VIRTUS TOTAL RETURN FUND INC (ZTR) Stock Technical Analysis
NYSE:ZTR - New York Stock Exchange, Inc. - US92835W1071 - Currency: USD
Taking everything into account, ZTR scores 1 out of 10 in our technical rating. ZTR 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.
When comparing the performance of all stocks over the past year, ZTR turns out to be only a medium performer in the overall market: it outperformed 56% of all stocks.
ZTR is currently trading in the middle of its 52 week range. The S&P500 Index however is trading in the upper part of its 52 week range, so ZTR is lagging the market slightly.
In the last month ZTR has a been trading in a tight range between 5.79 and 6.11.
Considerably lower volume is observed in the last couple of days.
Although the technical rating is bad, ZTR does present a nice setup opportunity. We see reduced volatility while prices have been consolidating in the most recent period. There is a support zone below the current price at 5.80, a Stop Loss order could be placed below this zone. We notice that large players showed an interest for ZTR 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
5.16
6.31
We found 3 important support areas.
- A support zone ranging from 5.62 to 5.80. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
- Support @5.52 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
- Support @5.21 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.
When analyzing the resistance we notice 3 important areas.
- A resistance zone ranging from 5.83 to 5.92. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
- Resistance @6.02 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
- A resistance zone ranging from 6.18 to 6.25. 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
CRS56.6
Mansfield-0.51
10 Day High5.96
10 Day Low5.79
20 Day High6.11
20 Day Low5.79
52 Week High6.26
52 Week Low5.25
Performance
1 Week0.26%
2 Weeks-0.94%
1 Month-2.59%
3 Month-6.5%
6 Month-1.71%
12 Month10.11%
2 Year-10.25%
3 Year-36.2%
5 Year-40.07%
10 Year-58.33%
15 Year-62.37%
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)41.9
LBB5.74
UBB6.04
NYSE:ZTR (2/24/2025, 8:04:11 PM)
5.825
-0.02 (-0.43%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorN/A
GICS IndustryN/A
Performance
% Chg-0.43%
1 Week0.26%
2 Weeks-0.94%
1 Month-2.59%
3 Month-6.5%
6 Month-1.71%
12 Month10.11%
2 Year-10.25%
3 Year-36.2%
5 Year-40.07%
10 Year-58.33%
15 Year-62.37%
Volatility
ATR(14)0.08
ATR(20)%1.38%
ATR Inc-40.16%
Range Today0.05
ADR(20)0.08
ADR(20)%1.34%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS56.6
Mansfield-0.51
10 Day High5.96
10 Day Low5.79
20 Day High6.11
20 Day Low5.79
52 Week High6.26
52 Week Low5.25
CS1 End5.8
CR1 Start5.83
Volume & EV
DER(3)7.63%
DER(5)4.9%
Volume172.80K
Volume Incr-62.02%
Vol(5)192.81K
Vol(50)357.76K