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Trend Edge Setup Score
Trend Edge rates PLAB Bullish with a Setup Score of 18, net conviction 16, actionability 20. How the Setup Score works →
Total Setup Score
18
Directional Bias
Bullish
Net Conviction
16
Actionability
20 (in range)
Key signals behind this score
40wk Uptrend — trend only (sma 35.95 vs px 29.32)
Fresh Trend Turn — 80wk turn 34w+40wk turn 39w
80wk Uptrend — rising+above (sma 28.30 vs px 29.32)
200wk Uptrend — rising+above (sma 25.14 vs px 29.32)
About Photronics Inc
Photronics, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of photomask products and services in the United States, Taiwan, China, Korea, Europe, and internationally. It offers photomasks that are used in the manufacture of integrated circuits and flat panel displays (FPDs); and to transfer circuit patterns onto semiconductor wafers, and FDP substrates. Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Technology
Industry: Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
Exchange: NASDAQ
IPO Date: March 10, 1987
Headquarters: 15 Secor Road, Brookfield, CT, United States, 06804
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
$30.56
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$35.97
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$28.31
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$25.15
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$34.22
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$27.52
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$26.30
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 Photronics Inc
(PLAB) 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,
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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.