CAAS Technical Analysis - CHINA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC

Technical Rating and Analysis

Taking everything into account, CAAS scores 5 out of 10 in our technical rating. CAAS has been an average performer in the overall market, it is still ok in the medium term time frame, but very the very recent evolution is negative.

In the last month CAAS has a been trading in the 4.27 - 5.15 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the lows of this range.

Both the short term and long term trends are neutral. So this is not the most entertaining stock around.

When comparing the performance of all stocks over the past year, CAAS turns out to be only a medium performer in the overall market: it outperformed 55% of all stocks.

CAAS is part of the Automobile Components industry. There are 81 other stocks in this industry, CAAS did better than 53% of them.

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

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Technical Analysis

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Setup Rating and Analysis

CAAS has an average technical rating and it also does not offer a high 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

3.48

5.08

We found 6 important support areas.

Support @4.30 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
Support @4.18 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
A support zone ranging from 4.05 to 4.05. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
A support zone ranging from 3.80 to 3.86. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in the daily time frame.
Support @3.74 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
Support @3.52 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.

We found 1 important resistance area.

A resistance zone ranging from 4.99 to 5.03. 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 CAAS is neutral.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	NEUTRAL	NEUTRAL	The short term trend for CAAS is neutral.
ChartMill Relative Strength	55.21	NEUTRAL	CAAS is not amongst the best or worst performers on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of CAAS is below a declining SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of CAAS is above the rising SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of CAAS is above the rising SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	45.54	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for CAAS is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	-0.06	NEGATIVE	The MACD value suggests CAAS has a negative trend, although the MACD value is rising.
Stochastics (14,3)	13.61	OVERSOLD	The low Stochastics value suggests CAAS may be oversold.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	4.76	MEDIUM VOLATILITY	The ATR as a percentage value for CAAS suggests some volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	29.84	POSITIVE	The high ADX value value for CAAS suggests a strong trend.