FIRST TRUST CALIFORNIA MUNIC (FCAL) Stock Technical Analysis
NASDAQ:FCAL - Nasdaq - US33739P8639 - ETF - Currency: USD
Taking everything into account, FCAL scores 2 out of 10 in our technical rating. FCAL scores bad on all fronts: it is a bad performer in the overall market and both the medium and short term pictures are negative.
62% of all other stocks performed better in the past year than FCAL.
Warning: FCAL has an average volume of 27388 traded shares per day. This is quite low and it might be dangerous to invest in illiquid stocks.
Both the short term and long term trends are neutral. So this is not the most entertaining stock around.
FCAL is currently trading in the middle of its 52 week range. The S&P500 Index however is currently trading near new highs, so FCAL is lagging the market.
In the last month FCAL has a been trading in a tight range between 49.07 and 49.68.
Considerably lower volume is observed in the last couple of days.
FCAL has a bad technical rating, but it does show a decent setup pattern. Prices have been consolidating lately. There is a support zone below the current price at 49.23, a Stop Loss order could be placed below this zone. Very recently a Pocket Pivot signal was observed. This is another positive sign.
- A Pocket Pivot is a price/volume accumulation pattern. A Pocket Pivot occurs when price moves up with volume higher than the maximum down volume registered in the previous 10 days.
More info and screens
48.30
51.03
We found 1 important support area.
- A support zone ranging from 48.79 to 49.23. 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 49.38 to 50.52. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS38.68
Mansfield-0.79
10 Day High49.63
10 Day Low49.08
20 Day High49.68
20 Day Low49.07
52 Week High50.54
52 Week Low48.26
Performance
1 Week0.18%
2 Weeks-0.72%
1 Month0.35%
3 Month-0.86%
6 Month-1.38%
12 Month-0.76%
2 Year1.5%
3 Year-6.41%
5 Year-10.43%
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
RSI(14)47.89
LBB49.1
UBB49.72
NASDAQ:FCAL (2/21/2025, 8:17:13 PM)
49.31
-0.24 (-0.48%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorN/A
GICS IndustryN/A
Performance
% Chg-0.48%
1 Week0.18%
2 Weeks-0.72%
1 Month0.35%
3 Month-0.86%
6 Month-1.38%
12 Month-0.76%
2 Year1.5%
3 Year-6.41%
5 Year-10.43%
10 YearN/A
15 YearN/A
Volatility
ATR(14)0.24
ATR(20)%0.47%
ATR Inc19.54%
Range Today0.17
ADR(20)0.2
ADR(20)%0.41%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS38.68
Mansfield-0.79
10 Day High49.63
10 Day Low49.08
20 Day High49.68
20 Day Low49.07
52 Week High50.54
52 Week Low48.26
CS1 End49.23
CR1 Start49.38
Volume & EV
DER(3)-0.62%
DER(5)-0.03%
Volume10.50K
Volume Incr-29.83%
Vol(5)14.76K
Vol(50)27.39K