Sell signal · week 5
Northrop Grumman drops 6.4% to a fresh 30-week low as money flow sinks
Our view last week
Northrop Grumman closed the week down 3.2% and slipped below its 200-week average, the level that was still holding it up seven days ago. The price action is blunt: sellers dominated the weekly bar to an extreme, with buying below 25% of volume. For Northrop Grumman stock the Sell signal picks up pace again, a decline starting to make lower lows. Our technical analysis still calls for caution: it stays among the stocks to watch, but a fresh short remains high-risk.
This week's summary
Northrop Grumman lost 6.4% and printed a fresh 30-week low in the 470 area, with a weekly close that confirms the break. A week ago the stock had slipped below its 200-week average; now the price action is picking up speed: money flow has worsened sharply and the weekly RSI is down at 35. For Northrop Grumman stock, technical analysis shows a Sell signal gathering pace among industrial stocks, with earnings approaching on October 20.
IQS Phase
64
ordinary
Signal Strength
69
downtrend making lower lows, pace holding
Sizing
STANDARD
Ranking
#20 / 175
US stocks
Trade P&L %
+7.18%
from signal to date, no stop loss
Northrop Grumman (NOC) weekly chart — EMA50 · MACD · VWAP
Weekly chart · EMA50 · MACD · VWAP · Source: TradingView
Rank position
ranks 20th among the 175 sell signals for US stocks in our ranking, with a signal strength of 69 out of 100.
Sector context
SectorIndustrial
Benchmark ETFXLI
Sector regimeweak phase
Performanceweekly -0.28% · monthly -1.64%
NOC belongs to the industrial sector (reference ETF XLI). The sector is classified weak phase according to our weekly reading.
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