# CENX — passes 5 of 10 technical checks

**Century Aluminum Company** · Industrials
End-of-day close $46.39 · August 13, 2026
Unchanged from the prior session's close (August 12, 2026).

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## The checks

| Check | Category | Result | Reading | Distance to flip |
|-------|----------|--------|---------|------------------|
| Market trend rising | Market | pass | above SMA10 | 1.2% market move from failing |
| Long-term trend rising | Trend | fail | flat / falling | 6.2% from passing |
| Pulled back to support | Trend | pass | touched ≤3d ago | — |
| Holding above short-term average | Momentum | fail | below | 3.7% price move from passing |
| Not overextended | Momentum | pass | 0 up-days | 2 up days from failing |
| No recent earnings miss | Momentum | pass | clean | — |
| Outperforming the market | Relative strength | pass | +5.3% | 5.3% from failing |
| Stop distance within range | Risk | fail | 0.3% | 1.7% from passing |
| Adequate stop room | Risk | fail | 0.0x ATR | 1.0× a daily range from passing |
| Quiet pullback volume | Volume | fail | vol 1.05x · limit 0.8x | 0.25× average volume from passing |

## Why each check reads this way

### Market trend rising — pass

The S&P 500 ($777.88) is above its 10-day average ($768.16), so the market-trend check passes for every stock today, CENX included. It flips market-wide if the index closes below $768.16.

### Long-term trend rising — fail

CENX's 50-day average is $49.08, down from $52.31 10 sessions ago, so the trend check fails. It passes once the 50-day average is rising again.

### Pulled back to support — pass

CENX has dipped to its 21-day average ($47.29) within the last 3 sessions, so the pullback check passes — the entry sits near support rather than stretched above it. It flips once price goes more than 3 sessions without revisiting that average.

### Holding above short-term average — fail

CENX closed at $46.39, 3.6% below its 9-day average ($48.13), so this momentum check fails. It passes again on a close above $48.13.

### Not overextended — pass

CENX has 0 consecutive up-closes into today — under the limit of 2, so it isn't overextended and this check passes. It flips after a second straight green close.

### No recent earnings miss — pass

No high-volume gap-down consistent with an earnings miss has appeared in CENX's last 30 sessions, so this check passes. It would flip if such a gap-down showed up inside that window.

### Outperforming the market — pass

CENX has outpaced the S&P 500 by 5.3 percentage points over the last 20 sessions, so the relative-strength check passes. It flips if CENX starts lagging the index over that window.

### Stop distance within range — fail

A stop at $46.27 is only 0.3% below CENX's price — tighter than the 2% floor, so the risk check fails (too little room to work). It passes once the stop sits 2–8% below price.

### Adequate stop room — fail

The stop sits only 0.0× the average daily range (ATR) from price — inside the 1-ATR minimum, so this check fails (normal noise could hit it). It passes once there's at least 1× ATR of room.

### Quiet pullback volume — fail

Recent volume is 1.05× CENX's 20-day average — above the 0.8× threshold, so this check fails (the move is drawing heavy volume). It passes once volume cools below 0.8×.

## Source

- Interactive page (with 6-month history): https://screenmytrade.com/stock/cenx
- Methodology (what the checks are and how they work): https://screenmytrade.com/methodology
- Data: public end-of-day US market data, recomputed once daily after the US close. Not live prices.

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