Look For This Stock to Move Higher in the Short-Term

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) seems poised for a price surge based on its latest charts. The company operates a technology platform that enables digital payments for merchants and consumers worldwide.

The company operates a two-sided network at scale that connects merchants and consumers that enables its customers to connect, transact, and send and receive payments.

It provides payment solutions under the PayPal, PayPal Credit, Braintree, Venmo, Xoom, Hyperwallet, Honey, and Paidy names.

Bullish Indications

#1 Falling Wedge Pattern: As you can see from the daily chart, the stock had been forming a falling wedge pattern for the past few weeks. These are marked as purple color lines. The stock currently looks poised for a breakout of the falling wedge pattern. A falling wedge is a bullish pattern and a breakout from it implies that the stock may move higher in the short term.

PYPL – 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 Above Support Area: As you can see from the weekly chart, the stock has currently moved up from a strong support level. This level is marked as a pink dotted line. This looks like a good area for the stock to move higher.

PYPL – Weekly Chart

#5 %K above %D: The %K (blue) line of stochastic has currently crossed above the %D (Orange) line in the weekly chart and is also moving higher from oversold levels. This is a possible bullish indication.

#6 Bullish RSI: In the weekly chart, the RSI is currently nearing 50 after moving higher from oversold levels. 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 PYPL above the price of around $50.10.

TP: Our target prices are $58.00 and $64.00 in the next 3-6 months.

SL: To limit risk, place a stop-loss at $46.00. Note that the stop-loss is on a closing basis.

Our target potential upside is 16% to 28% in the next 3 to 6 months.

For a risk of $4.10, our target rewards are $7.90 and $13.90. 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 falling wedge pattern with 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