Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: IOVA) seems to be poised for a price surge as per its latest charts. The company focuses on developing and commercializing cancer immunotherapy products to harness the power of a patient’s immune system to eradicate cancer cells. The company’s lead product candidate is Lifileucel which is in Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of metastatic melanoma and cervical cancer.
Bullish Indications
#1 Ascending Triangle Pattern Breakout: The daily chart shows that the stock has currently broken out of an Ascending Triangle pattern. An Ascending Triangle pattern is a bullish pattern. This is marked on the daily chart in purple color lines. A breakout from this pattern typically indicates bullishness. The base of the triangle generally acts as a good support level after the breakout.
IOVA – Daily Chart
#2 Price above MAs: The price is currently above the short-term moving average of 50-day SMA as well as the longer-term moving average of 200-day SMA, indicating that the bulls are still in control. This is a positive indication.
#3 Bullish ADX: The ADX indicator shows that the +DI line is currently above the –DI line and the ADX line has started to move up from below the –DI and +DI lines. This indicates possible bullishness.
#4 Bullish Aroon: The value of Aroon Up (orange line) is above 70 while Aroon Down (blue line) is below 30 in the daily chart. This indicates possible bullishness.
#5 Falling Wedge Pattern Breakout: As you can see from the weekly chart, the stock has been forming a falling wedge pattern for the past few weeks. These are marked as pink color lines. The stock has currently broken out of the falling wedge pattern and is currently moving higher. A falling wedge is a bullish pattern and a breakout from it implies that the stock may surge in the short term. The stock is also trading above its 50-week SMA, indicating that the bulls are gaining control.
IOVA – Weekly Chart
#6 %K above %D: The %K (blue) line of stochastic has currently crossed above the %D (Orange) line in the weekly chart. This is a possible bullish indication.
#7 Bullish MACD: The MACD line is above the MACD signal line in the weekly chart as well, indicating bullishness.
Recommended Trade (based on the charts)
Buy Levels: If you want to get in on this trade, you can purchase shares of IOVA above the price of around $16.00.
TP: Our target prices are $20.00 and $23.00 in the next 3-6 months.
SL: To limit risk, place stop-loss at $13.80. Note that the stop-loss is on a closing basis.
Our target potential upside is 25% to 44% in the next 3 to 6 months.
For a risk of $2.20, our target rewards are $4.00 and $7.00. This is a nearly 1:2 and 1:3 risk-reward trade.
In other words, this trade offers nearly 2x to 3x more potential upside than downside.
Risks to Consider
The stock may reverse its overall trend if it breaks down from the trend channel with a high volume. The sell-off of the stock could also be triggered in case of any negative news, overall weakness in the market, or any regulatory changes in the sector.
Happy Trading!
Tara
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