PPL (PPL) — Downtrend in force
PPL (PPL) is trading at $34.97, -0.24 (-0.68%) on the session. Over the last 125 sessions the trend is down with a -2.0% move. Price is -12.2% from its 6-month high and +1.3% from its 6-month low. Annualised volatility (30-day) is ~20%.
Probability scenarios
Bearish bias — 0 bullish, 7 bearish, 1 neutral of 8 signals.
Trend Downtrend in force
PPL (PPL) is trading at $34.97. Over the last 125 sessions the trend is **down** with a -2.0% move.
Price is -12.2% from the 6-month high and +1.3% from the low. Annualised volatility (30-day) is ~20%.
Price is below the 15-day MA ($35.54, -1.6%) and below the 50-day SMA ($35.78).
Bollinger Bands Near the lower band — weakness
Bollinger Bands (20, 2): price is at $34.97, upper $36.68, middle $35.66, lower $34.65. Price is near the lower band — weakness.
Bandwidth is 5.7% 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 40.6. 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 $-0.30, signal $-0.18, histogram -0.114.
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 Below anchored VWAP — period buyers underwater
Price ($34.97) is -5.2% below the anchored VWAP ($36.88). 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 / 1 support levels
Current price $34.97. Resistance above: $35.42, $35.84, $36.38. Support below: $34.65.
Watch $35.42 as the first upside level to clear, and $34.65 as the first downside level to hold. A clean break of either often determines the next leg.
Resistance
$35.42
Resistance
$35.84
Resistance
$36.38
Support
$34.65
Signal breakdown
- Trend (6mo) Bearish Linear-regression slope is down (-2.0% over the period).
- Price vs 50-day SMA Bearish Price is below the 50-day SMA ($35.78).
- RSI (14) Bearish RSI 41 — below 50, momentum fading.
- MACD (12,26,9) Bearish Histogram negative (-0.114) — fast line below signal.
- Bollinger %B Bearish Price in the lower half of the bands (%B 0.16).
- 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 ($36.88).
Generated from 125 daily closes in the scraped 6-month OHLCV series (quote data 2026-08-07T14:02:37.028474062Z). 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.