Stand aside — setup invalidated
Setup score 38, but price closes below stop $101.84 — stand aside until the condition resets.
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AKAM · Akamai Technologies, Inc.
$98.50 +5.31% Oct 26 close
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$AKAM
Akamai Technologies, Inc.Akamai Technologies, Inc. is a large-cap Data Processing Services company in the Technology Services sector with a market cap of $14B.
Market Structure
Trend structure: range
Latest event: structure_shift
(bearish)
Support
90.76–91.00
· 3 touches · moderate
Resistance
127.04–127.50
· 3 touches · moderate
Resistance
103.60–104.07
· 3 touches · moderate
Momentum Turn Watch
Daily Bullish MACD Divergence
Price made a lower low ($112.73→$87.25) while MACD made a higher low (-6.57→-5.54). Treat it as early momentum evidence until price confirms a turn.
Early technical context only. Wait for price, volume, and the canonical setup trigger to confirm; this signal does not change readiness or the setup score.
Historical verdict · setup score 38/100 · data Oct 26 close · latest session
Stand aside — setup invalidated
Setup score 38, but price closes below stop $101.84 — stand aside until the condition resets.
Recent price action · daily
What would change this verdict
What needs to turn for this to become buyable — the top failing checks across the legend council:
- Minervini 1.1 Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MA — Price $98.50, MA150 $116.61, MA200 $112.41
- Minervini 1.4 50-day MA > 150-day MA AND 200-day MA — MA50 $105.40, MA150 $116.61, MA200 $112.41
- O'Neil C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25% — CANSLIM grade C
- O'Neil L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership) — RS rank 71
- Weinstein Stage 2 (Advancing phase) confirmed — Stage 1 (Basing)
- Weinstein Price above 30-week MA (200-day proxy) — Price $98.50 vs MA200 $112.41
Minority view — the council disagrees here
- Minervini: avoid Trend-template read: fails Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MA.
- O'Neil: avoid CANSLIM read: fails C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.
- Weinstein: avoid Stage-analysis read: basing (Stage 1) is not an advancing Stage 2.
47
Weak
Legend Score · rates the stock
Weak (47/100) — held back by quality (smr-like)
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%) 64
- Trend Template (25%) 38
- Institutional Footprint (20%) 48
- EPS Growth (15%) 50
- Quality (SMR-like) (15%) 30
RS rank 64: above-average strength. Trend template 3/8: not in a healthy uptrend. Institutional score 48: neutral — no clear institutional conviction. No recent earnings growth data — scored neutral. Quality 30: weak fundamentals (sales growth 30). Updated 2026-10-02.
Earnings
Normal technical setup
Next earnings
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
After market close
Exact clock time not supplied by source
Deterministic evidence
AKAM+5.31%
Sector proxy · XLK+1.69%
Broad market · SPY+0.71%
Session internals Strong momentum
Rule: closed up, at or above the open, in the top third of the day's range. Judged on internals, not on the size of the move.
Vs prior close+5.31%
From the open+5.40%
Range position94%
GapNo gap
QQQ confirmationConfirming (+1.11%)
SMH confirmationConfirming (+2.74%)
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More stats
52W Low
$70.82
Tight Wks
0
Base
B1
SMA 200
$112.41
RS Line vs High
-32.0%
RS Line Slope
+5.7% ▲
Group Rank
#42/65
ADR%
5.3%
ATR(14)
$5.63 (5.7%)
Vol Pace (live)
N/A
A/D Days
8A / 11D
A/D Rating
E
VDU Bars
0/10 d
Earnings
in 8d
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Technical Analysis Report Card
$AKAM · $98.50 · as of 2026-10-26 · multi-factor read
7
/ 100
Reference read from price & volume only — the verdict at the top of the page decides the action.
