Apple is underperforming the rest of the “Magnificent Seven,” but the technicals show it is at an inflection point, said Jessica Inskip, director of investor research at StockBrokers.com. Apple was one of three names Inskip discussed during the ” Three Stock Lunch ” segment on CNBC’s ” Power Lunch ” on Monday. Apple Shares of the tech giant, which are down more than 20% year to date, have the potential to move higher, according to the charts, Inskip said. “There is a very, very strong resistance support zone where we’re in right now — thus the inflection point, which is around 195 to 200,” she said. “We’re sitting in there.” The highs of the range go to around 260, she noted. “This is an inflection to go higher because we’re at the bottom,” she added. AAPL YTD mountain Apple year to date However, Inskip would protect herself with an options trade called a wheel strategy, which will capture some premium in case she is wrong. “We sell a put to buy the stock. It creates neutrality in the short term, but then bullishness on the long term,” she said. “We’ll do that while we’re at the bottom end. If we’re assigned and we’re wrong, we’ll sell a call.” Nasdaq Nasdaq should benefit from the move to 24-hour trading , seven days a week, Inskip said. The around-the-clock trading doesn’t mean people staying up late in the U.S., but more global access to the markets, she explained. That means the markets will need more liquidity, she said. “The way to truly hedge is utilizing options, which means that’s next,” Inskip said. NDAQ YTD mountain Nasdaq year to date All that new activity is beneficial to Nasdaq, she explained. “They generate off of a lot of trades. We have more trades if they start listing the options,” she said. “We need that in order to hedge properly. So there’s more activity.” UnitedHealth Investors should be careful with UnitedHealth , Inskip said. UnitedHealth wound up on her radar when the stock landed in the Schwab Trading Activity Index (STAX), which is an index of the firm’s most actively traded securities. “UNH came up with this buy the dip mentality,” she said. “From a technical perspective, UNH is in a bearish trading cycle. It is finding support based on levels, so far, even before Covid,” she added. “If there is some support that’s there, I expect some rallying to at least the 240 level.” However, she is not a bull and is warning retail traders to watch out. “Just like GME, we’re buying something because we think it’s low, buying the dip without any real conviction of earnings follow-through and I don’t see that,” she said. UnitedHealth shares are down more than 39% year to date.
