Trading Idea - Mosaic Breaking Out?

Published on Thursday, 09 September 2010 04:52 Written by Christian Paolinetti

New York, September 9th (TradersHuddle.com) - Shares of Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) closed the trading session at $59.67 just above calculated resistance at $59.62 effectively breaking out, grabbing the attention of momentum traders, which could eventually push the stock to different trading range

The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) produces and distributes crop nutrients to the agricultural communities located in North America and other countries. The Company's principal products include concentrated phosphates, and potash.

Mosaic stock was trading in a well defined range with support at $54.41 and resistance at $59.62, 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 Mosaic stock is still near the broken resistance level, traders will be focusing on $59.62 to see if the stock holds the breakout without rolling over.