Gilead Sciences Inc.

NASDAQ: GILD

144.64
-6.64 (0.70%)

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)
GILD 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 2026-10-06T15:32:36.911168619Z

article Analysis

Gilead Sciences Inc. (GILD) — Range-bound

Gilead Sciences Inc. (GILD) is trading at $144.64, -6.64 (0.7%) on the session. Over the last 128 sessions the trend is flat with a +3.2% move. Price is -5.3% from its 6-month high and +19.1% from its 6-month low. Annualised volatility (30-day) is ~20%.

Probability scenarios

Bullish
30%
Neutral
35%
Bearish
35%

Bearish bias — 2 bullish, 3 bearish, 3 neutral of 8 signals.

Timeframe ratings

Long-term
★★★★★ Bullish
Intermediate
★★★★★ Bearish
Short-term
★★★★★ Bearish

Trend Range-bound / consolidating

Gilead Sciences Inc. (GILD) is trading at $144.64. Over the last 128 sessions the trend is **flat** with a +3.2% move.

Price is -5.3% from the 6-month high and +19.1% from the low. Annualised volatility (30-day) is ~20%.

Price is below the 15-day MA ($149.20, -3.1%) and above the 50-day SMA ($143.78).

Bollinger Bands Near the lower band — weakness

Bollinger Bands (20, 2): price is at $144.64, upper $153.99, middle $148.24, lower $142.49. Price is near the lower band — weakness.

Bandwidth is 7.8% of price — moderate. Width contraction often precedes a directional breakout; expansion confirms one underway.

RSI (14) Below 50

RSI(14) is 36.7. 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 $0.49, signal $1.59, histogram -1.095.

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 0.82) 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 well 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 ($144.64) is +7.0% above the anchored VWAP ($135.16). 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 $144.64. Resistance above: $145.91, $148.97, $151.00. Support below: $144.30, $142.49.

Watch $145.91 as the first upside level to clear, and $144.30 as the first downside level to hold. A clean break of either often determines the next leg.

Resistance $145.91
Resistance $148.97
Resistance $151.00
Support $144.30
Support $142.49

Signal breakdown

  • Trend (6mo) Neutral Slope is near-flat — range-bound price action.
  • Price vs 50-day SMA Bullish Price is above the 50-day SMA ($143.78).
  • RSI (14) Bearish RSI 37 — below 50, momentum fading.
  • MACD (12,26,9) Bearish Histogram negative (-1.095) — fast line below signal.
  • Bollinger %B Bearish Price in the lower half of the bands (%B 0.19).
  • 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 ($135.16).

Generated from 128 daily closes in the scraped 6-month OHLCV series (quote data 2026-10-06T15:32:36.911168619Z). 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.