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Five Stocks with Manufacturing Focus Amongst Biggest Intraday Movers
By SGX My Gateway  •  June 19, 2018
Five Stocks with Manufacturing Focus Amongst Biggest Intraday Movers
  • For the three months spanning March, April & May, non-STI stocks that consistently ranked amongst the biggest intraday tick ranges, with daily price ranges of more than 2.5%, included AEM Hldgs, Memtech Intl, Creative Technology, Best World Intl & Delong Holdings.
  • The five stocks averaged daily price ranges of 4% and together represent businesses with manufacturing-related activities. Manufacturing businesses span handling & test solutions, component solutions, consumer electronics, health products & HRC Steel.
  • Another manufacturing stock, Hi-P International ranked amongst the 10 non-STI stocks with the biggest intraday tick ranges for two of the months, while generating average daily price ranges of 5%.
The Straits Times Index (“STI”) is made up of 30 stocks that together span a wide range of businesses operating in Singapore and throughout the region. For the three months spanning March to May, these 30 constituents consistently generated median daily swings of 1.5% between the stock’s daily high and the daily low price.   Five Non-STI Stocks with Significant Trading Ranges Over Past 3M    For the three months spanning March through to May, the non-STI most actively traded stocks saw as many as seven stocks that consistently generated the biggest intraday tick ranges. These seven stocks included AEM Holdings, Memtech International, Dairy Farm International, Creative Technology, Haw Par, Best World International and Delong Holdings.   Note of the seven stocks, just the two stocks Dairy Farm International and Haw Par Corporation did not generate daily prices that were above 250 basis points or 2.5% of the stocks VWAP.   The remaining five stocks were AEM Holdings, Memtech International, Creative Technologies, Best World International and Delong Holdings which all averaged daily swings greater than 2.5%. Over the three months the five stocks generated average daily ranges of:   §  18.1 ticks between high to low, ranging from 51 ticks for Creative Technologies in March to 9 ticks for Best World International in May.   §  4.0% between high to low as a function of each stock’s volume weighted average price (‘VWAP’), ranging from 8.6% for Creative Technologies in March to 2.8% for Creative Technologies in May.   §  42.6% annualised intraday volatility spanning 80.8% for Creative Technology in March, to 28.6% for AEM Holdings in March.   By comparison over the three months, the average  intraday volatility of the 30 constituent stocks was 17.8% in March, 18.5% in April then 18.5% again in May. The table below details the seven stocks which consistently ranked amongst the 10 actively traded non-STI stocks with the greatest tick ranges for the respective months.  
Seven Non-STI Stocks that ranked amongst top 10 by Tick Amplitude in Mar-May March 2018 April 2018 May 2018
Stock Code Mkt Cap S$B BPS Ticks Intraday Vol % BPS Ticks Intraday Vol % BPS Ticks Intraday Vol %
AEM Holdings AWX 0.4 358 27.0 28.6 416 26.0 34.3 412 17.0 45.2
Memtech Intl BOL 0.2 448 16.0 49.9 416 12.0 49.0 381 10.0 46.8
Delong Holdings BQO 0.6 345 15.0 36.2 423 17.0 49.0 290 12.0 30.0
Creative Technology C76 0.4 860 51.0 80.8 356 19.0 38.7 279 16.0 31.8
Best World Intl CGN 0.7 413 14.0 45.0 296 10.0 37.9 329 9.0 35.7
Dairy Farm Intl (USD) D01 16.1 124 13.0 18.8 112 12.0 18.7 155 17.5 22.8
Haw Par Corp H02 3.0 88 11.0 10.0 95 12.0 11.4 106 14.0 13.0
Average: 377 21.0 38.5 302 15.4 34.1 279 13.6 32.2
Source : SGX. Basis Points (“bps”) represents the difference between daily high and daily low price divided by the VWAP of the stock - the median of the daily values are presented. Ticks represent the difference between daily high and daily low price of the stock – with also with the median of the daily values presented. The standard deviation of logarithmic midpoint price returns at one-minute intervals throughout the trading day with median of daily values is presented and numbers are annualised and show in percentage form.   Note the actively traded criteria for the sole purpose of this report refers to stocks with a daily traded value that ranked amongst the 200most active stocks, and was quoted in the order book over 50% of the trading days during the report month.   Another manufacturer, Hi-P International ranked amongst the 10 non-STI stocks with the biggest intraday tick ranges in May and April, generating respective average daily price ranges of 600 basis points and 445 basis points.   Assessing the Swings   There are multiple methods to gauge the trading amplitude of a stock throughout the trading session. The difference between trading session highs and lows can be expressed in the number of trading ticks, that is the number of minimum price moves from the sessions high price to low price.   By itself, tick ranges can provide an insight into how responsive the stock is to changes in day-to-day sentiment. However it does not provide a full gauge of intraday volatility, as everything is relative and highly priced stocks will typically have higher tick ranges than much lower stocks.   Expressing daily trading ranges as a percentage of the price of the stock can achieve a more comprehensive gauge. Prices generally change throughout the trading day, hence the VWAP measure is typically used for this measure.   For instance, STI constituent Jardine Matheson Holdings (‘JMH’) might average 90 ticks during a trading session, however as a function of the share price, the 90 ticks represent just 1.1% of its VWAP. Whereas Golden-Agri Resources might average just a two tick daily trading range, however as a function of its VWAP, this could be as high as 3.0%.
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  1. My strategy has always been to look for stocks with wide variation between high and low price within 52 weeks. If the price is almost at the lowest point within the price range and other fundamentals look good, that may be a good buy. In most cases, the returns have always been between 50% and 100% except there is a major crash in stock prices.
    This strategy may not work for everybody. You just have to know what works for you and stick to it.

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