American Express Co.

NASDAQ: AXP

342.59
+1.68 (+0.49%)

USD · Cached quote

Volume underlay MA (50) Bollinger Bands (20, 2) RSI (14) — 80/20 MACD (12, 26, 9) Accumulation/Distribution Anchored VWAP Historical Volatility (10, 252)
AXP advanced chart — Yahoo Finance

Advanced chart with volume, red MA(50), Bollinger Bands, RSI, and MACD. Chart PNG auto-refreshes every 4 hours from the scraper. Updated 2026-08-14T18:46:23.733646071Z

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American Express Co. (AXP) — Range-bound

American Express Co. (AXP) is trading at $342.59, +1.68 (+0.49%) on the session. Over the last 125 sessions the trend is flat with a -0.6% move. Price is -5.2% from its 6-month high and +17.2% from its 6-month low. Annualised volatility (30-day) is ~28%.

Probability scenarios

Bullish
70%
Neutral
20%
Bearish
10%

Bullish bias — 6 bullish, 1 bearish, 1 neutral of 8 signals.

Timeframe ratings

Long-term
Bullish
Intermediate
Bullish
Short-term
Strongly bullish

Trend Range-bound / consolidating

American Express Co. (AXP) is trading at $342.59. Over the last 125 sessions the trend is **flat** with a -0.6% move.

Price is -5.2% from the 6-month high and +17.2% from the low. Annualised volatility (30-day) is ~28%.

Price is on the 15-day MA ($340.75) and above the 50-day SMA ($340.00).

Bollinger Bands Inside the bands — range-bound

Bollinger Bands (20, 2): price is at $342.59, upper $354.15, middle $341.48, lower $328.82. Price is inside the bands — range-bound.

Bandwidth is 7.4% of price — moderate. Width contraction often precedes a directional breakout; expansion confirms one underway.

RSI (14) Healthy pullback

RSI(14) is 57.3. Above 50 — bullish momentum intact, no exhaustion.

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 $0.37, signal $0.52, histogram -0.155.

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 Accumulation — buyers in control

Over the recent 19 sessions, average up-day volume is 1.30× down-day volume. Price rises on heavier volume than it falls on — a sign buyers are more committed than sellers.

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 accumulating

The Accumulation/Distribution line is rising and sitting well off highs. Institutions are not aggressively distributing — large funds still appear net long.

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 ($342.59) is +6.2% above the anchored VWAP ($322.64). 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 $342.59. Resistance above: $344.01, $352.49, $359.59. Support below: $340.92, $333.56, $328.82.

Watch $344.01 as the first upside level to clear, and $340.92 as the first downside level to hold. A clean break of either often determines the next leg.

Resistance $344.01
Resistance $352.49
Resistance $359.59
Support $340.92
Support $333.56
Support $328.82

Signal breakdown

  • Trend (6mo) Neutral Slope is near-flat — range-bound price action.
  • Price vs 50-day SMA Bullish Price is above the 50-day SMA ($340.00).
  • RSI (14) Bullish RSI 57 — holding above 50, momentum intact.
  • MACD (12,26,9) Bearish Histogram negative (-0.155) — fast line below signal.
  • Bollinger %B Bullish Price in the upper half of the bands (%B 0.54).
  • Volume profile Bullish Up-day volume 1.30× down-day volume — accumulation.
  • A/D line Bullish A/D line slope is rising — institutions accumulating.
  • AVWAP Bullish Price above anchored VWAP ($322.64).

Generated from 125 daily closes in the scraped 6-month OHLCV series (quote data 2026-08-14T18:46:23.733646071Z). 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.