XXV Technical Analysis - iPath Inverse S&P 500 VIX ST Fut ETN

Technical Rating and Analysis

We assign a technical rating of 0 out of 10 to XXV. XXV scores bad on all fronts: it is a bad performer in the overall market and both the medium and short term pictures are negative.

The short term trend is negative, as is the long term trend. There should be more interesting stocks out there.

When comparing the yearly performance of all stocks, XXV is a bad performer in the overall market: 67% of all stocks are doing better.

XXV 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.

In the last month XXV has a been trading in the 36.44 - 39.10 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the lows of this range.

Prices have been consolidating recently, but much resistance may still be present above.

Warning: XXV has an average volume of 286 traded shares per day. This is quite low and it might be dangerous to invest in illiquid stocks.

Considerably lower volume is observed in the last couple of days.

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Technical Analysis

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Weekly and Daily overview Charts

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Setup Rating and Analysis

The technical rating of XXV is bad and it also does not present a quality setup at the moment. Prices have been extended to the upside lately. For a nice entry it is better to wait for a consolidation.

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Support and Resistance Analysis

34.42

38.63

We found 2 important support areas.

A support zone ranging from 36.45 to 36.52. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in the daily time frame.
Support @34.77 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.

When analyzing the resistance we notice one important area.

A resistance zone ranging from 37.25 to 38.25. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages 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	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The long term trend for XXV is down.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The short term trend for XXV is down.
ChartMill Relative Strength	33.89	NEUTRAL	XXV is not amongst the best or worst performers on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of XXV is below a declining SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of XXV is below a declining SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of XXV is below a declining SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	41.03	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for XXV is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	-0.13	NEGATIVE	The MACD value suggests XXV has a negative trend, although the MACD value is rising.
Stochastics (14,3)	11.59	OVERSOLD	The low Stochastics value suggests XXV may be oversold.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	0.66	LOW VOLATILITY	The low ATR as a percentage value for XXV suggests low volalility.