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AFL · AFLAC Incorporated

$120.93 +0.35% Oct 26 close
Detected setup watchlist_candidate · Setup Score 0/100

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Setup score 0, but distribution days reach 5 or more — stand aside until the condition resets.

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$AFL

AFLAC Incorporated

AFLAC Incorporated is a large-cap Multi-Line Insurance company in the Finance sector with a market cap of $61B.

Finance Multi-Line Insurance stock Stage 2 · Advancing Base 1
$120.93 latest close
Market Structure
Trend structure: uptrend
Latest event: structure_shift (bullish)
Support 108.26–109.08 · 5 touches · strong
Support 118.09–118.83 · 5 touches · strong
Support 114.42–114.86 · 4 touches · moderate
Support 119.19–119.81 · 4 touches · moderate
Support 111.82–112.46 · 3 touches · moderate
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Verdict · setup score 0/100 · data Oct 26 close · 1 session old

Stand aside — setup invalidated

Setup score 0, but distribution days reach 5 or more — stand aside until the condition resets.

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Recent price action · daily
$110$120$130AugSepOct$121

What would change this verdict

What needs to turn for this to become buyable — the top failing checks across the legend council:

  • Minervini 1.4 50-day MA > 150-day MA AND 200-day MA — MA50 $116.40, MA150 $117.07, MA200 $115.60
  • Minervini 1.8 RS rank ≥ 70 (prefer ≥ 85) — RS rank 45
  • O'Neil C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25% — +11.5% QoQ
  • O'Neil L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership) — RS rank 45
  • Weinstein Volume expansion above average — Volume ratio 0.63x
  • Weinstein Relative strength ≥ 60 — RS 45
Minority view — the council disagrees here
  • Minervini: avoid Trend-template read: fails 50-day MA > 150-day MA AND 200-day MA.
  • O'Neil: avoid CANSLIM read: fails C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.
  • Weinstein: watch Stage-analysis read: Stage 2 is present; 3 supporting checks need improvement.
51 Neutral
Legend Score · rates the stock Neutral (51/100) — held back by eps growth

Our proprietary 0-100 rating — the answer to Wall Street's black-box scores. Five pillars, each computed from real scan data, each explained below in plain English.

  • Relative Strength (25%) 45
  • Trend Template (25%) 62
  • Institutional Footprint (20%) 65
  • EPS Growth (15%) 30
  • Quality (SMR-like) (15%) 44

RS rank 45: middle of the pack — no leadership yet. Trend template 5/8: mixed — some uptrend elements, some missing. Institutional score 65: mild accumulation. EPS up +0% — growing, but below the 25% leadership bar. Quality 44: weak fundamentals (sales growth 30, return on equity 41, leverage 100). Updated 2026-10-27.

Earnings

Normal technical setup

Next earnings Wednesday, November 4, 2026 After market close Exact clock time not supplied by source

Deterministic evidence

AFL+0.35%
Sector proxy · XLF+0.21%
Broad market · SPY+0.71%
Same completed session window ending 2026-10-26. AFL was +0.14 points vs XLF. -0.36 points vs SPY.

Session internals Green but fading

Rule: closed up but below the open and in the bottom third of the range. Judged on internals, not on the size of the move.

Vs prior close+0.35% From the open-0.03% Range position9% GapNo gap
QQQ confirmationConfirming (+1.11%) SMH confirmationConfirming (+2.74%)
Short-term conviction -1 points.
  • Session closed below its open and in the lower third of the day's range — green on the day, but the move faded.
Price bars, sourced event fields, and benchmark math only. This can adjust displayed short-term conviction; it does not change the stored scanner score or readiness.

