Big movements in Palantir stock price on Monday moving 13.88% between high and low

The Palantir stock price fell by -5.08% on the last day (Monday, 9th Dec 2024) from $76.34 to $72.46. During the last trading day the stock fluctuated 13.88% from a day low at $71.05 to a day high of $80.91. The price has risen in 7 of the last 10 days and is up by 12.62% over the past 2 weeks. Volume has increased on the last day by 75 million shares but on falling prices. This may be an early warning and the risk will be increased slightly over the next couple of days. In total, 165 million shares were bought and sold for approximately $11.94 billion.

On Dec 09, 2024, it was reported that William Blair gave PLTR a "Underperform" grade with a "hold" action.

The stock lies in the middle of a very wide and strong rising trend in the short term and a further rise within the trend is signaled.Given the current short-term trend, the stock is expected to rise 105.42% during the next 3 months and, with a 90% probability hold a price between $116.04 and $158.11 at the end of this 3-month period.

There are mixed signals in the stock today. A sell signal was issued from a pivot top point on Friday, December 06, 2024, and so far it has fallen -5.08%. Further fall is indicated until a new bottom pivot has been found. Furthermore, there is currently a sell signal from the 3 month Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD). Volume rose on falling prices yesterday. This may be an early warning and the stock should be followed more closely. The Palantir stock holds buy signals from both short and long-term Moving Averages giving a positive forecast for the stock. Also, there is a general buy signal from the relation between the two signals where the short-term average is above the long-term average. On corrections down, there will be some support from the lines at $70.71 and $57.30. A breakdown below any of these levels will issue sell signals.

On the downside, the stock finds support just below today's level from accumulated volume at $65.81 and $61.25.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, Palantir finds support just below today's level at $65.81. If this is broken, then the next support from accumulated volume will be at $61.25 and $55.87.

This stock may move much during the day (volatility) and with a large prediction interval from the Bollinger Band this stock is considered to be "high risk". During the last day, the stock moved $9.86 between high and low, or 13.88%. For the last week, the stock has had daily average volatility of 7.64%.

Several short-term signals, along with a general good trend, are positive and we conclude that the current level may hold a buying opportunity as there is a fair chance for Palantir stock to perform well in the short-term.We have upgraded our analysis conclusion for this stock since the last evaluation from a Hold/Accumulate to a Buy candidate.