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Selling Pressue in OBV for Apple

Arthur Hill

Arthur Hill

Chief Technical Strategist, TrendInvestorPro.com

The Apple chart shows signs of increased selling pressure with a steady decline in On Balance Volume (OBV) the last 2-3 months. OBV peaked in mid April, formed a lower high in late June and moved to new lows in July. With Apple (AAPL) hitting a new high in late June, a large bearish divergence is taking shape in OBV. Also notice the volume on down days is consistently higher than volume on up days.

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Arthur Hill
About the author: , CMT, is the Chief Technical Strategist at TrendInvestorPro.com. Focusing predominantly on US equities and ETFs, his systematic approach of identifying trend, finding signals within the trend, and setting key price levels has made him an esteemed market technician. Arthur has written articles for numerous financial publications including Barrons and Stocks & Commodities Magazine. In addition to his Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation, he holds an MBA from the Cass Business School at City University in London. Learn More