Entry points for Teco Energy

Published on Wednesday, 28 December 2011 18:32 Written by Danny Miller

New York, December 28th (TradersHuddle.com) - Shares of TECO Energy, Inc. (NYSE:TE) closed the trading session at $18.99 near its 50 day and 200 day moving averages currently set at $18.40 and $18.35 respectively. Teco's price action is above these important levels, which could translate into a trading opportunity.

TECO Energy, Inc. (NYSE:TE) is a diversified, energy-related utility holding company. The Company, through various subsidiaries, provides retail electric service to customers in west central Florida, as well as purchases, distributes, and markets natural gas for residential, commercial, industrial, and electric power generation customers.

Although the price action is above important moving averages, it's important to highlight that the 50 day moving average is currently above the 200 day moving average, signaling that the stock is not technically broken from the long side and buying the dip strategy might be the best setup out there.

Looking at peaks and troughs horizontal support and resistance levels, we can see current calculated support at $17.38 and calculated resistance at $19.26. These levels should also be evaluated by traders when planning their trades, as they provide an insight into the latest price action.

If traders want to establish a position on Teco Energy need to place special attention to the stock price action and establish a position as close to the moving averages as possible. Also traders need to consider the latest price action, via the stocks current range defined by the peaks and troughs algorithm, not forgetting that if the stock had a wild move outside its range, it would certianly take a few days to establish support and resistance.