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Price $120.93 +0.3% Oct 26 close
52W High $130.22 7.1% below high
Wks Since High 12w
Base Depth 14.2% 15.5% today
RS Rank 8 percentile of scan
SMA 50 $116.40
Avg Vol 1,952,368
Rel Vol (Oct 26) 0.63× 1.17× on up days
More stats
52W Low $105.43
Tight Wks 4
Base B1
SMA 200 $115.60
RS Line vs High -10.4%
RS Line Slope +6.2% ▲
Group Rank #52/64
ADR% 1.8%
ATR(14) $2.24 (1.9%)
Vol Pace (live) N/A
A/D Days 10A / 14D
A/D Rating E
VDU Bars 0/10 d
Power Trend 4d
Earnings in 8d
Position in 52-week range 63rdpercentile of the 52-week range
$105.43low
$130.22high

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Technical Analysis Report Card

$AFL · $120.93 · as of 2026-10-26 · multi-factor read
75
/ 100
Technicals 75/100
Reference read from price & volume only — the verdict at the top of the page decides the action.

Trend · Daily / Weekly / Monthly

Daily ▲ Uptrend
Weekly ▬ Sideways / consolidating
Monthly ▬ Sideways / consolidating

Moving Averages

50-day$116.40 ↑
100-day$118.87 ↑
200-day$115.60 ↑
Bullish (50 > 200)

RSI (14)

Reading61.0 · Bullish

Bullish momentum — comfortably in buyer territory.

MACD (12/26/9)

StateBullish
Histogram+0.724

Bullish — MACD above its signal line and above zero. Histogram contracting.

Bollinger Bands (20,2)

%B / Width80% · 12.7%

Near the upper band — buyers in control.

Volume · Buyer vs Seller

Up/Down vol1.17 · Neutral
Rel volume0.63×
Pocket pivots · 10d1
5d vs 50d vol67%
Heavy vol up / down0 / 0

Balanced — up/down volume is roughly even; no clear hand. Recent volume is easing versus its baseline.

  • Pocket pivot 6 sessions ago — up-day volume beat every down day of the prior 10 sessions.

Support & Resistance

R · $122.79swing level
R · $125.93swing level
R · $130.2252-week high
Price · $120.93now
S · $120.54swing level
S · $115.82swing level
S · $114.03swing level

Fibonacci · Downtrend swing

23.6%$114.77
38.2%$117.72
50.0% ◄ price here$120.11
61.8% ◄ price here$122.50
78.6%$125.89

Retracement resistance zones measured from the recent swing high down to the low.

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Daily uptrendAbove 200-day MA50/200 bullish
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Legend Verdicts 6 methodology checks

Who would consider this setup, why it qualifies, and what blocks it — calculated from the same deterministic methodology rules used across Legend AI.
How to read the numbers: the setup score (0/100, in the verdict band) rates this trade setup. Each legend's A–D grade rates the same setup against that legend's own checklist — so a high score next to a C grade is not a contradiction. The setup can be strong without fitting that legend's style. When the council disagrees, the verdict band breaks the tie.

Council consensus: 6 of 9 legends are Watching — building, not yet a confirmed buy.
Minervini Avoid D Trend-template read: fails 50-day MA > 150-day MA AND 200-day MA.
Passing evidence
1.1 Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAPrice $120.93, MA150 $117.07, MA200 $115.60
1.2 150-day MA > 200-day MAMA150 $117.07 vs MA200 $115.60
Failing evidence
1.4 50-day MA > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAMA50 $116.40, MA150 $117.07, MA200 $115.60
1.8 RS rank ≥ 70 (prefer ≥ 85)RS rank 45
5/10 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
O'Neil Avoid D CANSLIM read: fails C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.
Passing evidence
N: Near 52-week high or RS line new high7.1% below high | RS line new high: False
S: Base tightness (ATR% ≤ 4.5%)ATR% 1.85%
Failing evidence
C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%+11.5% QoQ
L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership)RS rank 45
2/8 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
Weinstein Watch D Stage-analysis read: Stage 2 is present; 3 supporting checks need improvement.

mediumStage 2 uptrend in progress — hold as long as price stays above the 30-week moving average.

