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NASDAQ ยท Equity ยท United States
ALTO
Alto Ingredients Inc
Basic MaterialsSpecialty Chemicals
Alto Ingredients, Inc. produces and markets specialty alcohols and essential ingredients in the United States. The company is headquartered in Sacramento, California.
Last updated
4 Sep 2026
Exchange
NASDAQ ยท NASDAQ
Sector
Basic Materials
Industry
Specialty Chemicals
Currency
USD
Market capitalisation
325,011,852
Fair value reference
2.37
Next-week expectancy
Undecided ยท 52.83%
Executive chart read
Over the latest 12 completed weeks ending 2026-09-04, ALTO fell 19.52%, moving from 5.02 to 4.04. 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 5.68 and has softened across the 12-week window. Market Dynamics is -1.37 on the latest week. Next-week expectancy is undecided at 52.83% based on similar historical setup states.
Week Ending
4 Sep 2026
Latest Close
4.04
12-Week Change
-19.52%
Trend Signal
Inactive
Next-Week Expectancy
Undecided 52.83%
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 below the adaptive centre
The completed weekly close is on the lower side of the envelope. A centre recovery and improving confirmation would be the first signs of repair.
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 below than above.
Above4.27Established market memory sits 5.6% above the latest close.
Below2.60Established market memory sits 35.7% below the latest close.
Decision map
What would confirm or challenge the current interpretation?
Sustained weekly closes above4.32
Higher-value acceptance
Holding above this boundary while the acceptance centre rises would strengthen the higher-value interpretation.
Primary market-memory magnet1.48
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 below0.76
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.
4.27
5.6%
Acceptance shelfRepeated historical activity makes this a market-memory shelf.
2.60
-35.7%
Acceptance shelfRepeated historical activity makes this a market-memory shelf.
1.48
-63.3%
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 12.4% below the trend line.Price below
Fair-value positionMarket price is 70.6% above the current fair-value reference.Above
Point & Figure structureConfirms whether reversal structure agrees with the current auction direction.Downside breakdown
Accepted value migrating higher
Price remains within the broader value area while the recent acceptance centre moves higher.
More room below
The next established shelf is materially farther below than above.
Established market memory
The three-year acceptance centre at 1.48 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 interpretationDeclining structure with indecisive week
Recent completed price swings are progressing lower on both sides of the range. Price is below its completed-week trend reference, while the reference is rising.
Full context ยท Unstable
Current structureDeclining structure
Recent completed price swings are progressing lower on both sides of the range.
Trend relationshipBelow trend
Price is below its completed-week trend reference, while the reference is rising.
Support and resistanceSupport 4.02 ยท Resistance 4.89
Nearest completed structural references around the latest close.
Participation qualityLight participation
The latest weekly move occurred on comparatively light participation.
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-0.74%
Latest close versus the preceding completed close.
Candle characterIndecisive week
The open and close finished close together, showing limited control by either side.
Where the week closedMiddle of the range
The close finished at 51% 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 progressing lower on both sides of the range.
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 light 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 history38% of range
The latest close's location between the lowest and highest completed closes available for this market.
Distance from completed high-60.2%
How far the latest close sits below the highest completed close in the available history.
Recovery from completed low+1396.3%
How far the latest close has advanced from the lowest completed close in the available history.
Latest move versus typical0.1ร 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.
Support structure lost
The weekly close moved below the preceding completed price structure.
3 weeks ago
High-participation reversal
Price changed weekly direction with elevated participation.
10 weeks ago
Upside structure cleared
The weekly close moved above the preceding completed price structure.
18 weeks ago
Trend reclaimed
The weekly close moved back above the completed trend reference.
43 weeks ago
Trend lost
The weekly close moved below the completed trend reference.
50 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 stateBelow the trend range
52-week position
60.2%
Low to high
Accepted price
5.10
Latest versus accepted: -20.83%
Fitted direction
Rising
1.58% per week
Range pressure
18/100
Lower pressure
Range condition
Contracting
0.69ร normal range
Range pressureCurrent range pressure ยท 50 is balanced
Weekly closeFitted rangeActivity ribbonEstimated activity at priceAutomatic level
Automatic structure
Strongest price levels
Support0.97
From price
-76.0%
Evidence
83/100
Touches
7
Support1.27
From price
-68.6%
Evidence
92/100
Touches
5
Support3.18
From price
-21.3%
Evidence
22/100
Touches
1
Current pivot4.03
From price
-0.3%
Evidence
38/100
Touches
1
Resistance4.30
From price
6.4%
Evidence
52/100
Touches
1
Resistance4.84
From price
19.7%
Evidence
92/100
Touches
5
Resistance5.10
From price
26.3%
Evidence
87/100
Touches
3
Current reading
What the range shows
Current positionBelow the trend range
Price is at 60.2% of its latest 52-week range.
