FIRST TRUST L C VAL ALP (FTA) Stock Technical Analysis
NASDAQ:FTA - Nasdaq - US33735J1016 - ETF - Currency: USD
Overall FTA gets a technical rating of 2 out of 10. FTA has been an average performer in the overall market. Also recent evolutions are not that positive: both the medium and short term time frames give negative signs.
The long and short term trends are both neutral. This gives a pretty neutral overall picture!
When comparing the performance of all stocks over the past year, FTA turns out to be only a medium performer in the overall market: it outperformed 50% of all stocks.
FTA is currently trading in the middle of its 52 week range. The S&P500 Index however is currently trading near new highs, so FTA is lagging the market.
In the last month FTA has a been trading in a tight range between 77.16 and 80.34.
Although the technical rating is bad, FTA does present a nice setup opportunity. Prices have been consolidating lately. There is a support zone below the current price at 77.75, a Stop Loss order could be placed below this zone. We notice that large players showed an interest for FTA 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
72.38
84.34
We found 2 important support areas.
- A support zone ranging from 75.21 to 77.75. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
- Support @73.11 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
3 important resistance areas can be observed.
- A resistance zone ranging from 78.03 to 78.92. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
- Resistance @81.78 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
- A resistance zone ranging from 83.50 to 83.50. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines 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
CRS50.6
Mansfield-0.56
10 Day High78.95
10 Day Low77.21
20 Day High80.34
20 Day Low77.16
52 Week High83.93
52 Week Low71.48
Performance
1 Week-0.03%
2 Weeks-0.03%
1 Month-1.96%
3 Month-5.78%
6 Month0.05%
12 Month8.34%
2 Year13.05%
3 Year12.61%
5 Year62.51%
10 Year74.01%
15 Year241.69%
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)46.45
LBB77.22
UBB79.12
NASDAQ:FTA (2/21/2025, 8:22:12 PM)
77.9389
-1.01 (-1.28%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorN/A
GICS IndustryN/A
Performance
% Chg-1.28%
1 Week-0.03%
2 Weeks-0.03%
1 Month-1.96%
3 Month-5.78%
6 Month0.05%
12 Month8.34%
2 Year13.05%
3 Year12.61%
5 Year62.51%
10 Year74.01%
15 Year241.69%
Volatility
ATR(14)0.76
ATR(20)%1%
ATR Inc9.74%
Range Today1.06
ADR(20)0.73
ADR(20)%0.93%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS50.6
Mansfield-0.56
10 Day High78.95
10 Day Low77.21
20 Day High80.34
20 Day Low77.16
52 Week High83.93
52 Week Low71.48
CS1 End77.75
CR1 Start78.03
Volume & EV
DER(3)1.19%
DER(5)5.31%
Volume28.80K
Volume Incr11.1%
Vol(5)43.18K
Vol(50)52.87K