Northern Trust: #PowerStocks Series Pick Of The Week (July 2025)

Where did the 1st half of the year go? What are you proud to have accomplished thus far? I'm happy to spend more time with my students in our live trading and Chart of the Week sessions, bringing more clarity regarding the stock market and seizing opportunities together. Are you looking forward to the 2nd half of the year and achieving much more? The S&P 500 has experienced a whirlwind 2025 so far, sliding 21% from mid-Feb to early Apr when President Donald Trump was sworn in and the chaos he brought. Who knew that the recovery would be almost as swift? Since early Apr, the S&P 500 has rallied 27% and formed a new all-time high 4 times! Are you cheering? While the S&P 500 finds new all-time highs, are there high-probability swing trading opportunities that you and I can catch? The answer is a resounding YES! Before I share my pick for this week, let's review last week's #PowerStocks pick - Synchrony Financial (SYF).

Review Of Last Week's Pick Of The Week

Synchrony Financial was last week's stock pick. It's a financial institution that provides financial services to individuals and businesses, and is the world's 152nd largest bank. After a 10% in a matter of days, I thought that a pullback could happen last week. Instead, its share price continued to rise a further 5.9%. Am I still waiting for it to pull back to $64? No. I'll be watching this price area instead and have shared this update in my Telegram Channel. Speaking of Telegram, my team and I will never ask you for your hard-earned money for "investments". I know and understand that the allure of high returns without effort is highly attractive. It breaks my heart when I hear of people falling for impersonation scams.

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Why Is Swing Trading Northern Trust (NTRS) Worth It?

Source: northerntrust.com/content/dam/northerntrust/pws/nt/documents/earnings/2025/qer-2025-q1-trendreport-e819d2.pdf

Northern Trust is an investment bank that serves corporations, family offices, insurance companies, sovereign entities, and other institutional clients. It enjoys a massive market capitalization of over $25b, ranking it as the world's 154th largest financial institution. Enjoying such a massive market capitalization didn't render its shares sluggish. On the contrary, its shares have proven to be highly explosive, rising 17 times in the past 11 months! After repeatedly forming new all-time highs, I sense a pullback coming. This would present an excellent opportunity to buy its shares and ride its next explosive upmove. How do I plan to seize this explosive swing trading opportunity? What's the price area I'm waiting for? Continue reading to get the details. P.S. What if I told you that you could drastically gain control over your emotions of fear and greed, and master the stock market in a short amount of time? My team and I have worked tirelessly to help you achieve results fast. Click on the banner below to claim your stock course for free (limited time) now!

Performance Of US Stock Market vs Northern Trust (NTRS)

At this stage of analysis, I want to know the price trend of Northern Trust's shares. Why? By following the price trend of its shares, I greatly increase my chances of profitability. Can you tell that the share price of Northern Trust has been rising powerfully in the last 3 months? Therefore, I'll be looking for a chance to buy its shares! There's another thing I can infer from the comparison chart above - its relative performance compared to the S&P 500. Seeking to achieve a higher-than-market return, I would like the performance of Northern Trust's shares to be stronger. Let's look at the comparison chart above again. While the S&P 500 rose 16.3% in the past 3 months, the shares of Northern Trust rose over 45%! That's an outperformance of almost 3x! I'm getting more interested in the shares of Northern Trust. Is there more to analyze?

How Explosive Is Northern Trust (NTRS)?

Because I aim to buy and hold this stock for a couple of days to weeks, I'd want its share price to explode upwards in price. Are the shares of Northern Trust capable of exploding upwards in a short period of time? I've uncovered its up moves and love what I see. In just 11 months, its shares have exploded upwards 17 times, with each of the upmoves measuring between 4% and 25.1%! What's more impressive? The massive market capitalization of over $25b that Northern Trust enjoys. Typically, the upward movements of such large companies tend to be slow and gradual. Not for Northern Trust! I appreciate that it enjoys a huge market capitalization, as this provides an additional layer of security against manipulation. I don't wish to lose my hard-earned money to manipulation that could be easily prevented! Here comes the golden question: Is it time to buy the shares of Northern Trust for an explosive swing trade?

Key Price Levels

Not so fast! There's another layer of analysis that I'd like to perform to increase my chances of success and minimize losses. Yes, I hate losing money as well. What am I going to analyze? I'm going to uncover the key price level (aka support and resistance) of Northern Trust's shares. By doing so, I'll know where its shares are likely to turn at, providing me with a more optimal entry point. Did you notice a support area around $124? That's where I believe its share price would pull back before rising again. Thus, I'll be watching for a pullback to around $124 and a bounce before buying its shares to catch its next explosive upmove. Here's a pro tip: Instead of staring at your screen, consider setting a price alert on your broker's platform to be notified so that you can spend precious time with your loved ones.

Which Instrument Should You Consider Using?

  Do you ever wonder about the instrument used to trade explosive stocks? With 3 main trading instruments available - stocks, contract-for-difference (CFD), and options, you wonder which suits you best. Since stocks (as an instrument) is easy to understand, I shall focus on CFD and options. Here are the main similarities and differences: CFD works like a mirror to stocks. When a stock rises $1, its CFD rises $1. However, due to its unique pricing mechanism, your options price doesn't rise by the same amount. In fact, depending on the market conditions, the price of your options contract may even drop! Your CFD broker will charge you a finance fee for lending you money for your trade. However, no lending is required for options, so there is no finance charge. Because there's a finance charge by your CFD broker, CFD is not the ideal instrument for mid to long-term trades. On the other hand, options allow you to implement different strategies across time horizons. Both CFDs and options are leveraged instruments because they allow you to control a larger market position with a smaller amount of capital. While CFDs do not have an expiration date, options traders must pay attention to the expiration date of their options contracts. You must be thinking, "What's the beauty of trading options?" Options are like smartphones. You can choose to use a smartphone for its basic or advanced functions.

And options don't have to be all about Math and dry!

It can be made easy to understand through real-life analogies.

In the same way, you can implement basic and/or highly advanced strategies depending on your level of comfort. Options allow you to be versatile in adapting to the shifting market conditions and capturing opportunities in the process. Are you a CFD or options trader? I'm glad to be fluent in both. Finally, this is for educational purposes. Please perform your due diligence. All images are taken from pexels.com, pixabay.com, sectorspdrs.com, tradingview.com, and unsplash.com, unless otherwise mentioned.

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