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Trend Edge Setup Score
Trend Edge rates PCTY Bearish with a Setup Score of 48, net conviction 20, actionability 117. How the Setup Score works →
Total Setup Score
48
Directional Bias
Bearish
Net Conviction
20
Actionability
117 (in range)
Key signals behind this score
80wk Downtrend — trend only (sma 151 vs px 152)
200wk Downtrend — falling+below (sma 168 vs px 152)
Short Attack — velZ +1.57 · age 78w×0.45 · 7.01%
About Paylocity Holding Corporation
Paylocity Holding Corporation provides cloud-based human capital management, finance, and IT software solutions in the United States. The company offers payroll solutions comprising payroll and tax services, global payroll, on-demand payment, garnishments, and elevate payroll; human resources (HR) solutions consisting of human resources, employee self-service, workflows and documents, HR compliance dashboard, and elevate HR and HR edge; time and … Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Technology
Industry: Software-Application
Exchange: NASDAQ
IPO Date: March 19, 2014
Headquarters: 1400 American Lane, Schaumburg, IL, United States, 60173
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
$133.34
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$124.24
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$150.75
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$168.21
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$126.44
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$154.52
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$163.84
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 Paylocity Holding Corporation
(PCTY) 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.