Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares (VGLT)

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares is trading at $52.44, up 0.31% on the session. The 50 day average sits at $51.75 and the 200 day at $54.25, which puts the stock in a downtrend. RSI is at 62.3, which reads as strong, and MACD is bullish crossover. Volume is below average.

The nearest support is around $51.67 with resistance near $52.52, so that band frames the current range. Average daily movement is roughly $0.50, or about 1.0% of the share price, which is what any stop placement has to allow for. The overall health score of 61 out of 100 combines a trend score of 27, momentum of 78 and a risk score of 92.

The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Long Treasury Index. This index includes fixed income securities issued by the U.S. Treasury (not including inflation-protected bonds, floating rate securities and certain other security types), with maturities greater than 10 years. Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund's assets will be invested in bonds included in the index.