VIKING THERAPEUTICS INC (VKTX)
US92686J1060 - Common Stock
Taking everything into account, VKTX scores 3 out of 10 in our technical rating. Although VKTX 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.
The short term trend is negative, as is the long term trend. There should be more interesting stocks out there.
VKTX 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.
VKTX is one of the better performing stocks in the Biotechnology industry, it outperforms 83% of 561 stocks in the same industry.
VKTX has an average volume of 4863790 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.
Looking at the yearly performance, VKTX did better than 87% of all other stocks. On top of that, VKTX also shows a nice and consistent pattern of rising prices. However, this overall performance is mostly based on the strong move around 10 months ago.
In the last month VKTX has a been trading in the 37.80 - 51.92 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading in the middle of this range, so some resistance may be found above.
Considerably lower volume is observed in the last couple of days.
VKTX has a bad technical rating, but it does show a decent setup pattern. We see reduced volatility while prices have been consolidating in the most recent period. There is a resistance zone just above the current price starting at 42.90. Right above this resistance zone may be a good entry point. There is a support zone below the current price at 41.73, a Stop Loss order could be placed below this zone.
More info and screens
40.21
81.00
We found 1 important support area.
- A support zone ranging from 40.62 to 41.73. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
3 important resistance areas can be observed.
- A resistance zone ranging from 42.90 to 42.90. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
- A resistance zone ranging from 75.70 to 76.30. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
- Resistance @80.20 from a horizontal 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
CRS87.82
Mansfield-3.23
10 Day High45
10 Day Low39.09
20 Day High51.92
20 Day Low37.8
52 Week High99.41
52 Week Low20.28
Performance
1 Week3.33%
2 Weeks2.51%
1 Month-14.74%
3 Month-35.4%
6 Month-25.62%
12 Month98.37%
2 Year385.5%
3 Year1046.36%
5 Year577.23%
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)0.45
RSI(14)40.07
LBB37.61
UBB46.82
VIKING THERAPEUTICS INC
NASDAQ:VKTX (1/6/2025, 8:07:10 PM)
After market: 42.7 +0.17 (+0.4%)42.53
-0.36 (-0.84%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorHealth Care
GICS IndustryBiotechnology
Performance
% Chg-0.84%
1 Week3.33%
2 Weeks2.51%
1 Month-14.74%
3 Month-35.4%
6 Month-25.62%
12 Month98.37%
2 Year385.5%
3 Year1046.36%
5 Year577.23%
10 YearN/A
15 YearN/A
Volatility
ATR(14)2.51
ATR(20)%5.66%
ATR Inc-37.77%
Range Today1.38
ADR(20)2.16
ADR(20)%5.07%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS87.82
Mansfield-3.23
10 Day High45
10 Day Low39.09
20 Day High51.92
20 Day Low37.8
52 Week High99.41
52 Week Low20.28
CS1 End41.73
CR1 Start42.9
Volume & EV
DER(3)2.72%
DER(5)2.03%
Volume2.74M
Volume Incr-34.79%
Vol(5)2.33M
Vol(50)4.86M