MCD chart analysis today
MCD is 53 days into a downtrend, pulling back inside a bull flag after the weekly downtrend broke. The pullback is on light volume. $258.87 ends the flag, $272.64 resumes the rise.
McDonald's · daily · last close $261.11 · read computed from candles through 2026-09-01. No AI, no signal, no target.
The two prices that decide it
- Above
- $272.64 · the bull flag
- Below
- $258.87 · the bull flag
- Formation state
- Still forming.
- Trend
- lower highs and lower lows over the window, 3 steps across 53 bars, still intact
- Agreement
- Structure 2 of 4 (mixed) · indicators 0 of 3 (low)
Levels and what happened there
- Resistance $264.83
- Resistance $287.10
- Support $260.52
- The last eight times price reached $264.83 it held 7 times, bouncing 4.9% on average, and broke through once.
- The last seven times price reached $287.10 it held 6 times, bouncing 6.2% on average, and broke through once.
- The last three times price reached $260.52 it held once, bouncing 2.1%.
- Bigger picture Weekly downtrend broken, daily pulling back. weekly — the downtrend broke, nearest support $246.33, falling wedge at $271.40. Warning: the weekly downtrend broke 3 weeks ago, so the bigger chart is no longer backing a fall.
- 52 weeks At its 52-week low of $259.85, 24% below the 52-week high of $341.75.
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