VANECK SEMICONDUCTOR ETF (SMH) Stock Technical Analysis
NASDAQ:SMH - Nasdaq - US92189F6768 - ETF - Currency: USD
Overall SMH gets a technical rating of 0 out of 10. SMH scores bad on all fronts: it is a bad performer in the overall market and both the medium and short term pictures are negative.
Both the long and short term trends are negative. It is better to avoid buying stocks with negative trends.
73% of all other stocks performed better in the past year than SMH.
SMH is part of the Automobile Components industry. There are 81 other stocks in this industry, of which 60% are performing better than SMH.
SMH 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.
SMH has an average volume of 8860090 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.
In the last month SMH has a been trading in the 170.11 - 228.79 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading in the middle of this range, so some resistance may be found above.
Although the technical rating is bad, SMH does present a nice setup opportunity. We see reduced volatility while prices have been consolidating in the most recent period. There is a support zone below the current price at 182.50, a Stop Loss order could be placed below this zone. We notice that large players showed an interest for SMH 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
178.14
263.89
We found 1 important support area.
- A support zone ranging from 179.94 to 182.50. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
We can see 3 important resistance areas.
- A resistance zone ranging from 198.92 to 200.48. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
- Resistance @204.69 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
- A resistance zone ranging from 255.53 to 261.28. 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
CRS27.89
Mansfield-1.26
10 Day High212.81
10 Day Low180.27
20 Day High228.8
20 Day Low170.11
52 Week High283.07
52 Week Low170.11
Performance
1 Week-1.98%
2 Weeks10.54%
1 Month-13.39%
3 Month-23.94%
6 Month-21.37%
12 Month-8.61%
2 Year60.9%
3 Year73.08%
5 Year197.48%
10 Year617.31%
15 Year1272.27%
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)0.75
RSI(14)45.9
LBB177.32
UBB211.2
198.91
+7.01 (+3.65%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorConsumer Discretionary
GICS IndustryAutomobile Components
Performance
% Chg3.65%
1 Week-1.98%
2 Weeks10.54%
1 Month-13.39%
3 Month-23.94%
6 Month-21.37%
12 Month-8.61%
2 Year60.9%
3 Year73.08%
5 Year197.48%
10 Year617.31%
15 Year1272.27%
Volatility
ATR(14)14.22
ATR(20)%6.09%
ATR Inc-40.49%
Range Today5.01
ADR(20)9.95
ADR(20)%5%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS27.89
Mansfield-1.26
10 Day High212.81
10 Day Low180.27
20 Day High228.8
20 Day Low170.11
52 Week High283.07
52 Week Low170.11
CS1 End182.5
CR1 Start198.92
Volume & EV
DER(3)2.36%
DER(5)3.15%
Volume11.50M
Volume Incr-12.62%
Vol(5)9.69M
Vol(50)8.86M