Blackrock Health Sciences Trust Stock Forecast
Explanation to Bollinger's Bands
Bollinger Bands was created by John Bollinger in the early 1980s, its purpose is to define price action relative to the assets highs and lows. This technical indicator is used to identify buy and sell signals and has proven very well in doing so.
Bollinger Bands consist of a set of three curves drawn in relation to securities prices. The middle band is a measure of the intermediate-term trend, usually a simple moving average, that serves as the base for the upper and lower bands. The interval between the upper and lower bands and the middle band is determined by volatility, typically the standard deviation of the same data that were used for the average. StockInvest.us uses Bollingers suggested 20 day average.
Middle Bollinger Band = 20-period simple moving average
Upper Bollinger Band = Middle Bollinger Band + 2 * 20-period standard deviation
Lower Bollinger Band = Middle Bollinger Band - 2 * 20-period standard deviation
BandWidth defines the current width of the band.
%b defines the current position within the band.
BandWidth = (Upper Bollinger Band - Lower Bollinger Band) / Middle Bollinger Band
%b = (Last - Lower Bollinger Band) / (Upper Bollinger Band - Lower Bollinger Band)
Live Samples:
Bottlenecks in bandwidth indicate an upcoming change. Break up through the moving average line or continuous movements above the moving average line indicate a break up, and vice versa.
Source: http://www.bollingerbands.com
Blackrock Health Sciences Trust stock upgraded from Sell Candidate to Hold/Accumulate after Tuesday trading session.
(Updated on Apr 30, 2024)
The Blackrock Health Sciences Trust stock price gained 0.387% on the last trading day (Tuesday, 30th Apr 2024), rising from £517.00 to £519.00. During the last trading day the stock fluctuated 1.08% from a day low at £518.80 to a day high of £524.40. The price has risen in 6 of the last 10 days and is up by 3.8% over the past 2 weeks. Volume fell on the last day by -66 thousand shares and in total, 3 million shares were bought and sold for approximately £1.58 billion. You should take into consideration that falling volume on higher prices causes divergence and may be an early warning about possible changes over the next couple of days.
The stock is moving within a wide and horizontal trend and further movements within this trend can be expected. Given the current horizontal trend, you can expect Blackrock Health Sciences Trust stock with a 90% probability to be traded between £510.23 and £573.06 at the end of this 3-month period. A break of a horizontal trend is often followed by a large increase in the volume, and stocks seldom manage to go directly from the bottom of a trend up to the top. Stocks turning up in the middle of a horizontal trend are therefore considered to be potential runners.
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BME.L Signals & Forecast
A buy signal was issued from a pivot bottom point on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, and so far it has risen 3.80%. 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 fell during the last trading day despite gaining prices. This causes a divergence between volume and price and it may be an early warning. The stock should be watched closely. Some negative signals were issued as well, and these may have some influence on the near short-term development. The Blackrock Health Sciences Trust stock holds sell signals from both short and long-term Moving Averages giving a more negative forecast for the stock. Also, there is a general sell signal from the relation between the two signals where the long-term average is above the short-term average. On corrections up, there will be some resistance from the lines at £521.03 and £527.03. A break-up above any of these levels will issue buy signals.
Support, Risk & Stop-loss for Blackrock Health Sciences Trust stock
Blackrock Health Sciences Trust finds support from accumulated volume at £517.20 and this level may hold a buying opportunity as an upwards reaction can be expected when the support is being tested.
This stock is usually traded at a good volume, and with minor daily changes, the risk is considered to be low. During the last day, the stock moved £5.60 (1.08%) between high and low. For the last week, the stock has had daily average volatility of 2.25%.
Our recommended stop-loss: £494.71 (-4.68%) (This stock has low daily movements and this gives low risk. There is a buy signal from a pivot bottom found 10 days ago.)
Trading Expectations (BME.L) For The Upcoming Trading Day Of Wednesday 1st
For the upcoming trading day on Wednesday, 1st we expect Blackrock Health Sciences Trust to open at £520.73, and during the day (based on 14 day Average True Range), to move between £506.25 and £531.75, which gives a possible trading interval of +/-£12.75 (+/-2.46%) up or down from last closing price. If Blackrock Health Sciences Trust takes out the full calculated possible swing range there will be an estimated 4.91% move between the lowest and the highest trading price during the day.
Since the stock is closer to the support from accumulated volume at £517.20 (0.35%) than the resistance at £529.80 (2.08%), our systems sees the trading risk/reward intra-day as attractive and believe profit can be made before the stock reaches first resistance..
Earnings coming up
Blackrock Health Sciences Trust will release earnings BMO on Thursday, May 02, 2024. We will update the financials statements for Blackrock Health Sciences Trust, that can be found here as soon as the records are public. Our systems has calculated a possible swing of +/- 4.40% in the first trading day after earnings release.
Is Blackrock Health Sciences Trust stock A Buy?
Blackrock Health Sciences Trust holds several negative signals and this should be a sell candidate, but due to the general chance for a turnaround situation 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.
Current score: -0.269 Hold/Accumulate Upgraded
Predicted Opening Price for Blackrock Health Sciences Trust of Wednesday, May 1, 2024
| Fair opening price May 1, 2024 | Current price |
|---|---|
| £520.73 ( 0.334%) | £519.00 |
The predicted opening price is based on yesterday's movements between high, low, and closing price.
Trading levels for BME.L
Fibonacci Support & Resistance Levels
| Level | Price | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resistance | R3 | 526.33 | 1.41 % | |
| R2 | 524.19 | 1.00 % | ||
| R1 | 522.87 | 0.746 % | ||
| Current price: | 519.00 | |||
| Support | S1 | 518.59 | -0.0782 % | |
| S2 | 517.27 | -0.333 % | ||
| S3 | 515.13 | -0.745 % |
Accumulated Volume Support & Resistance Levels
| Level | Price | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resistance | R3 | 547.00 | 5.39 % | |
| R2 | 540.40 | 4.12 % | ||
| R1 | 529.80 | 2.08 % | ||
| Current price | 519.00 | |||
| Support | S1 | 517.20 | -0.347% | |
| S2 | 500.00 | -3.66% | ||
| S3 | 497.90 | -4.07% |
BME Dividend Payout History
| # | Ex-Date | Pay Date | Amount | Yield | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan 18, 2024 | Jan 18, 2024 | Feb 09, 2024 | £0.200 | 0.0406% |
| 2 | Nov 16, 2023 | Nov 16, 2023 | Nov 16, 2023 | £5.10 | 0.96% |
| 3 | Jun 29, 2023 | Jun 29, 2023 | Jun 29, 2023 | £9.60 | 1.74% |
| 4 | Jan 05, 2023 | Jan 12, 2023 | Feb 03, 2023 | £20.00 | 4.05% |
| 5 | Nov 10, 2022 | Nov 17, 2022 | Dec 16, 2022 | £5.00 | 1.22% |
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