FFIV Technical Analysis - F5 INC

Technical Rating and Analysis

We assign a technical rating of 10 out of 10 to FFIV. Both in the recent history as in the last year, FFIV has proven to be a steady performer, scoring decent points in every aspect analyzed.

Both the short term and long term trends are positive. This is a very positive sign.

When comparing the yearly performance of all stocks, we notice that FFIV is one of the better performing stocks in the market, outperforming 85% of all stocks. On top of that, FFIV also shows a nice and consistent pattern of rising prices.

FFIV is currently trading near its 52 week high, which is a good sign. The S&P500 Index however is also trading near new highs, which makes the performance in line with the market.

In the last month FFIV has a been trading in the 303.61 - 337.39 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.

FFIV is part of the Communications Equipment industry. There are 48 other stocks in this industry, FFIV did better than 55% of them.

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Setup Rating and Analysis

Although FFIV has an excellent technical rating, the quality of the presented setup is not ideal 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

259.01

337.95

3 important support areas can be observed.

A support zone ranging from 306.72 to 318.81. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
Support @278.66 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
Support @261.63 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.

We found 1 important resistance area.

Resistance @334.60 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	UP	POSITIVE	The long term trend for FFIV is up.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	UP	POSITIVE	The short term trend for FFIV is up.
ChartMill Relative Strength	85.9	POSITIVE	FFIV has a high relative strength, it outperformed 85.9% off all stocks on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of FFIV is above the rising SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of FFIV is above the rising SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of FFIV is above the rising SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	54.37	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for FFIV is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	0.88	POSITIVE	The MACD value suggests FFIV has a positive trend, although the MACD value is declining.
Stochastics (14,3)	77.76	NEUTRAL	The Stochastics value for FFIV is a neutral value.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	2.02	MEDIUM VOLATILITY	The ATR as a percentage value for FFIV suggests some volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	21.51	NEUTRAL	The ADX value for FFIV suggests a possible start of a new trend.