$Intel(INTC)$ CRWD has been making higher lows on the daily. As long as $255 holds, I'm watching for an upside move toward $261 and then $275. The CEO was on CNBC talking about how there will be a lot of breaches in the coming months from the PHP vulnerability. PANW is another cybersecurity name on my watchlist this week. There's a gap to fill from $383.40 to $397 on the daily. I'd be looking at calls if the stock moves into that gap. The calls look decent as long as $380 holds. XOM is breaking out of a flag pattern on the daily. Oil stocks are on alert with the possibility of the Iran conflict being back on the table. The stock has hit all-time highs. If $180 holds, I'm watching $190 and $200. INTC is sitting
$Intel(INTC)$ NOV20 90C, still actionable. Zone: $86.35 to $87.57 Invalidation: close under $84.65 Objectives: $92.96, then $98.12 The math works out to a 6.9% move to the first objective and 12.8% to the second, against 2.7% risk on the invalidation. That's better than 4 to 1 to the second objective. Think of a prizefighter who took a hard knock on Thursday and got straight back up on Friday. Intel fell more than 8 percent on Thursday, then closed Friday at $86.96, up almost 2 percent, holding just above the low it printed the day before. This is a swing into the October 29 earnings report, where the question is fairly straightforward: can the chip maker show the server business is picking up steam into the fourth quarter. If that low holds,