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Northrop Grumman stock drops 5.9% as the MACD histogram breaks a 7-week climb

Northrop Grumman weekly technical analysis: after a positive confirmation week, the stock drops 5.9% as sellers take back control. The buy signal holds, still waiting for its decisive breakout.

Northrop Grumman stock drops 5.9% as the MACD histogram breaks a 7-week climb
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Northrop Grumman stock drops 5.9% as the MACD histogram breaks a 7-week climb

August 21, 2026

Our view last week

Northrop Grumman closes its confirmation week up 2.5%, with buyers controlling 95.9% of daily volume and the MACD just crossing bullish. Northrop Grumman stock is still below its 7-session high, in the 586 area: the breakout hasn't happened yet. A sequence of higher lows on the daily chart, from the 479 area toward the 570 area, keeps the uptrend structure intact. Weekly technical analysis: the buy signal that fired a week ago holds.

This week's summary

Northrop Grumman stock drops 5.9%, snapping a 7-week run in which the MACD histogram had climbed without a pause: this week it turned lower, and sellers took back control of the trading after 2 weeks of buyer dominance. Last week's confirmation had closed up 2.5%; the weekly technical picture still leans bullish but now carries three active warnings, while the stock keeps working below its 50-week moving average. The breakout that would open the way higher hasn't fired yet.
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IQS Phase
40
ordinary
Signal Strength
66
medium
Sizing
STANDARD
Ranking
#38 / 167
US stocks in progress
Trade P&L %
-3.60%
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Chart · Weekly — EMA50 · MACD · VWAP

Weekly chart · EMA50 · MACD · VWAP · Source: TradingView
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Rank position

ranks 38th among the 167 Longs already running for US stocks in our ranking, with a signal strength of 66 out of 100.

Sector context

SectorIndustrial
Benchmark ETFXLI
Sector regimeweak phase
Performanceweekly -3.36% · monthly +0.78%

NOC belongs to the industrial sector (reference ETF XLI). The sector is classified weak phase according to our weekly reading.

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