Red-hot Netflix (NFLX) stock is flashing a historically-reliable bullish signal, even the company's outstanding fourth-quarter earnings report

Netflix stock (NFLX) surged, after the streaming service reported the highest-ever level of quarterly subscriber gains and said it plans to [raise U.S. prices](

Netflix shot up 14.6% after it reported adding nearly 19 million subscribers during the holiday-season quarter and it topped sales and profit targets. The video streaming service’s expansion into live programming appears to be paying off as it wrapped up its best year ever with more than $40 billion in revenue.

Netflix stock flirted with the $1,000 mark Wednesday, hitting all-time highs in the wake of the company’s spectacular earnings report. In detailing its fourth-quarter financials Tuesday, Netflix said it added a company-record 18.