AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP (AVD) Stock Technical Analysis
NYSE:AVD - New York Stock Exchange, Inc. - US0303711081 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
Taking everything into account, AVD scores 2 out of 10 in our technical rating. AVD's overall performance in the market is below average. Also recent evolutions are not that positive. Both the medium and short term picture give negative signs.
The long term trend is still negative, but the short term trend is neutral. It is advised to wait a little bit longer to see how this turns out.
90% of all other stocks performed better in the past year than AVD.
AVD is part of the Chemicals industry. There are 85 other stocks in this industry, of which 69% are performing better than AVD.
AVD is currently trading in the lower part of its 52 week range. The S&P500 Index however is trading in the upper part of its 52 week range, so AVD is lagging the market.
In the last month AVD has a been trading in the 3.99 - 5.00 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading in the middle of this range, so some resistance may be found above.
AVD has a bad technical rating, but it does show a decent setup pattern. We see reduced volatility while prices have been consolidating in the most recent period. There is very little resistance above the current price. There is a support zone below the current price at 4.08, a Stop Loss order could be placed below this zone.
More info and screens
4.04
6.37
When analyzing the support we notice one important area.
- Support @4.08 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
We can see 4 important resistance areas.
- Resistance @4.86 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
- Resistance @4.99 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
- A resistance zone ranging from 6.00 to 6.06. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
- Resistance @6.31 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
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 | DOWN | NEGATIVE | The long term trend for AVD is down. |
| ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator | NEUTRAL | NEUTRAL | The short term trend for AVD is neutral. |
| ChartMill Relative Strength | 10.54 | NEGATIVE | AVD has a low relative strength, it was outperformed by 89.46% off all stocks on the market. |
| Simple Moving Average/SMA (20) | UP | MIXED | The current price of AVD is below the rising SMA(20). |
| Simple Moving Average/SMA (50) | DOWN | NEGATIVE | The current price of AVD is below a declining SMA(50). |
| Simple Moving Average/SMA (200) | DOWN | NEGATIVE | The current price of AVD is below a declining SMA(200). |
| Relative Strength Index/RSI (14) | 43.32 | NEUTRAL | The RSI value for AVD is a neutral value. |
| Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9) | -0.04 | NEGATIVE | The MACD value suggests AVD has a negative trend. |
| Stochastics (14,3) | 34.14 | NEUTRAL | The Stochastics value for AVD is a neutral value. |
| Average True Range in percent/ATR (20) | 6.95 | HIGH VOLATILITY | The high ATR as a percentage value for AVD suggests high volalility. |
| Average Directional Index/ADX (14) | 13.13 | NEGATIVE | The low ADX value for AVD suggests a weak or negative trend. |
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)
4.19
-0.33 (-7.3%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorMaterials
GICS IndustryChemicals
Performance
% Chg-7.3%
1 Week-15.18%
2 Weeks-14.84%
1 Month2.2%
3 Month-5.42%
6 Month-20.34%
12 Month-50.76%
2 Year-76.55%
3 Year-81.25%
5 Year-69.55%
10 Year-69.64%
15 Year-47.16%
Volatility
ATR(14)0.34
ATR(20)%6.95%
ATR Inc-18.55%
Range Today0.34
ADR(20)0.29
ADR(20)%6.83%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS10.54
Mansfield-2.81
10 Day High5
10 Day Low4.17
20 Day High5
20 Day Low3.99
52 Week High9.84
52 Week Low3.28
CS1 End4.08
CR1 Start4.86
Volume & EV
DER(3)-1.61%
DER(5)0.78%
Volume136.94K
Volume Incr13.1%
Vol(5)207.71K
Vol(50)178.89K