Trend · Daily / Weekly / Monthly
Daily
▼ Downtrend
Weekly
▼ Downtrend
Monthly
▼ Downtrend
Moving Averages
50-day$105.40 ↓
100-day$114.03 ↓
200-day$112.41 ↓
Bearish (50 < 200)
RSI (14)
Reading48.1 · Neutral
Neutral — momentum is balanced between buyers and sellers.
MACD (12/26/9)
StateBearish
Histogram-0.006
Bearish — MACD below its signal line and below zero. Histogram expanding.
Bollinger Bands (20,2)
%B / Width48% · 32.1%
Mid-band — no directional band edge in play.
Volume · Buyer vs Seller
Up/Down vol0.58 · Distribution
Rel volume1.21×
Pocket pivots · 10d1
5d vs 50d vol101%
Heavy vol up / down1 / 2
Distribution — volume is concentrated on down days; sellers dominate. Recent volume is expanding versus its baseline.
- Pocket pivot 7 sessions ago — up-day volume beat every down day of the prior 10 sessions.
- 2 heavy-volume down days vs 1 up in the last 20 sessions — supply is showing.
Support & Resistance
R · $112.76swing level
R · $118.17swing level
R · $127.75swing level
Price · $98.50now
S · $88.50swing level
S · $70.8252-week low
Fibonacci · Downtrend swing
23.6%$104.80
38.2%$116.39
50.0%$125.75
61.8%$135.12
78.6%$148.46
Retracement resistance zones measured from the recent swing high down to the low.
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Daily downtrendWeekly downtrendMonthly downtrendBelow 200-day MA50/200 bearishVolume distribution
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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 (38/100, 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:
5 of 9 legends are Watching — building, not yet a confirmed buy.
Minervini
Avoid
D
Trend-template read: fails Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MA.
Passing evidence
1.2 150-day MA > 200-day MAMA150 $116.61 vs MA200 $112.41
1.8 RS rank ≥ 70 (prefer ≥ 85)RS rank 71
Failing evidence
1.1 Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAPrice $98.50, MA150 $116.61, MA200 $112.41
1.4 50-day MA > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAMA50 $105.40, MA150 $116.61, MA200 $112.41
O'Neil
Avoid
D
CANSLIM read: fails C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.
Passing evidence
No passing evidence available.
Failing evidence
C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%CANSLIM grade C
L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership)RS rank 71
Weinstein
Avoid
D
Stage-analysis read: basing (Stage 1) is not an advancing Stage 2.
Passing evidence
30-week MA trending upwardFrom weekly scan context
Relative strength ≥ 60RS 71
Failing evidence
Stage 2 (Advancing phase) confirmedStage 1 (Basing)
Price above 30-week MA (200-day proxy)Price $98.50 vs MA200 $112.41
dennis
Watch
B
Turtle read: no Donchian signal. The system stays flat until price takes out the 20-day high.
Passing evidence
No breakdown below the 20-day channel20-day low $86.06
Volatility-unit sizing (1N ≈ 1% of equity)1N = $5.71 (5.80% 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
zanger
Avoid
C
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
Not extended (≤5% above the breakout point)Measured as passing
Partial-profit plan: sell 20-30% at +15-20%Scale 20-30% at $113.27-$118.20; trail the rest
Failing evidence
Named Zanger pattern onlyDescending Triangle is not one of Zanger's six
Breakout volume 1.5-2.0x averageNot confirmed
zweig
Watch
D
Zweig read: part of his screen passes but not all: Insider buying — 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 32.1x — no PEG or forward P/E stored
Price strength (RS ≥ 70)RS score 71 — Zweig buys strength, not bargains
Failing evidence
Insider buyingNo insider buying flagged
4% Model (breadth proxy)60% of universe above 50-day — mixed participation, no thrust
Livermore
Watch
B
Pivotal-point read: constructive evidence is present, but volume vs average is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$98.50
Relative strengthRS 71
Failing evidence
Volume vs average1.21x
Distance from 52-week high40.5% below high
Darvas
Watch
B
Box-theory read: constructive evidence is present, but volume vs average is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$98.50
Relative strengthRS 71
Failing evidence
Volume vs average1.21x
Distance from 52-week high40.5% below high
Wyckoff
Watch
B
Supply-and-demand read: constructive evidence is present, but volume vs average is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$98.50
Relative strengthRS 71
Failing evidence
Volume vs average1.21x
Distance from 52-week high40.5% below high
Base & Breakout
Breakout follow-through
No active breakout tracked — Legend AI monitors daily for pivot-point breaks. What's a breakout?
