HECLA MINING CO (HL) Stock Technical Analysis
NYSE:HL - New York Stock Exchange, Inc. - US4227041062 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
We assign a technical rating of 0 out of 10 to HL. HL's overall performance in the market is below average. Also recent evolutions are not that positive. Both the medium and short term picture give negative signs.
The short term trend is negative, as is the long term trend. There should be more interesting stocks out there.
64% of all other stocks performed better in the past year than HL.
HL is currently trading in the lower part of its 52 week range. The S&P500 Index however is trading in the upper part of its 52 week range, so HL is lagging the market.
HL has an average volume of 21459200 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.
HL is part of the Metals & Mining industry. There are 154 other stocks in this industry, HL did better than 43% of them.
In the last month HL has a been trading in the 4.51 - 5.96 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading in the middle of this range, so some resistance may be found above.
Considerably lower volume is observed in the last couple of days.
HL has a bad technical rating, but it does show a decent setup pattern. Prices have been consolidating lately and the volatility has been reduced. There is a resistance zone just above the current price starting at 5.14. Right above this resistance zone may be a good entry point. There is a support zone below the current price at 5.09, a Stop Loss order could be placed below this zone. We notice that large players showed an interest for HL in the last couple of days, which is a good sign.
- Behavior of large players is measured by the Effective Volume indicator. This indicator inspects the 1 minute timeframe looking for high volume transactions.
More info and screens
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5.94
2 important support areas can be observed.
- A support zone ranging from 4.97 to 5.09. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in the daily time frame.
- A support zone ranging from 4.53 to 4.59. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
We can see 3 important resistance areas.
- A resistance zone ranging from 5.14 to 5.15. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in the daily time frame.
- A resistance zone ranging from 5.63 to 5.66. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
- A resistance zone ranging from 5.86 to 5.88. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
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 HL is down. |
| ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator | DOWN | NEGATIVE | The short term trend for HL is down. |
| ChartMill Relative Strength | 36.14 | NEUTRAL | HL is not amongst the best or worst performers on the market. |
| Simple Moving Average/SMA (20) | DOWN | MIXED | The current price of HL is above a declining SMA(20). |
| Simple Moving Average/SMA (50) | DOWN | NEGATIVE | The current price of HL is below a declining SMA(50). |
| Simple Moving Average/SMA (200) | UP | MIXED | The current price of HL is below the rising SMA(200). |
| Relative Strength Index/RSI (14) | 47.84 | NEUTRAL | The RSI value for HL is a neutral value. |
| Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9) | 0.03 | POSITIVE | The MACD value suggests HL has a positive trend. |
| Stochastics (14,3) | 68.71 | NEUTRAL | The Stochastics value for HL is a neutral value. |
| Average True Range in percent/ATR (20) | 4.92 | MEDIUM VOLATILITY | The ATR as a percentage value for HL suggests some volalility. |
| Average Directional Index/ADX (14) | 20.26 | NEUTRAL | The ADX value for HL suggests a possible start of a new 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)
5.1
+0.08 (+1.59%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorMaterials
GICS IndustryMetals & Mining
Performance
% Chg1.59%
1 Week4.72%
2 Weeks-0.97%
1 Month-12.82%
3 Month-2.3%
6 Month-7.61%
12 Month-9.41%
2 Year-4.32%
3 Year8.05%
5 Year53.61%
10 Year63.99%
15 Year-5.2%
Volatility
ATR(14)0.2
ATR(20)%4.92%
ATR Inc-51.22%
Range Today0.13
ADR(20)0.24
ADR(20)%4.65%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS36.14
Mansfield-1.1
10 Day High5.23
10 Day Low4.68
20 Day High5.96
20 Day Low4.51
52 Week High7.68
52 Week Low4.41
CS1 End5.09
CR1 Start5.14
Volume & EV
DER(3)3.43%
DER(5)5.14%
Volume12.68M
Volume Incr-43.36%
Vol(5)13.48M
Vol(50)21.46M