Workday Is Among Cloud Stocks That Appear Headed Higher In the Sky

Workday shares have displayed a basing pattern since last fall, with buyers of the stock turning more aggressive in recent weeks.
Stocks quotes in this article: MSFT, NOW, ADBE, WDAY

There's only one group of stocks that have the growth money managers need, Jim Cramer wrote on Monday, and it's the cloud stocks. Everyone assumed that Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) strong quarter meant it was taking cloud market share, he said, but that wasn't the case. Cramer was bullish on a number of names, including ServiceNow Inc. (NOW) and Adobe Inc. (ADBE) , but let's focus Workday Inc. (WDAY) here on Tuesday morning. 

In this daily bar chart of WDAY, below, we can see that prices corrected lower into an October low and have made a six-month base pattern from August. Prices are challenging the highs of August with our favorite indicators in a bullish alignment. Prices are above the rising 50-day moving average line and above the bottoming 200-day moving average line. The trading volume was heavy in October at the low and also strong in December on the retest pullback. The On-Balance-Volume (OBV) line has moved up strongly from the middle of December, telling us that buyers of WDAY have turned more aggressive. The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) oscillator is above the zero line and pointed higher.  

 
 
In this weekly bar chart of WDAY, below, we can see a constructive picture. Prices are above the declining/bottoming 40-week moving average line. The weekly OBV line has been improving since October and the MACD oscillator is ready to cross the zero line for a buy signal. 
 
 
 
In this Point and Figure chart of WDAY, below, we can see a base pattern and a potential upside price target of around $241. 
 
 
Bottom line strategy: Traders could go long WDAY on available weakness toward $190 and risk a close below $180. The $240 area is our price target for early in the second quarter.
 
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