Winn-Dixie Stores Stalling at Resistance

Published on Monday, 02 January 2012 17:57 Written by Danny Miller

New York, January 2nd (TradersHuddle.com) - Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:WINN) shares closed the session higher by $0.04 or 0.43% from its previous close. Winn-Dixie's latest price action developed a short term reversal pattern in the form of a tweezer top, which is a candlestick pattern that is usually formed at the end of a uptrend. Given that the tweezer top is considered a reversal pattern, traders with long positions need to monitor stock price action for confirmation of weakness and plan position accordingly.

Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:WINN) is a food retailer with stores in the South East. The Jacksonville, Florida based company operates a chain of retail self-service food stores, which sell groceries, meats, seafood, fresh produce, bakery, pharmaceuticals, and general merchandise items.

Winn-Dixie's stock has been a defined range with support at $5.11 and resistance at $9.38, which can be used by traders managing their trades, given the possibility of short term weakness in the stock.

Tweezer tops are exactly the opposite of tweezer bottoms, as they define a resistance point for Winn-Dixie Stores that needs to be digested prior to the stock price to move higher.

Tweezer tops can be formed at the end of an uptrend, at a clear horizontal resistance point, or within a downtrend when price action is dealing with the declining resistance trend. Like any other candlestick pattern it needs confirmation by trading below the previous day low. Below an example of Tweezer Top reversal patterns: