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APD · Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
$292.58 latest stored close
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Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. is a large-cap Chemicals: Specialty company in the Process Industries sector with a market cap of $65B.
Council read · 6 methods
Watch — evidence is building
0 buyable · 5 watch · 1 avoid. Review the observed passes and blockers before reading the chart.
Earnings-risk mode
Pre-earnings setup
Thursday, July 30, 2026
Time not confirmed
No sourced report session or clock time
Ordinary position sizing suppressed.
Earnings are less than three full trading sessions away; treat the gap as event risk, not ordinary stop-distance risk.
Deterministic evidence
APD-1.78%
Broad market · SPY+0.02%
CatalystUnavailable
Stock reactionNegative
Sector reactionUnavailable
Opening surgeUnavailable
Event riskEarnings-driven
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.
AI interpretation (optional)
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Setup Quality
C
3/7 signals
Score trend
✓
Stage 2 · Advancing
✗
Power Trend
✗ RS New High
✓ Trend 6/8
✗
No Pattern
✗ CANSLIM 54.6 (D)
✓ Gatekeeper
Base #1 (A)
Technical Analysis Report Card
$APD · $292.58 · as of 2026-07-27 · multi-factor read
46
/ 100
Trend · Daily / Weekly / Monthly
Daily
▬ Sideways / consolidating
Weekly
▬ Sideways / consolidating
Monthly
▬ Sideways / consolidating
Moving Averages
50-day$289.39 ↑
100-day$290.94 ↑
200-day$275.55 ↑
Bullish (50 > 200)
RSI (14)
Reading48.4 · Neutral
Neutral — momentum is balanced between buyers and sellers.
MACD (12/26/9)
StateWeakening
Histogram-0.822
Weakening — MACD slipped below its signal line. Histogram contracting.
Bollinger Bands (20,2)
%B / Width35% · 11.2%
Mid-band — no directional band edge in play.
Volume · Buyer vs Seller
Up/Down vol0.7 · Neutral
Rel volume0.9×
Balanced — up/down volume is roughly even; no clear hand. Recent volume is easing versus its baseline.
Support & Resistance
R · $296.64swing level
R · $301.25swing level
R · $307.62swing level
Price · $292.58now
S · $290.50swing level
S · $281.24swing level
S · $275.49swing level
Fibonacci · Uptrend swing
23.6%$303.84
38.2%$297.01
50.0% ◄ price here$291.50
61.8%$285.98
78.6%$278.12
Retracement support zones measured from the recent swing low up to the high.
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Above 200-day MA50/200 bullishRS 9 (laggard)
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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.
Council consensus:
🟡 5 of 6 legends are Watching — building, not yet a confirmed buy.
Watch
Minervini C
Trend-template read: 8/12 pass; wait for the soft misses to improve.
Passing evidence
1.1 Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAPrice $292.58, MA150 $283.00, MA200 $275.55
1.2 150-day MA > 200-day MAMA150 $283.00 vs MA200 $275.55
Failing evidence
1.8 RS rank ≥ 70 (prefer ≥ 85)RS rank 9
2. Quarterly EPS growth ≥ 25%+1.3% QoQ
Avoid
O'Neil 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% 2.23%
Failing evidence
C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%+1.3% QoQ
L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership)RS rank 9
Watch
Weinstein C
Stage-analysis read: Stage 2 is present; 3 supporting checks need improvement.
Passing evidence
Stage 2 (Advancing phase) confirmedStage 2 (Advancing)
Price above 30-week MA (200-day proxy)Price $292.58 vs MA200 $275.55
Failing evidence
Volume expansion above averageVolume ratio 0.90x
Relative strength ≥ 60RS 9
Watch
Livermore B
Pivotal-point read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$292.58
Distance from 52-week high7.1% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 9
Volume vs average0.90x
Watch
Darvas B
Box-theory read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$292.58
Distance from 52-week high7.1% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 9
Volume vs average0.90x
Watch
Wyckoff B
Supply-and-demand read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$292.58
Distance from 52-week high7.1% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 9
Volume vs average0.90x
Breakout Health
No active breakout tracked — Legend AI monitors daily for pivot-point breaks. What's a breakout?
🕯 Latest candle: Bearish Engulfing — Today's down candle engulfs yesterday's up candle — a bearish reversal warning, most significant after an extended advance.
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 -9
Fundamentals & leadership quality — Minervini SEPA criteria · 3/7 met
C
3/7 SEPA
Separate score from the 8-point Trend Template (6/8): 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
+1%
Revenue growth ≥20% YoY
-1%
Gross margin ≥30%
32%
ROE ≥17%
14%
RS rating ≥80 (leadership)
9
Stage 2 uptrend (Weinstein)
Stage 2
Within 25% of 52W high
-7.1%
Method Playbook
📋 Trade it like Livermore
EXACT LEVELS · PRO
Livermore B · Watch — The deterministic methodology check is Watch; wait for the failing or incomplete criteria to improve before the trigger can qualify.
