APA

APA (APA) — Downtrend in force

APA (APA) is trading at $43.68, +0.94 (+78.4%) on the session. Over the last 127 sessions the trend is down with a +1.5% move. Price is -7.9% from its 6-month high and +37.1% from its 6-month low. Annualised volatility (30-day) is ~40%.

Trend Downtrend, stabilising

APA (APA) is trading at $43.68. Over the last 127 sessions the trend is **down** with a +1.5% move.

The 6-month trend is down, but the last ~20 sessions are up 0.3% — early stabilisation. Price is -7.9% from the high and +37.1% from the low.

Price is on the 15-day MA ($43.70) and above the 50-day SMA ($41.73).

Bollinger Bands Inside the bands — range-bound

Bollinger Bands (20, 2): price is at $43.68, upper $46.56, middle $43.91, lower $41.26. Price is inside the bands — range-bound.

Bandwidth is 12.1% of price — moderate. Width contraction often precedes a directional breakout; expansion confirms one underway.

RSI (14) Below 50

RSI(14) is 39.1. Momentum has faded; the bullish case needs rebuilding.

Generally: above 70 = overheated, above 50 = bullish trend, below 50 = bearish trend, below 30 = oversold.

MACD (12, 26, 9) Bearish — momentum slowing

MACD (12, 26, 9): line $0.22, signal $0.47, histogram -0.246.

The fast line has crossed below the signal line and the histogram is negative. Price may still be rising overall, but momentum is weakening — often seen before a correction, a sideways consolidation, or a final push higher.

Volume Analysis Balanced volume

Up-day and down-day volume are roughly even (ratio 0.77) over the recent 19 sessions — no strong conviction either way.

Rule of thumb: price up on high volume = accumulation; price down on high volume = distribution. Low-volume pullbacks after a rally are usually profit-taking, not panic.

Smart Money (A/D) Smart money distributing

The A/D line is falling and well off highs. If smart money were exiting you would expect lower highs and volume spikes on down days — distribution pressure is building.

A/D combines price position within the day's range with volume: rising = net buying pressure, falling = net selling pressure. It often leads price at turning points.

Anchored VWAP Above anchored VWAP — period buyers in profit

Price ($43.68) is +13.0% above the anchored VWAP ($38.65). Buyers who entered at the period's volume-weighted average are in profit and less likely to panic-sell.

Anchored VWAP is the volume-weighted average from the start of the scraped series — a proxy for the period's average institutional cost basis.

Key Levels 3 resistance / 3 support levels

Current price $43.68. Resistance above: $43.81, $44.71, $46.56. Support below: $43.54, $42.73, $42.27.

Watch $43.81 as the first upside level to clear, and $43.54 as the first downside level to hold. A clean break of either often determines the next leg.

Signal breakdown

• Trend (6mo) Bearish Linear-regression slope is down (+1.5% over the period).
• Price vs 50-day SMA Bullish Price is above the 50-day SMA ($41.73).
• RSI (14) Bearish RSI 39 — below 50, momentum fading.
• MACD (12,26,9) Bearish Histogram negative (-0.246) — fast line below signal.
• Bollinger %B Bearish Price in the lower half of the bands (%B 0.46).
• Volume profile Neutral Volume balanced between up and down days.
• A/D line Bearish A/D line slope is falling — distribution pressure.
• AVWAP Bullish Price above anchored VWAP ($38.65).

Generated from 127 daily closes in the scraped 6-month OHLCV series (quote data 2026-10-03T17:01:57.418186193Z). Every level, rating, and probability traces to a computed indicator — no commentary is hand-written or fixed per symbol. Recomputed on each page load from the latest scrape.