Merck & Co. Inc.

Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK) — Uptrend in force

Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK) is trading at $128.37, -1.42 (-1.09%) on the session. Over the last 125 sessions the trend is up with a +9.1% move. Price is -2.6% from its 6-month high and +17.6% from its 6-month low. Annualised volatility (30-day) is ~26%.

Trend Strong uptrend in force

Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK) is trading at $128.37. Over the last 125 sessions the trend is **up** with a +9.1% move.

Price is -2.6% from the 6-month high and +17.6% from the low. Annualised volatility (30-day) is ~26%.

Price is on the 15-day MA ($128.90) and above the 50-day SMA ($123.85).

Bollinger Bands Inside the bands — range-bound

Bollinger Bands (20, 2): price is at $128.37, upper $133.42, middle $127.85, lower $122.28. Price is inside the bands — range-bound.

Bandwidth is 8.7% of price — moderate. Width contraction often precedes a directional breakout; expansion confirms one underway.

RSI (14) Healthy pullback

RSI(14) is 59.9. Above 50 — bullish momentum intact, no exhaustion.

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 $1.37, signal $1.79, histogram -0.420.

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 0.88) 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 Above anchored VWAP — period buyers in profit

Price ($128.37) is +7.2% above the anchored VWAP ($119.70). 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 / 3 support levels

Current price $128.37. Resistance above: $128.42, $129.99, $131.47. Support below: $127.85, $126.22, $124.10.

Watch $128.42 as the first upside level to clear, and $127.85 as the first downside level to hold. A clean break of either often determines the next leg.

Signal breakdown

• Trend (6mo) Bullish Linear-regression slope is up (+9.1% over the period).
• Price vs 50-day SMA Bullish Price is above the 50-day SMA ($123.85).
• RSI (14) Bullish RSI 60 — holding above 50, momentum intact.
• MACD (12,26,9) Bearish Histogram negative (-0.420) — fast line below signal.
• Bollinger %B Bullish Price in the upper half of the bands (%B 0.55).
• Volume profile Neutral Volume balanced between up and down days.
• A/D line Bearish A/D line slope is falling — distribution pressure.
• AVWAP Bullish Price above anchored VWAP ($119.70).

Generated from 125 daily closes in the scraped 6-month OHLCV series (quote data 2026-08-07T13:16:28.894072502Z). 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.