Using the Nasdaq to Capitalize on Panic-Selling — Investment U
In past Trade of the Day issues, we’ve discussed the tactical trading strategy of playing market volatility — and, more recently, oil market volatility — by using two different exchange plays:
For today, I’d like to add one additional name to this list: Nasdaq Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ).
As I’m sure you can guess, Nasdaq Inc. is the operator of the Nasdaq stock market, which is part of a so-called “comfortable oligopoly” among exchange-related plays.
Nasdaq Inc.’s trading revenues are tied to trading volumes, so periods of increased trading frequency lead to more transaction volume gains. Just like Cboe Global Markets and Intercontinental Exchange, Nasdaq Inc. could offer a “safe haven” way to capitalize on panic-selling in times of heightened market volatility.
The business breaks down like this…
Market Services
Corporate Services
Information Services
- Sells and distributes historical and real-time quote and trade information to retail online brokers, proprietary trading shops, internet portals, and data distributors.
- Offers Nasdaq-branded indexes and financial products. In other words, for any site to access historical Nasdaq data, it’ll have to pay fees for that right.
Market Technology
In addition to these segments, Nasdaq Inc. has recently gotten into some new ventures that are pinching margins in the near term but may bear fruit in the longer term.
One such venture is the Nasdaq Financial Framework, which is an order-matching and price-dissemination system used by other capital-market operators — and even some sports betting markets.
Right now, this technology is being used for betting with the Hong Kong Jockey Club — and also on the soccer-oriented Football Index. If proven successful, the Nasdaq Financial Framework could evolve into a far larger profit center for Nasdaq Inc.
For instance, Nasdaq Inc. estimates that the available market for this technology could reach $22 billion.
Analysts at Oppenheimer are even more optimistic. They think the nonfinancial customers for the technology could grow into a market worth $32 billion. That’s why they just upgraded Nasdaq Inc. with a 12- to 18-month price target of $111.
Action Plan: With proprietary assets that have a nearly impossible barrier to entry, let’s keep an eye on Nasdaq Inc. going forward. A retest of the support levels anywhere below $100 might be a viable entry spot.
If we see the right time to make a move, we’ll alert you immediately in The War Room.
Bryan graduated with a business degree from the highly rated Indiana University Kelley School of Business, and his first job out of college was trading stock options on the floor of the Chicago Board Options Exchange. He was mentored by some of the country’s top floor traders in the heart of the technology boom from 1999 to 2000, where he learned to identify and implement some of his most powerful trading secrets. Now he shares his secrets with a group of elite traders. We will be republishing some of his highly sought after content from his free e-letter, Trade of the Day.
Originally published at https://investmentu.com on September 23, 2019.
