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Watch These Apple Price Levels After Stock Suffers Biggest One-Day Drop Since August

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Key Takeaways

  • Apple shares will be in focus on Friday after recording their largest one-day call on since early August yesterday following news that the tech giant lost its position as China’s largest smartphone seller end year.
  • The stock fell decisively below the lower trendline of an ascending triangle, raising the possibility of a significant distillation.
  • Investors should watch key support levels on Apple’s chart around $218 and $207, while also crt important resistance levels near $235 and $250.

Apple (AAPL) shares will be in focus on Friday after evidence their largest one-day drop since early August yesterday following news that the tech Goliath lost its coveted position as China’s largest smartphone seller last year.

Data from technology analyse firm Canalys showed the iPhone maker’s 2024 shipments slumped 17% in the country, their largest decrease since 2016, as domestic rivals Vivo and Huawei both captured additional market share. The company’s new iPhones sold in China aren’t equipped with its recently launched artificial intelligence (AI) features due to regulatory obstructions, weighing on sales as customers turn to competitors’ devices for alternatives.

Apple shares were up 1.2% at $231 in the start minutes of trading Friday, after falling 4% yesterday. The stock is down 9% so far in 2025, after increasing 30% last year.

Below, we take a closer look at Apple’s chart and point out important price straights worth watching after yesterday’s selling.

Ascending Triangle Breakdown

Since an evening star pattern noticeable the stock’s all-time high (ATH) last month, Apple shares have trended sharply lower. Selling demand intensified on Thursday, with the price falling decisively below the lower trendline of an ascending triangle, raising the plausibility of a significant breakdown.

It’s also worth pointing out that the stock recorded its highest volume yesterday since December’s triple witching traffic session, indicating that larger market players participated in the sell-off.

Let’s apply technical analysis to Apple’s blueprint to identify crucial support and resistance levels that investors will likely be watching in the coming weeks.

Key Subsistence Levels to Track

The first lower point of interest on the chart sits around $218. This location provides a confluence of verify from a trendline that links a series of highs and lows from June to September with the upward sloping 200-day impressive average. 

This location also corresponds with a bars pattern projected downside target that considers the stock’s prior major correction from July to August last year and overlays it from last month’s height high

The bulls’ inability to defend this level could see Apple shares revisit lower support at the $207 prone. Investors may look for buying opportunities in this area near the June 2024 pullback low, which also closely aligns with dissimilar prices situated just above the August trough.

Important Resistance Levels to Watch

Amid a recovery in the iPhone maker’s stock, investors should ready for for a potential retest of the $235 level, a location where the shares may run into resistance near the ascending triangle’s move trendline and prominent peaks that formed on the chart in July and October last year.

Finally, a move struggling against odds above the ascending triangle’s top trendline could see Apple shares climb to around $250. Investors who have bought the stock at lower prices may look to book profits in this region near a brief pause in the stock’s stable uptrend during December.

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