Weekly Chart PackCompleted weekly market data ยท Independent research
NYSE ยท Equity ยท United States
MTX
Minerals Technologies Inc
Basic MaterialsSpecialty Chemicals
Minerals Technologies Inc. develops, produces and markets a variety of specialty mineral, synthetic mineral and mineral products, and supporting systems and services. The company is headquartered in New York, New York.
Last updated
4 Sep 2026
Exchange
NYSE ยท NYSE
Sector
Basic Materials
Industry
Specialty Chemicals
Currency
USD
Market capitalisation
2,239,091,860
Fair value reference
68.31
Next-week expectancy
Undecided ยท 52.37%
Executive chart read
Over the latest 12 completed weeks ending 2026-09-04, MTX fell 8.78%, moving from 78.67 to 71.76. The latest weekly close is below the Trend Line and above Fair Value. Trend Signal is inactive on the latest week and was active in 9 of the last 12 weeks. Relative Strength is -4.66 and has softened across the 12-week window. Market Dynamics is -1.24 on the latest week. Next-week expectancy is undecided at 52.37% based on similar historical setup states.
Week Ending
4 Sep 2026
Latest Close
71.76
12-Week Change
-8.78%
Trend Signal
Inactive
Next-Week Expectancy
Undecided 52.37%
Signal Weeks
9 of 12
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Adaptive Price Envelope
Price, volatility and confirmation
Adaptive Price Envelope APE
See where price sits inside boundaries that adjust to completed-week direction and volatility, then check whether the wider evidence confirms the move.
Current completed-week read ยท 2026-09-04
Price is holding around the adaptive centre
The envelope places current price in context without treating a single band touch as a signal. Direction, persistence and the evidence checks below determine the quality of the read.
Rolling market memory and the nearest established acceptance above and below the current price.
Is market memory moving?
Accepted-value migration
Each column is a rolling one-year auction. Brighter areas show stronger price acceptance.
Where is the next market memory?
Auction runway
The next established shelf is materially farther above than below.
Above74.88Established market memory sits 4.3% above the latest close.
Below71.43Established market memory sits 0.5% below the latest close.
Decision map
What would confirm or challenge the current interpretation?
Sustained weekly closes above74.45
Higher-value acceptance
Holding above this boundary while the acceptance centre rises would strengthen the higher-value interpretation.
Primary market-memory magnet57.65
Rotation toward value
This is the centre of the three-year auction and the principal reference if price rotates back through value.
Sustained weekly closes below52.92
Lower-value acceptance
Holding below this boundary while the acceptance centre falls would strengthen the lower-value interpretation.
Decision context
Structural references and cross-signal agreement
The closest market-memory levels, the evidence that agrees or disagrees, and the limits of the current interpretation.
Market memory
Nearest structural nodes
These are historical acceptance references, not live resting orders.
Acceptance shelfRepeated historical activity makes this a market-memory shelf.
71.43
-0.5%
Acceptance shelfRepeated historical activity makes this a market-memory shelf.
74.88
4.3%
Acceptance shelfRepeated historical activity makes this a market-memory shelf.
65.40
-8.9%
Acceptance shelfRepeated historical activity makes this a market-memory shelf.
57.65
-19.7%
Cross-signal agreement
Does the wider Sharemaestro picture agree?
Agreement strengthens context; disagreement identifies where the thesis is vulnerable.
Auction locationShows where the latest close sits relative to established accepted value.Within accepted value
Accepted-value migrationCompares the recent acceptance centre with the preceding one-year auction.Higher
30-week trendThe latest close is 2.4% below the trend line.Price below
Fair-value positionMarket price is 5.0% above the current fair-value reference.Above
Point & Figure structureConfirms whether reversal structure agrees with the current auction direction.Supply column falling
Earnings repricingShows whether accepted market value is developing with or against the earnings relationship.Confirmed compounding
Accepted value migrating higher
Price remains within the broader value area while the recent acceptance centre moves higher.
More room above
The next established shelf is materially farther above than below.
Established market memory
The three-year acceptance centre at 57.65 remains the dominant rotational reference.
Security-specific analogues
How comparable auction states resolved
Fewer than four non-overlapping comparable episodes exist in the visible history.
0 comparable non-overlapping episodes are visible; at least four are required before outcomes are summarised.
Price Action
Completed weekly market tape
Price Action
A deep view of how price is behaving against its own completed history, trend, structural levels and participation.
