Chapter VIII: Volume Stratification Analysis (or VSA) follows price behavior in relation to historical volumes of GAS stock sales. Knowledge of these behaviors gives us a quantitative metric useful for understanding Support or Resistance Levels, and predicting their strength. |
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| Volume Stratification Analysis begins with the concept of the Volumetric Profile. This is nothing more than the cummulative volume according to price range. Here the price column corresponding to the current price of GAS stock is painted in red. |
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Blue bars depict the Volumetric Profile for various price levels of Nicor Inc.. The thick orange line is the Volumetric Price and the maroon line is the Secular Price. General Volumetric Health is 1 on a scale from 1 (best) to 3 (worst), because the price is above the Volumetric line, indicating some positive market sentiment. A few layers of volumetric turbulence exist that could provide support on the downside. The most significant of these is found around $34. |
| Support Level ID | Price Range | Peak Magnitude |
| 1 | $37.00 - $37.99 | 2.33 |
| 2 | $34.00 - $34.99 | 2.51 |
| 3 | $26.00 - $26.99 | 1.59 |
| 4 | $21.00 - $21.99 | 1.48 |
| 5 | $10.00 - $10.99 | 0.94 |
| Looking above today's price, there no significant resistance level to act as a ceiling on upward movement. |
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| Horizontal maroon lines indicate Negative Volumetric Peaks. Price intervals with these characteristics are often associated with gaps, although they sometimes operate as support levels. Quarterly and yearly turn-arounds are circled. $14 is the most significant of several valleys (i.e. negative peaks) in today's profile underneath the current price for GAS. |
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| Here, the horizontal lines mark the points of Maximum Negative Slope in the Volumetric Profile. These strata are known to act as resistance levels against upward movement, and are sometimes associated with yearly and quarterly tops. Also, as is typical of resistance levels, they may do double duty as support, but that is not the typical case. |
For Members: Deeper Analysis, with Price Predictions for GAS Common Stock |
| Friday, March 12, 2010: We have news on ConAgra Foods, Inc., ticker symbol CAG. Signs of an over-bought condition have become noticable. Also, there are breaking events concerning Texas Instruments Incorporated and Convergys Corporation. From the News Archive: (3/11/2010 ) A favorable event happened at Amgen, Inc.. Meanwhile, bad news came from Coach, Inc., Fluor Corporation (NEW), and Automatic Data Processing. |