VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS INC (VNDA) Stock Technical Analysis
NASDAQ:VNDA - Nasdaq - US9216591084 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
Overall VNDA gets a technical rating of 1 out of 10. VNDA has been an average performer in the overall market. Also recent evolutions are not that positive: both the medium and short term time frames give negative signs.
The short term trend is negative, as is the long term trend. There should be more interesting stocks out there.
VNDA 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.
VNDA is part of the Biotechnology industry. There are 567 other stocks in this industry. VNDA outperforms 75% of them.
When comparing the performance of all stocks over the past year, VNDA turns out to be only a medium performer in the overall market: it outperformed 41% of all stocks.
In the last month VNDA has a been trading in the 3.85 - 4.73 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.
Although the technical rating is bad, VNDA 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 4.32. Right above this resistance zone may be a good entry point. There is a support zone below the current price at 4.12, a Stop Loss order could be placed below this zone. We notice that large players showed an interest for VNDA 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
4.03
5.24
We found 1 important support area.
- A support zone ranging from 4.07 to 4.12. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
When analyzing the resistance we notice 5 important areas.
- A resistance zone ranging from 4.32 to 4.34. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
- A resistance zone ranging from 4.42 to 4.49. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
- Resistance @4.76 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
- A resistance zone ranging from 4.85 to 4.91. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
- Resistance @5.19 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
CRS41.23
Mansfield-1.28
10 Day High4.49
10 Day Low3.95
20 Day High4.73
20 Day Low3.85
52 Week High6.75
52 Week Low3.85
Performance
1 Week-1.85%
2 Weeks4.17%
1 Month-7.61%
3 Month-3.41%
6 Month-6.59%
12 Month-8.01%
2 Year-30.78%
3 Year-57.16%
5 Year-63.04%
10 Year-53.55%
15 Year-49.4%
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)0.02
RSI(14)41.22
LBB4.05
UBB4.47
4.25
-0.06 (-1.39%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorHealth Care
GICS IndustryBiotechnology
Performance
% Chg-1.39%
1 Week-1.85%
2 Weeks4.17%
1 Month-7.61%
3 Month-3.41%
6 Month-6.59%
12 Month-8.01%
2 Year-30.78%
3 Year-57.16%
5 Year-63.04%
10 Year-53.55%
15 Year-49.4%
Volatility
ATR(14)0.21
ATR(20)%4.73%
ATR Inc-59.39%
Range Today0.08
ADR(20)0.19
ADR(20)%4.58%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS41.23
Mansfield-1.28
10 Day High4.49
10 Day Low3.95
20 Day High4.73
20 Day Low3.85
52 Week High6.75
52 Week Low3.85
CS1 End4.12
CR1 Start4.32
Volume & EV
DER(3)3.13%
DER(5)3.81%
Volume472.40K
Volume Incr-46.6%
Vol(5)402.96K
Vol(50)704.21K