Current weekly interpretationRange-bound structure with negative but contained
Recent completed price swings are mixed, with neither side establishing a clean sequence. Price is below its completed-week trend reference, while the reference is rising.
Full context ยท Unstable
Current structureRange-bound structure
Recent completed price swings are mixed, with neither side establishing a clean sequence.
Trend relationshipBelow trend
Price is below its completed-week trend reference, while the reference is rising.
Support and resistanceSupport 69.27 ยท Resistance 73.43
Nearest completed structural references around the latest close.
Participation qualityNormal participation
Participation was broadly consistent with the market's completed recent history.
Price, structure and participation
Where price advanced, failed, reclaimed or lost important ground
Candles preserve the completed weekly tape. Selected annotations identify meaningful finished events and point directly to the week concerned.
Up weekDown weekTrend referenceCompleted supportCompleted resistanceVolumeTypical volumePublished event
What happened this week?
The latest completed candle
The latest week is separated into price change, candle character, closing position and path quality.
Weekly move-0.44%
Latest close versus the preceding completed close.
Candle characterNegative but contained
Price declined, although selling did not fully control the completed weekly range.
Where the week closedUpper part of the range
The close finished at 70% of the completed weekly range.
Path qualityUnstable
Frequent recent changes in direction reduce confidence in the current price path.
Current evaluation
What the weekly tape says now
The interpretation combines completed price structure, trend relationship, participation and path quality.
What supports it
Recent completed price swings are mixed, with neither side establishing a clean sequence.
What would improve it
A sustained close above the nearest completed resistance, supported by firmer participation, would improve confirmation.
What could weaken it
A sustained loss of the nearest completed support would materially weaken the current price structure.
What to watch next
Trend relationship is below trend; participation is normal participation, and path quality is unstable.
Statistical perspective
Where the latest close sits in its own completed history
These observations describe the available record. They are market context, not predictions of the next move.
Position in completed history75% of range
The latest close's location between the lowest and highest completed closes available for this market.
Distance from completed high-16.2%
How far the latest close sits below the highest completed close in the available history.
Recovery from completed low+143.2%
How far the latest close has advanced from the lowest completed close in the available history.
Latest move versus typical0.2ร typical
The absolute latest weekly move compared with completed weekly moves available before it.
Completed event history
What changed, and when
Only selected completed events are shown. Each annotation is descriptive, not a standalone instruction.
Trend lost
The weekly close moved below the completed trend reference.
3 weeks ago
Support structure lost
The weekly close moved below the preceding completed price structure.
8 weeks ago
Upside structure cleared
The weekly close moved above the preceding completed price structure.
17 weeks ago
High-participation reversal
Price changed weekly direction with elevated participation.
24 weeks ago
Trend reclaimed
The weekly close moved back above the completed trend reference.
39 weeks ago
Range
Sharemaestro Range
Where price is trading
The fitted range, accepted trading area and strongest price levels are calculated automatically from completed weekly market data.
Current stateInside accepted value
52-week position
59.1%
Low to high
Accepted price
58.31
Latest versus accepted: 23.07%
Fitted direction
Rising
0.52% per week
Range pressure
33/100
Lower pressure
Range condition
Normal
0.79ร normal range
Range pressureCurrent range pressure ยท 50 is balanced
Weekly closeFitted rangeActivity ribbonEstimated activity at priceAutomatic level
Automatic structure
Strongest price levels
Support52.66
From price
-26.6%
Evidence
72/100
Touches
4
Support58.53
From price
-18.4%
Evidence
100/100
Touches
4
Support70.43
From price
-1.9%
Evidence
60/100
Touches
3
Current pivot72.14
From price
0.5%
Evidence
62/100
Touches
2
Resistance73.47
From price
2.4%
Evidence
40/100
Touches
1
Resistance80.21
From price
11.8%
Evidence
41/100
Touches
2
Current reading
What the range shows
Current positionInside accepted value
Price is at 59.1% of its latest 52-week range.
Fitted directionRising
The fitted centre line is moving +0.52% per week.
Range pressureLower pressure
The current pressure reading is 33/100; 50 is balanced.
Next structural level73.47
Resistance is 2.4% from the latest close with 40/100 evidence strength.
Point & Figure
Price structure ยท volume at price
Point & Figure market structure
Each X marks a rising price box and each O marks a falling price box. Time is removed from the horizontal scale so reversals, breakouts and areas of heavy trading stand out.
