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Trend Edge Setup Score
Trend Edge rates MED Bearish with a Setup Score of 54, net conviction 42, actionability 70. How the Setup Score works →
Total Setup Score
54
Directional Bias
Bearish
Net Conviction
42
Actionability
70 (in range)
Key signals behind this score
40wk Downtrend — falling+below (sma 11.33 vs px 10.72)
Fresh Breakdown — 40wk recapture 4w
80wk Downtrend — falling+below (sma 12.70 vs px 10.72)
200wk Downtrend — falling+below (sma 44.92 vs px 10.72)
Funds Distributing — momZ +0.25 · 1.27→1.28
Short Attack — velZ +1.43 · age 59w×0.65 · 27.98%
Seasonal Headwind — august med -9.1% (mag 3/3) · posClose 37.50% (rel 1/3) · n32 ×0.75 = 7.7
About MEDIFAST INC
Medifast, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a health and wellness company that provides habit-based and coach-guided lifestyle solutions for weight loss in the United States. The company offers weight loss, weight management, and healthy living products comprising bars, cereals, snack straws, hot chocolate, hearty choices, oatmeal, pancakes, puddings, soft serves, shakes, smoothies, soft bakes, soups, amino acid blends, whey protein, ho… Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Industry: Personal Services
Exchange: NYSE
IPO Date: December 31, 1993
Headquarters: 1501 S. Clinton Street, Baltimore, MD, United States, 21224
Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.
Timeframe
SMA
Value
Trend Context
Weekly
10-Week SMA
$11.74
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$11.33
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$12.70
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$44.92
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$11.06
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$12.72
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$32.16
Secular monthly trend
Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance
Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume
creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative
volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.
Trend Edge's AI Consult feature delivers a comprehensive, multi-layer trade plan for MEDIFAST INC
(MED) powered by Claude Opus — Anthropic's most capable AI model.
The analysis covers five layers:
technical analysis (near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular trend, momentum,
volume shelf support and resistance, breakout and breakdown signals),
qualitative analysis (business model, competitive moat, sector dynamics),
insider sentiment (buy and sell signals from executive and director transactions),
share stats analysis (institutional accumulation, fund positioning, short float squeeze potential), and
fundamental analysis (valuation, revenue growth, profit margin, earnings quality).
AI Consult synthesizes all five layers into a single bullish or bearish thesis with explicit entry, exit,
stop loss, and take profit levels — giving you a complete, AI-powered trade plan with defined risk/reward.
Whether you are building a long position, initiating a short, or looking for a reversal setup,
AI Consult identifies the highest-probability signal from the current trend.