LDOS Technical Analysis - LEIDOS HOLDINGS INC

Technical Rating and Analysis

We assign a technical rating of 8 out of 10 to LDOS. This is due to a decent performance in both the short and medium term time frames. Compared to the overall market, LDOS is only an average performer.

Both the short term and long term trends are positive. This is a very positive sign.

LDOS is part of the Professional Services industry. There are 83 other stocks in this industry. LDOS outperforms 85% 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 174.64 - 185.92 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the high of this range.

Looking at the yearly performance, LDOS did better than 79% of all other stocks. However, this relatively good performance is mostly due to a recent big move.

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Setup Rating and Analysis

Although LDOS has an excellent technical rating, the quality of the presented setup is not ideal 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

185.70

5 important support areas can be observed.

A support zone ranging from 170.69 to 171.76. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
A support zone ranging from 159.19 to 159.19. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
Support @154.28 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
A support zone ranging from 142.09 to 143.20. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
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	79.24	POSITIVE	LDOS has a high relative strength, it outperformed 79.24% 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)	66.08	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for LDOS is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	-0.34	NEGATIVE	The MACD value suggests LDOS has a negative trend, although the MACD value is rising.
Stochastics (14,3)	79.26	NEUTRAL	The Stochastics value for LDOS is a neutral value.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	1.51	LOW VOLATILITY	The low ATR as a percentage value for LDOS suggests low volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	27.57	POSITIVE	The high ADX value value for LDOS suggests a strong trend.