Will Beazley break resistance, or will it fall back to 501p?

• 501-583p range since October; Now trades 564p (at time of writing)
• Will the pattern repeat itself, testing the 501p floor?
• Shares -2.9% from 2019 highs; +16.2% from 2019 lows; +12.3% year-to-date.
• 7 Feb: full year profits down on catastrophe losses, low returns
• Source: Bloomberg, FT, Reuters, DJ Newswires, AlphaTerminal

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Trading Beazley – An Example

Let’s say you like the range, you think it’s heading back towards 501p again. You decide to sell exposure to £10,000 worth of Beazley using a CFD, at the current price of 564p. To do this, you need £2,000.

Let’s assume Beazley falls to 501p (-11.1%). Your profit would be £1110, from your initial investment of £2,000.

Conversely, let’s assume you open the above position, and place a stop-loss at 3% from the current price. Beazley rises 3% and hits your stop-loss. Your loss would be £300.

This is provided for information purposes only. It should not be taken as a recommendation.