** On January 4 our Illumina tech piece indicated a head & shoulder bottom was forming
** Today Illumina Inc. ILMN.O rallied on beat of preliminary Q4 revenue estimates
** Stock gapped up at open, rallied above its 10-DMA, hit 4-month high of $147.00
** Neckline of head & shoulders bottom (~$144.25) pierced ahead of the high made
** Daily close above the neckline would complete the head & shoulders bottom pattern
** Completion of the pattern suggests ILMN may rally toward $195.00/$200.00
** Daily relative strength index (RSI) rising, not overbought, implies upward momentum
** U.S. December CPI, jobless claims risks loom later this week
** Should risk-on emerge after the data releases, Illumina's rally could extend
** ILMN last up >7.5% at $143.83
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(Christopher Romano is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
((christopher.romano@thomsonreuters.com))