USPH Technical Analysis - U.S. PHYSICAL THERAPY INC

Technical Rating and Analysis

Overall USPH gets a technical rating of 3 out of 10. In the last year, USPH was a bad performer. We also see some doubts in the very recent evolution, but in the medium term things still look positive.

71% of all other stocks performed better in the past year than USPH.

In the last month USPH has a been trading in the 80.22 - 88.39 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the lows of this range.

Prices have been falling strongly lately, it is better to avoid new long positions here.

The short term trend is negative, but the long term trend is still positive. So although the long term is still positive, this may be a trend turning.

USPH is an average performer in the Health Care Providers & Services industry, it outperforms 56% of 101 stocks in the same industry.

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

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Setup Rating and Analysis

USPH has a poor technical rating and the quality of the setup is also not perfect at the moment. Price movement has been a little bit too volatile to find a nice entry and exit point. It is probably a good idea to wait for a consolidation first.

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Support and Resistance Analysis

69.28

91.79

2 important support areas can be observed.

Support @73.89 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
A support zone ranging from 69.98 to 71.76. 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 85.91 to 88.52. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
Resistance @90.88 from a horizontal line in the daily 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	UP	POSITIVE	The long term trend for USPH is up.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The short term trend for USPH is down.
ChartMill Relative Strength	29.27	NEGATIVE	USPH has a low relative strength, it was outperformed by 70.73% off all stocks on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of USPH is below a declining SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	DOWN	MIXED	The current price of USPH is above a declining SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of USPH is below a declining SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	43.35	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for USPH is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	-0.76	NEGATIVE	The MACD value suggests USPH has a negative trend.
Stochastics (14,3)	8.49	OVERSOLD	The low Stochastics value suggests USPH may be oversold.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	2.81	MEDIUM VOLATILITY	The ATR as a percentage value for USPH suggests some volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	22.06	NEUTRAL	The ADX value for USPH suggests a possible start of a new trend.