Hello,

Charles here.

Two charts. Two consumer stories pointing in opposite directions.

One company is quietly gearing up under a key technical level, with millions of customers swiping at checkout and an installment-loan model that keeps grabbing market share. The other one designs airplanes, employs nearly 200,000 people, and just printed a candle that should make every bull nervous.

She runs the pitchfork (a trendline tool that maps where a stock should find buyers and sellers) on every chart she touches, and right now it's flashing green on one name and red on the other.

Here's Licia with one stock to ride into the breakout and one to fade off the resistance.

Hi Traders,

Boeing (BA) has traded right up to the top of my pitchfork and honored that resistance:

The reversal printed a very large bearish engulfing candle (a red candle that fully swallows the prior day's green candle, signaling sellers took control). The stock closed below the 20-day moving average (the pink line).

That is why Boeing is my stinker this week:

The stock will trade down to the median line at $221.19. Use a close over $230.25 as your stop loss.

Boeing designs, manufactures, and supports commercial airplanes like the 737 MAX, 777, and 787. It also builds defense and military aircraft, satellites, and missiles, and provides global services. The company operates in three segments: Commercial Airplanes, Defense, Space and Security, and Global Services. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, with roughly 182,000 employees.

One to Love

Affirm Holdings (AFRM) has been consolidating just under the resistance of the 200-day moving average:

Stocks in consolidation are gearing up for their next move.

Once Affirm clears $67.61, it is going to trade to $75.43 and then $79.12. Use a close back below the 200-day moving average as your stop loss.

Affirm offers transparent installment loans at checkout. No hidden fees, and no compounding interest in many cases. It partners with merchants like Shopify and big retailers, and it has expanded into debit cards, savings, and broader payments.

Founded by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, it serves roughly 27 million active consumers and hundreds of thousands of merchants. Key metrics include growing Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV), active users, and repeat transactions.

Trade Accordingly,

Licia Leslie

Licia's setup tells you something most market commentary misses.

The new economy is buying through Affirm. The old economy is still trying to figure out why Boeing's chart keeps stalling at the same levels every quarter. Both names sit inside the same S&P 500, but they are answering completely different questions about where money moves next.

AFRM has a clean technical signal under a key average, and a business that lines up with how Gen Z and Millennials actually pay for things. BA has a busted candle, a stalled trend, and decades of industrial baggage that no amount of defense contracts seems to fix.

So which one does the crew want to dig into on Monday?

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Take care,

Charles Delvalle

Editorial Director, Option Pit