MERCK & CO. INC. (MRK) Stock Technical Analysis
NYSE:MRK - New York Stock Exchange, Inc. - US58933Y1055 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
We assign a technical rating of 0 out of 10 to MRK. MRK's overall performance in the market is below average. Also recent evolutions are not that positive. Both the medium and short term picture give negative signs.
The short term trend is negative, as is the long term trend. There should be more interesting stocks out there.
85% of all other stocks performed better in the past year than MRK.
MRK is currently making a new 52 week low. This is a very bad signal. The S&P500 Index is trading in the upper part of its 52 week range, so MRK is lagging the market.
In the last month MRK has a been trading in the 73.32 - 85.83 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.
MRK has an average volume of 17363900 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.
MRK is part of the Pharmaceuticals industry. There are 198 other stocks in this industry, MRK did better than 48% of them.
The technical rating of MRK is bad and it also does not present a quality setup at the moment. Prices have been extended to the downside lately. For a nice entry it is better to wait for a consolidation.
More info and screens
72.74
86.46
When analyzing the resistance we notice 3 important areas.
- A resistance zone ranging from 79.16 to 80.43. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in the daily time frame.
- A resistance zone ranging from 82.41 to 83.75. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
- A resistance zone ranging from 85.12 to 85.60. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in the daily time frame.
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS15.26
Mansfield-3.21
10 Day High84.71
10 Day Low73.32
20 Day High85.83
20 Day Low73.32
52 Week High134.63
52 Week Low73.32
Performance
1 Week-7.14%
2 Weeks-13.77%
1 Month-6.28%
3 Month-11.49%
6 Month-23.72%
12 Month-44%
2 Year-33.46%
3 Year-20.17%
5 Year-8.98%
10 Year20.66%
15 Year118.08%
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)
Technical Indicators
MACD(12,26,9)-0.41
RSI(14)34.32
LBB73.57
UBB87.49
73.47
-3.16 (-4.12%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorHealth Care
GICS IndustryPharmaceuticals
Performance
% Chg-4.12%
1 Week-7.14%
2 Weeks-13.77%
1 Month-6.28%
3 Month-11.49%
6 Month-23.72%
12 Month-44%
2 Year-33.46%
3 Year-20.17%
5 Year-8.98%
10 Year20.66%
15 Year118.08%
Volatility
ATR(14)2.92
ATR(20)%3.72%
ATR Inc43.66%
Range Today4.14
ADR(20)2.55
ADR(20)%3.48%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS15.26
Mansfield-3.21
10 Day High84.71
10 Day Low73.32
20 Day High85.83
20 Day Low73.32
52 Week High134.63
52 Week Low73.32
CS1 EndN/A
CR1 Start79.16
Volume & EV
DER(3)0.33%
DER(5)-0.8%
Volume23.72M
Volume Incr22.97%
Vol(5)19.90M
Vol(50)17.36M