Weaker technical forecast for Tesla as stock downgraded to Sell Candidate.

StockInvest.us, 2 years ago

Tesla

The Tesla stock price fell by -2.98% on the last day (Tuesday, 17th Aug 2021) from $686.17 to $665.71. and has now fallen 4 days in a row. During the day the stock fluctuated 3.97% from a day low at $648.84 to a day high of $674.58. The price has fallen in 6 of the last 10 days and is down by -6.2% for this period. Volume has increased on the last day by 742 thousand 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, 23 million shares were bought and sold for approximately $15.58 billion.

On August 17, 2021 "Sanford C. Bernstein" gave "$180.00 - $300.00" rating for TSLA. The price target was changed from $660.07 to 3.8%.

Given the current short-term trend, the stock is expected to rise 19.68% during the next 3 months and, with a 90% probability hold a price between $796.72 and $871.21 at the end of this 3-month period.

Tesla

Furthermore, there is a buy signal from the 3 months Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD). Some negative signals were issued as well, and these may have some influence on the near short-term development. The Tesla stock holds sell signals from both short and long-term moving averages giving a more negative forecast for the stock. On corrections up, there will be some resistance from the lines at $703.27 and $676.26. A break-up above any of these levels will issue buy signals. A sell signal was issued from a pivot top point on Thursday, August 12, 2021, and so far it has fallen -7.83%. Further fall is indicated until a new bottom pivot has been found. Volume rose on falling prices yesterday. This may be an early warning and the stock should be followed more closely.

On the downside, the stock finds support just below today's level from accumulated volume at $606.44 and $577.87.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, Tesla finds support just below today's level at $606.44. If this is broken, then the next support from accumulated volume will be at $577.87 and $563.46.

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 $25.74 between high and low, or 3.97%. For the last week, the stock has had a daily average volatility of 3.19%.

The Tesla stock holds several negative signals and despite the positive trend, we believe Tesla will perform weakly in the next couple of days or weeks. Therefore, we 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 Buy to a Sell candidate.

Check full Tesla forecast and analysis here.