LIXTE BIOTECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS (LIXT) Stock Technical Analysis
NASDAQ:LIXT - Nasdaq - US5393193017 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
We assign a technical rating of 1 out of 10 to LIXT. LIXT's overall performance in the market is below average. Also recent evolutions are not that positive. Both the medium and short term picture give negative signs.
The short term trend is neutral, while the long term trend is still negative. We need to see a little more continued positive action to make this really interesting.
94% of all other stocks performed better in the past year than LIXT.
LIXT is one of the lesser performing stocks in the Biotechnology industry. 69% of 568 stocks in the same industry do better.
LIXT 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.
Considerably lower volume is observed in the last couple of days, which is not what you would like to see during a strong up movement.
Warning: LIXT has an average volume of 29630 traded shares per day. This is quite low and it might be dangerous to invest in illiquid stocks.
In the last month LIXT has a been trading in the 1.10 - 1.50 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the high of this range.
Although the technical rating is bad, LIXT does present a nice setup opportunity. Prices have been consolidating lately. We notice that large players showed an interest for LIXT 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
1.08
2.57
When analyzing the support we can see 2 important areas.
- A support zone ranging from 1.13 to 1.13. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
- Support @1.09 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
3 important resistance areas can be observed.
- A resistance zone ranging from 1.31 to 1.31. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
- Resistance @2.25 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
- Resistance @2.54 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS6.06
Mansfield-3.17
10 Day High1.5
10 Day Low1.1
20 Day High1.5
20 Day Low1.1
52 Week High3.5
52 Week Low1.02
Performance
1 Week6.01%
2 Weeks9.22%
1 Month6.53%
3 Month-45.94%
6 Month-18.77%
12 Month-60.13%
2 Year-77.61%
3 Year-89.36%
5 YearN/A
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)0.03
RSI(14)53.27
LBB1.07
UBB1.32
1.256
-0.04 (-3.38%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorHealth Care
GICS IndustryBiotechnology
Performance
% Chg-3.38%
1 Week6.01%
2 Weeks9.22%
1 Month6.53%
3 Month-45.94%
6 Month-18.77%
12 Month-60.13%
2 Year-77.61%
3 Year-89.36%
5 YearN/A
10 YearN/A
15 YearN/A
Volatility
ATR(14)0.14
ATR(20)%8.91%
ATR Inc97.98%
Range Today0.27
ADR(20)0.11
ADR(20)%8.76%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS6.06
Mansfield-3.17
10 Day High1.5
10 Day Low1.1
20 Day High1.5
20 Day Low1.1
52 Week High3.5
52 Week Low1.02
CS1 End1.13
CR1 Start1.31
Volume & EV
DER(3)10.89%
DER(5)-5.01%
Volume22.24K
Volume Incr-33.13%
Vol(5)15.99K
Vol(50)29.63K