Passing evidence
Stage 2 (Advancing phase) confirmedStage 2 (Advancing)
Price above 30-week MA (200-day proxy)Price $120.93 vs MA200 $115.60
Failing evidence
Volume expansion above averageVolume ratio 0.63x
Relative strength ≥ 60RS 45
3/6 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
dennis Watch C Turtle read: no breakout yet. Price is pressing the 20-day high. The system waits for the print; it never anticipates.
Passing evidence
No breakdown below the 20-day channel20-day low $110.00
Volatility-unit sizing (1N ≈ 1% of equity)1N = $2.07 (1.71% of price); the Turtles size 1 unit so a 1N move ≈ 1% of equity, making the 2N stop ≈ 2% equity risk
Failing evidence
S1: 20-day Donchian breakoutNot confirmed
S2: 55-day Donchian breakoutNot confirmed
5/7 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
zanger Avoid D Zanger read: a hard gate is broken — either the pattern is not one of his six, or the entry is more than 5% past the breakout. He would not touch this.
Passing evidence
Partial-profit plan: sell 20-30% at +15-20%Scale 20-30% at $139.07-$145.12; trail the rest
Trail on the 10/20-day MA10-day MA $119.65 · 20-day MA $116.44 — exit the remainder on a close below the trail
Failing evidence
Named Zanger pattern onlywatchlist_candidate is not one of Zanger's six
Not extended (≤5% above the breakout point)Data unavailable
3/6 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
zweig Watch D Zweig read: part of his screen passes but not all: EPS growth above the market (≥15% QoQ); Insider buying; Price strength (RS ≥ 70) — wait for the full growth screen before treating this as a Zweig setup.
Passing evidence
Reasonable price for the growth (P/E ≤ 35)Trailing P/E 17.7x — no PEG or forward P/E stored
Breadth momentum: 10-day A/D ratio10-day A/D 1.17 (2087 adv / 1783 dec) — participation expanding
Failing evidence
EPS growth above the market (≥15% QoQ)+11.5% QoQ — Zweig wants growth above the S&P average
Insider buyingNo insider buying flagged
2/8 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
Livermore Watch B Pivotal-point read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$120.93
Distance from 52-week high7.1% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 45
Volume vs average0.63x
3/6 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
Darvas Watch B Box-theory read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$120.93
Distance from 52-week high7.1% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 45
Volume vs average0.63x
3/6 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
Wyckoff Watch B Supply-and-demand read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$120.93
Distance from 52-week high7.1% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 45
Volume vs average0.63x
3/6 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
Base & Breakout
Breakout follow-through

No active breakout tracked — Legend AI monitors daily for pivot-point breaks. What's a breakout?

Latest candle: Shooting Star — Long upper shadow with a small body near the low — sellers rejected higher prices. A caution flag when price is extended above a pivot.

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RS Line vs SPY 52-week relative strength · blue = RS line · dashed = MA50 · dot = NH ▲ Rising
101RS Line (52W)
Accumulation / Distribution last 65 sessions · green = acc on high vol · red = dist on high vol Net -2 E
A: 14 D: 16 Net: -265 sessions
Minervini · Grade Card
Fundamentals & leadership quality — Minervini’s published criteria · 2/7 met
C 2/7 criteria
Separate score from the Minervini Trend Template (5/8): the Trend Template grades the price structure, this grades the company & leadership (earnings, sales, margins, RS rank). A stock can ride a clean trend while its fundamentals lag, so the two often differ by design — they are not the same checklist.
✗ EPS acceleration ≥25% QoQ +11%
✗ Revenue growth ≥20% YoY -9%
✗ Gross margin ≥30% —
✗ ROE ≥17% 16%
✗ RS rating ≥80 (leadership) 45
✓ Stage 2 uptrend (Weinstein) Stage 2
✓ Within 25% of 52W high -7.1%

