USA COMPRESSION PARTNERS LP (USAC) Stock Technical Analysis
NYSE:USAC - New York Stock Exchange, Inc. - US90290N1090 - Currency: USD
Overall USAC gets a technical rating of 1 out of 10. USAC's overall performance in the market is below average. Also recent evolutions are not that positive. Both the medium and short term picture give negative signs.
The short term trend is negative, as is the long term trend. There should be more interesting stocks out there.
68% of all other stocks performed better in the past year than USAC.
In the last month USAC has a been trading in the 23.90 - 26.52 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the lows of this range.
USAC is part of the Energy Equipment & Services industry. There are 62 other stocks in this industry, USAC did better than 68% of them.
USAC is currently trading in the middle of its 52 week range. The S&P500 Index however is currently trading near new highs, so USAC is lagging the market.
Considerably lower volume is observed in the last couple of days.
Although the technical rating is bad, USAC does present a nice setup opportunity. We see reduced volatility while prices have been consolidating in the most recent period. We notice that large players showed an interest for USAC in the last couple of days, which is a good sign.
- Behavior of large players is measured by the Effective Volume indicator. This indicator inspects the 1 minute timeframe looking for high volume transactions.
More info and screens
21.32
26.57
2 important support areas can be observed.
- Support @22.68 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
- A support zone ranging from 21.54 to 21.74. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
When analyzing the resistance we notice 2 important areas.
- A resistance zone ranging from 24.06 to 25.11. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
- A resistance zone ranging from 25.58 to 26.31. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
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 USAC is down. |
| ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator | DOWN | NEGATIVE | The short term trend for USAC is down. |
| ChartMill Relative Strength | 32.59 | NEUTRAL | USAC is not amongst the best or worst performers on the market. |
| Simple Moving Average/SMA (20) | DOWN | NEGATIVE | The current price of USAC is below a declining SMA(20). |
| Simple Moving Average/SMA (50) | UP | MIXED | The current price of USAC is below the rising SMA(50). |
| Simple Moving Average/SMA (200) | UP | MIXED | The current price of USAC is below the rising SMA(200). |
| Relative Strength Index/RSI (14) | 38.98 | NEUTRAL | The RSI value for USAC is a neutral value. |
| Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9) | -0.05 | NEGATIVE | The MACD value suggests USAC has a negative trend. |
| Stochastics (14,3) | 8.78 | OVERSOLD | The low Stochastics value suggests USAC may be oversold. |
| Average True Range in percent/ATR (20) | 2.76 | MEDIUM VOLATILITY | The ATR as a percentage value for USAC suggests some volalility. |
| Average Directional Index/ADX (14) | 17.29 | NEGATIVE | The low ADX value for USAC suggests a weak or negative trend. |
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)
23.99
-0.25 (-1.03%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorEnergy
GICS IndustryEnergy Equipment & Services
Performance
% Chg-1.03%
1 Week-2.95%
2 Weeks-2.08%
1 Month-3.69%
3 Month-5.03%
6 Month-8.44%
12 Month4.08%
2 Year20.49%
3 Year35.38%
5 Year107.89%
10 Year33.8%
15 YearN/A
Volatility
ATR(14)0.64
ATR(20)%2.76%
ATR Inc-23.28%
Range Today0.57
ADR(20)0.66
ADR(20)%2.76%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS32.59
Mansfield-0.87
10 Day High26.52
10 Day Low23.91
20 Day High26.52
20 Day Low23.9
52 Week High30.1
52 Week Low21.06
CS1 End22.68
CR1 Start24.06
Volume & EV
DER(3)3.19%
DER(5)1.88%
Volume136.90K
Volume Incr-57.69%
Vol(5)119.00K
Vol(50)267.58K