APEI Technical Analysis - AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION

Technical Rating and Analysis

Taking everything into account, APEI scores 10 out of 10 in our technical rating. Both in the recent history as in the last year, APEI has proven to be a steady performer, scoring decent points in every aspect analyzed.

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

When comparing the yearly performance of all stocks, we notice that APEI is one of the better performing stocks in the market, outperforming 94% of all stocks. On top of that, APEI also shows a nice and consistent pattern of rising prices.

APEI is one of the better performing stocks in the Diversified Consumer Services industry, it outperforms 90% of 75 stocks in the same industry.

A new 52 week high is currently being made by APEI, which is a very good signal! However, this is in line with the S&P500, which is also trading near new highs.

In the last month APEI has a been trading in the 29.05 - 36.85 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the high of this range.

Considerably lower volume is observed in the last couple of days.

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Technical Analysis

Relative Strength

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AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION / APEI Weekly stock chart

AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION / APEI Daily stock chart

Setup Rating and Analysis

APEI has an excellent technical rating, but the quality of the setup is 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.

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Support and Resistance Analysis

23.33

36.28

When analyzing the support we can see 4 important areas.

A support zone ranging from 31.09 to 31.38. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
Support @30.31 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
Support @29.36 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
Support @23.57 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 APEI is up.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	UP	POSITIVE	The short term trend for APEI is up.
ChartMill Relative Strength	94.63	POSITIVE	APEI has a high relative strength, it outperformed 94.63% off all stocks on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of APEI is above the rising SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of APEI is above the rising SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of APEI is above the rising SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	68.63	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for APEI is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	0.34	POSITIVE	The MACD value suggests APEI has a positive trend, although the MACD value is declining.
Stochastics (14,3)	93.77	OVERBOUGHT	The high Stochastics value suggests APEI may be overbought.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	3.42	MEDIUM VOLATILITY	The ATR as a percentage value for APEI suggests some volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	26.33	POSITIVE	The high ADX value value for APEI suggests a strong trend.