Micron Hit an All-Time High, Then Fell. What Does Its Chart Say?Micron Technology, Inc.BATS:MUmoomooMicron Technology MU fell some 6% Thursday morning after rising nearly 1,000% over 12 months, taking the stock to an all-time intraday high earlier this week. Let's check out what its chart and fundamentals say could happen next. Micron's Fundamental Analysis MU sank Thursday is sympathy with a decline for Broadcom AVGO on poorly received earnings. But prior to that, the stock gained almost 20% just on May 26 after UBS analyst Timothy Arcuri boosted his MU price target all the way up to $1,625 from a previous $535 (while reiterating the stock's "Buy" rating). Arcuri wrote in a research note that he believes Micron can benefit from long-term memory-supply agreements that will likely lock in transparency on both pricing and demand across much of the memory/storage industry space. The analyst said that increases the probability of Micron seeing significantly larger earnings and free cash flow through 2029 as AI-driven structural changes improve the memory/storage space's durability and stability. Of course, MU could face numerous headwinds -- slower-than-anticipated adoption, massive capital expenditures, etc. But Arcuri's large price-target boost helped push MU up 19.3% on May 26, with the stock gaining 45% in total over seven sessions to a $1,089.29 intraday record high on Wednesday. True, his price target is way above the $860.24 average as of Thursday from among the 30 analysts that TipRanks says cover Micron. However, TipRanks not only grades Arcuri at five stars out of a possible five, but also rates him as the No. 2 analyst out of all 12,268 that the service follows. TipRanks lists Arcuri's success rate over the past two years at an almost incredible 86%, with a stunning 99.4% average return. And since Arcuri boosted Micron's price target, nine other sell-side analysts that TipRanks rates at five stars have either adopted or reiterated "Buy" or buy-equivalent ratings for the stock. Seven of them also increased their MU price targets by hundreds of dollars. Micron's Technical Analysis Next, let's look at MU's year-to-date chart running through Wednesday afternoon (June 3): This chart shows that Micron has enjoyed a long upward-sloping trend, as illustrated by a Raff Regression model (the orange-and-pink shaded area above). Within that uptrend, readers will spot a basing period of consolidation that stretches from mid-January 2026 into late April. Marked with heavy black lines above, this pattern is also known as a "flat base" and indicates that a stock isn't moving much in either direction. Of course, not moving "much" is relative, as MU traded between about $350 and $500 during this period. However, Micron broke out of the flat base anyway in late April and for the most part hasn't stopped rising since. The stock has enjoyed support for all of 2026 to date above three key lines. MU has remained well above its 21-day Exponential Moving Average (or "EMA," marked with a green line), its 50-day Simple Moving Average (or "SMA," denoted by a blue line) and its 200-day SMA (the red line). This has likely kept portfolio managers and swing traders in the stock throughout the year-to-date period. Moving on to the other technical indicators listed above, Micron's Relative Strength Index (the gray line at the chart's top) remains quite robust and has re-entered an extremely overbought condition. Meanwhile, the stock's daily Moving Average Convergence Divergence indicator (or "MACD," marked with blue bars, a black line and a gold line at the chart's bottom) has renewed a bullish look since Arcuri's price-target adjustment. For instance, the histogram of the 9-day EMA (the blue bars) has moved quite decisively back into positive territory -- a positive signal. Additionally, the 12-day EMA (the black line) has crossed back above the 26-day EMA (the gold line). That's also bullish. (Moomoo Technologies Inc. Markets Commentator Stephen "Sarge" Guilfoyle was long MU at the time of writing this column.) This article discusses technical analysis, other approaches, including fundamental analysis, may offer very different views. The examples provided are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to be reflective of the results you can expect to achieve. Specific security charts used are for illustrative purposes only and are not a recommendation, offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security. Past investment performance does not indicate or guarantee future success. Returns will vary, and all investments carry risks, including loss of principal. 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