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META

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Technical StanceSELLTurned Sell
This Edition
Pre-Market08:45 NY
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Midday12:45 NY
The View in Brief

Meta closed below its 100-day at 630.88 as well; with the 200 and 100-day both lost, the view turns to SELL.

Last Price
$625.21− 0.85%
At Analysis: $626.04
Plan Reading

Stance SELL: bounces toward $632.45 are watched for selling; a break of $623.01 extends the decline.

What Does SELL Mean?
Trend
Down
Below the 50 and 200-Day
Momentum
Weak
RSI 34 · MACD Below Signal
Volume
Heavy
1.6× the Average
Sell on Bounce
632.45, 642.90, $664.63
Distance From Price + 1.2%
Nearest Support
$623.01
Distance From Price − 0.4%

Company Analysis

Technical Focus · Tool: Claude

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Claude writes a second opinion independent of the site's own analysis; while the market is open it reads the live price.

Price Map

LevelPriceDistance From Price
  1. Sell Level 3$664.63+ 6.3%
  2. Sell Level 2$642.90+ 2.8%
  3. Sell Level 1$632.45+ 1.2%
  4. Resistance$628.28+ 0.5%
  5. Last Price$625.21
  6. Support$623.01− 0.4%
  7. Support$615.46− 1.6%
  8. Support$594.81− 4.9%
  9. Support$577.07− 7.7%

Levels run from highest to lowest price. Bars show distance from the current price on a shared scale; row spacing does not represent price distance.

Assessment

Meta is now below all four averages; the 50-day at 664.63 is 5.5% above. The 20-day at 713.40 sits 12% higher. RSI is 34, and MACD has been on the sell side for 16 sessions. The golden cross from 14 sessions ago loses meaning as both long averages give way. The broken 630.88 and 632.45 now act as resistance; bounces into that band read as selling chances.

Reading the Volume

Last session traded 31M shares, 1.59 times the average; participation jumped on the day the averages were lost.

Scenarios

Scenarios on the Price Axis

Levels come from the scenario text; only figures that match a recorded level are drawn. Distances are measured from the price above the rail.

Bull Case

A close above the 200-day at 632.45 would void the SELL reading and bring the 642.90 R1 into play. That needs the last session's heavy volume to swing to the buy side.

Bear Case

A break of the 623.01 S1 and the 615.46 S2 targets the 594.81 low. The 577.07 low lies beneath; no stop is set under a SELL view.

Behind the Levels

Where to Sell
632.45 is the 200-day, 642.90 the R1, 664.63 the 50-day; levels to sell into on bounces.

What Does SELL Mean?

Full Guide

The trend is down: price is below its 50 and 200-day averages. With no buying plan there is no entry zone or stop; the listed levels are the resistances where a rally could stall.

If You Don't Own It
No new purchase, and this is not a call to short. Buying waits for the view to turn to HOLD or BUY, that is, for price to reclaim the averages.
If You Own It
It does not mean “sell everything now”. The plan sees rallies into resistance as a chance to reduce the position. If support breaks, the decline continues; waiting for a rally then adds risk.
All at Once or in Steps?
Exiting can be staged too: part at the first resistance, the rest at the next. How much to sell depends on your cost, the weight in your portfolio and your tax position; the screen cannot know those.
The Other Views
  • BUYTrend up; entry zone, stop and targets defined.
  • HOLDMixed picture or price far from the zone; waiting for confirmation.

Why the View Rarely Changes. The view is reviewed in every edition but changes only on a concrete trigger: a moving average breaking, price closing under the stop, or the entry zone being rebuilt. Indicators come from daily closes; the plan is written for readers of the daily chart, not for intraday trading.

Indicators

Indicators are calculated as of the Oct 26 close; prices are delayed 15 minutes.
Trend
Down
Below the 50 and 200-Day
Momentum
Weak
RSI 34 · MACD Below Signal
Volume
Heavy
1.6× the Average
52-Week Position
19.8% Below the High
Low $520.26 · High $779.82

Moving Averages

Golden Cross · 14 Sessions Ago

The average close of the last 20, 50, 100 and 200 sessions. Above the average, buyers led that stretch; below it, sellers did.

20-Day
$713.40− 12.4%
50-Day
$664.63− 5.9%
100-Day
$630.88− 0.9%
200-Day
$632.45− 1.1%

The percentage is the current price's distance from each average; the ladder measures from price to level.

RSI (14)

Neutral Zone

Measures how fast price has risen on a scale of 0 to 100. Above 70 means a fast run up, below 30 a fast drop; on its own it is not a buy or sell signal.

33.6/ 100

Oversold0–30Neutral Zone30–70Overbought70–100

MACD (12, 26, 9)

Below Signal

Tracks the gap between two moving averages. When MACD sits above its signal line the move is speeding up; below it, slowing down.

MACD
-7.12
Signal
8.41
Histogram
-15.53

Right of zero is positive; left is negative. The histogram is the difference between MACD and its signal.

Crossed 16 Sessions Ago

Volume

1.6×

How many shares changed hands that session. Above average means real interest behind the move; below it, a thin move.

Last Session
31.0 M
20-Day Average
19.5 M

Versus Average

Daily Range (ATR 14)

How much the price swings in an average day. A stop inside that swing gets hit on an ordinary day.

$25.63Share of Price 4.1%

52-Week Range

19.8% Below the High

The lowest and highest price of the past year; the marker shows where today's price sits in that band.

Low $520.26High $779.82

Pivot Levels

Reference prices from the previous session's high, low and close. P is the balance point: above it is the buyers' side, below it the sellers'. R levels are resistance candidates, S levels support.

R2Resistance 2
$655.24+ 4.8%
R1Resistance 1
$642.90+ 2.8%
PPivot
$635.35+ 1.6%
S1Support 1
$623.01− 0.4%
S2Support 2
$615.46− 1.6%

What to Watch

  • 200-day at 632.45: a close above it is the first threshold that would challenge the SELL view.
  • 594.81 low: a drop below it brings the 577.07 low into view.

Stance History

DateEditionStanceEntry ZoneStopPlan Drift594.00 – $700.15
Oct 27Pre-MarketSELLTurned Sell––
Oct 26Pre-Market – Late Session3 EditionsHOLD626.54 – $634.58$594.00
Oct 23Pre-Market – Late Session3 EditionsHOLD630.36 – $632.56$594.00
Oct 22Midday – Late Session2 EditionsHOLD629.87 – $632.62$594.00
Oct 22Pre-MarketHOLD$661.46$629.00
Oct 21Midday – Late Session2 EditionsHOLD690.60 – $700.15$657.00

Editions that stayed the same within a day share one row. The bar shows the entry zone and the stop (red tick) on a common scale between the lowest and highest level in the table.

Moving averages, RSI, MACD, volume and pivot levels are calculated from the site's own daily price data. The stance, levels and scenarios are written on top of those indicators by Claude.

The stance and levels here are a reading of technical indicators. Not Investment Advice; do your own research before deciding.

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