Interest In Amazon Decreases Ahead Of Earnings Print: A Technical Analysis

Amazon.com, Inc AMZN was trading slightly higher Monday, ahead of its second-quarter earnings print, which is set to be released on Thursday. 

Investors will be particularly interested in how the Amazon Web Services arm of its business is faring, after Microsoft and Google reported slowed growth in their cloud businesses on July 25.  

Heading into the event, Amazon negated its downtrend but hasn’t yet confirmed a new uptrend by forming a higher low.  

If Amazon receives a bearish reaction to its earnings print and falls back into a downtrend, volatility in the stock market could increase due to how heavily weighted the stock is within the S&P 500. 

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The Amazon Chart: Amazon negated its downtrend on July 27 by forming a higher high above the most recent lower high, printed on July 24 at $131.66. On Monday, Amazon was looking to print a doji candlestick, which could indicate the local top has occurred and the stock will retrace heading into its earnings print. 

• If Amazon retraces but rebounds above $126.11, a higher low will form and an uptrend will be confirmed. If the stock falls under that area, the recent upturn will serve as a bull trap and the downtrend will resume. 
• Although Amazon has climbed higher since July 26, the move has been taking place on decreasing volume, which indicates the bulls are running out of steam. The stock’s volume could continue to decrease ahead of the earnings print, after which traders can watch for big volume to come in and break the stock to a new high or to a more significant low.  
• Amazon has resistance above at $136.83 and at $142.18 and support below at $131 and at $125.93. 

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