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Technical Trading Alert
CarMax, Inc. (NYSE: KMX)
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Tony Golan
Chief Technical Analyst
Stockprofit.com™
 



CarMax, Inc. (NYSE: KMX) is in a strong long-term up-trend.  The stock is making higher highs and higher lows well 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), is above the 25% threshold line, indicating KMX is in a strong enough up-trend compared to  the S&P 500 to be considered as a candidate for a buy.


KMX made its most recent corrective low when it hit 15.96 in mid-August, marked as point 1 on the chart.  From there, KMX rallied to a new high of 20.01 last Wednesday, labeled as point 2 on the chart.  KMX stopped and consolidated for three trading days, then took off again.  On Tuesday, point 3 on the chart, KMX rallied 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 and above-average, rising volume.

At a new high, this setup is good for a daytrade only.  Daytraders would want to buy KMX only when it goes .02 above Tuesday’s high, but not if it gaps up or triggers in the first 30 minutes.

Therefore, if KMX doesn't go above 21.48 before 10am EST Wednesday morning, place an order to buy KMX at 21.48 Stop Day.  Then, as soon as your order is filled, immediately place a stop order to sell KMX .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.

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