Fitted directionRising
The fitted centre line is moving +1.58% per week.
Range pressureLower pressure
The current pressure reading is 18/100; 50 is balanced.
Next structural level3.18
Support is 21.3% from the latest close with 22/100 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 0.75 ยท Weakening
Trend qualityWeak alignment
The current trend state has persisted for 3 completed weeks; visible confirmation is weak alignment.
Momentum pathStrong 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 warningsWatch
The latest reversal warning was 8 completed weeks ago; it is no longer immediate but remains relevant context.
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
The latest reversal warning was 8 completed weeks ago; it is no longer immediate but remains relevant context.
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.
8 weeks ago
Reversal risk
The chart registered elevated reversal risk.
9 weeks ago
Reversal danger
The chart registered its strongest reversal warning.
17 weeks ago
Reversal risk
The chart registered elevated reversal risk.
18 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 -8.0% and Market Dynamics changed -0.58 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
30% across the current zone span
The model estimates a 15% chance of confirming accumulation within 52 completed weeks and a 62% chance of returning to the source zone first.
Current journey
Distribution to accumulation ยท Progressing
Activated
2026-07-24
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. ALTO is 30% across its current move from distribution back toward accumulation. The journey remains open because neither the target nor a return to the source has been confirmed. 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 1 transitions in this ticker's stored history reached and confirmed the opposite zone.
Current zone-span position 30%
Distribution to Accumulation ยท 6 completed weeks since exit
Complete within 26 weeks 6%
Confirm the current accumulation zone first
Complete within 52 weeks 15%
Confirm the target zone using completed weeks
Invalidate within 52 weeks 62%
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 weeks1%
26 weeks6%
52 weeks15%
Accumulation zone
1.48 / deep 0.8657
Current close
4.04
Distribution zone
5.16 / deep 5.77
Source-zone dwell
4 completed weeks
Market Dynamics -1.37Latest causal completed-week reading12-week change -1.95Change in underlying supportTrend position -12%Close relative to the Trend LineVolume ratio 1.11รRecent 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 journeyAccumulation to Distribution ยท Confirmed distribution
2025-11-14โ2026-05-01 ยท 25 completed weeks ยท price move +166.2%. Across this chart, 1 journey confirmed an opposite zone: 1 reached distribution and 0 reached accumulation.
0% ยท confirmed source exit100% ยท confirmed opposite zone
Accumulation to DistributionConfirmed distribution
2025-11-14โ2026-05-01 ยท journey 25w ยท source dwell 35w
Source exit50%Target confirmed
Furthest point
100%
Price move
+166.2%
Time to confirm
25w
Reached and confirmed distribution after 25 completed weeks. Price moved +166.2% from the confirmed source-zone exit.
Price Cycle
Completed-week market perception
Price Cycle
A deep view of whether price pressure is strong, weak, strengthening, fading or moving through a higher-risk transition.
Current Price Cycle readPositive pressure remains established, but is cooling
Price is holding a constructive market-perception position. Positive pressure remains, but it is becoming less forceful.
+70.60% ยท Positive ยท Cooling
Market positionPositive
Price is holding a constructive market-perception position.
Pressure directionCooling
Positive pressure remains, but it is becoming less forceful.
Trend qualityUnstable
The recent path has changed direction frequently, reducing confidence in persistence.
Risks and warningsTransition risk
Frequent recent changes around balance make the current direction less dependable.
Pressure, price and published transitions
Where market perception strengthened, faded or changed state
The percentage reading is primary. Weekly close is retained only as market context; selected annotations identify meaningful completed transitions.
Market PerceptionPositive pressureNegative pressureWeekly CloseBalanceCrossed upCrossed downPublished transition or Price Action signal
Current evaluation
What the Price Cycle says now
The evaluation combines the finished pressure state, its direction, persistence and historical context.
What supports it
Price remains in positive market-perception territory.
What would improve it
Renewed upward pressure without further loss of path quality would restore confidence.
What could weaken it
Frequent recent changes around balance make the current direction less dependable.
What to watch next
The latest path is cooling with unstable trend quality. Comparable history is mixed follow-through.
Statistical perspective
How unusual, persistent and historically consequential is this position?
Historical observations describe completed evidence. They do not predict the next price move.
Historical positionUpper 18% of history
The latest reading is stronger than 82% of completed observations.
State persistence41 completed weeks
The current positive state has persisted without interruption.
Comparable historyMixed follow-through
Across 73 comparable completed observations, later closes were higher 44% of the time; the typical move was -3.8%. This is context, not a forecast.