Pivot
Pro levelPublished-method rule: Treat the resistance break as a pivotal point only while the primary trend and relative strength remain aligned.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Entry trigger
Pro levelPublished-method rule: Wait for price and volume to confirm the pivotal-point break; anticipation below the line is not confirmation.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Initial stop
Pro levelPublished-method rule: Place the initial stop below the pivotal line or the reaction low that would prove the breakout false.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Trail
Rule-basedPublished-method rule: Raise protection beneath successive higher reaction lows as the trend advances; never move a protective line farther away.
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 price fails the pivotal line, breaks the latest meaningful reaction low, or shows abnormal reversal action.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
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Forming Patterns (predictive — not confirmed)
Head & Shoulders
bearish
forming
75%
built
Possible head & shoulders top — not confirmed. Watch for a daily close below ~270.11 (neckline) to confirm, with measured-move risk toward ~225.35. A push back above 307.12 weakens the pattern; reclaiming 314.87 invalidates it.
Confirms below
270.11
Invalidates at
314.87
Left Shoulder
307.96
Head
314.87
Right Shoulder
307.12
Neckline
270.11
Target
225.35
LS 307.96 / head 314.87 / RS 307.12, neckline ~270.11, vol_fading=yes
Predictive pattern recognition is educational — most forming structures never confirm. Wait for the confirmation level before treating this as a setup.
Pattern Analysis
Wyckoff SOS
⚠ Not actionable yet
55.0
score
RS Score
9
Trend
6/8 ✓
CANSLIM
54.6* (D)
range low: 275.046
range high: 303.094
range pct: 0.102
sos thrust: 0.011
sos vol ratio: 2.083
sos bars ago: 17
near lps: ✓
validation reason: valid generic setup
multi tf evaluated: ✓
multi tf reason: weekly: MA stabilizing or rising — accumulation context supported
Why This Setup?
D+W Confluence
Wyckoff SOS
SOS: breakout above range_high=303.09, thrust=1.1%, vol=2.1x avg, lps=near, 17 bars ago | Moderate trend (6/8) | High-confidence pattern (85%) | Stage 2 | Readiness 57/100 (early) | CANSLIM 54.6 (D) | ⚠ Not actionable yet
The Universal Edge Check
The panel is uneasy
Too many universals unmet — this leans closer to a guess than a trade.
1/7
universals met
- In a confirmed uptrend Stage 2 · Trend 6/8
- Risk is defined No stop — undefined risk
- Asymmetric reward No target set
- Not chasing (in range) Pivot distance unknown
- Volume confirms 0.9× average — light
- Clear of earnings in 2 days — event risk
- A relative-strength leader RS 8 — laggard
Minervini Trend Template
6/8Grades 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
$292.58 vs SMA150 $283.00 / SMA200 $275.55
SMA 150 above SMA 200
SMA150 $283.00 vs SMA200 $275.55
SMA 200 trending up
Slope +1.83 over 20 days
SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200
SMA50 $289.39
Price above SMA 50
$292.58 vs SMA50 $289.39
30%+ above 52W low
+27.7% from $229.11
Within 25% of 52W high
-7.1% from $314.87
RS score above 70
RS 9
Fundamentals
52W Range
74%
Mkt Cap SEC
65.2B
EPS QoQ
+1%
Rev YoY
-1%
ROE
14%
Gross Margin
32%
D/E
1.18
EPS TTM
$-1.77
Float
223M
Insider
No Buy
Company
Legend AI snapshot
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
$292.58latest close
$65.2Bmarket cap
8RS rank
55setup score
CANSLIM — current EPS, annual EPS, new highs, supply, leader RS, inst. sponsorship, market
D
54.6* CANSLIM
* disqualified on C, M
C · Curr. EPS
40
A · Annual EPS
64
N · New Highs
100
S · Supply/Demand
70
L · Leader RS
9
I · Inst. Spons.
100
M · Market
30
Weekly Context
Multi-timeframe signals from weekly barsW. Trend
7/8
W. RS
57
W. Support
$253.94
W. Resist
$314.87
W. Patterns
Basing
Weekly Structure
Trend
Neutral
Tight Weeks
0
Confirmation
Neutral
Scan History
20× streakJul 28
Wyckoff SOS
✓ Gate
55
Jul 27
Trend Only
✓ Gate
58
0.0%
Jul 27
Trend Only
✓ Gate
57
0.0%
Jul 27
Trend Only
✓ Gate
57
0.0%
Jul 24
Wyckoff SOS
✓ Gate
55
-1.8%
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