MAA Technical Analysis - MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMM

Technical Rating and Analysis

Taking everything into account, MAA scores 0 out of 10 in our technical rating. MAA scores bad on all fronts: it is a bad performer in the overall market and both the medium and short term pictures are negative.

Both the long and short term trends are negative. It is better to avoid buying stocks with negative trends.

When comparing the yearly performance of all stocks, MAA is a bad performer in the overall market: 84% of all stocks are doing better.

MAA is currently trading in the lower part of its 52 week range, which is not a good signal. Certainly not because the S&P500 Index is trading near new highs.

MAA is part of the Residential REITs industry. There are 20 other stocks in this industry. MAA outperforms 73% of them.

In the last month MAA has a been trading in a tight range between 139.01 and 146.41.

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Technical Analysis

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Weekly and Daily overview Charts

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MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMM / MAA Daily stock chart

Setup Rating and Analysis

MAA has a bad technical rating, but it does show a decent setup pattern. We see reduced volatility while prices have been consolidating in the most recent period. There is a support zone below the current price at 140.00, a Stop Loss order could be placed below this zone.

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Support and Resistance Analysis

136.99

167.84

We found 1 important support area.

A support zone ranging from 138.37 to 140.00. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.

3 important resistance areas can be observed.

A resistance zone ranging from 141.71 to 145.82. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
A resistance zone ranging from 149.43 to 153.21. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
Resistance @166.18 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	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The long term trend for MAA is down.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The short term trend for MAA is down.
ChartMill Relative Strength	16.98	NEGATIVE	MAA has a low relative strength, it was outperformed by 83.02% off all stocks on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of MAA is below a declining SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of MAA is below a declining SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of MAA is below a declining SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	44.94	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for MAA is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	-0.25	NEGATIVE	The MACD value suggests MAA has a negative trend, although the MACD value is rising.
Stochastics (14,3)	17.66	OVERSOLD	The low Stochastics value suggests MAA may be oversold.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	1.68	LOW VOLATILITY	The low ATR as a percentage value for MAA suggests low volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	13.91	NEGATIVE	The low ADX value for MAA suggests a weak or negative trend.