APTOSE BIOSCIENCES INC (APS.CA) Stock Technical Analysis
TSX:APS - Toronto Stock Exchange - CA03835T4081 - Common Stock - Currency: CAD
Taking everything into account, APS scores 1 out of 10 in our technical rating. APS scores bad on all fronts: it is a bad performer in the overall market and both the medium and short term pictures are negative.
The short term trend is negative, as is the long term trend. There should be more interesting stocks out there.
100% of all other stocks performed better in the past year than APS.
APS is part of the Biotechnology industry. There are 21 other stocks in this industry, of which 95% are performing better than APS.
APS is currently trading near the lower end of its 52 week range, which is not a good sign. APS is lagging the S&P500 Index which is trading in the middle of its 52 week range.
In the last month APS has a been trading in the 2.36 - 5.80 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the lows of this range.
Warning: APS has an average volume of 27295 traded shares per day. This is quite low and it might be dangerous to invest in illiquid stocks.
Considerably lower volume is observed in the last couple of days.
APS has a poor technical rating and the quality of the setup is also not perfect 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
2.73
5.14
We found 1 important support area.
- A support zone ranging from 2.76 to 2.80. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
When analyzing the resistance we notice 2 important areas.
- Resistance @4.02 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
- Resistance @5.09 from a trend 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
CRS0.28
Mansfield-8.3
10 Day High3.79
10 Day Low2.55
20 Day High5.8
20 Day Low2.36
52 Week High51.9
52 Week Low1.98
Performance
1 Week-13.54%
2 Weeks0.36%
1 Month22.17%
3 Month-63.27%
6 Month-82.33%
12 Month-94.29%
2 Year-99.04%
3 Year-99.59%
5 Year-99.93%
10 Year-99.91%
15 YearN/A
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)0.07
RSI(14)40.31
LBB2.61
UBB3.39
TSX:APS (4/30/2025, 7:00:00 PM)
2.81
-0.09 (-3.1%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorHealth Care
GICS IndustryBiotechnology
Performance
% Chg-3.1%
1 Week-13.54%
2 Weeks0.36%
1 Month22.17%
3 Month-63.27%
6 Month-82.33%
12 Month-94.29%
2 Year-99.04%
3 Year-99.59%
5 Year-99.93%
10 Year-99.91%
15 YearN/A
Volatility
ATR(14)0.29
ATR(20)%21.53%
ATR Inc-44.88%
Range Today0.11
ADR(20)0.52
ADR(20)%18.56%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS0.28
Mansfield-8.3
10 Day High3.79
10 Day Low2.55
20 Day High5.8
20 Day Low2.36
52 Week High51.9
52 Week Low1.98
CS1 End2.8
CR1 Start4.02
Volume & EV
DER(3)12.92%
DER(5)8.85%
Volume2.93K
Volume Incr-27.28%
Vol(5)5.73K
Vol(50)27.30K