LIXTE BIOTECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS (LIXT) Stock Technical Analysis
NASDAQ:LIXT - Nasdaq - US5393193017 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
Overall LIXT gets a technical rating of 2 out of 10. LIXT scores bad on all fronts: it is a bad performer in the overall market and both the medium and short term pictures are negative.
The long term trend is still negative, but the short term trend is neutral. It is advised to wait a little bit longer to see how this turns out.
86% of all other stocks performed better in the past year than LIXT.
LIXT is currently trading in the lower part of its 52 week range. The S&P500 Index however is trading in the upper part of its 52 week range, so LIXT is lagging the market.
In the last month LIXT has a been trading in the 1.14 - 1.62 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.
Warning: LIXT has an average volume of 18585 traded shares per day. This is quite low and it might be dangerous to invest in illiquid stocks.
LIXT is part of the Biotechnology industry. There are 560 other stocks in this industry, LIXT did better than 53% of them.
Although the technical rating is bad, LIXT does present a nice setup opportunity. Prices have been consolidating lately. We notice that large players showed an interest for LIXT in the last couple of days, which is a good sign.
- Behavior of large players is measured by the Effective Volume indicator. This indicator inspects the 1 minute timeframe looking for high volume transactions.
More info and screens
1.08
2.57
We found 2 important support areas.
- Support @1.22 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
- Support @1.09 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
We can see 5 important resistance areas.
- A resistance zone ranging from 1.33 to 1.35. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
- Resistance @1.38 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.
- Resistance @1.52 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
- Resistance @2.13 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
- Resistance @2.54 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.
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 LIXT is down. |
| ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator | NEUTRAL | NEUTRAL | The short term trend for LIXT is neutral. |
| ChartMill Relative Strength | 14.28 | NEGATIVE | LIXT has a low relative strength, it was outperformed by 85.72% off all stocks on the market. |
| Simple Moving Average/SMA (20) | DOWN | NEGATIVE | The current price of LIXT is below a declining SMA(20). |
| Simple Moving Average/SMA (50) | UP | MIXED | The current price of LIXT is below the rising SMA(50). |
| Simple Moving Average/SMA (200) | DOWN | NEGATIVE | The current price of LIXT is below a declining SMA(200). |
| Relative Strength Index/RSI (14) | 46.32 | NEUTRAL | The RSI value for LIXT is a neutral value. |
| Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9) | -0.01 | NEGATIVE | The MACD value suggests LIXT has a negative trend. |
| Stochastics (14,3) | 27.45 | NEUTRAL | The Stochastics value for LIXT is a neutral value. |
| Average True Range in percent/ATR (20) | 9.48 | HIGH VOLATILITY | The high ATR as a percentage value for LIXT suggests high volalility. |
| Average Directional Index/ADX (14) | 15.55 | NEGATIVE | The low ADX value for LIXT suggests a weak or negative trend. |
Daily CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (D)
Bullish Hammer (D)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (D)
Hanging Man (D)
Bullish Harami (D)
Doji (D)
Gravestone Doji (D)
DragonFly Doji (D)
Bearish Engulfing (D)
Bearish Shooting Star (D)
Bearish Harami (D)
Inside Bar (D)
Red Dog Reversal Down (D)
Red Dog Reversal Up (D)
Dark Cloud Cover (D)
Weekly CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (W)
Bullish Hammer (W)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (W)
Hanging Man (W)
Bullish Harami (W)
Doji (W)
Gravestone Doji (W)
DragonFly Doji (W)
Bearish Engulfing (W)
Bearish Shooting Star (W)
Bearish Harami (W)
Inside Bar (W)
Dark Cloud Cover (W)
Daily Chart Patterns
Bull Flag
Bear Flag
Ascending Triangle (D)
Descending Triangle (D)
Symmetrical Triangle (D)
Squeeze
Channel (D)
Channel Up (D)
Channel Down (D)
Rising Wedge (D)
Falling Wedge (D)
Double Bottom (D)
Multiple Bottom (D)
Double Top (D)
Multiple Top (D)
Weekly Chart Patterns
Weekly Bull Flag
Weekly Bear Flag
Squeeze Week
Channel (W)
Double Bottom (W)
Multiple Bottom (W)
Double Top (W)
Multiple Top (W)
1.25
-0.09 (-6.72%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorHealth Care
GICS IndustryBiotechnology
Performance
% Chg-6.72%
1 Week-6.89%
2 Weeks-16.16%
1 Month-0.79%
3 Month-3.85%
6 Month-43.95%
12 Month-46.54%
2 Year-81.96%
3 Year-83.34%
5 YearN/A
10 YearN/A
15 YearN/A
Volatility
ATR(14)0.13
ATR(20)%9.48%
ATR Inc14.08%
Range Today0.14
ADR(20)0.11
ADR(20)%8.83%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS14.28
Mansfield-3.43
10 Day High1.52
10 Day Low1.2
20 Day High1.62
20 Day Low1.14
52 Week High3.5
52 Week Low1.02
CS1 End1.22
CR1 Start1.33
Volume & EV
DER(3)-15.12%
DER(5)5.01%
Volume12.60K
Volume Incr-16.22%
Vol(5)13.48K
Vol(50)18.59K