ISRG: Topping Formation Risk for Selling Short Potential

Intuitive Surgical Inc., under the Medical Instruments and Supplies industry, has had strong growth over the past 3 years but it is now facing the risk of a topping formation. The topping pattern is near the phase where a completed top could occur and then downside action would include sell short professionals and sell short HFTs. Support doesn’t kick in strongly until the stock reaches the 240-250 area, which is below the 50% loss of most companies thus far in the bear market. Many firms have already lost 50% or more off their all-time high values. ISRG can shift sideways and stay there to pattern out the excessive speculation, but the technical pattern is setting up more like a risk of a top formation at this moment in time.