MethodAdaptive scale
Smart Money
Completed-week positioning evidence
Smart Money
See whether the support beneath price is strengthening, weakening, confirming the trend or warning of increased risk.
Current Smart Money readSmart Money support is weak
The current completed-week evidence is not providing dependable confirmation for price.
Momentum 0.73 ยท Weakening
Trend qualityWeak alignment
The current trend state has persisted for 3 completed weeks; visible confirmation is weak alignment.
Momentum pathConstructive ยท Weakening
The latest completed-week level and direction.
Latest positive signalNo recent positive signal
The chart is carrying context rather than a fresh positive event marker.
Risk and warningsNormal
Earlier warnings are outside the recent completed-week window.
Price, support and published events
Where confirmation strengthened or risk increased
Selected annotations highlight meaningful completed-week events; every existing chart series and marker remains visible.
Close Price
Trend Line
Demand Threshold Line
Reversal Risk Level
Current evaluation
What the Smart Money chart means now
The reading combines the finished chart state, its direction and the timing of published signals.
What supports it
There is limited positive confirmation; the chart should be read cautiously until support improves.
What would improve it
A turn higher in the momentum path, followed by steadier trend confirmation, would strengthen the reading.
What could weaken it
There is no fresh positive event marker, so the current reading depends on continued confirmation rather than a new signal.
Published signal history
What changed, and when
Event markers are observations, not standalone instructions to buy or sell.
Reversal danger
The chart registered its strongest reversal warning.
94 weeks ago
Reversal risk
The chart registered elevated reversal risk.
95 weeks ago
Reversal danger
The chart registered its strongest reversal warning.
111 weeks ago
Reversal risk
The chart registered elevated reversal risk.
112 weeks ago
Reversal danger
The chart registered its strongest reversal warning.
117 weeks ago
Market Dynamics
Price and underlying support
Market Dynamics
See whether the support beneath price is strengthening, weakening, confirming the move or beginning to diverge from it.
Zero lineMarket Dynamics Rate of ChangePrice ActionVolume ActionFlip UpFlip Down
Price and support relationship ยท 12 completed weeks
Price weakness is confirmed by Market Dynamics
Price changed -4.5% and Market Dynamics changed -0.59 over the latest 4 completed weeks. Both readings currently point to weaker completed-week conditions.
Latest 4 weeks in focus
Price change from 2026-06-19Market DynamicsLatest 4 completed weeks
Zone-to-zone journey model
Retreated after reaching 97% toward distribution
Price approached distribution but did not confirm it, reaching 97% of the zone span before moving back to 68%. The original transition remains unresolved; this is not a completed move to distribution, and a reverse journey cannot begin until distribution has first been confirmed.
Current journey
Accumulation to distribution ยท Near-target retreat
Activated
2025-05-09
Model data
Through 2026-08-21
What Market Dynamics shows
Yes. Market Dynamics follows the completed-week transition between the two sides of a market cycle. Accumulation is the lower zone where selling pressure may be absorbed and support may be forming; distribution is the upper zone where earlier demand may be tiring and supply can begin to take control. The model measures both accumulation to distribution and the reverse journey, and waits for a deeper close or repeated closes before treating a new zone as confirmed. MTX's move from accumulation toward distribution reached 97% of the zone span without confirming distribution, then retreated to 68%. Because the target was never confirmed, this remains a retreat within the original journey, not the start of a new reverse journey. For an investor, the value is in separating an apparent price move from a completed change in market character: target confirmation can strengthen the case that a new phase is taking hold, while a confirmed source return warns that the attempted change did not persist and the risk/reward should be reassessed. The completed journeys below show how 2 transitions in this ticker's stored history reached and confirmed the opposite zone.
Current zone-span position 68%
Peak 97%; retreated 29 percentage points ยท Accumulation to Distribution ยท 69 completed weeks since exit
Complete within 26 weeks 61%
Confirm the current distribution zone first
Complete within 52 weeks 77%
Confirm the target zone using completed weeks
Invalidate within 52 weeks 5%
Confirm a return to the source zone first
Question 1 ยท Where has price travelled?
Current journey through the zone span
Zero is the confirmed starting zone; 100% is the opposite target zone.
Observed zone-span positionStarting-zone sideTarget-zone side
Question 2 ยท What does the model estimate?
