FIRST TRUST ACTIVE FACTOR SM (AFSM) Stock Technical Analysis
NYSEARCA:AFSM - NYSE Arca - US33740F7978 - ETF - Currency: USD
We assign a technical rating of 0 out of 10 to AFSM. AFSM 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.
61% of all other stocks performed better in the past year than AFSM.
AFSM is currently trading in the lower part of its 52 week range, which is not a good signal. Agreed, the S&P500 Index is also not doing fantastic, but it still sitting in the middle of its 52 week range.
Warning: AFSM has an average volume of 9164 traded shares per day. This is quite low and it might be dangerous to invest in illiquid stocks.
In the last month AFSM has a been trading in the 24.42 - 28.70 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading in the middle of this range, so some resistance may be found above.
Considerably lower volume is observed in the last couple of days.
Although the technical rating is bad, AFSM does present a nice setup opportunity. We see reduced volatility while prices have been consolidating in the most recent period. There is a resistance zone just above the current price starting at 27.04. Right above this resistance zone may be a good entry point.
More info and screens
25.27
31.04
We found 1 important support area.
- Support @25.53 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.
3 important resistance areas can be observed.
- A resistance zone ranging from 27.04 to 27.11. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in the daily time frame.
- A resistance zone ranging from 28.69 to 29.08. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
- A resistance zone ranging from 30.55 to 30.73. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in the daily time frame.
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS39.42
Mansfield-0.41
10 Day High27.15
10 Day Low24.42
20 Day High28.7
20 Day Low24.42
52 Week High33.51
52 Week Low24.42
Performance
1 Week2.39%
2 Weeks-0.45%
1 Month-5.72%
3 Month-13.8%
6 Month-15.23%
12 Month-2.63%
2 Year15.98%
3 Year11.98%
5 Year69.53%
10 YearN/A
15 YearN/A
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)
Technical Indicators
MACD(12,26,9)0.05
RSI(14)44.67
LBB24.61
UBB28.48
NYSEARCA:AFSM (4/17/2025, 8:04:02 PM)
26.5075
+0.16 (+0.6%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorN/A
GICS IndustryN/A
Performance
% Chg0.6%
1 Week2.39%
2 Weeks-0.45%
1 Month-5.72%
3 Month-13.8%
6 Month-15.23%
12 Month-2.63%
2 Year15.98%
3 Year11.98%
5 Year69.53%
10 YearN/A
15 YearN/A
Volatility
ATR(14)0.93
ATR(20)%2.9%
ATR Inc-53.75%
Range Today0.29
ADR(20)0.54
ADR(20)%2.02%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS39.42
Mansfield-0.41
10 Day High27.15
10 Day Low24.42
20 Day High28.7
20 Day Low24.42
52 Week High33.51
52 Week Low24.42
CS1 End25.53
CR1 Start27.04
Volume & EV
DER(3)-6.65%
DER(5)-32.79%
Volume1.20K
Volume Incr-78.65%
Vol(5)2.58K
Vol(50)9.16K