Source: WeDesing / Shutterstock.com It’s starting to move now, but Apple stock hasn’t done much of anything for most of this year, or really since the shares split on a four-for-one basis at the end of last August. After hitting a peak of $145.09 in late January, AAPL stock was trading in a range of $120 to $130 throughout the first half of 2021. The shares seemed incapable of breaking out despite the company’s 5G-enabled iPhone 12 ushering in a new super sales cycle, and Apple continuing to report extremely strong earnings. In its latest earnings report, the Cupertino, California-based technology company reported fiscal second-quarter sales of $89.6 billion, up 54% from a year earlier. Analysts had expected revenue of $77.3 billion in the quarter. Apple’s quarterly profits came in at $1.40 a share, also topping Wall Street forecasts.