MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO-A (MSM) Stock Technical Analysis
NYSE:MSM - New York Stock Exchange, Inc. - US5535301064 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
Overall MSM gets a technical rating of 1 out of 10. MSM'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.
When comparing the yearly performance of all stocks, MSM is a bad performer in the overall market: 80% of all stocks are doing better.
MSM is one of the lesser performing stocks in the Trading Companies & Distributors industry. 60% of 49 stocks in the same industry do better.
MSM is currently trading in the lower part of its 52 week range, which is not a good signal. Certainly not because the S&P500 Index is trading near new highs.
In the last month MSM has a been trading in the 78.45 - 83.67 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the high of this range.
Prices have been consolidating recently, this may present a good entry opportunity.
The long and short term trends are both neutral. This gives a pretty neutral overall picture!
MSM 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 80.68, 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
74.05
91.08
We found 2 important support areas.
- A support zone ranging from 80.51 to 80.68. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
- A support zone ranging from 74.80 to 75.84. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in the weekly time frame.
When analyzing the resistance we notice 3 important areas.
- A resistance zone ranging from 81.06 to 82.64. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
- Resistance @84.25 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
- A resistance zone ranging from 87.63 to 90.18. 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
CRS20.38
Mansfield-1.21
10 Day High83.67
10 Day Low79.69
20 Day High83.67
20 Day Low78.46
52 Week High104.76
52 Week Low72.79
Performance
1 Week-1.55%
2 Weeks-0.01%
1 Month-2.13%
3 Month-5.5%
6 Month-3.04%
12 Month-19.93%
2 Year-4.51%
3 Year4.17%
5 Year30.56%
10 Year10.58%
15 Year77.11%
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)0.07
RSI(14)47.24
LBB79.15
UBB83.21
80.71
-2.33 (-2.81%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorIndustrials
GICS IndustryTrading Companies & Distributors
Performance
% Chg-2.81%
1 Week-1.55%
2 Weeks-0.01%
1 Month-2.13%
3 Month-5.5%
6 Month-3.04%
12 Month-19.93%
2 Year-4.51%
3 Year4.17%
5 Year30.56%
10 Year10.58%
15 Year77.11%
Volatility
ATR(14)1.67
ATR(20)%1.93%
ATR Inc92.35%
Range Today3.56
ADR(20)1.52
ADR(20)%1.89%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS20.38
Mansfield-1.21
10 Day High83.67
10 Day Low79.69
20 Day High83.67
20 Day Low78.46
52 Week High104.76
52 Week Low72.79
CS1 End80.68
CR1 Start81.06
Volume & EV
DER(3)-0.2%
DER(5)0.39%
Volume1.21M
Volume Incr12.44%
Vol(5)563.08K
Vol(50)652.23K