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Chainlink closed the September 27 daily candle at $14.01, down 0.88% on the day, after trading between $13.89 and $14.48.
Moving averages
The close of $14.01 is 14.0% above the 20-day average ($12.29).
The close of $14.01 is 23.5% above the 50-day average ($11.35).
The close of $14.01 is 49.4% above the 200-day average ($9.38).
The 50-day average is above the 200-day average. A moving average is the mean of the last N daily closes; where the price sits against it describes the recent trend, not the next one.
Momentum: RSI and MACD
The 14-day RSI reads 66.9, between 30 and 70, neither extreme. RSI compares the size of recent up days with recent down days on a 0 to 100 scale.
MACD (12, 26, 9) is 0.6966 against a signal line of 0.5208, so the MACD line is above its signal. MACD measures the gap between a fast and a slow exponential average.
Volume and range
Volume on the day was 0.73 times its 20-day average. Volume counts how much traded; a move on heavy volume involved more of the market than one on light volume.
The Bollinger Bands (20 days, 2 standard deviations) run from $10.31 to $14.27, and the close is inside the bands.
Over the previous 30 days the highest close was $14.14 and the lowest $10.88.
What it costs to hold a position
Anyone holding a LINK perpetual future pays or receives funding every settlement, and the rate differs by exchange. Today's rates across venues are on the LINK funding page.