3M Co.

NASDAQ: MMM

161.89
-7.66 (-69.30%)

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)
MMM 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 2026-10-03T17:16:49.212870468Z

article Analysis

3M Co. (MMM) — Range-bound

3M Co. (MMM) is trading at $161.89, -7.66 (-69.3%) on the session. Over the last 127 sessions the trend is flat with a +12.0% move. Price is -11.9% from its 6-month high and +14.4% from its 6-month low. Annualised volatility (30-day) is ~20%.

Probability scenarios

Bullish
20%
Neutral
30%
Bearish
50%

Bearish bias — 1 bullish, 4 bearish, 3 neutral of 8 signals.

Timeframe ratings

Long-term
★★★★★ Neutral
Intermediate
★★★★★ Strongly bearish
Short-term
★★★★★ Bearish

Trend Range-bound / consolidating

3M Co. (MMM) is trading at $161.89. Over the last 127 sessions the trend is **flat** with a +12.0% move.

Price is -11.9% from the 6-month high and +14.4% from the low. Annualised volatility (30-day) is ~20%.

Price is below the 15-day MA ($165.90, -2.4%) and below the 50-day SMA ($173.16).

Bollinger Bands Near the lower band — weakness

Bollinger Bands (20, 2): price is at $161.89, upper $171.01, middle $165.51, lower $160.01. Price is near the lower band — weakness.

Bandwidth is 6.7% of price — contracted (low volatility, breakout pending). Width contraction often precedes a directional breakout; expansion confirms one underway.

RSI (14) Below 50

RSI(14) is 39.9. 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 $-2.07, signal $-1.82, histogram -0.250.

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 1.21) 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 on hold

The A/D line slope is flat and the line is well off highs — institutions are neither aggressively accumulating nor distributing.

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 ($161.89) is +0.7% above the anchored VWAP ($160.77). 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 / 1 support levels

Current price $161.89. Resistance above: $163.38, $165.46, $170.75. Support below: $160.01.

Watch $163.38 as the first upside level to clear, and $160.01 as the first downside level to hold. A clean break of either often determines the next leg.

Resistance $163.38
Resistance $165.46
Resistance $170.75
Support $160.01

Signal breakdown

  • Trend (6mo) Neutral Slope is near-flat — range-bound price action.
  • Price vs 50-day SMA Bearish Price is below the 50-day SMA ($173.16).
  • RSI (14) Bearish RSI 40 — below 50, momentum fading.
  • MACD (12,26,9) Bearish Histogram negative (-0.250) — fast line below signal.
  • Bollinger %B Bearish Price in the lower half of the bands (%B 0.17).
  • Volume profile Neutral Volume balanced between up and down days.
  • A/D line Neutral A/D line slope is flat.
  • AVWAP Bullish Price above anchored VWAP ($160.77).

Generated from 127 daily closes in the scraped 6-month OHLCV series (quote data 2026-10-03T17:16:49.212870468Z). 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.