IAC Technical Analysis - IAC INC

Technical Rating and Analysis

Overall IAC gets a technical rating of 1 out of 10. IAC 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 long term trend is still negative, but the short term trend is neutral. It is advised to wait a little bit longer to see how this turns out.

When comparing the yearly performance of all stocks, IAC is a bad performer in the overall market: 88% of all stocks are doing better.

IAC is one of the lesser performing stocks in the Interactive Media & Services industry. 75% of 69 stocks in the same industry do better.

IAC is currently trading in the lower part of its 52 week range, which is not a good signal. Certainly not because the S&P500 Index is trading near new highs.

In the last month IAC has a been trading in the 34.70 - 38.05 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.

IAC has an average volume of 1199070 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.

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Setup Rating and Analysis

Although the technical rating is bad, IAC does present a nice setup opportunity. Prices have been consolidating lately and the volatility has been reduced. There is a resistance zone just above the current price starting at 37.17. Right above this resistance zone may be a good entry point.

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Support and Resistance Analysis

33.75

42.50

When analyzing the support we notice one important area.

Support @34.09 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.

We can see 3 important resistance areas.

A resistance zone ranging from 37.17 to 37.65. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
A resistance zone ranging from 40.77 to 41.21. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
Resistance @42.08 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 IAC is down.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	NEUTRAL	NEUTRAL	The short term trend for IAC is neutral.
ChartMill Relative Strength	12.73	NEGATIVE	IAC has a low relative strength, it was outperformed by 87.27% off all stocks on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	UP	MIXED	The current price of IAC is below the rising SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of IAC is below a declining SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of IAC is below a declining SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	46.53	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for IAC is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	0.09	POSITIVE	The MACD value suggests IAC has a positive trend, although the MACD value is declining.
Stochastics (14,3)	43.16	NEUTRAL	The Stochastics value for IAC is a neutral value.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	2.57	MEDIUM VOLATILITY	The ATR as a percentage value for IAC suggests some volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	15.32	NEGATIVE	The low ADX value for IAC suggests a weak or negative trend.