ISRG Technical Analysis - INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC

Technical Rating and Analysis

Taking everything into account, ISRG scores 0 out of 10 in our technical rating. ISRG'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.

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

84% of all other stocks performed better in the past year than ISRG.

ISRG 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.

ISRG has an average volume of 2090330 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.

ISRG is an average performer in the Health Care Equipment & Supplies industry, it outperforms 48% of 190 stocks in the same industry.

In the last month ISRG has a been trading in the 434.80 - 487.20 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading in the middle of this range, so some resistance may be found above.

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Setup Rating and Analysis

ISRG has a poor technical rating and the quality of the setup is also not perfect 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

436.76

528.09

We found 1 important support area.

Support @441.17 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.

When analyzing the resistance we notice 4 important areas.

A resistance zone ranging from 451.57 to 451.58. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
A resistance zone ranging from 480.27 to 488.91. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
Resistance @506.82 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
A resistance zone ranging from 521.82 to 522.86. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.

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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 ISRG is down.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The short term trend for ISRG is down.
ChartMill Relative Strength	16.46	NEGATIVE	ISRG has a low relative strength, it was outperformed by 83.54% off all stocks on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of ISRG is below a declining SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of ISRG is below a declining SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of ISRG is below a declining SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	41.06	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for ISRG is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	-0.04	NEGATIVE	The MACD value suggests ISRG has a negative trend.
Stochastics (14,3)	49.6	NEUTRAL	The Stochastics value for ISRG is a neutral value.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	2.53	MEDIUM VOLATILITY	The ATR as a percentage value for ISRG suggests some volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	46.58	POSITIVE	The high ADX value value for ISRG suggests a strong trend.