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Trend Edge Setup Score
Trend Edge rates PRLB Bullish with a Setup Score of 51, net conviction 33, actionability 80. How the Setup Score works →
Total Setup Score
51
Directional Bias
Bullish
Net Conviction
33
Actionability
80 (in range)
Key signals behind this score
40wk Uptrend — rising+above (sma 65.48 vs px 79.61)
80wk Uptrend — rising+above (sma 54.05 vs px 79.61)
200wk Uptrend — rising+above (sma 41.11 vs px 79.61)
Funds Accumulating — momZ +1.65 · 2.88→3.14
Seasonal Tailwind — november med 5.1% (mag 1/3) · posClose 64.29% (rel 1/3) · n14 ×0.5 = 2.5
About Proto Labs Inc
Proto Labs, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a digital manufacturer of custom parts in the United States and Europe. It offers manufacturing services, such as molding, computer numerical control machining, 3D printing, and sheet metal to developers, engineers, and supply chain teams. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Maple Plain, Minnesota.… Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Industrials
Industry: Metal Fabrication
Exchange: NYSE
IPO Date: February 24, 2012
Headquarters: 5540 Pioneer Creek Drive, Maple Plain, MN, United States, 55359
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
$79.96
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$66.18
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$54.46
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$41.30
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$64.71
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$53.43
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$43.13
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 Proto Labs Inc
(PRLB) 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.