HECLA MINING CO (HL) Stock Technical Analysis
NYSE:HL - New York Stock Exchange, Inc. - US4227041062 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
Taking everything into account, HL scores 4 out of 10 in our technical rating. Although HL is scoring some points because its good overall performance in the market in the past year, recent evolutions are not that positive. Both the medium and short term picture give negative signs.
HL has an average volume of 17332600 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.
The long and short term trends are both neutral. This gives a pretty neutral overall picture!
Looking at the yearly performance, HL did better than 88% of all other stocks. However, this overall performance is mostly based on the strong move around 10 months ago.
HL is part of the Metals & Mining industry. There are 151 other stocks in this industry, HL did better than 66% of them.
HL is currently trading in the middle of its 52 week range. This is in line with the S&P500 Index, which is also trading in the middle of its range.
In the last month HL has a been trading in the 4.91 - 6.45 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading in the middle of this range, so some resistance may be found above.
Volume is considerably higher in the last couple of days.
Although the technical rating is only medium, HL does present a nice setup opportunity. Prices have been consolidating lately and the volatility has been reduced. There is a resistance zone just above the current price starting at 5.43. Right above this resistance zone may be a good entry point. We notice that large players showed an interest for HL in the last couple of days, which is a good sign. Very recently a Pocket Pivot signal was observed. This is another positive sign.
- Behavior of large players is measured by the Effective Volume indicator. This indicator inspects the 1 minute timeframe looking for high volume transactions.
- 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
4.72
6.20
We found 4 important support areas.
- Support @5.09 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
- A support zone ranging from 4.95 to 5.00. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
- Support @4.85 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
- Support @4.77 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
When analyzing the resistance we notice 3 important areas.
- A resistance zone ranging from 5.43 to 5.52. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
- Resistance @5.89 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.
- Resistance @6.14 from a trend 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
CRS88.33
Mansfield-0.53
10 Day High5.61
10 Day Low4.91
20 Day High6.45
20 Day Low4.91
52 Week High7.68
52 Week Low4.04
Performance
1 Week5.85%
2 Weeks4.02%
1 Month-9.65%
3 Month-1.63%
6 Month-0.37%
12 Month33.74%
2 Year-14.22%
3 Year-17.35%
5 Year198.35%
10 Year82.21%
15 Year-0.73%
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)49.62
LBB4.94
UBB5.66
5.43
+0.01 (+0.18%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorMaterials
GICS IndustryMetals & Mining
Performance
% Chg0.18%
1 Week5.85%
2 Weeks4.02%
1 Month-9.65%
3 Month-1.63%
6 Month-0.37%
12 Month33.74%
2 Year-14.22%
3 Year-17.35%
5 Year198.35%
10 Year82.21%
15 Year-0.73%
Volatility
ATR(14)0.29
ATR(20)%5.91%
ATR Inc-14.5%
Range Today0.31
ADR(20)0.3
ADR(20)%5.62%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS88.33
Mansfield-0.53
10 Day High5.61
10 Day Low4.91
20 Day High6.45
20 Day Low4.91
52 Week High7.68
52 Week Low4.04
CS1 End5.09
CR1 Start5.43
Volume & EV
DER(3)7.26%
DER(5)5.54%
Volume19.25M
Volume Incr13%
Vol(5)23.41M
Vol(50)17.33M