Oxen Group: Short Selling MEMC Electronic Materials
Courtesy of David of The Oxen Group
The Oxen Group recommends short selling MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (WFR).
The solar chip sector may be in for a pullback tomorrow after news on Thursday and over the weekend that was bearish for the market. For one, LDK Solar gave bad news, [an earnings estimate] that fell below Wall St. expectations, estimating it would earn $215 – $225 million in revenue, while expectations were near $250 million. The company [increased its wafer shipment forecast], but it did not matter because the market sent the stock down over 5% on Thursday evening.
Then over the weekend, the Semiconductor Industry Association saw worldwide semiconductor sales up 5.4%. However, this was down over 23% from one year ago, which means there is still slow pick up in demand. The SIA is optimistic, but the market is still not completely turning up.
Furthermore, futures are down quite significantly tomorrow, with the Nasdaq down over 12 points. The reason one should short sell MEMC over LDK is that MMEC won’t drop as significantly as LDK right out of the gate. Therefore, there is more room for downward movement on WFR. Moreover, last week MEMC got a serious downgrade from JP Morgan, and it has moved up some from that point. That bearish fundamental should continue to threaten the share price. The company’s technicals show that it has more ability for downward movement and fast stochastics lower band is lower as well. Enter MEMC with a short sale and make some money on WFR’s downward movement.
Entry: Recommend buying from 10 – 25 minutes into session.
Exit: We recommend exiting after a 2-4% increase.
Stop Loss: We recommend a 3% stop loss on all buy in prices.
Upper Resistance: 16.75
