Consolidated Edison Close to 50 Day Moving Average

Published on Wednesday, 18 January 2012 09:52 Written by TradersHuddle Staff

New York, January 18th (TradersHuddle.com) - Shares of Consolidated Edison, Inc. (NYSE:ED) closed the trading day at $59.34 close to its 50 day moving average currently set at $59.29. Edison's price action is just above this important support level translating into a trading opportunity.

Consolidated Edison, Inc. (NYSE:ED), through its subsidiaries, provides a variety of energy related services. The Company supplies electric service in New York, parts of New Jersey, and Pennsylvania as well as supplies electricity to wholesale customers.

Looking at peaks and troughs horizontal support and resistance levels, we can see current calculated support at $58.34 and calculated resistance at $62.74. These levels should also be evaluated by traders when planning their trades, as they provide an insight into the latest price action.

Traders wanting to establish a position on Consolidated Edison will be looking at the price action for evidence of buying near the 50 day moving average, and opening a position as close as possible to this important level. Also traders will be looking at the latest price action, via the stocks current range previously defined for insights of other key levels that might affect their upside or downside.