By Barrie Einarson, Trade Ideas

Hey everyone, Barrie Einarson here with today’s edition of What Makes This Trade Great.

Today was a choppy one. I’ll be honest — I didn’t find a lot of stocks showing real trend continuation, up or down. The market just couldn’t decide on a direction, and that made it a frustrating session for anyone looking for a clean setup.

But I did find one that stood out: Manpower Group (MAN), and it’s an earnings play.

The Setup

We saw this one moving in the pre-market, and it already had a nice pop going before the bell even rang. Then at the 9:30 open, we got a big move — a clean breakout right out of the gate.

Now, I want to be clear — this isn’t a rocket ship. It’s not the kind of parabolic move that grabs headlines. But on a day where everything else was chopping around, this one has been slow and steady, and it took out that 50 level along the way.

Why It Mattered Today

I don’t know where it goes for the rest of the day, but here’s the thing — it wasn’t choppy. And on a day like today, that’s saying something.

So many stocks were whipping up and down today, even the large caps that are usually more stable. When the big names are getting tossed around like that, it tells you a lot about the overall tape.

So at least we found one. An earnings play on Manpower Group, and it worked out pretty well.

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That’s today’s What Makes This Trade Great. Choppy days like this are exactly when you need to focus on the names showing real relative strength — and today, Manpower gave us that.