ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC (ACAD) Stock Technical Analysis
NASDAQ:ACAD - Nasdaq - US0042251084 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
We assign a technical rating of 0 out of 10 to ACAD. ACAD's overall performance in the market is below average. Also recent evolutions are not that positive. Both the medium and short term picture give negative signs.
The short term trend is negative, as is the long term trend. There should be more interesting stocks out there.
72% of all other stocks performed better in the past year than ACAD.
ACAD is currently trading in the lower part of its 52 week range. But, the S&P500 Index is also trading in the lower part of its yearly range, so ACAD is not an exception.
ACAD is currently showing a bear flag pattern! A bear flag pattern occurs when prices pull back slightly after a strong move down. This may present a good short opportunity.
ACAD is part of the Biotechnology industry. There are 568 other stocks in this industry. ACAD outperforms 70% of them.
ACAD has an average volume of 1758050 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.
The technical rating of ACAD is bad and it also does not present a quality setup 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.
More info and screens
14.19
18.33
When analyzing the support we notice one important area.
- Support @14.33 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.
When analyzing the resistance we notice 4 important areas.
- A resistance zone ranging from 14.57 to 14.74. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
- Resistance @15.00 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
- Resistance @16.69 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
- Resistance @18.15 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS28.8
Mansfield-0.48
10 Day High15.7
10 Day Low13.4
20 Day High17.5
20 Day Low13.4
52 Week High20.68
52 Week Low13.4
Performance
1 Week-1.37%
2 Weeks-6.5%
1 Month-14.35%
3 Month-22.98%
6 Month0.28%
12 Month-13.94%
2 Year-32.58%
3 Year-22.02%
5 Year-70.23%
10 Year-57.92%
15 Year766.27%
Daily CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (D)
Bullish Hammer (D)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (D)
Hanging Man (D)
Bullish Harami (D)
Doji (D)
Gravestone Doji (D)
DragonFly Doji (D)
Bearish Engulfing (D)
Bearish Shooting Star (D)
Bearish Harami (D)
Inside Bar (D)
Red Dog Reversal Down (D)
Red Dog Reversal Up (D)
Dark Cloud Cover (D)
Weekly CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (W)
Bullish Hammer (W)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (W)
Hanging Man (W)
Bullish Harami (W)
Doji (W)
Gravestone Doji (W)
DragonFly Doji (W)
Bearish Engulfing (W)
Bearish Shooting Star (W)
Bearish Harami (W)
Inside Bar (W)
Dark Cloud Cover (W)
Daily Chart Patterns
Bull Flag
Bear Flag
Ascending Triangle (D)
Descending Triangle (D)
Symmetrical Triangle (D)
Squeeze
Channel (D)
Channel Up (D)
Channel Down (D)
Rising Wedge (D)
Falling Wedge (D)
Double Bottom (D)
Multiple Bottom (D)
Double Top (D)
Multiple Top (D)
Weekly Chart Patterns
Weekly Bull Flag
Weekly Bear Flag
Squeeze Week
Channel (W)
Double Bottom (W)
Multiple Bottom (W)
Double Top (W)
Multiple Top (W)
Technical Indicators
MACD(12,26,9)-0.02
RSI(14)35.61
LBB13.48
UBB16.57
14.38
-0.35 (-2.38%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorHealth Care
GICS IndustryBiotechnology
Performance
% Chg-2.38%
1 Week-1.37%
2 Weeks-6.5%
1 Month-14.35%
3 Month-22.98%
6 Month0.28%
12 Month-13.94%
2 Year-32.58%
3 Year-22.02%
5 Year-70.23%
10 Year-57.92%
15 Year766.27%
Volatility
ATR(14)0.85
ATR(20)%5.13%
ATR Inc-45.94%
Range Today0.57
ADR(20)0.68
ADR(20)%4.75%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS28.8
Mansfield-0.48
10 Day High15.7
10 Day Low13.4
20 Day High17.5
20 Day Low13.4
52 Week High20.68
52 Week Low13.4
CS1 End14.33
CR1 Start14.57
Volume & EV
DER(3)2.8%
DER(5)-0.25%
Volume1.42M
Volume Incr-34.24%
Vol(5)1.21M
Vol(50)1.76M