Beazley
A range trading opportunity for you?
Will Beazley break resistance, or will it fall back to 484p?
- 484-578p range since May ’18, trading off the top of the range
- Now trades 540p (at time of writing)
- Will the pattern repeat itself, testing previous 484p Feb lows?
- Shares -6.8% from 2019 highs; +11% from 2019 lows; +7.2% year to date
- Shares in peers Aviva and Admiral are 3% lower today after results
- 7 Feb: Insurer reported sharply lower profits due to catastrophe losses.
- Source: Bloomberg, FT, Reuters, DJ Newswires, AlphaTerminal
Trading Beazley – An Example
Let’s say you like the range, you think it’s heading back towards 484p again. You decide to sell exposure to £10,000 worth of Beazley using a CFD, at the current price of 540p. To do this, you need £2,000.
Let’s assume Beazley fall back to 484p (-10.3%). Your profit would be £1030, 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.