After a recent market scan, we can see that Vietnam Manufacturing and Export Processing Ltd (0422.HK) shares have moved 7.23% higher over the past month. Tracking performance over the last 5 sessions, shares have moved 2.30%. Over the last half-year, shares have changed 1.14%. Over the last full year, shares have moved -7.29% – Reported by Newberry Journal.
Investors may be taking a closer look stock market trends as we move into the second half of the year. Investors often have to grapple with the timing of selling a stock. After all the research is done and the portfolio is rounded out, the time will eventually come when decisions need to be made about whether to hold a winner or sell to lock up some profits. Often times, investors will hold on to a certain stock for much too long letting profits erode. Thinking that a hot stock will keep going higher and higher, may lead to lost profits further down the road. On the flip side, investors may become emotionally attached to a stock and not be able to part ways when the time has come. Avoiding the trap of waiting for a stock to bounce back and just break even can lead to the undoing of the portfolio. The belief that a particular stock will definitely come back to the buying level may leave investors out in the cold. Being able to keep the emotions in check and stay focused on the pertinent data, may help the stock portfolio thrive into the future.
Currently, the 14-day ADX for Vietnam Manufacturing and Export Processing Ltd (0422.HK) is sitting at 19.26. Generally speaking, an ADX value from 0-25 would indicate an absent or weak trend. A value of 25-50 would support a strong trend. A value of 50-75 would identify a very strong trend, and a value of 75-100 would lead to an extremely strong trend. ADX is used to gauge trend strength but not trend direction. Traders often add the Plus Directional Indicator (+DI) and Minus Directional Indicator (-DI) to identify the direction of a trend.
Technical traders may be looking at recent indicator levels on shares of Vietnam Manufacturing and Export Processing Ltd (0422.HK). After a recent check, the 50-day Moving Average is 0.42, the 200-day Moving Average is 0.44, and the 7-day is noted at 0.44. Moving averages have the ability to be used as a powerful indicator for technical stock analysis. Following multiple time frames using moving averages can help investors figure out where the stock has been and help determine where it may be possibly going. The simple moving average is a mathematical calculation that takes the average price (mean) for a given amount of time.
Vietnam Manufacturing and Export Processing Ltd (0422.HK)’s Williams Percent Range or 14 day Williams %R is sitting at 0.00. Typically, if the value heads above -20, the stock may be considered to be overbought. On the flip side, if the indicator goes under -80, this may signal that the stock is oversold.
Technical traders often make a point of keeping an eye on the ATR or Average True Range of a particular equity. Currently, Vietnam Manufacturing and Export Processing Ltd (0422.HK) has a 14-day ATR of 0.01. The Average True Range is an investor tool used to measure stock volatility. The ATR is not used to figure out price direction, just to measure volatility. The ATR is an indicator developed by J. Welles Wilder. Wilder has developed multiple indicators that are still quite popular in today’s investing landscape. The general interpretation of the ATR is the higher the ATR value, the higher the volatility.
Traders may be leaning on technical stock analysis to help with investing decisions. Vietnam Manufacturing and Export Processing Ltd (0422.HK) currently has a 14-day Commodity Channel Index (CCI) of 125.64. Despite the name, CCI can be used on other investment tools such as stocks. The CCI was designed to typically stay within the reading of -100 to +100. Traders may use the indicator to determine stock trends or to identify overbought/oversold conditions. A CCI reading above +100 would imply that the stock is overbought and possibly ready for a correction. On the other hand, a reading of -100 would imply that the stock is oversold and possibly set for a rally.
