A number of stocks delivered huge gains in the weeks following the 2016 election on the hope that President Donald Trump’s policies would create major earnings tailwinds for certain sectors of the economy. Among the biggest post-election winners was United States Steel Corporation X 0.42%.
From Election Day to March 1, U.S. Steel’s share price surged 89.3 percent on hopes that Trump’s aggressive infrastructure spending plans and anti-China rhetoric could provide significant demand for U.S. Steel. However, Trump’s false start on healthcare reform and softening stance on China now have investors concerned about when or if he will follow through with many of his campaign proposals.
Investor skepticism is clearly reflected in U.S. Steel’s chart. The stock is down 24.2 percent since March 1, and it is now trading up against an important technical level.
A short-term chart of U.S. Steel reveals the narrow, bearish channel that the stock has been trapped inside for roughly two months now. The bottom of that channel currently sits at around $28, while the top of it stands at $32. However, looking at U.S. Steel from a longer-term perspective reveals a much more bullish chart.
Since the stock bottomed in early 2016, it has been trending higher for more than a year. The $27–28 region represents the bottom of the longer-term channel as well, meaning that one of the trends will win out in coming weeks.
If U.S. Steel breaks down below $27, it could be headed back to the $20 level which served as resistance in September and again in October. If it breaks out above $32, it could be an indication that the longer-term trend has won out and U.S. Steel could be once again headed for new highs above $42.
Axiom analyst Gordon Johnson is betting the stock is headed lower.
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