Heartland Financial USA Stock Forecast

Weaker technical forecast for Heartland Financial USA as stock downgraded to Sell Candidate.
(Updated on Apr 18, 2024)

HTLF Signals & Forecast

A buy signal was issued from a pivot bottom point on Monday, February 26, 2024, and so far it has risen 3.94%. Further rise is indicated until a new top pivot has been found. Furthermore, there is a buy signal from the 3 month Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD). Volume fell during the last trading day despite gaining prices. This causes a divergence between volume and price and it may be an early warning. The stock should be watched closely. Some negative signals were issued as well, and these may have some influence on the near short-term development. The Heartland Financial USA stock holds sell signals from both short and long-term Moving Averages giving a more negative forecast for the stock. Also, there is a general sell signal from the relation between the two signals where the long-term average is above the short-term average. On corrections up, there will be some resistance from the lines at $33.72 and $33.89. A break-up above any of these levels will issue buy signals. The stock had a Golden Star Signal on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 in the short-term chart.

Golden Star Signal is when the short-term moving average, the long-term moving average, and price line meet in a special combination. This combination is very rare and often followed by long and strong gains for the stock in question.

Support, Risk & Stop-loss for Heartland Financial USA stock

Heartland Financial USA finds support from accumulated volume at $33.30 and this level may hold a buying opportunity as an upwards reaction can be expected when the support is being tested.

In general the stock tends to have very controlled movements and with good liquidity the risk is considered very low in this stock. During the last day, the stock moved $0.620 between high and low, or 1.88%. For the last week the stock has had daily average volatility of 2.06%.

Our recommended stop-loss: We hold a negative evaluation for this stock. No stop-loss is set.

Trading Expectations (HTLF) For The Upcoming Trading Day Of Friday 19th

For the upcoming trading day on Friday, 19th we expect Heartland Financial USA to open at $33.39, and during the day (based on 14 day Average True Range), to move between $32.53 and $34.43, which gives a possible trading interval of +/-$0.95 (+/-2.83%) up or down from last closing price. If Heartland Financial USA takes out the full calculated possible swing range there will be an estimated 5.65% move between the lowest and the highest trading price during the day.

Since the stock is closer to the support from accumulated volume at $33.30 (0.54%) than the resistance at $33.90 (1.25%), our systems sees the trading risk/reward intra-day as attractive and believe profit can be made before the stock reaches first resistance..

Is Heartland Financial USA stock A Buy?

Heartland Financial USA holds several negative signals and is within a wide and falling trend, so we believe it will still perform weakly in the next couple of days or weeks. We therefore hold a negative evaluation of this stock. Due to some small weaknesses in the technical picture we have downgraded our analysis conclusion for this stock since the last evaluation from a Hold/Accumulate to a Sell candidate.

Current score: -1.446 Sell Candidate Downgraded

Predicted Opening Price for Heartland Financial USA of Friday, April 19, 2024

The predicted opening price is based on yesterday's movements between high, low, and closing price.