Winners & Losers

Winner of the week this week was Australian Ethanol up 23 per cent on the back of a contract announcement. Australian Ethanol is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) under stock code AAE. Check your charts!

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The loser of the week was Nylex, again - down 25 per cent on a profits warning. Nylex is is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) under stock code NLX. Check your charts!

What is the real deal about listing the weekly winning and losing stocks of every week? Find out more here.

WorleyParsons (WOR) is the winner of the week, up 5.5 per cent to $20.38 per share in a bearish market. Worley has been in a long term uptrend since listing on 28 November, 2002. WorleyParsons Limited shares are listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) under stock code WOR. Check your charts.

Nylex (NLX) is the loser of the week down 38 per cent to 6.1 cents per share. Nylex stock has been in a long term downtrend, having peaked around $4.60 in August 1997. Nylex Limited shares are listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) under stock code NLX. Check your charts.

Have you noticed a pattern in the winners and losers of each and every week? The winners and losers of each week is based on the percentage gain or lost during the week. It is also more likely that the stock is worth less than $10. It is rare for stocks worth more than that to move much percentage-wise in a week. Also, many of the shares that post a winner of the week or as a loser of the week are already following an established trend.

DCA Group (DVC) took the honours for the loser of last week. DCA Group is down 19 per cent after they released a profit warning. DCA charts show that their stock price was in a steady uptrend since mid-March. Note the candle formations and the volume of stocks traded before the fall, especially how the volume the day before the massive gap reached above the 50 day EMA.. DCA Group is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange under stock code DVC. Check your charts.

Last week Toll Holdings (TOL) took the award for the winner of the week. Toll Holdings is up 17 per cent after their takeover of Patrick Corporation. Toll holdings stock was clearly in an uptrend since January (see chart above). Also note how the volume for the stock peaked during the week, surpassing the 50 day EMA line. Note how the long think green candle pre-empted the stock volume spike. Toll Holdings is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange under stock code TOL. Check your charts.

The loser of last week was the Telecom Corporation of New Zealand (TEL), down 17 per cent after some concerns about the impact of new New Zealand Government regulations. Telecom Corporation of New Zealand is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) under stock code TEL. Check your charts

The winner of last week was Babcock & Brown Environmental Investments (BEI), up 32 per cent after they presented at the UBS emerging companies’ conference. Babcock & Brown Environmental Investments is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange under stock code BEI. Check your charts.

Chemeq (CMQ) is the winning stock of the week up 46% with absolutely no explanation. But having a look at the graph, Chemeq has been going down for a while already. As a share trader, no indicator could have predicted this break. Although a fast EMA set of EMA 5+21 could have caught the break point a day before the jump. Also, if you look at the candles, - they were all red, well mostly red, until the last three days that revealed some thick green candles.