Amazon stock upgraded to Hold/Accumulate.
StockInvest.us, 1 week ago
The Amazon stock price gained 2.63% on the last trading day (Thursday, 5th Sep 2024), rising from $173.33 to $177.89. During the last trading day the stock fluctuated 2.79% from a day low at $175.00 to a day high of $179.88. The price has fallen in 6 of the last 10 days and is down by -1.23% for this period. Volume has increased on the last day along with the price, which is a positive technical sign, and, in total, 11 million more shares were traded than the day before. In total, 40 million shares were bought and sold for approximately $7.04 billion.
On Sep 05, 2024, it was reported that Cantor Fitzgerald gave AMZN a "Overweight" grade with a "initialise" action.
The stock lies in the middle of a wide and falling trend in the short term and further fall within the trend is signaled.Given the current short-term trend, the stock is expected to fall -10.57% during the next 3 months and, with a 90% probability hold a price between $137.04 and $166.02 at the end of this 3-month period. Do note, that if the stock price manages to stay at current levels or higher, our prediction target will start to change positively over the next few days as the conditions for the current predictions will be broken.
The Amazon stock holds buy signals from both short and long-term Moving Averages giving a positive forecast for the stock, but the stock has a general sell signal from the relation between the two signals where the long-term average is above the short-term average. On corrections down, there will be some support from the lines at $174.57 and $175.74. A breakdown below any of these levels will issue sell signals. A buy signal was issued from a pivot bottom point on Monday, August 05, 2024, and so far it has risen 10.48%. 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 is rising along with the price. This is considered to be a good technical signal.
On the downside, the stock finds support just below today's level from accumulated volume at $167.90 and $161.93.There is a natural risk involved when a stock is testing a support level, since if this is broken, the stock then may fall to the next support level. In this case, Amazon finds support just below today's level at $167.90. If this is broken, then the next support from accumulated volume will be at $161.93 and $161.02.
This stock has average movements during the day and with good trading volume, the risk is considered to be medium. During the last day, the stock moved $4.88 between high and low, or 2.79%. For the last week, the stock has had daily average volatility of 2.43%.
Amazon holds several positive signals, but we still don't find these to be enough for a buy candidate. At the current level, it should be considered as a hold candidate (hold or accumulate) in this position whilst awaiting further development.We have upgraded our analysis conclusion for this stock since the last evaluation from a Sell to a Hold/Accumulate candidate.
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