ACLS Technical Analysis - AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC

Technical Rating and Analysis

Overall ACLS gets a technical rating of 4 out of 10. ACLS has been an average performer in the overall market. We also notice some doubts in the very recent evolution, but in the medium term things are still fine.

ACLS is one of the lesser performing stocks in the Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment industry. 63% of 112 stocks in the same industry do better.

In the last month ACLS has a been trading in the 79.06 - 102.93 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the lows of this range.

ACLS 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 ACLS is lagging the market slightly.

The short term trend is negative, but the long term trend is still positive. So although the long term is still positive, this may be a trend turning.

When compared to the yearly performance of all other stocks, ACLS outperforms 55% of them, which is more or less in line with the market.

More info and screens

Technical Analysis

Relative Strength

ChartMill Trend Indicator

Simple Moving Average

Show peers with best TA rating

Weekly and Daily overview Charts

AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC / ACLS Weekly stock chart

AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC / ACLS Daily stock chart

Setup Rating and Analysis

ACLS has an average technical rating and it also does not offer a high 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

ChartMill Technical Ratings

Pocket Pivots

Bull Flags

Show peers with best setup rating

Support and Resistance Analysis

77.72

95.99

We found 1 important support area.

A support zone ranging from 78.51 to 80.04. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.

When analyzing the resistance we notice 2 important areas.

A resistance zone ranging from 83.78 to 85.48. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
Resistance @95.04 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.

More info

What is Support and Resistance

Support and Resistance indicators

Support and Resistance Screener and Trading Strategies

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 ACLS is up.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The short term trend for ACLS is down.
ChartMill Relative Strength	55.48	NEUTRAL	ACLS is not amongst the best or worst performers on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of ACLS is below a declining SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	UP	MIXED	The current price of ACLS is below the rising SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of ACLS is above the rising SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	44.15	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for ACLS is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	-1.75	NEGATIVE	The MACD value suggests ACLS has a negative trend, although the MACD value is rising.
Stochastics (14,3)	14.02	OVERSOLD	The low Stochastics value suggests ACLS may be oversold.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	5.27	HIGH VOLATILITY	The high ATR as a percentage value for ACLS suggests high volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	31.64	POSITIVE	The high ADX value value for ACLS suggests a strong trend.