Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

Relative strength for the PHLX Semiconductor index began a bottoming process in November of 2018. In mid-December. Since then we have expanded our recommendations substantially and upgraded Technology to overweight in late-January. Despite four months of outperformance, we believe the move for semis is just beginning. In today’s report we highlight our favorite technical setups, including: AMAT, MRVL, AMBA, STM, ON, MU, NVDA, SWKS, MCHP, TXN, AVGO, LRCX, NXPI, ASML, TER, MKSI, ICHR, ACLS, and TSEM.

Relative strength for the PHLX Semiconductor index began a bottoming process in November of 2018. In mid-December. Since then we have expanded our recommendations substantially and upgraded Technology to overweight in late-January. Despite four months of outperformance, we believe the move for semis is just beginning. In today’s report we highlight our favorite technical setups, including: AMAT, MRVL, AMBA, STM, ON, MU, NVDA, SWKS, MCHP, TXN, AVGO, LRCX, NXPI, ASML, TER, MKSI, ICHR, ACLS, and TSEM.

Semiconductors Are Breaking Out -- Add Exposure/Overweight

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Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. develops, produces, and markets monitoring and measurement systems for the semiconductor manufacturing industry. The Company provides integrated monitoring and process control systems for other integrated circuit manufacturing processes.

Sapiens International Corporation N.V. is a global provider of information technology (IT) solutions. The Company's solutions modernize business processes and enable insurance organizations and other companies to adapt quickly to change. Sapiens modular solutions align IT with the business demands for speed, flexibility, and efficiency.

Fiverr International Ltd. provides an online marketplace for selling goods and services. The Company specializes logo, poster, and brochure designing, as well as photoshop editing, content marketing, web analytics, and translation services. Fiverr International serves customers worldwide.

Ituran Location and Control Ltd. sells global positioning systems for locating motor vehicles and retrieving stolen cars.  The Company also develops personal advanced locators.

Wix.com Ltd. operates and develops a web platform. The Company's platform offers solutions that enable businesses, organizations, professionals and individuals to develop customized websites and application platforms.

CyberArk Software Ltd. provides information technology security solutions. The Company offers services which protect organizational privileged accounts from cyber attacks.

NICE Ltd provides solutions that manage and analyze multimedia content and transactional data, such as telephony, web, radio and video communications. The Company's solutions include integrated, multimedia recording platforms, software applications and related professional services.

SUMCO Corporation manufactures silicon wafers for the semiconductor industry. The Company produces silicon wafers used to produce solar batteries as well as ultra-high purity quartz used to produce vessels for silicon manufacturing process. SUMCO markets its products worldwide.

Flat Glass Group Co., Ltd is a PV glass manufacturer. The Company also markets float glass, household glass and architectural glass.

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. manufactures components for the semiconductor industry. The Company designs, manufactures and services ion implantation, dry strip, thermal processing and curing equipment used in the fabrication of semiconductor chips. Axcelis Technologies sells their products to semiconductor chip manufacturers worldwide.

eMemory Technology, Inc. develops and provides logic non-volatile memory (LogicNVM) technology. The company licenses its intellectual property to semiconductor foundries, integrated devices manufacturers (IDMs), and fabless design houses around the world.

ROHM COMPANY LIMITED manufactures custom linear integrated circuits and semiconductor devices for use primarily in consumer electronics.  The Company has plants and sales offices worldwide.  Rohm's subsidiaries include Wako Electric and Apollo Electronics.

Diodes Incorporated manufactures and supplies discrete, logic, and analog semiconductor devices to consumers in the electronics, computing, industrial, communications, and automotive markets. The Company's products include diodes, transistors, MOSFETs, single gate logic, LED drivers, and USB switches.

Sino-American Silicon Products Inc. supplies silicon-based products, including silicon lapped wafer, silicon diffusion wafer, silicon ingot, silicon diffused diode chip, and automobile rectifier.  The Company sells its products worldwide.

GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd is a Chinese power company that produces solar grade polysilicon and operates cogeneration plants and in China.

Gcl Poly Energy Holdings Limited (3800 HK)

King Yuan Electronics Co., Ltd. provides integrated circuit (IC) testing services to semiconductor manufacturers.  The Company tests the logic, memory, and burn-in functions of ICs.  King Yuan also specializes in IC reeling, packaging, and wafer grinding.

Tianjin Zhonghuan Semiconductor Co., Ltd. manufactures discrete semiconductor devices. The Company's main products are High Voltage Diode, Silicon Rectifier Diode, Silicon Bridge Rectifier, MWO High Voltage Silicon Diode and special High Voltage Silicon Diode .

Tianjin Zhonghuan Semiconductor (002129 CH)

Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (TowerJazz) is an independent foundry providing semiconductor integrated circuits manufacturing & related design services. The Company manufactures wafers using its technologies & production capability and the proprietary designs of its customers. TowerJazz's integrated circuits are incorporated into a wide range of products in diverse markets.

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Semiconductors Are Breaking Out -- Add Exposure/Overweight

Relative strength for the PHLX Semiconductor index began a bottoming process in November of 2018. In mid-December. Since then we have expanded our...

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