KSS Technical Analysis - KOHLS CORP

Technical Rating and Analysis

Taking everything into account, KSS scores 7 out of 10 in our technical rating. In the last year, KSS was one of the better performers, but we do observe some doubts in the very recent evolution.

In the last month KSS has a been trading in the 15.02 - 18.25 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the lows of this range.

Prices have been falling strongly lately, it is better to avoid new long positions here.

The short term is neutral, but the long term trend is still positive. Not much to worry about for now.

KSS has an average volume of 13067700 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.

Looking at the yearly performance, KSS did better than 82% of all other stocks. However, this relatively good performance is mostly due to a recent big move.

KSS is part of the Broadline Retail industry. There are 28 other stocks in this industry, KSS did better than 55% of them.

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

Considerably lower volume is observed in the last couple of days.

More info and screens

Technical Analysis

Relative Strength

ChartMill Trend Indicator

Simple Moving Average

Show peers with best TA rating

Weekly and Daily overview Charts

Setup Rating and Analysis

Although KSS has an excellent technical rating, it does not present a decent entry opportunity 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.

More info and screens

ChartMill Technical Ratings

Pocket Pivots

Bull Flags

Show peers with best setup rating

Support and Resistance Analysis

14.28

17.55

We found 2 important support areas.

A support zone ranging from 15.36 to 15.36. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
A support zone ranging from 14.42 to 14.58. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in the daily time frame.

When analyzing the resistance we notice one important area.

A resistance zone ranging from 17.26 to 17.38. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.

More info

What is Support and Resistance

Support and Resistance indicators

Support and Resistance Screener and Trading Strategies

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 KSS is up.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	NEUTRAL	NEUTRAL	The short term trend for KSS is neutral.
ChartMill Relative Strength	82.72	POSITIVE	KSS has a high relative strength, it outperformed 82.72% off all stocks on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of KSS is below a declining SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of KSS is above the rising SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of KSS is above the rising SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	47.49	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for KSS is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	-0.32	NEGATIVE	The MACD value suggests KSS has a negative trend.
Stochastics (14,3)	19.81	OVERSOLD	The low Stochastics value suggests KSS may be oversold.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	5.89	HIGH VOLATILITY	The high ATR as a percentage value for KSS suggests high volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	30.58	POSITIVE	The high ADX value value for KSS suggests a strong trend.