Price Thrust Above Rising 10 Week MA

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Description

Price range AND volume expand as price rallies above its rising 10 Week Moving Average (MA).

Behavior Note: Price should close in the upper half of its trading range and the weekly volume total may be the heaviest in months/years.

What you need to know

1. Price Thrusts Above a Rising 10 Week MA indicate strong interest in a stock and may lead you to emerging investment themes or existing themes that you missed.
2. The price range of a price thrust may act as a support/bottoming price zone during future corrections.  This may help you anticipate a base's trough and give you an alert zone to look for signs of reaccumulation and/or bottoming price behaviors.

For more details on #2, please click here to review the Retracement to Prior Demand Week (PDW) price behavior found in Step 1 (Base Behaviors).

Historical Stock Chart Examples 1A & 1B:  Carlisle Companies (CSL) 1979-1980

Please >>CLICK HERE<< to go to the next price behavior within Prebase Behaviors.