June 26 Chart of the Day - Whirlpool

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Whirlpool (WHR) is in the headlines today as published reports indicate that German engineering group Robert Bosch has been talking to potential advisers about the possibility of making an offer for Whirlpool.

Whirlpool has a market capitalization of about $4.8 billion, one of the sources said, requesting anonymity as the discussions are confidential.  The sources said it was not certain that an offer would be made and asked not to be identified because the matter is confidential.

Given the speculative nature of this news we wanted to review their chart from a price action technical analysis perspective.

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Monthly Chart 

On the monthly chart we've used one of the most basic price action tools and that is trend.  Often times it is thought that charts need all types of studies, indicators, or "secrets" to identify levels of interest.  Clearly we can see that's simply not the case here.

After setting its $257.68 all time high (ATH) back in spring 2022 price fell dramatically over the next few years melting through many potential support levels.

The bulls recently stepped in around the $85 level pushing price back up towards the $100 area however price has yet to make a higher low and higher high since ATHs.

Weekly Chart

 
On the weekly chart we can see with much more clarity the dramatic fall from ATHs and where price briefly shot up over $250 then reversed starting a downward cycle.

Trading at $98.50 earlier today price has yet to test the lower long term monthly trend line so is this just another lower high? 

Price is sitting just under some overhead resistance seemingly with a potential decision to make.  Could this be the time that price breaks out and above to break the long down trend or will price fade back to the downside again?

Only time will tell for sure what price will do next...

We've layered in traditional support/resistance levels as well as an additional trend line to help identify potential price levels of interest and/or future price targets.

Armed with precision oriented charts like these both traders and investors can formulate their respective plans.

So what's next?