ATO

NASDAQ: ATO

170.80
-1.98 (-1.15%)

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)
ATO 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 2026-08-07T14:01:37.156419195Z

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ATO (ATO) — Downtrend in force

ATO (ATO) is trading at $170.80, -1.98 (-1.15%) on the session. Over the last 125 sessions the trend is down with a -0.4% move. Price is -11.2% from its 6-month high and +2.2% from its 6-month low. Annualised volatility (30-day) is ~19%.

Probability scenarios

Bullish
10%
Neutral
20%
Bearish
70%

Bearish bias — 1 bullish, 6 bearish, 1 neutral of 8 signals.

Timeframe ratings

Long-term
Strongly bearish
Intermediate
Bearish
Short-term
Neutral

Trend Downtrend in force

ATO (ATO) is trading at $170.80. Over the last 125 sessions the trend is **down** with a -0.4% move.

Price is -11.2% from the 6-month high and +2.2% from the low. Annualised volatility (30-day) is ~19%.

Price is below the 15-day MA ($175.40, -2.6%) and below the 50-day SMA ($173.29).

Bollinger Bands Near the lower band — weakness

Bollinger Bands (20, 2): price is at $170.80, upper $181.65, middle $175.98, lower $170.31. Price is near the lower band — weakness.

Bandwidth is 6.4% of price — contracted (low volatility, breakout pending). Width contraction often precedes a directional breakout; expansion confirms one underway.

RSI (14) Weakening

RSI(14) is 28.2. Nearing the 30 oversold line.

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 $-0.87, signal $-0.04, histogram -0.830.

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 1.05) 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 distributing

The A/D line is falling and well off highs. If smart money were exiting you would expect lower highs and volume spikes on down days — distribution pressure is building.

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 Below anchored VWAP — period buyers underwater

Price ($170.80) is -4.1% below the anchored VWAP ($178.12). Period buyers are underwater — overhead supply tends to cap rallies.

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 $170.80. Resistance above: $171.28, $173.85, $176.60. Support below: $170.00, $168.22.

Watch $171.28 as the first upside level to clear, and $170.00 as the first downside level to hold. A clean break of either often determines the next leg.

Resistance $171.28
Resistance $173.85
Resistance $176.60
Support $170.00
Support $168.22

Signal breakdown

  • Trend (6mo) Bearish Linear-regression slope is down (-0.4% over the period).
  • Price vs 50-day SMA Bearish Price is below the 50-day SMA ($173.29).
  • RSI (14) Bullish RSI 28 — oversold, bounce setup.
  • MACD (12,26,9) Bearish Histogram negative (-0.830) — fast line below signal.
  • Bollinger %B Bearish Price in the lower half of the bands (%B 0.04).
  • Volume profile Neutral Volume balanced between up and down days.
  • A/D line Bearish A/D line slope is falling — distribution pressure.
  • AVWAP Bearish Price below anchored VWAP ($178.12).

Generated from 125 daily closes in the scraped 6-month OHLCV series (quote data 2026-08-07T14:01:37.156419195Z). 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.