Active Stocks on Watch: SPDR Long Term Treasury Portfolio ETF (SPTL) and DJ US Home Construction Ishares (ITB)

SPDR Long Term Treasury Portfolio ETF (SPTL) shares are moving today on volatility -1.20% or $-0.44 from the open. The NYSE listed company saw a recent bid of $36.15 and 2450873 shares have traded hands in the session.

Top notch investors are usually adept at filtering through the constant financial headlines. Now more than ever, there is an unprecedented amount of news and data regarding publically traded companies. Most of the focus is typically on the short-term and it tends to focus around near-term forecasts. Although more information is probably a good thing when looking at the bigger picture, being able to zoom in on the proper information can be quite a challenge. Tuning out all the unnecessary noise isn’t easy, but it may help the investor make better decisions. Constantly switching investments based on the headlines of the day may end up leaving the investor wondering what went wrong. Analyzing the right information can be an essential part of any solid stock investing plan.

SPDR Long Term Treasury Portfolio ETF’s Williams Percent Range or 14 day Williams %R currently sits at -62.96. The Williams %R oscillates in a range from 0 to -100. A reading between 0 and -20 would point to an overbought situation. A reading from -80 to -100 would signal an oversold situation. The Williams %R was developed by Larry Williams. This is a momentum indicator that is the inverse of the Fast Stochastic Oscillator.

Currently, the 14-day ADX for SPDR Long Term Treasury Portfolio ETF (SPTL) is sitting at 13.48. 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.

The RSI, or Relative Strength Index, is a widely used technical momentum indicator that compares price movement over time. The RSI was created by J. Welles Wilder who was striving to measure whether or not a stock was overbought or oversold. The RSI may be useful for spotting abnormal price activity and volatility. The RSI oscillates on a scale from 0 to 100. The normal reading of a stock will fall in the range of 30 to 70. A reading over 70 would indicate that the stock is overbought, and possibly overvalued. A reading under 30 may indicate that the stock is oversold, and possibly undervalued. After a recent check, the 14-day RSIfor SPDR Long Term Treasury Portfolio ETF (SPTL) is currently at 46.97, the 7-day stands at 44.46, and the 3-day is sitting at 36.01.

Needle moving action has been spotted in DJ US Home Construction Ishares (ITB) as shares are moving today on volatility 2.46% or 1.08 from the open. The NYSE listed company saw a recent bid of 44.975 and 2444281 shares have traded hands in the session.

Even for seasoned investors, it can be natural to become wary when certain stocks are tanking in the stock portfolio. The knee jerk reaction can be to immediately change up the portfolio mix to help rectify the situation. Sometimes changes may need to be made, but often times, resisting the urge to make changes based on temporary downturns may prove to help the longer-term health of the stock portfolio. Investors may find themselves in the same predicament when markets are heading higher and every stock seems to be a winner. The impulse might be to double down and buy even more shares of a name that has been over performing recently. Once again, sometimes this may work out, but there will also be times when stocks have finished the run and adding to the position may end up nullifying previous gains if momentum swings back the other way.

Currently, the 14-day ADX for DJ US Home Construction Ishares (ITB) is sitting at 41.38. 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. 

DJ US Home Construction Ishares (ITB) currently has a 14-day Commodity Channel Index (CCI) of 172.17. Active investors may choose to use this technical indicator as a stock evaluation tool. Used as a coincident indicator, the CCI reading above +100 would reflect strong price action which may signal an uptrend. 

After a recent check, DJ US Home Construction Ishares’s  14-day RSI is currently at 74.07, the 7-day stands at 80.95, and the 3-day is sitting at 91.57.

Taking a deeper look into the technical levels of DJ US Home Construction Ishares (ITB), we can see that the Williams Percent Range or 14 day Williams %R currently sits at -0.69. The Williams %R oscillates in a range from 0 to -100. A reading between 0 and -20 would point to an overbought situation. A reading from -80 to -100 would signal an oversold situation. The Williams %R was developed by Larry Williams. This is a momentum indicator that is the inverse of the Fast Stochastic Oscillator.

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