Key Takeaways
- GameStop shares plummeted in premarket trading Wednesday after the brick-and-mortar video gamer retailer announced a 20 million share offering and reported a 31% drop in quarterly sales, as consumers continue to pivot from physical discs to digital downloads and game streaming.
- Wednesday’s projected earnings-driven drop opens the door for a potential breakdown below the lower trendline of a symmetrical triangle.
- Investors should monitor key post-earnings chart levels at $18.50, $15.25 and $13.25, while also eyeing $30.50 as a bullish target during meme-fueled rallies.
GameStop (GME) shares plunged in premarket trading on Wednesday after the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:brick-and-mortar video gamer retailer announced a 20 million share offering and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:repor🦩ted a 31% drop in quarterly sales, as consumers continue to pivot from physical discs to digital downloads and game streaming.
The company’s shares, which shot to prominence during a pandemic-era 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:meme stock frenzy, have seen significant price fluctuations this year as influential trader 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Keith Gill—also known as "Roaring Kitty"—made several 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:cryptic posts about the retailer f൩ollowing a three-yearꦇ hiatus.
GameStop shares were down 13% at $20.40 about 45 minutes before Wednesday's opening bell.
Below, we’ll take a look at what the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:technicals are saying on GameStop’s chart and identify key post-earnings p▨rice levels that investors will likely be watching.
Symmetrical Triangle Breakdown Taking Shape
GameStop shares have oscillated within a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:symmetrical triangle since meme-driven volatility subsided in early June, with bulls succe🥃ssfully defending the pattern’s lower t▨rendline twice throughout August.
More recently, a three day w🍌inning streak up to the triangle’s top trendline came to an abrupt end on Tuesday, indicating uncertainty ahead of the video game retailer’s quarterly results.
Indeed, Wednesday’s projected earnings-driven drop opens the door for a potential 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:breakdown below the pattern.
Key Price Levels to Watch
Upon a breakdown below the symmetrical triangle’s lower trendline, invest🎶ors should monitor three important price levels.
Firstly, it’s worth watching the $18.50 area, a location on the chart where the shares may encounter support near the 200-day moving average (MA) and several 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:peaks and troughs from September 2023 to August this year.
A failure to hold above this level could see the shares fall to $15.25, where investors may seek 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:entry points near a trendline linking a period of narrow 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:consolidation on the chart between January and March.
Further selling coul🀅d drive a decl﷽ine to $13.25, about 43% below Tuesday’s close, an area where the stock would likely attract buying interest near a range of comparable lows on the chart from October to March.
Meme-Fueled Bullish Target
Amid the possibility for a meme-fueled rally in GameStop shares, it’s worth keeping an eye on the $30.50 area, where an army of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:retail traders who have bought at lower prices may be happy to book profits near the May 13 gap close and a series of simi🐟lar trading levels in mid ✱June.
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