CTAS (CTAS) — Range-bound
CTAS (CTAS) is trading at $196.62, -1.12 (62.4%) on the session. Over the last 128 sessions the trend is flat with a +14.5% move. Price is -9.2% from its 6-month high and +20.2% from its 6-month low. Annualised volatility (30-day) is ~19%.
Probability scenarios
Bearish bias — 1 bullish, 4 bearish, 3 neutral of 8 signals.
Trend Range-bound / consolidating
CTAS (CTAS) is trading at $196.62. Over the last 128 sessions the trend is **flat** with a +14.5% move.
Price is -9.2% from the 6-month high and +20.2% from the low. Annualised volatility (30-day) is ~19%.
Price is on the 15-day MA ($196.95) and below the 50-day SMA ($201.19).
Bollinger Bands Inside the bands — range-bound
Bollinger Bands (20, 2): price is at $196.62, upper $202.65, middle $197.70, lower $192.75. Price is inside the bands — range-bound.
Bandwidth is 5.0% of price — contracted (low volatility, breakout pending). 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 $-1.28, signal $-1.06, histogram -0.220.
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 0.93) 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 on hold
The A/D line slope is flat and the line is off highs — institutions are neither aggressively accumulating nor distributing.
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 ($196.62) is +5.3% above the anchored VWAP ($186.68). 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 3 resistance / 2 support levels
Current price $196.62. Resistance above: $198.25, $200.61, $202.65. Support below: $196.00, $191.09.
Watch $198.25 as the first upside level to clear, and $196.00 as the first downside level to hold. A clean break of either often determines the next leg.
Resistance
$198.25
Resistance
$200.61
Resistance
$202.65
Support
$196.00
Support
$191.09
Signal breakdown
- Trend (6mo) Neutral Slope is near-flat — range-bound price action.
- Price vs 50-day SMA Bearish Price is below the 50-day SMA ($201.19).
- RSI (14) Bearish RSI 47 — below 50, momentum fading.
- MACD (12,26,9) Bearish Histogram negative (-0.220) — fast line below signal.
- Bollinger %B Bearish Price in the lower half of the bands (%B 0.39).
- Volume profile Neutral Volume balanced between up and down days.
- A/D line Neutral A/D line slope is flat.
- AVWAP Bullish Price above anchored VWAP ($186.68).
Generated from 128 daily closes in the scraped 6-month OHLCV series (quote data 2026-10-06T15:32:17.183659272Z). 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.