RS Line vs SPY
52-week relative strength · blue = RS line · dashed = MA50 · dot = NH
▲ Rising
Accumulation / Distribution
last 65 sessions · green = acc on high vol · red = dist on high vol
Net -1
Fundamentals & leadership quality — Minervini’s published criteria · 0/7 met
D
0/7 criteria
Separate score from the Minervini Trend Template (4/8): 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
—
Revenue growth ≥20% YoY
+7%
Gross margin ≥30%
—
ROE ≥17%
—
RS rating ≥80 (leadership)
71
Stage 2 uptrend (Weinstein)
Stage 4
Within 25% of 52W high
-40.5%
Method Playbook
Trade it like Minervini
EXACT LEVELS · PRO
Minervini D · Avoid — The deterministic methodology check is Avoid; wait until the blocking criteria are resolved.
Pivot
Pro levelPublished-method rule: Use the tight base's structural pivot; the setup must retain Trend Template leadership into the trigger.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Entry trigger
Pro levelPublished-method rule: Require a decisive move through the pivot with volume confirmation, and do not initiate more than 5% above it.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Initial stop
Pro levelPublished-method rule: Start at the tighter structural invalidation; the initial loss limit must not exceed roughly 7–8% from entry.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Trail
Rule-basedPublished-method rule: Hold the initial stop until the trade proves itself; near +1R move to breakeven, then trail a higher low or rising 10/21-day average once well extended.
Evidence: Planned management rule; no stored stop or broker order is changed automatically.
Evidence: Planned management rule; no stored stop or broker order is changed automatically.
Exit / invalidation
Pro levelPublished-method rule: Exit when the structural stop or a meaningful higher-low/short-term trend violation fires; never widen the stop.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
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Pattern Analysis (historical)
Descending Triangle
⚠ Volatility widening into breakout
⚠ Extended past buy zone
⚠ No base tightness
⚠ Climax / exhaustion bar
38
setup score
RS Score
71
Trend template
4/8
CANSLIM
61.3* (C)
high slope: -0.005436
low slope: 0.001015
pattern bars: 102
tighten ratio: 0.028
apex bars ahead: 3.4
apex price: 102.76
state: breakout
ma len: 200
ma value: 111.13
under ma: -0.0253
ma rising: ✗
near ma: ✓
ma touch bar ago: 119
triangle volume ratio: 0.736
volume dry up: ✓
breakout volume ratio: 0.99
depth: 0.0248
geometry: {'resistance_rail': {'start': {'bar': 26, 'bars_ago': 93, 'price': 165.45, 'date': '2026-05-13'}, 'end': {'bar': 119, 'bars_ago': 0, 'price': 104.9541, 'date': '2026-09-25'}}, 'support_rail': {'start': {'bar': 5, 'bars_ago': 114, 'price': 88.5, 'date': '2026-04-14'}, 'end': {'bar': 119, 'bars_ago': 0, 'price': 102.3493, 'date': '2026-09-25'}}, 'apex': {'bar': 122.37, 'bars_ago': -3.37, 'price': 102.7592, 'date': '2026-09-28'}, 'breakout_bar': {'bar': 115, 'bars_ago': 4, 'price': 117.41, 'date': '2026-09-21'}, 'breakout_level': 107.556, 'ma_line': {'label': '200-day SMA', 'start': {'bar': 0, 'bars_ago': 119, 'price': nan, 'date': '2026-04-07'}, 'end': {'bar': 119, 'bars_ago': 0, 'price': 111.1306, 'date': '2026-09-25'}}, 'ma_touch_bar': {'bar': 0, 'bars_ago': 119, 'price': 113.89, 'date': '2026-04-07'}, 'ma_value': 111.13}
