bomb, the price action here looks strong. To keep the risk out of the trade, it might be better to wait for Monday's earnings. While that might miss a gap up, it might also miss a gap down. I plan to keep it on the radar for next week. It looks timely.

Good trading,
Greg Schnell, CMT, MFTA.

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