Technical Trading Alert Technical Trading Alert The Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) Friday, September 4th, 2009 Tony Golan Chief Technical Analyst Stockprofit.com™   The Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) is starting a powerful new long-term up-trend.  The stock is making higher highs and higher lows way above a rising 200-day moving average (the red line in the chart above).  Relative Strength Differential (RSD), our proprietary indicator for selecting super-strong stocks (the green histogram on the above chart), has just crossed above the 25% threshold line, indicating GPS is now outperforming  the S&P 500 by a margin wide enough to be considered as a candidate for a buy. GPS started the current up-trend when it hit a low of 14.65 just above the 200-day moving average in early July, marked as point 1 on the chart.  From there, GPS rallied sharply to a new high for the current up-trend of 20.25 in late August, labeled as point 2 on the chart.  GPS then paused and consolidated for a little over a week, then broke out to a new high again.  On Thursday, point 3 on the chart, GPS gapped-up and rallied further to close well above the open, near its high of the day and at another new high for the current up-trend with a medium-sized white candlestick whose entire range was above the previous high and above-average, rising volume. At a new high, this setup is good for a daytrade only.  Daytraders would want to buy GPS only when it goes .02 above Thursday’s high, but not if it gaps up or triggers in the first 30 minutes. Therefore, if GPS doesn't go above 21.28 before 10am EST Friday morning, place an order to buy GPS at 21.28 Stop Day.  Then, as soon as your order is filled, immediately place a stop order to sell GPS .03 below whatever the low of the day is at the time the order triggers.  Then, if the stock continues to rally throughout the day, keep raising your GTC sell-stop until the stock gets sold automatically or exit your position at the close. New Technical Trading Alerts are posted almost daily.  We feature the hottest momentum stocks around before most people catch on to them.  Stay abreast of the market by bookmarking this page and keep checking back daily. Disclaimer: Copyright© 2009 StockProfit™. All rights reserved. StockProfit™ is an independent electronic publication providing information on select public companies.  StockProfit™ is not a registered investment advisor or broker-dealer. There is a risk of loss in all of trading.  Past performance is no indication nor guarantee of future results.  The information contained herein is believed to be accurate.This update is provided as an information service only, and the statements and opinions in this update should not be construed as an offer or solicitation to buy or sell any security. In no event shall StockProfit™ and/or its publisher, Stock Services, LLC. or any of its employees or affiliates, be liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect or punitive damages whatsoever arising out of the use of the Information, or for any  errors or omissions in the content thereof, including, but not limited to, from any investment loss, damage or expense incurred by any investor resulting from the Information, or from the purchase or sale of any profiled company or any company which we make commentary. We recommend using good-'till-cancelled stop orders to minimize losses in the event of an adverse price movement. We have not been compensated by company(ies) mentioned above in any way. We do not hold any positions whatsoever in the above mentioned company(ies).