Sahmino callsStocks
CommodityKALABullish
Neutral call on Kala invalidated; yesterday's close above 11,360 rial broke the previous channel, but still lacks volume confirmation
Horizon: Short-term (10 trading sessions, until 21 Mehr 1405)
Price when published
11,570 rials
That dayup2.9%
Support
11,360 rials
Resistance
11,660 rials
Invalidation
11,360 rials
The levels on the chart
Since writtenup20.3%
Conclusion
My view is cautiously bullish: I estimate roughly a 55 percent probability that Kala's closing price stays above 11,360 rial over this period and reaches the 52-week high of 11,660 rial, but because yesterday's breakout came on below-average volume with a buyer-to-seller power of 0.92, and institutions have remained net sellers over the past 20 sessions, the risk of a return to the previous channel is real, and this is a cautious estimate, not a certain one.
The evidence
- Kala's closing price on 6 Mehr rose 2.94 percent to close at 11,570 rial: exactly at the top of the 3% price band (10,910 to 11,570) and above the previous call's invalidation level, 11,360 rial. That neutral view has been invalidated.
- Trading volume for that same session was 118,625,143 shares, below the monthly average of 141,605,293 shares (ticker panel index, 27 Shahrivar); buyer-to-seller power was 0.92. The three-part condition for confirming capital inflow was not met.
- Retail investors were net sellers of roughly 362 and 2,568 billion rial over the 5 and 20 sessions ending 6 Mehr, respectively, but in that same session they made net purchases of 28,962,194 shares. One session is not enough to confirm a trend.
- Kala is now only 0.77 percent away from its 52-week high of 11,660 rial (recorded 25 Shahrivar); both the 20-day (10,531) and 50-day (9,410) moving averages are below the price.
- According to a Boursenews report, the value of physical trades on the Iran Mercantile Exchange in the week of 3 Mehr exceeded 141,500 billion toman (3.314 million tons); compared with the week of 16 Mordad (109,900 billion toman, 2.949 million tons), value grew 28.8% and tonnage grew 12.4%.
If it holds
If the closing price stays above 11,360 rial, the base scenario is a move toward the 52-week high at 11,660 rial and an attempt to break above it.
If it breaks
If the closing price closes below 11,360 rial once again, yesterday's breakout will be considered a failure, Kala will return to the previous channel of 10,650 to 11,360 rial, and this bullish view will be abandoned.
What to watch
Trading volume (needs to reach at least 283 million shares, twice the monthly average), buyer-to-seller power (needs to exceed one), and continuation of net retail buying in upcoming sessions.
Every call on this symbol
24 calls; the move to the next call from the prices when written
- 29 September 08:35BullishNeutral call on Kala invalidated; yesterday's close above 11,360 rial broke the previous channel, but still lacks volume confirmation11,570 rialsup20.3%
- 28 September 08:33NeutralBuy queue of 372 people at the ceiling of the range; Kala is now 120 rial from the upper edge of the neutral channel11,250 rialsup2.8%
- 22 September 10:57NeutralThe seller bringing the stock down is in no hurry: supply at the band's floor is less than five percent of a normal day's volume10,850 rialsup3.7%
- 19 September 09:21BearishThe number we ourselves had asked for arrived: commodity revenue grew 199 percent, but today's queue has flipped to the sell side11,320 rialsdown4.2%
- 16 September 09:20NeutralA 94 percent float means this queue isn't shallow; but the commodity's multiple is now 2.2 times the group11,700 rialsdown3.2%
- 15 September 09:26NeutralThe 12.84x commodity multiple is now double the industry's, and the number that should justify it is not in our data11,360 rialsup3.0%
- 14 September 09:22NeutralThe five-session lock-limit queue opened and the board side flipped: 15 million shares on offer at the ceiling against 21,000 shares of demand10,950 rialsup3.7%
- 13 September 11:07NeutralFive sessions locked at the ceiling and no range trading: Kala now trades at 2.1 times the group multiple10,730 rialsup2.1%
- 12 September 09:36NeutralFour straight ceiling-band limit locks in the commodity were held shut by 173 retail buyers, while institutions were net sellers10,420 rialsup3.0%
- 9 September 09:24BullishThe commodity's fee income tripled year over year in spring; this is the only thing that makes the group's 2x multiple defensible10,120 rialsup3.0%
- 8 September 11:12BullishThe 9,790 rial resistance was broken and there is a 270 million-share buy queue, but the commodity's rial profit is priced at twice the group9,830 rialsup3.0%
- 7 September 09:19BullishOur 8,940 rial floor was touched exactly yesterday and reversed right there, but the commodity's price-to-earnings ratio is double the group's9,550 rialsup2.9%
