Alumina (AWC)

Alumina (AWC.AX)

Indicator:

% PRICE OSCILLATOR

BEARISH

Alumina (ASX:AWC) currently has negative PPO -3.215%. This means the current price is losing momentum through a fall on the short term exponential moving average.

Indicator can be used in isolation or in additional to another technical indicator to confirmation for trading entry. This indicator has the ability to detect the speed of movement & give an early signal for a potential movement. By understanding the rate at which the price is moving in respect to the stocks historical trades, enables positions to be set in place based on changes in the speed of movement

The Percentage Price Oscillator (PPO) is a momentum oscillator that measures the difference between two moving averages as a percentage of the larger moving average.

Calculation: Percentage Price Oscillator (PPO):
1) PPO Line: {(12-day EMA - 26-day EMA)/26-day EMA} x 100;
2) Signal Line: 9-day EMA of PPO;
3) Histogram: PPO - Signal Line;

PROFILE: Alumina (AWC.AX)

Stock Exchange: ASX
Company: Alumina
Ticker Codes: | AWC.AX | ASX:AWC |

Alumina Limited, through its 40% interest in Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals, engages in bauxite mining, alumina refining, and aluminum smelting businesses. The company has a network of bauxite mines and alumina refineries in Australia, the United States, Guinea, Brazil, and Spain, as well as an interest in a smelter in Victoria Australia; and a bauxite mine and alumina refinery in Saudi Arabia. It also provides shipping services through owned and chartered vessels that transport dry and liquid bulk cargoes, including bauxite, alumina, caustic soda, fuel oil, petroleum, coke, and limestone. The company was formerly known as WMC Limited and changed its name to Alumina Limited in December 2002 as part of the demerger of the WMC Group. Alumina Limited was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Southbank, Australia.