POOL Technical Analysis - POOL CORP

Technical Rating and Analysis

Overall POOL gets a technical rating of 2 out of 10. POOL performed below average in the overall market. Although the medium term picture in unclear, the short term picture is clearly negative.

When comparing the yearly performance of all stocks, POOL is a bad performer in the overall market: 78% of all stocks are doing better.

POOL 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.

POOL is part of the Distributors industry. There are 22 other stocks in this industry. POOL outperforms 71% of them.

The long term trend is neutral, but the short term trend is negative. Better to stay away from this!

In the last month POOL has a been trading in the 299.99 - 336.15 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading in the middle of this range, so some resistance may be found above.

Volume is considerably higher in the last couple of days.

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Setup Rating and Analysis

Although the technical rating is bad, POOL does present a nice setup opportunity. Prices have been consolidating lately and the volatility has been reduced. There is a support zone below the current price at 312.68, a Stop Loss order could be placed below this zone.

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Support and Resistance Analysis

282.14

375.54

2 important support areas can be observed.

A support zone ranging from 308.14 to 312.68. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in the daily time frame.
A support zone ranging from 284.99 to 291.59. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.

2 important resistance areas can be observed.

A resistance zone ranging from 315.56 to 333.63. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
Resistance @371.82 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	NEUTRAL	NEUTRAL	The long term trend for POOL is neutral.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The short term trend for POOL is down.
ChartMill Relative Strength	22.37	NEGATIVE	POOL has a low relative strength, it was outperformed by 77.63% off all stocks on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of POOL is below a declining SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	UP	MIXED	The current price of POOL is below the rising SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of POOL is below a declining SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	45.4	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for POOL is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	-1.5	NEGATIVE	The MACD value suggests POOL has a negative trend.
Stochastics (14,3)	36.87	NEUTRAL	The Stochastics value for POOL is a neutral value.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	2.68	MEDIUM VOLATILITY	The ATR as a percentage value for POOL suggests some volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	22.22	NEUTRAL	The ADX value for POOL suggests a possible start of a new trend.