VTR Technical Analysis - VENTAS INC

Technical Rating and Analysis

Overall VTR gets a technical rating of 5 out of 10. In the last year, VTR was an average performer in the market. There are positive signs in the very recent evolution, but the medium term picture is still mixed.

The long term trend is positive and the short term trend is neutral. The long term trend may just continue or reversal may be around the corner!

VTR is part of the Diversified REITs industry. There are 130 other stocks in this industry. VTR outperforms 83% of them.

VTR is currently trading in the upper part of its 52 week range. The S&P500 Index however is currently trading near a new high, so VTR is lagging the market slightly.

VTR has an average volume of 2695510 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.

When comparing the performance of all stocks over the past year, VTR turns out to be only a medium performer in the overall market: it outperformed 61% of all stocks.

In the last month VTR has a been trading in a tight range between 66.38 and 70.01.

Volume is considerably higher in the last couple of days.

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Setup Rating and Analysis

VTR has only a medium technical rating, but it does show a decent setup pattern. Prices have been consolidating lately. There is a resistance zone just above the current price starting at 68.75. Right above this resistance zone may be a good entry point. There is a support zone below the current price at 68.45, a Stop Loss order could be placed below this zone.

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Support and Resistance Analysis

61.83

71.17

We found 2 important support areas.

A support zone ranging from 65.64 to 68.45. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
A support zone ranging from 62.45 to 63.34. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.

We found 1 important resistance area.

A resistance zone ranging from 68.75 to 70.47. 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	UP	POSITIVE	The long term trend for VTR is up.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	NEUTRAL	NEUTRAL	The short term trend for VTR is neutral.
ChartMill Relative Strength	61.34	NEUTRAL	VTR is not amongst the best or worst performers on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of VTR is above the rising SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of VTR is above the rising SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of VTR is above the rising SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	53.84	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for VTR is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	-0.15	NEGATIVE	The MACD value suggests VTR has a negative trend, although the MACD value is rising.
Stochastics (14,3)	33.7	NEUTRAL	The Stochastics value for VTR is a neutral value.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	1.62	LOW VOLATILITY	The low ATR as a percentage value for VTR suggests low volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	17.73	NEGATIVE	The low ADX value for VTR suggests a weak or negative trend.