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NPD - time for a new perscription? rated as bearish

Tech Rating: -2.25
If you add short term GURU exponential moving average crossing under the GURU mid term, price under short term plus a sell indication from GURU CCI and stochastics that continue to fall in an environment where the stock is NOT oversold = sell. 

Price and moving averages:
NPD(China Nepstar Drugstore) has closed below its short term moving average.
Short term moving average is currently below mid term, and below long term moving averages, however, Mid term moving average is currently above long term
The relationship between price and moving averages is: bearish in short term, and neutral to cautionary in mid-long term.  

Bollinger Bands:
NPD(China Nepstar Drugstore) has closed above bottom band by 28.7%.

Bollinger Bands are 58.3% narrower than normal.

The narrow width of the bands suggests low volatility as compared to NPD(China Nepstar Drugstore)'s normal range.  Therefore, the probability of volatility increasing with a sharp price move has increased for the near-term. The bands have been in this narrow range for 33 bars. The probability of a significant price move increases the longer the bands remain in this narrow range.

CCI is now in negative range at -79.48

MACD
Crossovers:
Currently MACD is bearish since it is trading below its signal line.
MACD crossed below its signal line 10 period(s) ago.
Since MACD crossed its moving average, NPD's price has decreased -2.54%
  and has ranged from a high of  2.430 to a low of  2.260

Overbought/Oversold: MACD is not in an Overbought/Oversold range.
Divergence: There have been no divergence signals within the last 5 periods. 

Tech ratings are 3 to -3 indicating bullish to bearish; a zero is neutral to cautionary.

This commentary is not a recommendation to buy or sell. Use at your own risk.

Disclosure: the firm does not currently hold a position in this stock and has no plans to create a long or short position over the next 5 business days.

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