Tesla Stock Could Provide Solid Entry Point Within This Trend

Tesla, Inc TSLA closed Friday’s session 3.11% higher, in tandem with the general market, which saw the S&P 500 rally 1.45%.

The move came ahead of the company’s announcment that all Model 3 vehicles in the U.S. now qualify for the full EV tax credit of $7,500, where before, only some of the vehicle line qualified for the full amount.

Regardless of the news, Tesla has been trading in a strong uptrend, but on Friday, the stock formed a reversal candlestick, which suggests a retracement is on the horizon. An uptrend occurs when a stock consistently makes a series of higher highs and higher lows on the chart.

The higher highs indicate the bulls are in control while the intermittent higher lows indicate consolidation periods.

Traders can use moving averages to help identify an uptrend, with rising lower time frame moving averages (such as the eight-day or 21-day exponential moving averages) indicating the stock is in a steep shorter-term uptrend.

Rising longer-term moving averages (such as the 200-day simple moving average) indicate a long-term uptrend.

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The Tesla Chart: Tesla was rising about 1.7% higher in the premarket Monday, attempting to break above Friday’s high-of-day. If the stock is able to make a new high within its uptrend on higher-than-average volume, traders can watch for the stock to pull back later in the week.

• If Tesla is unable to break to a new high, the stock may trade in an inside bar pattern, which would lean bullish for continuation on Tuesday. If Tesla breaks down under Friday’s low-of-day, the local top will have occurred and a bigger pull back could be on the horizon.
• A pull back, at least to print another higher low, is likely to come over the next few days because Tesla’s relative strength index (RSI) is measuring in at 75%. When a stock’s RSI reaches or exceeds the 70% mark it becomes overbought, which can be a sell signal for technical traders.
• Tesla has resistance above at $225.03 and $234.35 and support below at $213.13 and $200.51.

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