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WLL 2021

Studied exampleBreakoutC

Whiting Petroleum Corporation

Before the breakout

Base length36 trading days

Base: consolidation before the breakout. Depth measures the distance from the pivot to the lowest closing price in that period. Calculated runs examine at most 119 preceding trading days.

Base depth-25.6%

Base: consolidation before the breakout. Depth measures the distance from the pivot to the lowest closing price in that period. Calculated runs examine at most 119 preceding trading days.

Prior run+40.3%

Price advance before the base. Calculated runs compare the pivot with a closing price around 60 trading days before the base.

Breakout

Date
Pivot$47.65

Pivot: the breakout level marked on the chart. For calculated runs, it is the highest daily high over the preceding 20 trading days.

Breakout day volume1.3×

Breakout day volume divided by average daily volume over up to 50 preceding trading days. 3× means three times that reference volume.

Calendar year performance 2021

Peak+75.8%

Advance from the lowest closing price before the confirmed yearly peak to that peak. Both points are identified in hindsight. This is not an achieved trading return.

Yearly return+58.8%

Price change from the first stored opening price to the last stored closing price of the calendar year. Costs and taxes are not included.

Largest drawdown-33.3%

Largest closing price decline from a preceding closing high within the calendar year. It does not necessarily occur after the marked breakout.

ADR 204.1%

Average Daily Range: daily high to low range as a percentage of the low, averaged over 20 trading days. Calculated runs show the median of those values during the calendar year, not the current ADR.

News around the breakout

Why Is Whiting Petroleum Corporation (WLL) Up 12.2% Since Last Earnings Report?

Sep 03, 2021 · Zacks Investment Research

Timing alone does not establish that this news caused the price advance.

Data and definitions · Studied example

Metrics, setup and annotations come from the stored study. They describe the historical move. Missing values are not filled in.

The automatic calculation definitions provide context. Imported study metrics may use different reference points and should be checked against the individual chart.

The grade is carried over from the study. A uniform grading method is not documented here.

Historical selection of strong price advances. It does not establish a win rate for future setups.