BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC (BLDP) Stock Technical Analysis
NASDAQ:BLDP - Nasdaq - CA0585861085 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
We assign a technical rating of 0 out of 10 to BLDP. BLDP 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, BLDP is a bad performer in the overall market: 88% of all stocks are doing better.
BLDP is currently trading near the lower end of its 52 week range, which is not a good sign. BLDP is lagging the S&P500 Index which is trading in the middle of its 52 week range.
BLDP has an average volume of 9384570 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.
BLDP is part of the Electrical Equipment industry. There are 97 other stocks in this industry, BLDP did better than 44% of them.
In the last month BLDP has a been trading in the 1.00 - 1.31 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, BLDP 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 BLDP 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
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2.01
5 important resistance areas can be observed.
- A resistance zone ranging from 1.20 to 1.20. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
- Resistance @1.29 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
- Resistance @1.33 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
- Resistance @1.60 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
- Resistance @1.99 from a horizontal line 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
CRS12.25
Mansfield-3.47
10 Day High1.25
10 Day Low1
20 Day High1.32
20 Day Low1
52 Week High3.34
52 Week Low1
Performance
1 Week-6.67%
2 Weeks1.82%
1 Month-13.85%
3 Month-23.29%
6 Month-26.32%
12 Month-56.92%
2 Year-74.66%
3 Year-86.51%
5 Year-88.98%
10 Year-49.78%
15 Year-52.34%
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)0.01
RSI(14)43.06
LBB1.03
UBB1.24
NASDAQ:BLDP (4/23/2025, 10:40:34 AM)
1.165
+0.04 (+4.02%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorIndustrials
GICS IndustryElectrical Equipment
Performance
% Chg4.02%
1 Week-6.67%
2 Weeks1.82%
1 Month-13.85%
3 Month-23.29%
6 Month-26.32%
12 Month-56.92%
2 Year-74.66%
3 Year-86.51%
5 Year-88.98%
10 Year-49.78%
15 Year-52.34%
Volatility
ATR(14)0.09
ATR(20)%7.21%
ATR Inc-18.97%
Range Today0.03
ADR(20)0.08
ADR(20)%6.82%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS12.25
Mansfield-3.47
10 Day High1.25
10 Day Low1
20 Day High1.32
20 Day Low1
52 Week High3.34
52 Week Low1
CS1 EndN/A
CR1 Start1.2
Volume & EV
DER(3)3.28%
DER(5)1.22%
Volume59.44K
Volume Incr-39.93%
Vol(5)5.88M
Vol(50)9.38M