TWST Technical Analysis - TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORP

Technical Rating and Analysis

Overall TWST gets a technical rating of 4 out of 10. Recently some decent action could be observed, but in the medium term time frame this is still negative. TWST was also a bad performer in the overall market in the last year.

When comparing the yearly performance of all stocks, TWST is a bad performer in the overall market: 92% of all stocks are doing better.

TWST is part of the Biotechnology industry. There are 536 other stocks in this industry, of which 74% are performing better than TWST.

TWST 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.

TWST has an average volume of 1719170 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.

The long and short term trends are both neutral. This gives a pretty neutral overall picture!

In the last month TWST has a been trading in the 26.20 - 33.99 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading in the middle of this range, so some resistance may be found above.

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Technical Analysis

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Weekly and Daily overview Charts

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TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORP / TWST Daily stock chart

Setup Rating and Analysis

TWST has an average technical rating and also the quality of the setup is only medium at the moment. Prices have been consolidating lately.

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Support and Resistance Analysis

25.06

48.69

When analyzing the support we notice one important area.

Support @25.31 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.

When analyzing the resistance we notice 5 important areas.

A resistance zone ranging from 31.05 to 31.19. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
A resistance zone ranging from 31.92 to 32.04. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in the daily time frame.
Resistance @33.46 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
Resistance @40.27 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
Resistance @48.21 from a trend 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 TWST is neutral.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	NEUTRAL	NEUTRAL	The short term trend for TWST is neutral.
ChartMill Relative Strength	8.05	NEGATIVE	TWST has a low relative strength, it was outperformed by 91.95% off all stocks on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	UP	MIXED	The current price of TWST is below the rising SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of TWST is above the rising SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of TWST is below a declining SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	44.68	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for TWST is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	-0.13	NEGATIVE	The MACD value suggests TWST has a negative trend.
Stochastics (14,3)	49.7	NEUTRAL	The Stochastics value for TWST is a neutral value.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	7.12	HIGH VOLATILITY	The high ATR as a percentage value for TWST suggests high volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	23.97	NEUTRAL	The ADX value for TWST suggests a possible start of a new trend.