PLYWOOD THEME investors looking to cut their losses short
22 Jan, 201913 min read
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Plywood delivered lacklustre performance on Tuesday. It delivered -1.71% to close at 2447.46. It is currently trading -56% below it's 52 week high of 5588.37.
~PLYWOOD is currently in a bearish trend. The previous short signal in ~PLYWOOD has not been profitable for investors in general. If you are short on ~PLYWOOD at current levels please make sure that your allocation is limited and that your portfolio is well diversified.
~PLYWOOD has been underperforming the NIFTY-50 index in recent time. It showed significant underperformance (compared to the NIFTY-50 index) from 21 Dec, 2017 to 1 Oct, 2018. Over the last 3 years and 1 month, ~PLYWOOD underperformed the NIFTY-50 index on 53% days.
~PLYWOOD returned losses on 54% days in the last three months. During this time, it delivered on average +0.08% per day. It delivered it's best daily return of +4.73%, during this period, on Thursday, 22 Nov, 2018. The longest stort-term trend during this period was 6 profitable days, which started on 26 Oct, 2018 and went on till 2 Nov, 2018. This bullish trend returned +8.05% to investors.
The last 12 months saw ~PLYWOOD's investors making profits in 3 months and incurring losses in 9 months. ~PLYWOOD was less consistent in delivering monthly returs than NIFTY-50 index. ~PLYWOOD was also a more risky investment than NIFTY-50 index as it's worst month in the last year, Sep 2018, returned -24.23% compared to -6.42% returned by NIFTY-50 index in Sep 2018. ~PLYWOOD had a longer winning streak of losing months than NIFTY-50 index. It went down in 5 straight months (from May 2018 to Sep 2018) during which period it delivered -57.01%. It is interesting to note that both ~PLYWOOD and NIFTY-50 index significantly outperform during months when quarterly/annual results are announced.
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~PLYWOOD is currently seeing overall fall in volatility. In comparison, the NIFTY-50 index is seeing decrease in volatility. During the last three months, there was a significant fall in ~PLYWOOD's volatility from 23 Oct, 2018 to 17 Jan, 2019. While there was a significant fall in the NIFTY-50 index's volatility from 31 Oct, 2018 to 5 Dec, 2018.
Advanced/professional short-term investors should note that ~PLYWOOD has significant negative skewness in it's return distribution. This indicates that ~PLYWOOD is very risky for short-term investment and can significantly underperform for long durations.
~PLYWOOD has more chance of extreme outcomes than the NIFTY-50 index. Therefore, ~PLYWOOD must receive a lower allocation than NIFTY-50 in your portfolio. NIFTY-50 index usually has shorter drawdown period than ~PLYWOOD.
On a general note (since you are interested in ~PLYWOOD), BAJFINANCE has performed really well and deserves to be closely tracked for investment opportunities.
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