Benzinga - by Melanie Schaffer, Benzinga Editor.
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc (NASDAQ: AMD) was trading flat Tuesday ahead of its first-quarter earnings print set to take place after the market closes.
When AMD printed its fourth-quarter earnings on Jan. 30, the stock dropped about 2.5% the following day and continued to trade mostly sideways until Feb. 29, when the chipmaker started to make a series of new all-time highs, which brought the stock to a new high of $227.30 on March 8.
For that quarter, AMD reported second-quarter non-GAAP earnings per share of 77 cents, in line with the consensus estimate. The semiconductor stock printed revenues of $6.17 billion, which exceeded the consensus estimate of $6.12 billion.
For the first quarter, analysts, on average, estimate AMD will report earnings of 61 cents per share on revenues of $5.46 billion.
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From a technical analysis perspective, AMD's stock looks neutral heading into the event, trading in an uptrend but showing signs the local top may be in.
It should be noted that holding stocks or options over an earnings print is akin to gambling because stocks can react bullishly to an earnings miss and bearishly to an earnings beat.
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The AMD Chart: AMD rebounded into an uptrend on April 19 and has made a series of higher highs and a higher low to confirm the trend. The most recent confirmed higher high was formed on April 24 at $157.66 and the higher low was printed at the $146.75 mark on April 25.
- On Tuesday, AMD was working to print a shooting star or doji candlestick, which could indicate the local top has occurred and the stock will trade lower on Wednesday. If that happens, bullish traders want to see AMD rebound from the $147 level, which will signal the uptrend remains intact.
- If AMD enjoys a bullish reaction to its earnings print and rises higher on Wednesday, the stock will regain the 21-day exponential moving average (EMA), which would be bullish for continuation. If that happens, the eight-day EMA is likely to cross above the 21-day EMA, which would be bullish over the mid-term.
- AMD has resistance above at $164.46 and at $180.01 and support below at $155.65 and at $145.29.