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Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corporation (WMC) Stock Technical Analysis

NYSE:WMC - New York Stock Exchange, Inc. - US95790D2045 - REIT - Currency: USD

9.18  +0.39 (+4.44%)

Technical Rating and Analysis

3

We assign a technical rating of 3 out of 10 to WMC. Recently some decent action could be observed, but in the medium term time frame this is still negative. WMC was also a bad performer in the overall market in the last year.

73% of all other stocks performed better in the past year than WMC.
WMC is part of the Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)" industry. There are 64 other stocks in this industry, of which 74% are performing better than WMC.
WMC 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.
Warning: WMC has an average volume of 21188 traded shares per day. This is quite low and it might be dangerous to invest in illiquid stocks.
The long term trend is still neutral, but the short term trend is positive, so the stock is getting more and more appreciated by traders and investors.
In the last month WMC has a been trading in the 8.11 - 9.20 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the high of this range.
Prices have been rising strongly lately, it may be a good idea to wait for a consolidation or pullback before considering an entry.
Weekly and Daily overview Charts
Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corporation / WMC Weekly stock chart
Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corporation / WMC Daily stock chart
Setup Rating and Analysis

3

The technical rating of WMC is bad and it also does not present a quality setup 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.

Support and Resistance Analysis

7.91

10.42

We found 3 important support areas.

  • A support zone ranging from 8.52 to 8.57. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in the daily time frame.
  • A support zone ranging from 8.19 to 8.24. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
  • A support zone ranging from 7.99 to 8.04. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.

We can see 2 important resistance areas.

  • Resistance @9.42 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
  • Resistance @10.32 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
Statistics, Performance, Trends, Indicators, Chart- and CandleStick Patterns
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS27.49
Mansfield-0.86
10 Day High9.2
10 Day Low8.11
20 Day High9.2
20 Day Low8.11
52 Week High11.64
52 Week Low7.82
Performance
1 Week11.27%
2 Weeks9.55%
1 Month9.29%
3 Month-12.99%
6 Month1.89%
12 Month1.21%
2 Year-56.49%
3 Year-71.84%
5 Year-88.99%
10 Year-93.83%
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)0.09
RSI(14)66.55
LBB8.05
UBB9
Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corporation / WMC Daily stock chart

Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corporation

NYSE:WMC (12/5/2023, 8:25:54 PM)

9.18

+0.39 (+4.44%)

Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorFinancials
GICS IndustryMortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)"
Performance
% Chg4.44%
1 Week11.27%
2 Weeks9.55%
1 Month9.29%
3 Month-12.99%
6 Month1.89%
12 Month1.21%
2 Year-56.49%
3 Year-71.84%
5 Year-88.99%
10 Year-93.83%
15 YearN/A
Volatility
ATR(14)0.31
ATR(20)%3.36%
ATR Inc18.08%
Range Today0.54
ADR(20)0.3
ADR(20)%3.31%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS27.49
Mansfield-0.86
10 Day High9.2
10 Day Low8.11
20 Day High9.2
20 Day Low8.11
52 Week High11.64
52 Week Low7.82
CS1 End8.57
CR1 Start9.42
Volume & EV
DER(3)-2.45%
DER(5)2.1%
Volume33.50K
Volume Incr5.44%
Vol(5)21.52K
Vol(50)21.19K