Published transition history
What changed, and when
Transitions are completed observations, not standalone instructions to buy or sell.
Positive pressure began cooling
Strength remained positive, but the completed path became less forceful.
6 weeks ago
Positive pressure began cooling
Strength remained positive, but the completed path became less forceful.
8 weeks ago
Positive pressure began cooling
Strength remained positive, but the completed path became less forceful.
10 weeks ago
Positive pressure began cooling
Strength remained positive, but the completed path became less forceful.
17 weeks ago
Positive pressure began cooling
Strength remained positive, but the completed path became less forceful.
21 weeks ago
Positive pressure began cooling
Strength remained positive, but the completed path became less forceful.
28 weeks ago
VWAP Control
Completed-week volume-weighted structure
VWAP Control
Shows price against its completed-week volume-weighted references, changes in control and the levels that would confirm or weaken the current reading.
Current controlControl is contested
Price is below the core VWAP, which is rising. 52% of recent weighted activity has been accepted above it.
43/100 pressure
ControlControl is contested
Pressure 42/100 and -8.4 points over four weeks.
VWAP stack1 of 7 below price
5 references converge near 4.70: Latest earnings VWAP, Year VWAP, High-activity anchor, Swing high, 26-week VWAP.
Acceptance52% above
Share of recent completed weighted activity accepted on the prevailing side of the core VWAP.
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
5 references converge near 4.70: Latest earnings VWAP, Year VWAP, High-activity anchor, Swing high, 26-week VWAP.
Confirmation and failure levels
Levels that change the current reading
Confirmation4.31
A completed close above Latest earnings VWAP with pressure holding above 60 would strengthen buyer control.
Decision area3.95
52-week VWAP at 3.95, 2.2% below the latest close.
Weakening level3.95
A completed close below 52-week VWAP with acceptance moving under 50% would weaken the present structure.
Current VWAP stack
Volume-weighted price levels
52-week VWAP3.95
-2.17% from close
Latest earnings VWAP4.31
+6.67% from close
Year VWAP4.56
+12.99% from close
High-activity anchor4.80
+18.80% from close
Swing high4.87
+20.57% from close
26-week VWAP4.95
+22.62% from close
13-week VWAP4.99
+23.50% from close
Estimated activity position
Activity above and below price
Below price 42%Above price 58%
20%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 QQQWeaker control than reference
Weaker control than reference; control-score gap -39.5 points.
Buyers firmly in control ยท 82/100
Sector ยท Basic MaterialsWeaker control than reference
Weaker control than reference; control-score gap -22.6 points.
Buyer control developing ยท 65/100
Industry ยท Specialty ChemicalsWeaker control than reference
Weaker control than reference; control-score gap -13.3 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 reclaim67% favourable
Events
6
Median 4w
-0.30%
Median 13w
+49.77%
Typical best
+67.71%
Typical worst
-19.78%
Completed occasions when price moved back above the core VWAP.
Weekly loss40% favourable
Events
5
Median 4w
+15.38%
Median 13w
+14.62%
Typical best
+42.31%
Typical worst
+5.38%
Completed occasions when price moved below the core VWAP.
Comparable control states3 matched weeks
The visible history does not contain enough closely comparable completed states.
VWAP control history
Completed changes
VWAP reclaim rejected
Price tested above the core VWAP but completed the week back below it.
VWAP reclaim rejected
Price tested above the core VWAP but completed the week back below it.
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 reclaimed
Price completed the week back above the core VWAP.
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.
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.
0.55 ยท Mixed
Current stateMixed ยท 0.55
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 0.55 ยท Mixed
ImprovingHolding steadyWeakening
SMI in context
Comparable SMI states have carried a cautious historical bias
Across 11 comparable completed observations, 18.2% closed higher after 13 weeks. The median move was -18.0%.
Comparable observations
11
Completed historical readings
Positive outcomes
18.2%
After 13 completed weeks
Median move
-18.0%
Over the following 13 weeks
Versus normal baseline
-28.2 pts
Difference in positive outcome rate
Chart Summary
Key Points
Week Ending
4 Sep 2026
Latest Close
4.04
12-Week Change
-19.52%
Trend Signal
Inactive
Next-Week Expectancy
Undecided 52.83%
Signal Weeks
9 of 12
Vs Trend Line
Below
Vs Fair Value
Above
Relative Strength
5.68
Market Dynamics
-1.37
Over the latest 12 completed weeks ending 2026-09-04, ALTO fell 19.52%, moving from 5.02 to 4.04. 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 5.68 and has softened across the 12-week window. Market Dynamics is -1.37 on the latest week. Next-week expectancy is undecided at 52.83% based on similar historical setup states.
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