--- title: "Pre-market trend | TIME INTERCON (1729.HK) plummeted nearly 10% on high volume on May 12, a bull trap?" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/286061761.md" description: "Yesterday, the stock price of TIME INTERCON plummeted by 9.96%, closing at HKD 21.88. Throughout the day, it fell from the opening price of HKD 23.52 to an intraday low of HKD 21.22, with short sellers almost dominating the entire trading session. Although the daily MACD had previously formed a bullish signal, yesterday's sharp decline significantly undermined the signal's validity. The market typically views this kind of \"signal triggered and then destroyed\" movement as a sign of increasing capital divergence. The trading volume was approximately HKD 1.239 billion, with a significant drop in stock price despite high trading volume, indicating that a large number of profit-taking shares are accelerating their exit. On the news front, TIME INTERCON belongs to the electrical components and equipment sector, with a price-to-earnings ratio as high as 63 times, reflecting the market's full pricing of its growth expectations in the earlier period. Recently, the global topic of \"chip inflation\" has been heating up, and the AI hardware industry chain remains highly active, but the focus has been concentrated on the upstream core chip segment, showing signs of marginal decline in capital attention towards mid and downstream equipment manufacturers. At the same time, the central bank's Q1 monetary policy report suggests a decreased likelihood of short-term interest rate cuts, which may suppress market risk appetite and enhance the willingness of capital to take profits from overvalued and high-growth stocks. From a technical perspective, yesterday's large bearish candlestick almost engulfed the gains of several previous days, with the stock price falling below the 5-day moving average and approaching the 10-day moving average. The volume has increased but the direction is downward, which is a typical characteristic of \"high volume decline.\" The short-term technical pattern has been significantly damaged. Today, it is crucial to closely observe whether the HKD 21 level can find support and whether there are signs of capital increasing positions against the trend during the day" datetime: "2026-05-13T01:00:00.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/286061761.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/286061761.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/286061761.md) --- # Pre-market trend | TIME INTERCON (1729.HK) plummeted nearly 10% on high volume on May 12, a bull trap? Yesterday's closing saw TIME INTERCON's stock price plummet by 9.96%, closing at HKD 21.88, after falling from an opening price of HKD 23.52 to an intraday low of HKD 21.22, with short sellers dominating the entire trading session. Although the daily MACD had previously formed a bullish signal, yesterday's sharp decline significantly undermined the signal's validity, and the market typically views such "signal-triggered destruction" movements as a sign of increasing capital divergence. The trading volume was approximately HKD 1.239 billion, with a significant drop in stock price despite high volume, indicating that a large number of profit-taking shares are accelerating their exit. In terms of news, TIME INTERCON belongs to the electrical components and equipment sector, with a price-to-earnings ratio as high as 63, reflecting the market's full pricing of its growth expectations in the earlier period. Recently, the global "chip inflation" topic has been heating up, and the AI hardware industry chain remains highly active, but the focus has concentrated on the upstream core chip segment, showing signs of marginal decline in capital attention towards mid- and downstream equipment manufacturers. At the same time, the central bank's Q1 monetary policy report suggests a decreased likelihood of short-term interest rate cuts, which may suppress market risk appetite and enhance the willingness of capital to take profits from high-valuation and high-increase varieties. From a technical perspective, yesterday's large bearish candlestick nearly engulfed the gains of the previous days, with the stock price falling below the 5-day moving average and approaching the 10-day moving average. The volume has increased but the direction is downward, which is a typical characteristic of "high volume selling." The short-term technical pattern has been significantly damaged. Today, it is crucial to closely observe whether the HKD 21 level can find support and whether there are signs of capital increasing positions against the trend during the day. The performance of related concept sectors in the A-share market will also influence market sentiment. The short-term trend reference is bearish, and after a sharp drop with high volume at elevated levels, short-term recovery will require time and volume support. If the volume continues to weaken and breaks below HKD 21 today, it may open up greater adjustment space below; conversely, if there is a stabilization with reduced volume, there may still be a possibility of a rebound, but the strength may be limited. _This article only provides technical analysis and market information for reference and does not constitute any investment advice. 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