United-Guardian 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
United-Guardian stock downgraded from Hold/Accumulate to Sell Candidate after Thursday trading session.
(Updated on May 02, 2024)
The United-Guardian stock price fell by -1.25% on the last day (Thursday, 2nd May 2024) from $8.20 to $8.10. It has now fallen 3 days in a row. During the last trading day the stock fluctuated 2.26% from a day low at $8.10 to a day high of $8.28. The price has been going up and down for this period, and there has been a 3.02% gain for the last 2 weeks. Volume has increased on the last day by 34 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, 2 thousand shares were bought and sold for approximately $18.96 thousand.
The stock lies in the middle of a wide and falling trend in the short term and further fall within the trend is signaled. Given the current short-term trend, the stock is expected to fall -8.24% during the next 3 months and, with a 90% probability hold a price between $6.72 and $7.66 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.
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UG Signals & Forecast
The United-Guardian stock holds a sell signal from the short-term Moving Average; at the same time, however, there is a buy signal from the long-term average. Since the short-term average is above the long-term average there is a general buy signal in the stock giving a positive forecast for the stock. On further gains, the stock will meet resistance from the short-term Moving Average at approximately $8.28. On a fall, the stock will find some support from the long-term average at approximately $7.87. A break-up through the short-term average will send a buy signal, whereas a breakdown through the long-term average will send a sell signal. Furthermore, there is a buy signal from the 3 month Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD). Some negative signals were issued as well, and these may have some influence on the near short-term development. A sell signal was issued from a pivot top point on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, and so far it has fallen -3.83%. Further fall is indicated until a new bottom pivot has been found. United-Guardian gained volume on the last day, but on falling prices. In technical terms, this is called divergence and may be an early warning. In some cases, increasing volume on falling prices may be considered positive, but that is mainly in typical "sell-offs". The very low volume increases the risk and reduces the other technical signals issued.
Support, Risk & Stop-loss for United-Guardian stock
United-Guardian finds support from accumulated volume at $8.04 and this level may hold a buying opportunity as an upwards reaction can be expected when the support is being tested.
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 $0.183 between high and low, or 2.26%. For the last week, the stock has had daily average volatility of 2.28%.
Our recommended stop-loss: We hold a negative evaluation for this stock. No stop-loss is set.
Trading Expectations (UG) For The Upcoming Trading Day Of Friday 3rd
For the upcoming trading day on Friday, 3rd we expect United-Guardian to open at $8.16, and during the day (based on 14 day Average True Range), to move between $7.84 and $8.35, which gives a possible trading interval of +/-$0.257 (+/-3.17%) up or down from last closing price. If United-Guardian takes out the full calculated possible swing range there will be an estimated 6.34% move between the lowest and the highest trading price during the day.
Since the stock is closer to the support from accumulated volume at $8.04 (0.71%) than the resistance at $8.27 (2.13%), 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
United-Guardian will release earnings BMO on Thursday, May 09, 2024. We will update the financials statements for United-Guardian, that can be found here as soon as the records are public. Our systems has calculated a possible swing of +/- 7.73% in the first trading day after earnings release.
Is United-Guardian stock A Buy?
United-Guardian holds several negative signals and we believe that it will still perform weakly in the next couple of days or weeks. We, therefore, 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 Hold/Accumulate to a Sell candidate.
Current score: -1.969 Sell Candidate Downgraded
Predicted Opening Price for United-Guardian of Friday, May 3, 2024
| Fair opening price May 3, 2024 | Current price |
|---|---|
| $8.16 ( 0.753%) | $8.10 |
The predicted opening price is based on yesterday's movements between high, low, and closing price.
Trading levels for UG
Fibonacci Support & Resistance Levels
| Level | Price | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resistance | R3 | 8.34 | 3.01 % | |
| R2 | 8.27 | 2.15 % | ||
| R1 | 8.23 | 1.61 % | ||
| Current price: | 8.10 | |||
| Support | S1 | 8.09 | -0.110 % | |
| S2 | 8.05 | -0.643 % | ||
| S3 | 7.98 | -1.51 % |
Accumulated Volume Support & Resistance Levels
| Level | Price | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resistance | R3 | 9.26 | 14.37 % | |
| R2 | 8.90 | 9.91 % | ||
| R1 | 8.27 | 2.13 % | ||
| Current price | 8.10 | |||
| Support | S1 | 8.04 | -0.706% | |
| S2 | 7.63 | -5.77% | ||
| S3 | 7.60 | -6.14% |
UG Dividend Payout History
| # | Ex-Date | Pay Date | Amount | Yield | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feb 02, 2024 | Feb 09, 2024 | Feb 20, 2024 | $0.100 | 1.21% |
| 2 | Jul 12, 2023 | Jul 25, 2023 | Aug 02, 2023 | $0.100 | 1.26% |
| 3 | Nov 15, 2022 | Nov 25, 2022 | Dec 07, 2022 | $0.310 | 2.80% |
| 4 | May 12, 2022 | May 20, 2022 | Jun 01, 2022 | $0.370 | 1.90% |
| 5 | Nov 18, 2021 | Nov 26, 2021 | Dec 07, 2021 | $0.650 | 4.26% |
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