Technical Analysis for DFS - Discover Financial Services

Grade Last Price % Change Price Change
grade D 66.07 2.37% 1.53
DFS closed up 0.28 percent on Thursday, January 17, 2019, on 83 percent of normal volume. It ran into resistance at its 50 day moving average. Note that the stock is in overbought territory based on its Slow Stochastic indicator (14, 3, 3) -- sideways movement or a pullback should not be unexpected.

Earnings due: Jan 24

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Trend Table & Recent Signals
ADX Long-Term Intermediate-Term Short-Term
Weak or Absent Down Up Up
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Date Alert Name Type % Chg
Jan 17 50 DMA Resistance Bearish 2.37%
Jan 17 Non-ADX 1,2,3,4 Bearish Bearish Swing Setup 2.37%
Jan 17 Weak + Overbought Other 2.37%
Jan 17 Overbought Stochastic Strength 2.37%
Jan 16 Stochastic Sell Signal Bearish 2.66%
Jan 16 Non-ADX 1,2,3,4 Bearish Bearish Swing Setup 2.66%
Jan 16 Pocket Pivot Bullish Swing Setup 2.66%
Jan 16 Overbought Stochastic Strength 2.66%
Jan 15 Non-ADX 1,2,3,4 Bearish Bearish Swing Setup 4.97%
Jan 15 NR7 Range Contraction 4.97%

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Discover Financial Services, a bank holding company, provides direct banking and payment services in the United States. It operates in two segments, Direct Banking and Payment Services. The Direct Banking segment offers Discover card-branded credit cards to individuals and small businesses on the Discover Network. This segment also provides other consumer banking products and services, including private student loans, personal loans, home loans, and prepaid cards; and other consumer lending and deposit products, such as certificates of deposit, money market accounts, online savings accounts, and individual retirement account certificates of deposit. The Payment Services segment operates PULSE, an automated teller machine, debit, and electronic funds transfer network; and Diners Club, a global payments network, as well as a network partners business, which includes credit, debit, and prepaid cards issued on the Discover Network by third parties. Discover Financial Services has a strategic alliance Network International LLC that will allow acceptance of Mercury Network Cards on Discover, Diners Club International, and PULSE networks for international purchases and cash access outside of the United Arab Emirates. The company was incorporated in 1960 and is based in Riverwoods, Illinois.
Is DFS a Buy, Sell or Hold?
Indicator Bull Case Neutral / Hold Bear Case
50 DMA
200 DMA
ADX Trend
Oversold / Overbought
Relative Strength
Summary: Counts: 0 bullish, 3 bearish and 2 neutral indicators. You may wish to incorporate that into your trading strategies.
Recent News
Date Title
Jan 18 Discover Financial, Nets Pair Up to Boost Payment Solutions
Jan 17 Discover (DFS) Earnings Expected to Grow: What to Know Ahead of Next Week's Release
Jan 16 Discover to Increase Acceptance in the Nordics Through Agreement with Nets
Jan 15 Discover Recognized as a 2019 Digital Edge 50 Winner for Customer Service Strategy
Jan 15 Discover Financial, 3C Payment Ink Deal to Boost Business
Jan 13 Why I Like Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS)
Jan 10 3C Payment Works with Discover to Expand Card Acceptance Across Europe and the Middle East
Jan 9 Oceanpayment Merchants Will Be Able to Accept Discover Global Network Cards
Jan 9 Why Disney Is Spending $25 Million per Year on Staff Education
Jan 8 Discover Card makes the marketing leap into movies
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Indicators
Indicator Value
52 Week High 81.5699
52 Week Low 54.36
Average Volume 2,312,720
200-Day Moving Average 71.9541
50-Day Moving Average 64.9128
20-Day Moving Average 60.318
10-Day Moving Average 62.637
Average True Range 1.7081
ADX 24.37
+DI 27.6135
-DI 15.0278
Chandelier Exit (Long, 3 ATRs ) 60.05570000000001
Chandelier Exit (Short, 3 ATRs ) 59.4843
Upper Bollinger Band 65.5078
Lower Bollinger Band 55.1282
Percent B (%b) 0.91
BandWidth 17.20813
MACD Line -0.0893
MACD Signal Line -0.987
MACD Histogram 0.8977
Fundamentals Value
Market Cap 24.04 Billion
Num Shares 372 Million
EPS 5.80
Price-to-Earnings (P/E) Ratio 11.13
Price-to-Sales 3.46
Price-to-Book 2.34
PEG Ratio 1.45
Dividend 1.40
Dividend Yield 2.17%
Pivot Point Level Traditional / Classic Fibonacci Demark Woodie Camarilla
Resistance 4 (R4) 66.79
Resistance 3 (R3) 66.75 65.97 66.42
Resistance 2 (R2) 65.97 65.39 65.99 66.29
Resistance 1 (R1) 65.25 65.04 65.61 65.29 66.16
Pivot Point 64.47 64.47 64.65 64.49 64.47
Support 1 (S1) 63.75 63.89 64.11 63.79 62.92
Support 2 (S2) 62.97 63.54 62.99 62.79
Support 3 (S3) 62.25 62.97 62.67
Support 4 (S4) 62.29