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Trend Edge Setup Score
Trend Edge rates PTEN Bullish with a Setup Score of 52, net conviction 29, actionability 94. How the Setup Score works →
Total Setup Score
52
Directional Bias
Bullish
Net Conviction
29
Actionability
94 (in range)
Key signals behind this score
40wk Uptrend — rising+above (sma 8.58 vs px 9.39)
Fresh Trend Turn — 80wk turn 13w+40wk turn 23w
80wk Uptrend — rising+above (sma 7.63 vs px 9.39)
Funds Accumulating — momZ +0.62 · 4.24→4.70
Short Squeeze Setup — velZ +2.31 · age 17w×1.00 · 5.67%
Earnings Tailwind — ER in 10.234d · w1 med 1.4% (mag 1/3) · winRate 55.4% (rel 0/3) · n121
About Patterson-UTI Energy Inc
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides drilling and completion services to oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in the United States, Canada, Colombia, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Drilling Services, Completion Services, and Drilling Products. The Contract Drilling Services segment engages in the provision of contract and directional drilling, and measurement-while-drilling (… Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Energy
Industry: Oil & Gas Drilling
Exchange: NASDAQ
IPO Date: November 2, 1993
Headquarters: 10713 West Sam Houston Parkway North, Houston, TX, United States, 77064
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
$10.80
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$8.58
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$7.63
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$10.28
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$8.71
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$7.70
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$9.41
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.
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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).
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