Microsoft: Is It Time To Excel?

20-09-22

Tech stocks saw a beating this year, which has seen major US indices enter bear market territory. With the removal of the COVID premium, geopolitical risk weighing on sentiment, and a squeeze on margins due to high inflation, have seen the US major tech stocks pull back rather considerably this year.

Focusing on Microsoft, from its peak of $349.67 (22/11/21) price has fallen 31.46% to a low of $239.64 (20/9/22) bringing this stock into bear market territory.

This 31.46% pull back has landed MSFT at a pivotal support at the $240 level. To highlight its importance, it was the initial reactionary highs of Feb 2021. It breached this level to make a high in April 2021 of $263.19, after which it retraced back to the $240 level. It found support at this level and continued its ascent to its peak of $349.67. Now that the stock has returned to its April 2021 levels, it presents a trading opportunity.

Now that this stock is sitting at a poignant support level, we want to see the validity of such support. Interestingly on both the weekly and daily chart we can see bullish divergence on the RSI, which suggests that the current down trend could be oversold and that a potential bounce could be expected. Couple this with resting at a major support, the bullish divergence, and a reluctance to hold below the $240 level, a trade could be;