DHR - Which way is it going?Danaher corporation NYSE:DHR is looking like it wants to break out but it has been caught between the 8 and 21 EMA for about 5 days. We know that price does not stay in a consolidated area forever, but can take its sweet time before it decides to move. Currently, the price for DHR is $225 per share, which is between the upper and lower Bollinger bands. The upper Bollinger band is near $233 while the lower Bollinger band is near $217. The question remains...which way will it go?
Backing out to a weekly timeframe, DHR has been in an uptrend and is pulling back to the 8 EMA on the weekly chart. It has seen good support from pullbacks to this area in the past...however as always, past performance does not indicate future results. We simply use the past to get an idea of what could happen and where to set our stops in case it doesn't play out as expected.
So based on the weekly chart, we are seeing a strong uptrend showing a pullback, and on the daily chart pictured above, we see that price is consolidating to break out. My guess is that the stock will try to push higher and will try to break above the upper Bollinger band as we head towards the New Year.
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