AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T)’s Adjusted Slope Touches -6.40448
Posted by Katie Hansen on February 4, 2019 at 1:52 pm
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) shares currently have a 125/250 day adjusted slope average of -6.40448. The Adjusted Slope 125/250d indicator is equal to the average annualized exponential regression slope, over the past 125 and 250 trading days, multiplied by the coefficient of determination (R2). This indicator is useful in helping find shares that have been on a consistent upward direction over the past six months to a year. Generally speaking, the higher the 125/250 value the better as this would indicate a consistent increase closely correlates to the actual stock price.
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