1MSFT Technical Analysis - MICROSOFT CORP

Technical Rating and Analysis

Taking everything into account, 1MSFT scores 6 out of 10 in our technical rating. Although 1MSFT is only a medium performer in the overall market, the technical picture looks good in both the medium and short term time frames.

Warning: 1MSFT has an average volume of 2665 traded shares per day. This is quite low and it might be dangerous to invest in illiquid stocks.

The long and short term trends are both positive. This is looking good!

1MSFT is one of the better performing stocks in the Software industry, it outperforms 70% of 111 stocks in the same industry.

1MSFT is currently trading in the upper part of its 52 week range. The S&P500 Index however is currently trading near a new high, so 1MSFT is lagging the market slightly.

When comparing the performance of all stocks over the past year, 1MSFT turns out to be only a medium performer in the overall market: it outperformed 56% of all stocks.

In the last month 1MSFT has a been trading in a tight range between 429.55 and 453.90.

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Technical Analysis

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Weekly and Daily overview Charts

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Setup Rating and Analysis

1MSFT has an average technical rating and the quality of the presented setup is also not ideal at the moment. Price movement has been a little bit too volatile to find a nice entry and exit point. It is probably a good idea to wait for a consolidation first.

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Support and Resistance Analysis

413.72

457.59

We found 1 important support area.

A support zone ranging from 417.90 to 439.82. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.

When analyzing the resistance we notice one important area.

Resistance @453.06 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.

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Technical Indicator Signal Analysis

The Technical Rating and Setup analysis above combine different indicators and trends in different timeframes. Individual signals from indicators may give more contradictive signals and should always be interpreted in the more global context.

Indicator	Value	Signal	Comment
ChartMill Long Term Trend Indicator	UP	POSITIVE	The long term trend for 1MSFT.MI is up.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	UP	POSITIVE	The short term trend for 1MSFT.MI is up.
ChartMill Relative Strength	56.43	NEUTRAL	1MSFT.MI is not amongst the best or worst performers on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of 1MSFT.MI is above the rising SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	DOWN	MIXED	The current price of 1MSFT.MI is above a declining SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of 1MSFT.MI is above the rising SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	55.9	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for 1MSFT.MI is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	0.88	POSITIVE	The MACD value suggests 1MSFT.MI has a positive trend, although the MACD value is declining.
Stochastics (14,3)	65.5	NEUTRAL	The Stochastics value for 1MSFT.MI is a neutral value.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	1.28	LOW VOLATILITY	The low ATR as a percentage value for 1MSFT.MI suggests low volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	21.82	NEUTRAL	The ADX value for 1MSFT.MI suggests a possible start of a new trend.