Is Alcoa Breaking Out?

Shares of Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE:AA) closed the trading session at $18.05 just above calculated resistance at $17.8 effectively breaking out, grabbing the attention of momentum traders, which could eventually push the stock to different trading range

Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) produces primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum, and alumina, and participates in mining, refining, smelting, fabricating, and recycling. Its products are used in aircraft, automobiles, commercial transportation, building and construction, oil and gas, defense, and other industrial applications. Alcoa was founded in 1888 and serves customers worldwide.

Alcoa's stock was trading in a well defined range with support at $15.42 and resistance at $17.8, given that this range was broken traders will be closely monitoring the stock?s price action for clues of direction.

From a technical perspective it can be expected that previous resistance becomes support, as the new range gets defined, however, given that Alcoa's stock is still near the broken resistance level, traders will be focusing on $17.8 to see if the stock holds the breakout without rolling over.