AGX Technical Analysis - ARGAN INC

Technical Rating and Analysis

We assign a technical rating of 10 out of 10 to AGX. Both in the recent history as in the last year, AGX has proven to be a steady performer, scoring decent points in every aspect analyzed.

Both the short term and long term trends are positive. This is a very positive sign.

Looking at the yearly performance, AGX did better than 95% of all other stocks. On top of that, AGX also shows a nice and consistent pattern of rising prices.

AGX is part of the Construction & Engineering industry. There are 54 other stocks in this industry. AGX outperforms 96% of them.

AGX is currently making a new 52 week high. This is a strong signal. The S&P500 Index however is also trading near new highs, which makes the performance in line with the market.

In the last month AGX has a been trading in the 240.24 - 320.00 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the high of this range.

Prices have been rising strongly lately, it may be a good idea to wait for a consolidation or pullback before considering an entry.

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Setup Rating and Analysis

Although AGX has an excellent technical rating, it 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.

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Support and Resistance Analysis

158.12

299.35

We found 6 important support areas.

Support @264.87 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
A support zone ranging from 256.14 to 258.17. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
Support @234.06 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
Support @226.19 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
Support @203.36 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
Support @159.72 from a trend 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 AGX is up.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	UP	POSITIVE	The short term trend for AGX is up.
ChartMill Relative Strength	95.3	POSITIVE	AGX has a high relative strength, it outperformed 95.3% off all stocks on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of AGX is above the rising SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of AGX is above the rising SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of AGX is above the rising SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	60.94	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for AGX is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	2.52	POSITIVE	The MACD value suggests AGX has a positive trend, although the MACD value is declining.
Stochastics (14,3)	86.88	OVERBOUGHT	The high Stochastics value suggests AGX may be overbought.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	5.19	HIGH VOLATILITY	The high ATR as a percentage value for AGX suggests high volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	20.96	NEUTRAL	The ADX value for AGX suggests a possible start of a new trend.