Method Playbook

Trade it like Zweig EXACT LEVELS · PRO
Zweig D · Watch — The deterministic methodology check is Watch; wait for the failing or incomplete criteria to improve before the trigger can qualify.
Pivot
Pro level
Published-method rule: Use the stock's recent consolidation high — Zweig buys strength in screened growers, not breakdowns.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Entry trigger
Pro level
Published-method rule: Buy only when the growth screen passes: EPS growth above the market, PEG ≤ 1.5 (reasonable for the growth), insider buying, and RS leadership.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Initial stop
Pro level
Published-method rule: Define the loss before entry — Zweig's risk rule. Sell when the growth story breaks: earnings decelerate or the valuation stretches past reason.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Trail
Rule-based
Published-method rule: Hold winners as long as earnings keep growing and the price holds its trend; sell half on a climax run.
Evidence: Planned management rule; no stored stop or broker order is changed automatically.
Exit / invalidation
Pro level
Published-method rule: Exit when EPS growth falls below the market, the PEG stretches past reason, insiders stop buying — or the Super Model flips the market to defensive.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Deterministic educational plan, not a recommendation. No order or stop is changed automatically. Method and sources →

Forming Patterns (predictive — not confirmed)

VCP bullish near confirmation
85% built

Possible VCP forming — contractions 16% → 3% → 3%. Watch for a final tighter contraction with volume drying up, then a move through ~123.28 on strong volume. A break below ~110.00 invalidates the base.

Pivot Watch 1.91% away
Tightness / volume Expanding · VDU
Recent-pace band 1–5 sessions
Confirms above 123.28
Invalidates at 110.00
Pivot 123.28
Support 120.00
Base High 130.22

3 tightening contractions (16% → 3% → 3%), depth 16%, vol_dry=yes, near_pivot=yes

Predictive pattern recognition is educational — most forming structures never confirm. Wait for the confirmation level before treating this as a setup.

Pattern Analysis

watchlist_candidate
0 setup score
RS Score 45
Trend template 5/8
Why This Setup?
watchlist_candidate · schematic

Near-miss 5/8 — needs: sma50 above sma150 200, price above 30pct of 52w low, rs score above 70

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The Universal Edge Check · context only

What the setup still has going for it, recorded for later. The verdict above stands — these principles do not overrule it.

1/7 universals met
  • A relative-strength leader — not met RS rank 8 — laggard
  • Risk is defined — not met No stop — undefined risk
  • Asymmetric reward — partly met No target set
  • Clear of earnings — partly met in 8 days — size down
  • Not chasing (in range) — partly met Pivot distance unknown
  • Volume confirms — partly met 0.6× average — light
  • In a confirmed uptrend — met Stage 2 · Trend template 5/8
Why these seven? → The Universal Edge

Minervini Trend Template

5/8

Grades the price structure — moving-average stacking, distance from the 52-week high/low, and relative strength above the ≥70 uptrend bar. This is the technical trend check; the company's fundamentals and ≥80 RS leadership are scored separately in the Grade Card.

Price above SMA 150 & 200 $120.93 vs SMA150 $117.07 / SMA200 $115.60
SMA 150 above SMA 200 SMA150 $117.07 vs SMA200 $115.60
SMA 200 trending up Slope +0.62 over 20 days
SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200 SMA50 $116.40
Price above SMA 50 $120.93 vs SMA50 $116.40
30%+ above 52-week low +14.7% from $105.43
Within 25% of 52-week high -7.1% from $130.22
RS score above 70 RS 45

Fundamentals

52W Range
63%
Mkt Cap SEC
60.6B
EPS QoQ
+11%
Rev YoY
-9%
ROE
16%
D/E
0.28
EPS TTM
$6.82
P/E TTM
17.7x
Float
501M
Insider
No Buy

Company

Company profile
AFLAC Incorporated
AFL · NYSE · Finance · Multi-Line Insurance
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Scan History

20× streak
Oct 23: 0 (watchlist_candidate)Oct 26: 0 (watchlist_candidate)Oct 27: 0 (watchlist_candidate)0
Oct 27
watchlist_candidate
0
Oct 26
watchlist_candidate
0 0.0%
Oct 23
watchlist_candidate
0 +0.3%

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