Big movements in Plug Power stock price on Tuesday moving 14.38% between high and low

StockInvest.us, 3 years ago

Plug Power

The Plug Power stock price gained 11.35% on the last trading day (Tuesday, 26th Jan 2021), rising from $65.72 to $73.18. During the day the stock fluctuated 14.38% from a day low at $66.00 to a day high of $75.49. The price has risen in 6 of the last 10 days and is up by 35.59% over the past 2 weeks. Volume has increased on the last day along with the price, which is a positive technical sign, and, in total, 34 million more shares were traded than the day before. In total, 70 million shares were bought and sold for approximately $5.09 billion.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. does not see either upside or downside right now giving PLUG "Neutral" on their last update on January 14, 2021. The price target was set to $60.00.Over the last 30 days, this security got 3 buy, 0 sell and 1 hold ratings.

The stock lies in the upper part of a very wide and strong rising trend in the short term, and this may normally pose a very good selling opportunity for the short-term trader as reaction back towards the lower part of the trend can be expected. A break-up at the top trend line at $75.97 will firstly indicate a stronger rate of rising. Given the current short-term trend, the stock is expected to rise 185.3% during the next 3 months and, with a 90% probability hold a price between $146.09 and $216.75 at the end of this 3-month period.

Plug Power

Mostly positive signals in the chart today. The Plug Power 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 $65.51 and $42.66. A breakdown below any of these levels will issue sell signals. A buy signal was issued from a pivot bottom point on Friday, January 15, 2021, and so far it has risen 21.68%. Further rise is indicated until a new top pivot has been found. Furthermore, there is a buy signal from the 3 months 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 $69.50 and $66.54.There is 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, Plug Power finds support just below today's level at $69.50. If this is broken, then the next support from accumulated volume will be at $66.54 and $66.02.

This stock may move very much during a day (volatility) and with a very large prediction interval from the Bollinger Band this stock is considered to be "very high risk". During the last day, the stock moved $9.49 between high and low, or 14.38%. For the last week, the stock has had a daily average volatility of 10.96%.

The Plug Power stock is overbought on RSI14 and lies in the upper part of the trend. Normally this may pose a good selling opportunity for the short-term trader, but some stocks may go long and hard while being overbought and the RSI is still moving upwards. Regardless, the high RSI together with the trend position increases the risk and higher daily movements (volatility) should be expected. A correction down in the nearby future seems very likely, and it is of great importance that the stock manages to break the trend before that occurs.

Plug Power holds several positive signals and is within a strong rising trend. As the old saying says, "Let the trend be your friend.'". We therefore consider it to be a good choice at these current levels and we are expecting further gains during the next 3 months.We have upgraded our analysis conclusion for this stock since the last evaluation from a Buy Candidate to a Strong Buy Candidate candidate.

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