Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK) — Range-bound
Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK) is trading at $144.30, -4.48 (34.1%) on the session. Over the last 127 sessions the trend is flat with a +19.4% move. Price is -7.8% from its 6-month high and +32.2% from its 6-month low. Annualised volatility (30-day) is ~23%.
Probability scenarios
Bearish bias — 2 bullish, 3 bearish, 3 neutral of 8 signals.
Trend Range-bound / consolidating
Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK) is trading at $144.30. Over the last 127 sessions the trend is **flat** with a +19.4% move.
Price is -7.8% from the 6-month high and +32.2% from the low. Annualised volatility (30-day) is ~23%.
Price is below the 15-day MA ($146.91, -1.8%) and above the 50-day SMA ($142.55).
Bollinger Bands Inside the bands — range-bound
Bollinger Bands (20, 2): price is at $144.30, upper $151.05, middle $146.66, lower $142.26. Price is inside the bands — range-bound.
Bandwidth is 6.0% 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 46.1. 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 $0.47, signal $1.36, histogram -0.895.
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 0.83) 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 ($144.30) is +12.1% above the anchored VWAP ($128.78). 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 / 2 support levels
Current price $144.30. Resistance above: $148.69, $150.36, $152.80. Support below: $144.10, $142.26.
Watch $148.69 as the first upside level to clear, and $144.10 as the first downside level to hold. A clean break of either often determines the next leg.
Resistance
$148.69
Resistance
$150.36
Resistance
$152.80
Support
$144.10
Support
$142.26
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 ($142.55).
- RSI (14) Bearish RSI 46 — below 50, momentum fading.
- MACD (12,26,9) Bearish Histogram negative (-0.895) — fast line below signal.
- Bollinger %B Bearish Price in the lower half of the bands (%B 0.23).
- 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 ($128.78).
Generated from 127 daily closes in the scraped 6-month OHLCV series (quote data 2026-10-03T17:01:51.755857911Z). 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.