Current 52-week outcome probability
These are competing model outcomes for the active journey, not next-week forecasts.
Confirm target within 52 weeksReturn to source within 52 weeks
12 weeks32%
26 weeks61%
52 weeks77%
Accumulation zone
52.93 / deep 48.34
Current close
71.76
Distribution zone
80.50 / deep 85.10
Source-zone dwell
2 completed weeks
Market Dynamics -1.24Latest causal completed-week reading12-week change -1.88Change in underlying supportTrend position -2%Close relative to the Trend LineVolume ratio 1.06รRecent activity versus its baseline
What actually happened before?
Successful zone transitions
Target-confirmed opposite-zone transitions from the latest 156 charted weeks.
Most recent successful journeyDistribution to Accumulation ยท Confirmed accumulation
2024-12-06โ2025-05-02 ยท 22 completed weeks ยท price move -33.4%. Across this chart, 2 journeys confirmed an opposite zone: 1 reached distribution and 1 reached accumulation.
0% ยท confirmed source exit100% ยท confirmed opposite zone
Distribution to AccumulationConfirmed accumulation
2024-12-06โ2025-05-02 ยท journey 22w ยท source dwell 2w
Source exit50%Target confirmed
Furthest point
100%
Price move
-33.4%
Time to confirm
22w
Reached and confirmed accumulation after 22 completed weeks. Price moved -33.4% from the confirmed source-zone exit.
Accumulation to DistributionConfirmed distribution
2023-11-03โ2024-05-24 ยท journey 30w ยท source dwell 4w
Source exit50%Target confirmed
Furthest point
100%
Price move
+44.1%
Time to confirm
30w
Reached and confirmed distribution after 30 completed weeks. Price moved +44.1% from the confirmed source-zone exit.
Earnings and Price Index
Earnings and Price Index
A three-year index of the relationship between earnings power and market price.
Current stateConfirmed compounding
Earnings power and market price are broadly aligned; their relationship is currently closing.
Spread
Closing
Persistence
3 quarters
Confirmation
Broad support
Repricing pressure
Low โ balanced
Market move30.9%
Three-year change
Earnings move29.8%
Three-year change
Repricing spread-1.2 pts
closing
Current valuation12.4ร
Price relative to earnings power
Earnings power and market price are broadly aligned; their relationship is currently closing.
Market price
Earnings power
Repricing spread
Earnings update
Business quality supportive
Cash generation and operating evidence are broadly supportive.
Supporting evidence
Attribution, business confirmation and horizon robustness
The components behind the repricing relationship and the independent evidence that supports or challenges it.
What drove the move?
Earnings and relative valuation contributions
Shows how the earnings move and relative valuation combine into the total market move.
What supports the earnings picture?
Business confirmation
4 of 6 available business-quality checks are supportive.
EarningsRevenueCash generation
Cash conversionWhether reported profit is supported by free cash generation.Caution
Revenue directionWhether top-line progress supports the earnings direction.Supportive
Free-cash-flow directionWhether free cash flow is improving with earnings.Supportive
Accrual pressureLower accrual pressure is a cleaner confirmation of earnings.Mixed
Control backgroundBuyer controlContestedSeller control
Seller control50 ยท contestedBuyer control
Current VWAP signals
Control, agreement and concentration
Control is contested
Control is contested
The current position, VWAP direction and completed acceptance evidence broadly agree.
Price and VWAP pressure broadly agree
No material six-week disagreement is present between price direction and VWAP control.
VWAP cluster present
6 references converge near 74.12: Year VWAP, Swing high, Latest earnings VWAP, 26-week VWAP, High-activity anchor, 13-week VWAP.
Confirmation and failure levels
Levels that change the current reading
Confirmation72.80
A completed close above Year VWAP with pressure holding above 60 would strengthen buyer control.
Decision area72.80
Year VWAP at 72.80, 1.5% above the latest close.
Weakening level69.03
A completed close below 52-week VWAP with acceptance moving under 50% would weaken the present structure.
Current VWAP stack
Volume-weighted price levels
Year VWAP72.80
+1.45% from close
Swing high73.86
+2.92% from close
Latest earnings VWAP73.86
+2.92% from close
26-week VWAP74.22
+3.42% from close
52-week VWAP69.03
-3.80% from close
High-activity anchor74.78
+4.21% from close
13-week VWAP75.21
+4.81% from close
Estimated activity position
Activity above and below price
Below price 58%Above price 42%
25%near price
A notable share of recent weighted activity remains above price and may act as overhead supply.
