Dave BarnhartFounder, Moby Tick Trading · Founder at Moby Tick Trading

PayPal Buyout Rumors & Trading Strategies #shorts

15 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In this short market commentary, the speaker highlights a massive pre‑market rally in PayPal shares, driven by rumors of a potential buyout offer around $60 per share, possibly from Stripe. He notes a significant volume spike, with 2.3 million shares traded near the $42 level and a total of about 15 million shares printed between $42 and $45. The analysis moves to intraday technicals: the price is above key pivot and CAM levels, and has pulled back to the 8‑period exponential moving average. The Average True Range (ATR) is $1.51, and the price has already moved roughly five times that amount. The speaker outlines a bullish scenario if the price breaks above $55, projecting targets up to $62.50, and a bearish scenario if it falls below $54, with specific retracement and support levels down to the low $40s. The commentary blends rumor‑driven catalyst discussion with detailed technical price‑action and risk‑reward planning.

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PayPal is up massively pre-market. There is a potential buyout offer from Stripe or something like that, or whatever. $60 a share they're offering. So this one gapped up huge. We have lots of prints, 2.3 million here at the bottom of $42. So $42 to $45, look at that, 3, 5, 7— there's about 15 million shares here. We have this consolidation that's going back. So we had this massive volume here testing the print, moving higher, testing the print, moving higher, pulling back to the 8 exponential moving average and And off to the races. So let's go ahead and have a look on the intraday. We're above all the pivots and cams, which is pretty interesting. So we're going to be bullish above 55 here. Let's get above this candle. Target 56, 57, 50, 58.25, 60, 61.25, 62.50. I put it up there. The ATR on this one, $1.51. We're already 5 times that. We're going to be bearish below 54. Let's get halfway through this candle anyway. Target 53, 52.50. Then we've got 50.90 is this R5, the low of this candle. 39.94, 4898, 4835, and 4802. Down here is R2. We're getting back into these levels here for a retracement.