ESCALADE INC (ESCA) Stock Technical Analysis
NASDAQ:ESCA - Nasdaq - US2960561049 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
Taking everything into account, ESCA scores 0 out of 10 in our technical rating. ESCA 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.
87% of all other stocks performed better in the past year than ESCA.
ESCA is one of the lesser performing stocks in the Leisure Products industry. 64% of 32 stocks in the same industry do better.
ESCA is currently making a new 52 week low. This is a very bad signal. The S&P500 Index is trading in the upper part of its 52 week range, so ESCA is lagging the market.
In the last month ESCA has a been trading in the 11.76 - 14.63 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.
Warning: ESCA has an average volume of 18744 traded shares per day. This is quite low and it might be dangerous to invest in illiquid stocks.
The technical rating of ESCA is bad and it also does not present a 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.
More info and screens
11.66
16.65
We can see 6 important resistance areas.
- Resistance @12.21 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
- A resistance zone ranging from 13.15 to 13.19. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in the daily time frame.
- Resistance @14.53 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
- Resistance @14.81 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
- Resistance @15.11 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
- Resistance @16.49 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 ESCA is down. |
| ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator | DOWN | NEGATIVE | The short term trend for ESCA is down. |
| ChartMill Relative Strength | 13.39 | NEGATIVE | ESCA has a low relative strength, it was outperformed by 86.61% off all stocks on the market. |
| Simple Moving Average/SMA (20) | DOWN | NEGATIVE | The current price of ESCA is below a declining SMA(20). |
| Simple Moving Average/SMA (50) | DOWN | NEGATIVE | The current price of ESCA is below a declining SMA(50). |
| Simple Moving Average/SMA (200) | DOWN | NEGATIVE | The current price of ESCA is below a declining SMA(200). |
| Relative Strength Index/RSI (14) | 31.05 | NEUTRAL | The RSI value for ESCA is a neutral value. |
| Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9) | -0.09 | NEGATIVE | The MACD value suggests ESCA has a negative trend. |
| Stochastics (14,3) | 9.57 | OVERSOLD | The low Stochastics value suggests ESCA may be oversold. |
| Average True Range in percent/ATR (20) | 3.9 | MEDIUM VOLATILITY | The ATR as a percentage value for ESCA suggests some volalility. |
| Average Directional Index/ADX (14) | 32.22 | POSITIVE | The high ADX value value for ESCA suggests a strong 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)
11.78
-0.51 (-4.15%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorConsumer Discretionary
GICS IndustryLeisure Products
Performance
% Chg-4.15%
1 Week-8.11%
2 Weeks-3.6%
1 Month-21.36%
3 Month-23.01%
6 Month-20.51%
12 Month-12.09%
2 Year-21.41%
3 Year0.6%
5 Year-35.02%
10 Year-34.15%
15 Year140.41%
Volatility
ATR(14)0.5
ATR(20)%3.9%
ATR Inc-18.54%
Range Today0.48
ADR(20)0.43
ADR(20)%3.62%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS13.39
Mansfield-2.35
10 Day High13.19
10 Day Low11.76
20 Day High14.63
20 Day Low11.76
52 Week High16.99
52 Week Low11.76
CS1 EndN/A
CR1 Start12.21
Volume & EV
DER(3)-1.27%
DER(5)0.82%
Volume23.10K
Volume Incr-11.42%
Vol(5)17.88K
Vol(50)18.74K