KTN Technical Analysis - KONTRON AG

Technical Rating and Analysis

Taking everything into account, KTN scores 8 out of 10 in our technical rating. This is due to a consistent overall performance, although we see some doubts in the very recent evolution. In the medium time frame things are still looking good.

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

Looking at the yearly performance, KTN did better than 86% of all other stocks. On top of that, KTN also shows a nice and consistent pattern of rising prices.

KTN is one of the better performing stocks in the IT Services industry, it outperforms 84% of 74 stocks in the same industry.

KTN is currently trading in the upper part of its 52 week range. The S&P500 Index however is currently trading near a new high, so KTN is lagging the market slightly.

In the last month KTN has a been trading in the 24.74 - 28.38 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

Although KTN has an excellent technical rating, it does not offer a high 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

23.58

28.97

We found 2 important support areas.

Support @25.11 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
A support zone ranging from 23.82 to 24.33. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.

When analyzing the resistance we notice one important area.

A resistance zone ranging from 28.48 to 28.68. 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	UP	POSITIVE	The long term trend for KTN.DE is up.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	NEUTRAL	NEUTRAL	The short term trend for KTN.DE is neutral.
ChartMill Relative Strength	86.71	POSITIVE	KTN.DE has a high relative strength, it outperformed 86.71% off all stocks on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	UP	MIXED	The current price of KTN.DE is below the rising SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of KTN.DE is below a declining SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of KTN.DE is above the rising SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	42.79	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for KTN.DE is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	-0.19	NEGATIVE	The MACD value suggests KTN.DE has a negative trend.
Stochastics (14,3)	19.45	OVERSOLD	The low Stochastics value suggests KTN.DE may be oversold.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	3.01	MEDIUM VOLATILITY	The ATR as a percentage value for KTN.DE suggests some volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	20.98	NEUTRAL	The ADX value for KTN.DE suggests a possible start of a new trend.