LDOS Technical Analysis - LEIDOS HOLDINGS INC

Technical Rating and Analysis

We assign a technical rating of 8 out of 10 to LDOS. Although LDOS is only a medium performer in the overall market, the technical picture looks good in both the medium and short term time frames.

The long and short term trends are both positive. This is looking good!

LDOS is part of the Professional Services industry. There are 82 other stocks in this industry. LDOS outperforms 83% of them.

LDOS 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 LDOS is lagging the market slightly.

In the last month LDOS has a been trading in the 176.34 - 197.46 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the high of this range.

When comparing the yearly performance of all stocks, we notice that LDOS is one of the better performing stocks in the market, outperforming 79% of all stocks. However, this overall good ranking is mostly due to the recent strong move.

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Setup Rating and Analysis

LDOS has an excellent technical rating, but the quality of the setup is only medium 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

123.66

197.54

We found 4 important support areas.

A support zone ranging from 185.74 to 188.43. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in the daily time frame.
A support zone ranging from 177.59 to 179.16. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
Support @142.77 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
Support @124.91 from a horizontal 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	UP	POSITIVE	The long term trend for LDOS is up.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	UP	POSITIVE	The short term trend for LDOS is up.
ChartMill Relative Strength	79.06	POSITIVE	LDOS has a high relative strength, it outperformed 79.06% off all stocks on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of LDOS is above the rising SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of LDOS is above the rising SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of LDOS is above the rising SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	73.89	OVERBOUGHT	The high RSI value suggests LDOS may be overbought.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	0.59	POSITIVE	The MACD value suggests LDOS has a positive trend.
Stochastics (14,3)	94.77	OVERBOUGHT	The high Stochastics value suggests LDOS may be overbought.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	2.06	MEDIUM VOLATILITY	The ATR as a percentage value for LDOS suggests some volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	21.18	NEUTRAL	The ADX value for LDOS suggests a possible start of a new trend.