DNKN Thrusts as Expected Out of Base on Earnings
by Mike Paulenoff
April 24, 2015 • 12:00 AM EDT
Much more often than not, when a stock arduously carves out a rounded 14-month base-accumulation pattern, there is a catalytic event that triggers the thrust towards the upside potential of the pattern.
Thursday morning’s impressive earnings report for Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. (DNKN) was just such a catalyst that propelled the stock to the 52.00 area in route to my optimal-target zone in the vicinity of 54.00, with my outlier target at 56.00-57.00.
I had added the stock as a trade set-up on April 7 at around 48.00, noting that the accumulation/base formation was putting increasing pressure on key resistance between 48 and 49.
I also noted, "I am thinking that the technical set-up is indicating a positive reaction to earnings on April 20."
DNKN is a “keeper” in the retail sector amidst a lukewarm domestic economy.
See below our chart from April 7.
Mike Paulenoff is the author of MPTrader.com, a real-time diary of his technical analysis & trade alerts
on
ETFs for precious metals, energy, currencies, and an array of equity indices and sectors, including
international
markets, plus key ETF component stocks in sectors like technology, mining, and banking.
Sign up for a Free 7-day Trial!
More Top Calls From Mike
On the morning of April 9, 2026, this is what I posted about SMR (NuScale Power Corp) to our Discussion Room for MPTrader members:SMR (Nuscale Power Corp)-- Three views of this beleaguered, former high-flying modular nuclear power producer that has been in the grasp of a relentless six-month, 84% bear phase:-- From the perspective of my 4-hour Chart, SMR has the right look of nearing the completion of the downleg that started at the Jan. 2026 recovery rally high of 22.
On the morning of April 7, 2026, this is what I posted for MPTrader members about my interpretation of the near-term technical setup exhibited by META:My preferred technical scenario for META argues that the stock established a significant near-term low at 520.00 on 3/27/26 that resides within an August 2025 to March 2026, incomplete larger corrective process.
Thirty minutes after the opening bell on November 24, 2025, I posted the following heads-up to MPTrader members about the technical setup in META:META has the right technical look of a significant U-Turn to the upside after completing a 27% August-November correction from 796.25 (8/15/25) to 580.32 (11/21/25)... To gain more powerful upside traction, META needs to climb and sustain above nearest-term resistance at 614.70 to 616.50, which if (when) taken out, will open a higher price pathway to the 670 area to challenge the down-sloping 200 DMA... Last is 609.27...
Last Friday morning, to calm frazzled nerves amid a 1% pre-market plunge that was threatening to complete a 100% give back of the prior week's 3.
Late on Friday, fellow MPTrader member MarkinQueens exclaimed: Mike's XOM (Exxon Mobil) chart from August is working! Last $117.26!Back on August 25th, this is what we discussed about Crude Oil and XOM:Just in case anyone is wondering what the chart of nearby Crude Oil is looking like as we approach the "official" end of summer.
