COLM Technical Analysis - COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO

Technical Rating and Analysis

We assign a technical rating of 0 out of 10 to COLM. COLM 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.

92% of all other stocks performed better in the past year than COLM.

COLM is one of the lesser performing stocks in the Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods industry. 76% of 48 stocks in the same industry do better.

COLM is currently trading near the lower end of its 52 week range, which is not a good sign. Certainly not because the S&P500 Index is trading near new 52 week highs at the moment.

In the last month COLM has a been trading in the 48.89 - 54.47 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading in the middle of this range, so some resistance may be found above.

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COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO / COLM Weekly stock chart

COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CO / COLM Daily stock chart

Setup Rating and Analysis

COLM has a bad technical rating, but it does show a decent setup pattern. Prices have been consolidating lately. There is a support zone below the current price at 49.30, a Stop Loss order could be placed below this zone.

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Support and Resistance Analysis

48.46

58.11

When analyzing the support we notice one important area.

A support zone ranging from 48.95 to 49.30. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.

We can see 4 important resistance areas.

A resistance zone ranging from 51.44 to 52.32. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in the daily time frame.
A resistance zone ranging from 53.20 to 54.31. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
Resistance @56.53 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.
Resistance @57.53 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.

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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	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The long term trend for COLM is down.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The short term trend for COLM is down.
ChartMill Relative Strength	8.28	NEGATIVE	COLM has a low relative strength, it was outperformed by 91.72% off all stocks on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of COLM is below a declining SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of COLM is below a declining SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of COLM is below a declining SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	43.59	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for COLM is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	-0.11	NEGATIVE	The MACD value suggests COLM has a negative trend, although the MACD value is rising.
Stochastics (14,3)	39.93	NEUTRAL	The Stochastics value for COLM is a neutral value.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	3.31	MEDIUM VOLATILITY	The ATR as a percentage value for COLM suggests some volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	13.95	NEGATIVE	The low ADX value for COLM suggests a weak or negative trend.