confidence kind: heuristic_match
detector version: descending_triangle/2026-09-27
findings: ['Resistance falling -0.54%/day into flat support (+0.10%/day) — sellers pressing, buyers defending', 'Rails tighten to 3% of the starting range; apex 3 bars ahead', 'Uptrend context: close $113.94 vs 200-day SMA $111.13 (-2.5%)', 'Pressing into the 200-day SMA — closest touch (2026-04-07) at $113.89', 'BREAKOUT above $107.56', 'Volume drying up through the pattern']
not falling wedge: ✓
not falling wedge reason: no prior-downtrend requirement — this is an uptrend correction pressing into the long MA, the shape the Falling Wedge detector explicitly rejects
validation reason: valid generic setup
multi tf evaluated: ✓
multi tf reason: weekly range widening last 3 weeks — unstable structure
Why This Setup?
D+W Confluence
Descending Triangle · schematic
Descending Triangle (breakout): resistance falling -0.54%/day into flat support near $102.35, squeezing into the 200-day SMA ($111.13) inside an uptrend. Broke out above $107.56. Research/educational only, not a buy/sell recommendation. | Moderate trend (5/8) | Good RS (71) | High-confidence pattern (93%) | Volume surging | Gap-up day (7.8× vol) | Readiness 65/100 (watch) | CANSLIM 61.3 (C) | ⚠ Volatility widening into breakout; Extended past buy zone; No base tightness; Climax / exhaustion bar
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.
4/7
universals met
- A relative-strength leader — not met RS rank 38 — laggard
- Clear of earnings — partly met in 8 days — size down
- In a confirmed uptrend — partly met Stage 4 · Trend template 4/8 — not yet Stage 2
- Asymmetric reward — met Met — levels are a Pro detail
- Not chasing (in range) — met Met — levels are a Pro detail
- Risk is defined — met Met — levels are a Pro detail
- Volume confirms — met 7.8× average
Minervini Trend Template
4/8Grades 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
$98.50 vs SMA150 $116.61 / SMA200 $112.41
SMA 150 above SMA 200
SMA150 $116.61 vs SMA200 $112.41
SMA 200 trending up
Slope +1.16 over 20 days
SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200
SMA50 $105.40
Price above SMA 50
$98.50 vs SMA50 $105.40
30%+ above 52-week low
+39.1% from $70.82
Within 25% of 52-week high
-40.5% from $165.45
RS score above 70
RS 71
Fundamentals
52W Range
29%
Mkt Cap SEC
14.2B
Rev YoY
+7%
EPS TTM
$3.07
P/E TTM
32.1x
Float
144M
Insider
No Buy
Company
Company profile
Akamai Technologies, Inc.
CANSLIM — current EPS, annual EPS, new highs, supply, leader RS, inst. sponsorship, market
C
61.3* CANSLIM
* disqualified on M
C · Curr. EPS
40
A · Annual EPS
63
N · New Highs
40
S · Supply/Demand
70
L · Leader RS
71
I · Inst. Spons.
100
M · Market
30
Weekly Context
Multi-timeframe signals from weekly barsW. Trend
4/8
W. RS
66
W. Support
$88.50
W. Resist
$165.45
W. Patterns
Record Volume
Weekly Structure
Trend
Neutral
Tight Weeks
0
Confirmation
Neutral
Scan History
Sep 28
Descending Triangle
38
Sep 24
Darvas Box
✓ Gate
66
-10.8%
Sep 23
Darvas Box
✓ Gate
66
-16.8%
Sep 22
Darvas Box
✓ Gate
66
-16.8%
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