Cisco Systems Gaps Below Key Technical Levels Plus Its 50-Day Simple Moving Average. Here’s How To Trade This Stock Now.

Cisco Systems

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Inc (CSCO) gapped below its 50-day simple moving average at $50.00 on Thursday and is now also well below its quarterly and monthly pivots at $50.82 and $50.00. Its nearest support is its 200-day simple moving average at $46.51.

Earlier this month the network equipment company announced that it is pulling out of Russia and in the process destroyed $23.42 million worth of equipment and furniture.

Cisco has a p/e ratio of 16.49% with a dividend yield of 3.05%, according to Macrotrends. The stock has an excellent history of beating earnings-per-share estimates. Its latest beat was on February 15. This followed 21 consecutive quarters of beating EPS estimates.

The Daily Chart for Cisco Systems

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The daily chart for Cisco goes back two years. The stock was on-the-rise in 2021 and peaked at $64.28 on December 29, 2021. The stock first failed to hold its 50-day and 200-day simple moving averages at $55.33 and $56.46 on April 5, 2022. This led to the decline to $38.61 on October 13, 2022.

The rally from this low was significant with a secondary high of $52.56 on April 3, 2023, up 36%. This high was above the 50-day and 200-day simple moving averages. From this high to Thursday’s low of $47.99 is 8.6% so far.

The 50-day SMA is now $50.00 with the 200-day SMA at $46.51. The horizontal lines at the center of the chart are the monthly and quarterly pivots at $50.00 and $50.82. The lower horizontal line is the semiannual value level at $42.58.

The Weekly Chart for Cisco Systems

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The weekly chart for Cisco Systems will be downgraded to negative on a close this week below its five-week modified moving average at $49.76. The stock is just below its 200-week simple moving average or ‘reversion to the mean’ at $48.52. The 12x3x3 weekly slow stochastic reading is projected to decline to 71.02 this week, which is negative. The stochastic reading ranges between 00.00 and 100.00 where a reading above 80.00 is overbought and a reading below 20.00 is oversold.

Trading Strategy: Buy shares of Cisco Systems on weakness to its semiannual value level at $42.58 Reduce holdings on strength to its quarterly pivot at $50.82.