ESCALADE INC (ESCA) Stock Technical Analysis
NASDAQ:ESCA - Nasdaq - US2960561049 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
Taking everything into account, ESCA scores 4 out of 10 in our technical rating. Although ESCA is scoring some points because its good overall performance in the market in the past year, recent evolutions are not that positive. Both the medium and short term picture give negative signs.
Warning: ESCA has an average volume of 17910 traded shares per day. This is quite low and it might be dangerous to invest in illiquid stocks.
ESCA is part of the Leisure Products industry. There are 30 other stocks in this industry. ESCA outperforms 86% of them.
In the last month ESCA has a been trading in the 14.07 - 16.01 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading in the middle of this range where prices have been consolidating recently, this may present a good entry opportunity, but some resistance may be present above.
The long and short term trends are both neutral. This gives a pretty neutral overall picture!
When comparing the yearly performance of all stocks, we notice that ESCA is one of the better performing stocks in the market, outperforming 80% of all stocks. However, this overall performance is mostly based on the strong move around 7 months ago.
ESCA is currently trading in the middle of its 52 week range. This is in line with the S&P500 Index, which is also trading in the middle of its range.
ESCA has only a medium technical rating, but it does show a decent setup pattern. Prices have been consolidating lately. There is very little resistance above the current price. There is a support zone below the current price at 15.05, a Stop Loss order could be placed below this zone. We notice that large players showed an interest for ESCA in the last couple of days, which is a good sign. Another positive sign is the recent Pocket Pivot signal.
- Behavior of large players is measured by the Effective Volume indicator. This indicator inspects the 1 minute timeframe looking for high volume transactions.
- A Pocket Pivot is a price/volume accumulation pattern. A Pocket Pivot occurs when price moves up with volume higher than the maximum down volume registered in the previous 10 days.
More info and screens
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When analyzing the support we can see 5 important areas.
- A support zone ranging from 14.84 to 15.05. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
- A support zone ranging from 14.23 to 14.58. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
- Support @13.96 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
- Support @13.38 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
- Support @12.92 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.
When analyzing the resistance we notice 3 important areas.
- Resistance @15.72 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
- Resistance @16.11 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.
- A resistance zone ranging from 16.49 to 16.52. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in the daily time frame.
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS80.18
Mansfield0.63
10 Day High15.67
10 Day Low14.07
20 Day High16.01
20 Day Low14.07
52 Week High16.99
52 Week Low12.53
Performance
1 Week4.01%
2 Weeks0.6%
1 Month0.47%
3 Month1.76%
6 Month2.38%
12 Month10.65%
2 Year29.6%
3 Year12.47%
5 Year49.4%
10 Year-17.61%
15 Year213.75%
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)
Technical Indicators
MACD(12,26,9)0.04
RSI(14)51.01
LBB14.28
UBB15.38
15.06
+0.23 (+1.55%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorConsumer Discretionary
GICS IndustryLeisure Products
Performance
% Chg1.55%
1 Week4.01%
2 Weeks0.6%
1 Month0.47%
3 Month1.76%
6 Month2.38%
12 Month10.65%
2 Year29.6%
3 Year12.47%
5 Year49.4%
10 Year-17.61%
15 Year213.75%
Volatility
ATR(14)0.7
ATR(20)%5.22%
ATR Inc50.72%
Range Today1.36
ADR(20)0.74
ADR(20)%4.89%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS80.18
Mansfield0.63
10 Day High15.67
10 Day Low14.07
20 Day High16.01
20 Day Low14.07
52 Week High16.99
52 Week Low12.53
CS1 End15.05
CR1 Start15.72
Volume & EV
DER(3)-2.18%
DER(5)4.06%
Volume19.70K
Volume Incr-36.19%
Vol(5)13.86K
Vol(50)17.91K