CTAS (CTAS) — Uptrend in force
CTAS (CTAS) is trading at $202.04, -2.59 (-1.27%) on the session. Over the last 125 sessions the trend is up with a +3.7% move. Price is -6.7% from its 6-month high and +23.5% from its 6-month low. Annualised volatility (30-day) is ~35%.
Probability scenarios
Bullish bias — 4 bullish, 3 bearish, 1 neutral of 8 signals.
Trend Strong uptrend in force
CTAS (CTAS) is trading at $202.04. Over the last 125 sessions the trend is **up** with a +3.7% move.
Price is -6.7% from the 6-month high and +23.5% from the low. Annualised volatility (30-day) is ~35%.
Price is below the 15-day MA ($205.32, -1.6%) and above the 50-day SMA ($186.05).
Bollinger Bands Inside the bands — range-bound
Bollinger Bands (20, 2): price is at $202.04, upper $218.49, middle $202.55, lower $186.60. Price is inside the bands — range-bound.
Bandwidth is 15.7% of price — expanded (high volatility). Width contraction often precedes a directional breakout; expansion confirms one underway.
RSI (14) Below 50
RSI(14) is 46.8. 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 $5.48, signal $7.00, histogram -1.513.
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 1.18) 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 accumulating
The Accumulation/Distribution line is rising and sitting well off highs. Institutions are not aggressively distributing — large funds still appear net long.
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 ($202.04) is +9.9% above the anchored VWAP ($183.86). 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 2 resistance / 3 support levels
Current price $202.04. Resistance above: $209.72, $218.49. Support below: $201.56, $196.00, $186.60.
Watch $209.72 as the first upside level to clear, and $201.56 as the first downside level to hold. A clean break of either often determines the next leg.
Resistance
$209.72
Resistance
$218.49
Support
$201.56
Support
$196.00
Support
$186.60
Signal breakdown
- Trend (6mo) Bullish Linear-regression slope is up (+3.7% over the period).
- Price vs 50-day SMA Bullish Price is above the 50-day SMA ($186.05).
- RSI (14) Bearish RSI 47 — below 50, momentum fading.
- MACD (12,26,9) Bearish Histogram negative (-1.513) — fast line below signal.
- Bollinger %B Bearish Price in the lower half of the bands (%B 0.48).
- Volume profile Neutral Volume balanced between up and down days.
- A/D line Bullish A/D line slope is rising — institutions accumulating.
- AVWAP Bullish Price above anchored VWAP ($183.86).
Generated from 125 daily closes in the scraped 6-month OHLCV series (quote data 2026-08-07T14:01:50.670021678Z). 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.