WESTERN UNION CO (WU)
US9598021098 - Common Stock
We assign a technical rating of 0 out of 10 to WU. WU scores bad on all fronts: it is a bad performer in the overall market and both the medium and short term pictures are negative.
The short term trend is negative, as is the long term trend. There should be more interesting stocks out there.
75% of all other stocks performed better in the past year than WU.
WU is part of the Financial Services industry. There are 99 other stocks in this industry, of which 68% are performing better than WU.
WU is currently trading near the lower end of its 52 week range, which is not a good sign. The S&P500 Index is trading in the upper part of its 52 week range, so WU is lagging the market.
In the last month WU has a been trading in the 10.60 - 11.43 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the lows of this range.
WU has an average volume of 4977930 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.
Volume is considerably higher in the last couple of days.
Although the technical rating is bad, WU does present a nice setup opportunity. Prices have been consolidating lately and the volatility has been reduced. There is a support zone below the current price at 10.69, a Stop Loss order could be placed below this zone. Very recently a Pocket Pivot signal was observed. This is another positive sign.
- A Pocket Pivot is a price/volume accumulation pattern. A Pocket Pivot occurs when price moves up with volume higher than the maximum down volume registered in the previous 10 days.
More info and screens
10.45
12.35
When analyzing the support we notice one important area.
- A support zone ranging from 10.56 to 10.69. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
When analyzing the resistance we notice 4 important areas.
- A resistance zone ranging from 10.76 to 11.20. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
- Resistance @11.46 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
- Resistance @11.76 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
- A resistance zone ranging from 12.21 to 12.23. 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
CRS25.53
Mansfield-2.1
10 Day High11.43
10 Day Low10.6
20 Day High11.43
20 Day Low10.6
52 Week High14.19
52 Week Low10.51
Performance
1 Week-0.46%
2 Weeks-0.83%
1 Month-1.38%
3 Month-8.77%
6 Month-13.21%
12 Month-9.54%
2 Year-22.22%
3 Year-39.97%
5 Year-60.01%
10 Year-40.2%
15 Year-43.18%
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)-0.01
RSI(14)43.28
LBB10.58
UBB11.16
WESTERN UNION CO
NYSE:WU (12/20/2024, 8:04:00 PM)
Premarket: 10.55 -0.16 (-1.49%)10.71
+0.01 (+0.09%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorFinancials
GICS IndustryFinancial Services
Performance
% Chg0.09%
1 Week-0.46%
2 Weeks-0.83%
1 Month-1.38%
3 Month-8.77%
6 Month-13.21%
12 Month-9.54%
2 Year-22.22%
3 Year-39.97%
5 Year-60.01%
10 Year-40.2%
15 Year-43.18%
Volatility
ATR(14)0.28
ATR(20)%2.31%
ATR Inc-12.56%
Range Today0.27
ADR(20)0.23
ADR(20)%2.18%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS25.53
Mansfield-2.1
10 Day High11.43
10 Day Low10.6
20 Day High11.43
20 Day Low10.6
52 Week High14.19
52 Week Low10.51
CS1 End10.69
CR1 Start10.76
Volume & EV
DER(3)-2.41%
DER(5)-1.62%
Volume12.76M
Volume Incr110.56%
Vol(5)8.66M
Vol(50)4.98M