High volatility in Snap Inc. stock price on Friday which ended trading at $38.91

StockInvest.us, 2 years ago

Snapchat

The Snap Inc. stock price gained 58.82% on the last trading day (Friday, 4th Feb 2022), rising from $24.50 to $38.91. During the day the stock fluctuated 19.21% from a day low at $34.10 to a day high of $40.65. The price has fallen in 6 of the last 10 days, but is still up by 21.14% 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, 192 million more shares were traded than the day before. In total, 304 million shares were bought and sold for approximately $11.82 billion.

On Feb 03, 2022 "KeyCorp" gave "$85.00 - $36.00" rating for SNAP. The price target was changed from $25.12 to 21.7%.

Given the current short-term trend, the stock is expected to fall -38.63% during the next 3 months and, with a 90% probability hold a price between $14.79 and $23.88 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.

Snapchat

A buy signal was issued from a pivot bottom point on Thursday, February 03, 2022, and so far it has risen 58.82%. 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. Some negative signals were issued as well, and these may have some influence on the near short-term development. The Snap Inc. stock holds a buy signal from the short-term moving average; at the same time, however, the long-term average holds a general sell signal. Since the longterm average is above the short-term average there is a general sell signal in the stock giving a more negative forecast for the stock. On further gains, the stock will meet resistance from the long-term moving average at $39.51. On a fall, the stock will find some support from the short-term average at $31.49. A break-up through the long-term average will give another buy signal, while a fall below the short-term average will add another sell signal and strengthen the general signal.

On the downside, the stock finds support just below today's level from accumulated volume at $35.70 and $32.12.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, Snap Inc. finds support just below today's level at $35.70. If this is broken, then the next support from accumulated volume will be at $32.12 and $31.80.

This stock may move very much during the 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 $6.55 between high and low, or 19.21%. For the last week, the stock has had a daily average volatility of 9.74%.

Several short-term signals are positive, despite the stock being in a falling trend, we conclude that the current level may hold a buying opportunity as there is a fair chance for stock to perform well in the short-term. We have upgraded our analysis conclusion for this stock since the last evaluation from a Strong Sell to a Buy candidate.

Check full Snapchat forecast and analysis here.