Above Resistance - Sohu.com

Published on Wednesday, 14 July 2010 06:28 Written by Christopher Lynn

New York, July 14th (TradersHuddle.com) - Shares of Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ:SOHU) closed the trading session at $42.51 just above calculated resistance at $42.44 moving to what appears to be a new range, as this move will clearly raise the attention of momentum buyers.

Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ:SOHU) operates an Internet portal in China. The Company's Web site consists of Chinese language Web navigational and search capabilities, Web-based communications services, and a platform for e-commerce services.

Sohu's stock was trading in a well defined range with support at $40.05 and resistance at $42.44, given that this range was broken traders will be closely monitoring the stock?s price action for clues of direction.

From a technical perspective it can be expected that previous resistance becomes support, as the new range gets defined, however, given that Sohu's stock is still near the broken resistance level, traders will be focusing on $42.44 to see if the stock holds the breakout without rolling over.