Estimated from completed weekly typical prices and reported activity; it is not holder-level cost-basis data.
Benchmark, sector and industry
VWAP control comparison
Sector and industry comparisons require at least ten constituents with aligned completed history.
Benchmark ยท SPYWeaker control than reference
Weaker control than reference; control-score gap -37.2 points.
Buyers firmly in control ยท 83/100
Sector ยท Basic MaterialsWeaker control than reference
Weaker control than reference; control-score gap -19.3 points.
Buyer control developing ยท 65/100
Industry ยท Specialty ChemicalsBroadly aligned with reference
Broadly aligned with reference; control-score gap -10.0 points.
Control is contested ยท 56/100
Historical VWAP outcomes
Reclaims, losses and similar states
Descriptive outcomes from this ticker's visible historyโnot a forecast.
Weekly reclaim29% favourable
Events
7
Median 4w
-2.34%
Median 13w
-5.58%
Typical best
+4.34%
Typical worst
-9.98%
Completed occasions when price moved back above the core VWAP.
Weekly loss43% favourable
Events
7
Median 4w
+3.35%
Median 13w
+0.88%
Typical best
+9.22%
Typical worst
-4.24%
Completed occasions when price moved below the core VWAP.
Comparable control states18 matched weeks
Positive after 4w
67%
Median 4w
+3.17%
Positive after 13w
72%
Median 13w
+4.81%
Best / worst 13w
+22.9% / -25.4%
Outcomes after completed weeks with a similar control score and the same side of the core VWAP.
VWAP control history
Completed changes
Core VWAP lost
Price completed the week below the core VWAP.
Core VWAP test held
Price traded through the core VWAP but recovered above it by the completed close.
Core VWAP test held
Price traded through the core VWAP but recovered above it by the completed close.
Core VWAP test held
Price traded through the core VWAP but recovered above it by the completed close.
Core VWAP reclaimed
Price completed the week back above the core VWAP.
Core VWAP lost
Price completed the week below the core VWAP.
VWAP structure turned higher
The fast VWAP crossed above the core VWAP.
Core VWAP test held
Price traded through the core VWAP but recovered above it by the completed close.
Next-State Map
Next-State Map
Historical one-week transition paths from similar completed-week states.
SMI
Proprietary completed-week evidence
SMI
See whether the underlying conditions beneath price are strengthening, weakening or holding firm.
Current SMI readUnderlying support is mixed and losing ground
Price and SMI are not presenting a decisive combined message. The latest reading is based on completed weekly evidence.
0.56 ยท Mixed
Current stateMixed ยท 0.56
Latest completed-week SMI reading
DirectionWeakening
How the completed SMI path is changing
PersistenceNew
1 completed week in the current state
Price relationshipMixed relationship
Price and SMI are not presenting a decisive combined message.
Price and SMI transitions
Where underlying support changed
Annotations identify selected completed SMI state changes.
Weekly CloseTrend LineFair ValueActivity Lines
SMI pathDirection, persistence and turning points
SMI 0.56 ยท Mixed
ImprovingHolding steadyWeakening
SMI in context
Comparable SMI states have carried a cautious historical bias
Across 13 comparable completed observations, 23.1% closed higher after 13 weeks. The median move was -5.6%.
Comparable observations
13
Completed historical readings
Positive outcomes
23.1%
After 13 completed weeks
Median move
-5.6%
Over the following 13 weeks
Versus normal baseline
-32.3 pts
Difference in positive outcome rate
Chart Summary
Key Points
Week Ending
4 Sep 2026
Latest Close
71.76
12-Week Change
-8.78%
Trend Signal
Inactive
Next-Week Expectancy
Undecided 52.37%
Signal Weeks
9 of 12
Vs Trend Line
Below
Vs Fair Value
Above
Relative Strength
-4.66
Market Dynamics
-1.24
Over the latest 12 completed weeks ending 2026-09-04, MTX fell 8.78%, moving from 78.67 to 71.76. The latest weekly close is below the Trend Line and above Fair Value. Trend Signal is inactive on the latest week and was active in 9 of the last 12 weeks. Relative Strength is -4.66 and has softened across the 12-week window. Market Dynamics is -1.24 on the latest week. Next-week expectancy is undecided at 52.37% based on similar historical setup states.
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