The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) seems to be poised for a price surge as per its latest charts. The company operates as a diversified power generation and utility company in the United States and internationally.
The company owns and/or operates power plants to generate and sell power to customers; owns and/or operates utilities to generate or purchase, distribute, transmit, and sell electricity to end-user customers; and generates and sells electricity on the wholesale market.
Bullish Indications
#1 Symmetrical Triangle Pattern: The daily chart shows that the stock had recently formed a Symmetrical Triangle pattern. This is a continuation pattern and is characterized by two converging trend lines connecting a series of sequential peaks and troughs. This pattern is marked on the daily chart as purple color lines. The breakout from a symmetrical triangle pattern usually signifies a bullish move. Currently, the stock looks poised for a breakout from the symmetrical triangle pattern.
AES – Daily Chart
#2 MACD Above Signal Line: In the daily chart, the MACD line (light blue color) is currently above the MACD signal line (orange color) which is typically considered bullish.
#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 Stoch: The %K line is above the %D line of the stochastic in the daily chart, indicating possible bullishness.
#5 Above Support Area: As you can see from the weekly chart, the stock has currently moved up from a resistance-turned-support level. This level is marked as a pink color dotted line. This looks like a good area for the stock to move higher.
AES – Weekly Chart
#6 %K above %D: The %K (blue) line of stochastic has currently crossed above the %D (Orange) line in the weekly chart as well, and is also moving higher from oversold levels. This is a possible bullish indication.
#7 Bullish RSI: In the weekly chart, the RSI is currently nearing 50 and moving higher. This is a possible bullish sign.
Recommended Trade (based on the charts)
Buy Levels: If you want to get in on this trade, you can purchase shares of AES above the price of around $17.20.
TP: Our target prices are $20 and $22 in the next 3-6 months.
SL: To limit risk, place stop-loss at $15.60. Note that the stop-loss is on a closing basis.
Our target potential upside is 16% to 25% in the next 3 to 6 months.
For a risk of $1.60, our target rewards are $2.80 and $4.80. 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 symmetrical triangle pattern 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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