NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC/VA (NKSH) Stock Technical Analysis
NASDAQ:NKSH - Nasdaq - US6348651091 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
We assign a technical rating of 2 out of 10 to NKSH. Recently some decent action could be observed, but in the medium term time frame this is still negative. NKSH was also a bad performer in the overall market in the last year.
72% of all other stocks performed better in the past year than NKSH.
NKSH is one of the lesser performing stocks in the Banks industry. 93% of 396 stocks in the same industry do better.
NKSH 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 NKSH is lagging the market.
Warning: NKSH has an average volume of 11292 traded shares per day. This is quite low and it might be dangerous to invest in illiquid stocks.
The long term trend is still negative, but the short term trend is positive, so the stock is getting more and more appreciated by traders and investors.
In the last month NKSH has a been trading in the 25.00 - 27.44 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading in the middle of this range, so some resistance may be found above.
Considerably lower volume is observed in the last couple of days.
NKSH has a bad technical rating, but it does show a decent setup pattern. Prices have been consolidating lately and the volatility has been reduced. A pullback is taking place, which may present a nice opportunity for an entry. There is a support zone below the current price at 26.19, a Stop Loss order could be placed below this zone. Another positive sign is the recent Pocket Pivot signal.
- A Pocket Pivot is a price/volume accumulation pattern. A Pocket Pivot occurs when price moves up with volume higher than the maximum down volume registered in the previous 10 days.
More info and screens
24.19
32.11
When analyzing the support we can see 2 important areas.
- A support zone ranging from 25.97 to 26.19. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in the daily time frame.
- A support zone ranging from 24.43 to 24.56. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in the weekly time frame.
We can see 5 important resistance areas.
- A resistance zone ranging from 26.56 to 27.10. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
- Resistance @27.68 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
- Resistance @29.89 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
- Resistance @30.85 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
- Resistance @31.79 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS28.45
Mansfield-1.17
10 Day High27.44
10 Day Low25.75
20 Day High27.44
20 Day Low25
52 Week High33.37
52 Week Low23.75
Performance
1 Week-2.11%
2 Weeks2.44%
1 Month0.49%
3 Month-3.71%
6 Month-17.32%
12 Month-13.43%
2 Year-2.5%
3 Year-17.61%
5 Year-13.99%
10 Year-4.78%
15 Year6.94%
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)0.08
RSI(14)52.68
LBB25.28
UBB27.37
NASDAQ:NKSH (5/21/2025, 3:24:31 PM)
26.5
+0.01 (+0.04%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorFinancials
GICS IndustryBanks
Performance
% Chg0.04%
1 Week-2.11%
2 Weeks2.44%
1 Month0.49%
3 Month-3.71%
6 Month-17.32%
12 Month-13.43%
2 Year-2.5%
3 Year-17.61%
5 Year-13.99%
10 Year-4.78%
15 Year6.94%
Volatility
ATR(14)0.72
ATR(20)%2.97%
ATR Inc-42.04%
Range Today0.47
ADR(20)0.7
ADR(20)%2.64%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS28.45
Mansfield-1.17
10 Day High27.44
10 Day Low25.75
20 Day High27.44
20 Day Low25
52 Week High33.37
52 Week Low23.75
CS1 End26.19
CR1 Start26.56
Volume & EV
DER(3)2.09%
DER(5)-1.47%
Volume3.94K
Volume Incr-34.43%
Vol(5)7.18K
Vol(50)11.29K