VZ looks bullish intermediate termVZ is again at the top of its one-month regression channel, having last tested it on Monday. I think there's a good chance that this new push will succeed. If so, it will quickly bring the post-earnings gap into play (red drop in the chart). A second, shallower gap is above. The Sep 30 high on the chart is also the YTD high, as the stock is near the top of a 2-year bottom consolidation.
On a daily chart there's also a double bottom pattern that has been in place since early September. For VZ 17 of the last 22 double bottom patterns have reached their first profit target, which in this csae is at $44.81, just above the YTD high.
I am already long VZ with stock, but today added a vertical call spread. I view both positions as swing trades, not investments, and will reassess if/when the stock reaches the top of its post-earnings gap. If the stock were to substantially drop below the upper edge of its regression trend, I would likely exit both positions.
