Walmart WMT at Critical Support Pivot Planning

Wal-Mart is a component in the Dow Jones Index that is facing a critical support-test of a key level.

In simplest terms, traders can enter at key pivot levels as it offers a low-risk opportunity to play a movement away from a key level.

In this case, WMT faces a support-shelf test where a breakdown targets one lower level while a pivot-reversal higher opens the door to a larger reversal swing to the upside.

Let’s see the levels, opportunity, and targets available to traders now:

As highlighted, the “Pivot Box” is the $75.00 support level (downside target) and the immediate $77.50 level.

Also note the falling parallel trendline channel (blue) from the $90.00 per share level to the $77.50 target.

Ultimately, one of these simple levels must fail with a breakthrough.

For now, we’ll focus on the $77.50 level as a possible short-term pivot with a tradable bounce occurring here (stops under $77.00).

Alternately, a breakdown or shattering of this level – continuing the blue downtrend – opens a tradable sell-swing toward $74.00 again.

The positive momentum divergence hints at a positive reversal but again, manage positions accordingly.

Here’s one more view with indicators and volume added:

We have five reversal candles that developed recently up off the $77.00 level as shown.

However, price failed to break above the falling 20 day EMA currently at $78.16.

A trigger-breakthrough above the 20 day EMA suggests that shares could rally quickly toward the $80.00 price and 50 day EMA confluence target.

If you’re playing long/bullishly, you don’t want to see shares under the $77.00 pivot which would be your stop-loss.

Alternately, if you’re bearish on Walmart and think the downtrend will continue, shattering support here, then look to trigger short on a breakdown under the $77.00 support shelf as price would likely move down toward the $74.00 level which is the lower pivot of the box.

Either way, focus on these key levels and the price targets as price moves away from $77.00 – one way or the other.

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3 Comments

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