BBW Technical Analysis - BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC

Technical Rating and Analysis

Taking everything into account, BBW scores 8 out of 10 in our technical rating. This is due to a consistent overall performance, although we see some doubts in the very recent evolution. In the medium time frame things are still looking good.

In the last month BBW has a been trading in the 60.72 - 75.85 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the lows of this range.

Prices have been falling strongly lately, it is better to avoid new long positions here.

Looking at the yearly performance, BBW did better than 89% of all other stocks. On top of that, BBW also shows a nice and consistent pattern of rising prices.

BBW is one of the better performing stocks in the Specialty Retail industry, it outperforms 90% of 122 stocks in the same industry.

The short term trend is negative, but the long term trend is still positive. So although the long term is still positive, this may be a trend turning.

BBW is currently trading in the middle of its 52 week range. The S&P500 Index however is currently trading near new highs, so BBW is lagging the market.

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Setup Rating and Analysis

Although BBW has an excellent technical rating, it does not present a decent entry opportunity 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

39.89

62.09

4 important support areas can be observed.

A support zone ranging from 61.04 to 61.04. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
Support @59.61 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
Support @57.32 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
A support zone ranging from 40.29 to 40.72. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.

We found 1 important resistance area.

A resistance zone ranging from 61.06 to 61.48. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages 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	UP	POSITIVE	The long term trend for BBW is up.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The short term trend for BBW is down.
ChartMill Relative Strength	89.46	POSITIVE	BBW has a high relative strength, it outperformed 89.46% off all stocks on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of BBW is below a declining SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	UP	MIXED	The current price of BBW is below the rising SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of BBW is above the rising SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	38.5	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for BBW is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	-2.02	NEGATIVE	The MACD value suggests BBW has a negative trend.
Stochastics (14,3)	2.29	OVERSOLD	The low Stochastics value suggests BBW may be oversold.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	5.64	HIGH VOLATILITY	The high ATR as a percentage value for BBW suggests high volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	40.9	POSITIVE	The high ADX value value for BBW suggests a strong trend.