ASTC Technical Analysis - ASTROTECH CORP

Technical Rating and Analysis

Overall ASTC gets a technical rating of 3 out of 10. In the past year, ASTC was a below average performing stock in the market. The medium term picture is also negative, but we see some improvement happening in recent action.

When comparing the yearly performance of all stocks, ASTC is a bad performer in the overall market: 84% of all stocks are doing better.

ASTC is one of the lesser performing stocks in the Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components industry. 76% of 124 stocks in the same industry do better.

ASTC is currently trading in the lower part of its 52 week range, which is not a good signal. Certainly not because the S&P500 Index is trading near new highs.

In the last month ASTC has a been trading in the 4.75 - 8.01 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the lows of this range.

Volume is considerably higher in the last couple of days, which is what you like to see during a strong movement up.

The long and short term trends are both neutral. This gives a pretty neutral overall picture!

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Setup Rating and Analysis

The technical rating of ASTC is bad and it also does not present a 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

5.37

5.95

When analyzing the resistance we notice one important area.

A resistance zone ranging from 5.87 to 5.89. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.

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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	NEUTRAL	NEUTRAL	The long term trend for ASTC is neutral.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	NEUTRAL	NEUTRAL	The short term trend for ASTC is neutral.
ChartMill Relative Strength	16.29	NEGATIVE	ASTC has a low relative strength, it was outperformed by 83.71% off all stocks on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of ASTC is above the rising SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of ASTC is above the rising SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of ASTC is below a declining SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	64.46	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for ASTC is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	0.06	POSITIVE	The MACD value suggests ASTC has a positive trend.
Stochastics (14,3)	18.36	OVERSOLD	The low Stochastics value suggests ASTC may be oversold.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	6.87	HIGH VOLATILITY	The high ATR as a percentage value for ASTC suggests high volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	14.71	NEGATIVE	The low ADX value for ASTC suggests a weak or negative trend.