HUM Technical Analysis - HUMANA INC

Technical Rating and Analysis

Overall HUM gets a technical rating of 2 out of 10. HUM has been an average performer in the overall market. Also recent evolutions are not that positive: both the medium and short term time frames give negative signs.

Both the long and short term trends are negative. It is better to avoid buying stocks with negative trends.

In the last month HUM has a been trading in the 244.46 - 315.35 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the lows of this range.

HUM has an average volume of 1868600 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.

When compared to the yearly performance of all other stocks, HUM outperforms 49% of them, which is more or less in line with the market.

HUM is an average performer in the Health Care Providers & Services industry, it outperforms 57% of 101 stocks in the same industry.

HUM is currently trading in the middle of its 52 week range. The S&P500 Index however is currently trading near new highs, so HUM is lagging the market.

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Setup Rating and Analysis

The technical rating of HUM 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.

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Support and Resistance Analysis

218.20

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2 important support areas can be observed.

Support @224.93 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
A support zone ranging from 220.40 to 220.40. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.

We can see 2 important resistance areas.

A resistance zone ranging from 252.65 to 263.70. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
Resistance @302.08 from a trend line in the weekly 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 HUM is down.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The short term trend for HUM is down.
ChartMill Relative Strength	49.39	NEUTRAL	HUM is not amongst the best or worst performers on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of HUM is below a declining SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	UP	MIXED	The current price of HUM is below the rising SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of HUM is below a declining SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	33.62	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for HUM is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	-2.6	NEGATIVE	The MACD value suggests HUM has a negative trend.
Stochastics (14,3)	20.21	NEUTRAL	The Stochastics value for HUM is a neutral value.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	4.35	MEDIUM VOLATILITY	The ATR as a percentage value for HUM suggests some volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	38.43	POSITIVE	The high ADX value value for HUM suggests a strong trend.