ALKERMES PLC (ALKS) Stock Technical Analysis
NASDAQ:ALKS - Nasdaq - IE00B56GVS15 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
We assign a technical rating of 1 out of 10 to ALKS. ALKS has been an average performer in the overall market. Also recent evolutions are not that positive: both the medium and short term time frames give negative signs.
The short term trend is negative, as is the long term trend. There should be more interesting stocks out there.
ALKS 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.
ALKS is part of the Biotechnology industry. There are 568 other stocks in this industry. ALKS outperforms 77% of them.
ALKS has an average volume of 1878830 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.
When comparing the performance of all stocks over the past year, ALKS turns out to be only a medium performer in the overall market: it outperformed 64% of all stocks.
ALKS is currently trading in the middle of its 52 week range. This is in line with the S&P500 Index, which is also trading in the middle of its range.
ALKS has a poor technical rating and the quality of the setup is also only medium 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
23.56
35.75
When analyzing the support we can see 3 important areas.
- A support zone ranging from 26.59 to 27.22. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
- Support @25.94 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
- Support @23.80 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.
3 important resistance areas can be observed.
- A resistance zone ranging from 27.68 to 27.68. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
- Resistance @33.60 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
- Resistance @35.40 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS64.63
Mansfield0.1
10 Day High28.09
10 Day Low25.56
20 Day High34.45
20 Day Low25.56
52 Week High36.45
52 Week Low22.9
Performance
1 Week1.73%
2 Weeks-3.96%
1 Month-17.87%
3 Month-11.29%
6 Month6.06%
12 Month12.12%
2 Year-3.08%
3 Year-4.09%
5 Year101.82%
10 Year-50.03%
15 Year111.06%
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)-0.03
RSI(14)34.68
LBB25.78
UBB29.76
27.67
+0.52 (+1.92%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorHealth Care
GICS IndustryBiotechnology
Performance
% Chg1.92%
1 Week1.73%
2 Weeks-3.96%
1 Month-17.87%
3 Month-11.29%
6 Month6.06%
12 Month12.12%
2 Year-3.08%
3 Year-4.09%
5 Year101.82%
10 Year-50.03%
15 Year111.06%
Volatility
ATR(14)1.42
ATR(20)%4.71%
ATR Inc-30.55%
Range Today0.95
ADR(20)1.23
ADR(20)%4.45%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS64.63
Mansfield0.1
10 Day High28.09
10 Day Low25.56
20 Day High34.45
20 Day Low25.56
52 Week High36.45
52 Week Low22.9
CS1 End27.22
CR1 Start27.68
Volume & EV
DER(3)-0.57%
DER(5)-1.57%
Volume1.97M
Volume Incr-4.25%
Vol(5)1.86M
Vol(50)1.88M