Qualcomm Inc.

NASDAQ: QCOM

181.17
-2.93 (21.00%)

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)
QCOM 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 2026-10-06T15:33:20.470897132Z

article Analysis

Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) — Range-bound

Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) is trading at $181.17, -2.93 (21.0%) on the session. Over the last 128 sessions the trend is flat with a +44.1% move. Price is -27.8% from its 6-month high and +46.0% from its 6-month low. Annualised volatility (30-day) is ~49%.

Probability scenarios

Bullish
20%
Neutral
30%
Bearish
50%

Bearish bias — 1 bullish, 5 bearish, 2 neutral of 8 signals.

Timeframe ratings

Long-term
★★★★★ Neutral
Intermediate
★★★★★ Bearish
Short-term
★★★★★ Bearish

Trend Range-bound / consolidating

Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) is trading at $181.17. Over the last 128 sessions the trend is **flat** with a +44.1% move.

Price is -27.8% from the 6-month high and +46.0% from the low. Annualised volatility (30-day) is ~49%.

Price is below the 15-day MA ($188.12, -3.7%) and above the 50-day SMA ($171.95).

Bollinger Bands Inside the bands — range-bound

Bollinger Bands (20, 2): price is at $181.17, upper $200.74, middle $186.25, lower $171.76. Price is inside the bands — range-bound.

Bandwidth is 15.6% of price — expanded (high volatility). Width contraction often precedes a directional breakout; expansion confirms one underway.

RSI (14) Below 50

RSI(14) is 44.9. 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 $2.76, signal $4.54, histogram -1.776.

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 0.99) 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 ($181.17) is -4.0% below the anchored VWAP ($188.76). 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 / 3 support levels

Current price $181.17. Resistance above: $181.71, $188.95, $196.77. Support below: $175.97, $170.51, $163.18.

Watch $181.71 as the first upside level to clear, and $175.97 as the first downside level to hold. A clean break of either often determines the next leg.

Resistance $181.71
Resistance $188.95
Resistance $196.77
Support $175.97
Support $170.51
Support $163.18

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 ($171.95).
  • RSI (14) Bearish RSI 45 — below 50, momentum fading.
  • MACD (12,26,9) Bearish Histogram negative (-1.776) — fast line below signal.
  • Bollinger %B Bearish Price in the lower half of the bands (%B 0.32).
  • 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 ($188.76).

Generated from 128 daily closes in the scraped 6-month OHLCV series (quote data 2026-10-06T15:33:20.470897132Z). 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.