If Alpha Natural Resources is any indication, the coal miner stocks are due for yet another cycle lower.
ANR, daily
ANR, weekly
The bigger picture is one of true horror. You can see the 2008 commodity boom - that imploded violently, and we are right back to those crazy lows.
Summary
The coal companies are already beyond the destroyed stage, and yet with Sp'1380 - and likely near term downside to 1340/1300 (if not much further), ANR..and others look set to break new historic lows.
Were a major market down cycle to occur (sp'1150?), we would arguably see most of this sector lose another 30/50%. The horror indeed!
*next earnings for ANR, pre-market, Thur' May'3