MSTR Technical Analysis - STRATEGY INC

Technical Rating and Analysis

We assign a technical rating of 3 out of 10 to MSTR. Although MSTR is scoring some points because its good overall performance in the market in the past year, recent evolutions are not that positive. Both the medium and short term picture give negative signs.

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

MSTR is one of the better performing stocks in the Software industry, it outperforms 77% of 281 stocks in the same industry.

In the last month MSTR has a been trading in the 292.36 - 358.25 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading in the middle of this range where prices have been consolidating recently, this may present a good entry opportunity, but some resistance may be present above.

MSTR has an average volume of 11192300 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.

When comparing the yearly performance of all stocks, we notice that MSTR is one of the better performing stocks in the market, outperforming 86% of all stocks. On top of that, MSTR also shows a nice and consistent pattern of rising prices. However, this overall performance is mostly based on the strong move around 10 months ago.

MSTR is currently trading in the middle of its 52 week range. The S&P500 Index however is currently trading near new highs, so MSTR is lagging the market.

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Setup Rating and Analysis

The technical rating of MSTR is bad and it also does not present a quality setup 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

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3 important support areas can be observed.

Support @309.05 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.
A support zone ranging from 300.69 to 302.31. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in the daily time frame.
Support @226.64 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.

When analyzing the resistance we notice 2 important areas.

A resistance zone ranging from 326.90 to 330.14. 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 344.76 to 349.13. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.

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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 MSTR is down.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The short term trend for MSTR is down.
ChartMill Relative Strength	86.98	POSITIVE	MSTR has a high relative strength, it outperformed 86.98% off all stocks on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of MSTR is below a declining SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of MSTR is below a declining SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of MSTR is below a declining SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	44.15	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for MSTR is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	0.48	POSITIVE	The MACD value suggests MSTR has a positive trend.
Stochastics (14,3)	40.78	NEUTRAL	The Stochastics value for MSTR is a neutral value.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	4.69	MEDIUM VOLATILITY	The ATR as a percentage value for MSTR suggests some volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	16.94	NEGATIVE	The low ADX value for MSTR suggests a weak or negative trend.