QLYS Technical Analysis - QUALYS INC

Technical Rating and Analysis

Overall QLYS gets a technical rating of 1 out of 10. QLYS scores bad on all fronts: it is a bad performer in the overall market and both the medium and short term pictures are negative.

When comparing the yearly performance of all stocks, QLYS is a bad performer in the overall market: 74% of all stocks are doing better.

Both the short term and long term trends are neutral. So this is not the most entertaining stock around.

QLYS is an average performer in the Software industry, it outperforms 46% of 281 stocks in the same industry.

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

In the last month QLYS has a been trading in a tight range between 131.00 and 137.48.

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Setup Rating and Analysis

QLYS has a poor technical rating and the quality of the setup is also not perfect at the moment. Prices have been consolidating lately.

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Support and Resistance Analysis

117.40

151.58

We found 2 important support areas.

Support @122.23 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.
Support @118.59 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.

We can see 4 important resistance areas.

A resistance zone ranging from 132.85 to 135.18. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
Resistance @141.24 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
A resistance zone ranging from 145.82 to 147.65. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
A resistance zone ranging from 150.08 to 150.08. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines 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	NEUTRAL	NEUTRAL	The long term trend for QLYS is neutral.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	NEUTRAL	NEUTRAL	The short term trend for QLYS is neutral.
ChartMill Relative Strength	26.21	NEGATIVE	QLYS has a low relative strength, it was outperformed by 73.79% off all stocks on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of QLYS is below a declining SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of QLYS is below a declining SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of QLYS is below a declining SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	44.78	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for QLYS is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	0.02	POSITIVE	The MACD value suggests QLYS has a positive trend, although the MACD value is declining.
Stochastics (14,3)	65.33	NEUTRAL	The Stochastics value for QLYS is a neutral value.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	2.26	MEDIUM VOLATILITY	The ATR as a percentage value for QLYS suggests some volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	13.96	NEGATIVE	The low ADX value for QLYS suggests a weak or negative trend.