VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC (VRTX) Stock Technical Analysis
NASDAQ:VRTX - Nasdaq - US92532F1003 - Common Stock
Overall VRTX gets a technical rating of 1 out of 10. VRTX'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 long term trend is still negative, but the short term trend is neutral. It is advised to wait a little bit longer to see how this turns out.
75% of all other stocks performed better in the past year than VRTX.
In the last month VRTX has a been trading in the 386.49 - 432.60 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the high of this range.
VRTX has an average volume of 1626050 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.
VRTX is part of the Biotechnology industry. There are 572 other stocks in this industry, VRTX did better than 65% of them.
VRTX is currently trading in the middle of its 52 week range. The S&P500 Index however is currently trading near new highs, so VRTX is lagging the market.
VRTX has a poor technical rating and the quality of the setup is also not perfect at the moment. Price movement has been a little bit too volatile to find a nice entry and exit point. It is probably a good idea to wait for a consolidation first.
More info and screens
389.17
510.84
We found 1 important support area.
- A support zone ranging from 393.10 to 403.19. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
4 important resistance areas can be observed.
- A resistance zone ranging from 428.01 to 429.05. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
- A resistance zone ranging from 467.28 to 468.13. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in the daily time frame.
- Resistance @485.53 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
- Resistance @505.78 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
CRS25.95
Mansfield-1.37
10 Day High432.6
10 Day Low397.25
20 Day High432.6
20 Day Low386.49
52 Week High519.88
52 Week Low377.85
Performance
1 Week3.97%
2 Weeks6.34%
1 Month7.91%
3 Month-10.4%
6 Month-13.58%
12 Month-0.5%
2 Year32.47%
3 Year76.1%
5 Year88.5%
10 Year288.6%
15 Year1014.58%
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)4.43
RSI(14)52
LBB396.8
UBB430.66
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC
NASDAQ:VRTX (1/22/2025, 8:00:02 PM)
After market: 429.57 +1.57 (+0.37%)428
+0.11 (+0.03%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorHealth Care
GICS IndustryBiotechnology
Performance
% Chg0.03%
1 Week3.97%
2 Weeks6.34%
1 Month7.91%
3 Month-10.4%
6 Month-13.58%
12 Month-0.5%
2 Year32.47%
3 Year76.1%
5 Year88.5%
10 Year288.6%
15 Year1014.58%
Volatility
ATR(14)9.01
ATR(20)%2.18%
ATR Inc-8.3%
Range Today7.95
ADR(20)8.74
ADR(20)%2.04%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS25.95
Mansfield-1.37
10 Day High432.6
10 Day Low397.25
20 Day High432.6
20 Day Low386.49
52 Week High519.88
52 Week Low377.85
CS1 End403.19
CR1 Start428.01
Volume & EV
DER(3)-1.12%
DER(5)-0.49%
Volume1.22M
Volume Incr-27.11%
Vol(5)1.50M
Vol(50)1.63M