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FTL at apex of descending triangle



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Thanks for giving both the ticker symbol and name of he security, FTL Fruit
of the Loom.

Lionel Issen

At 06:20 PM 5/22/97 GMT, Guy Gordon wrote:
>Take a look at Fruit of the Loom (FTL).  The stock has been on a
>short-term downtrend since the high of 3/20/97.  It has come down to
>its long-term uptrend line.  
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>I draw the long term uptrend from 11/21/95, through 7/22/96, 5/8/97,
>and 5/16/97.  This line almost exactly overlaps the 200-day Moving
>Average.  Unfortunately, that line is violated twice.  First, for two
>days in the July 96 sell-off, and again for two days in the March 97
>sell-off.
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>As an alternative, you could draw a line through the lows of 7/16/96,
>and 4/13/97.  This line is parallel to the 200-day MA, but just a
>little lower.  
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>If FTL breaks through the short-term downtrend line, we should see a
>pretty good move up.  I have a buy Stop order in at 37 1/2 for today,
>which I don't expect to see executed.  Tomorrow, I will place one at
>37 1/4.
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