Trading Idea - Express Scripts Breaking Down?

Published on Wednesday, 01 September 2010 05:36 Written by Christopher Lynn

New York, September 1st (TradersHuddle.com) - Shares of Express Scripts, Inc. (NASDAQ:ESRX) closed the trading session at $42.60 below calculated support at $43.26 breaking current long setups, raising concerns by the bulls, as this move might give the bears the upper hand.

Express Scripts, Inc. (NASDAQ:ESRX) is a full service pharmacy benefit management and specialty managed care company. The Company serves managed care organizations, insurance carriers, third party administrators, employers, and union-sponsored benefit plans.

Express Scripts stock was trading in a well defined range with support at $43.26 and resistance at $46.72; 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 support becomes resistance, as the new range gets defined, however, given that Express Scripts stock is still near the broken support, traders will be focusing on $43.26 to see if the stock can bounce back and return to its previous range.

Traders wanting to establish a short position in Express Scripts can do so if the stock breaks the intraday low, or if the stock bounces back and selling materializes again at previous support of $43.26. For traders wanting to establish a long position, wait for price action to take the stock back to calculated support, which will provide a best entry point to build the position.