Stand aside — setup invalidated
Setup score 81, but distribution days reach 5 or more — stand aside until the condition resets.
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BAX · Baxter International Inc.
$25.29 -0.04% Oct 26 close
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$BAX
Baxter International Inc.Baxter International Inc. is a large-cap Medical Specialties company in the Health Technology sector with a market cap of $13B.
Market Structure
Trend structure: uptrend
Latest event: bos
(bearish)
Support
18.56–18.65
· 3 touches · moderate
Support
17.40–17.50
· 3 touches · moderate
Support
19.19–19.23
· 3 touches · moderate
Support
21.16–21.30
· 3 touches · moderate
Support
23.52–23.71
· 3 touches · moderate
Momentum Turn Watch
Bollinger Squeeze
Bollinger band width (11.3%) is in the bottom quartile of its last 120 sessions — Legend's width-percentile squeeze (not a TTM/Keltner squeeze), so volatility is compressed and a sharper move often follows.
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.
Verdict · setup score 81/100 · data Oct 26 close · latest session
Stand aside — setup invalidated
Setup score 81, but distribution days reach 5 or more — 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 2. Quarterly EPS growth ≥ 25% — -18.2% QoQ
- Minervini 2. ROE ≥ 17% — ROE -16.4%
- O'Neil C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25% — -18.2% QoQ
- O'Neil L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership) — RS rank 76
- Weinstein Volume expansion above average — Volume ratio 0.68x
- Weinstein Weekly price coiling (Stage 2 consolidation) — Tightening weekly range confirms base
Minority view — the council disagrees here
- Minervini: watch Trend-template read: 7/10 pass; wait for the soft misses to improve.
- O'Neil: avoid CANSLIM read: fails C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.
- Weinstein: watch Stage-analysis read: Stage 2 is present; 2 supporting checks need improvement.
63
Neutral
Legend Score · rates the stock
Neutral (63/100) — 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%) 76
- Trend Template (25%) 100
- Institutional Footprint (20%) 42
- EPS Growth (15%) 30
- Quality (SMR-like) (15%) 38
RS rank 76: above-average strength. Trend template 8/8: price above rising 50/150/200-day lines — textbook uptrend structure. Institutional score 42: neutral — no clear institutional conviction. EPS growth reads -0%, but trailing earnings are negative — that percentage is an artifact, capped. Quality 38: weak fundamentals (sales growth 30, return on equity 40, leverage 60). Updated 2026-10-27.
Earnings
Pre-earnings setup
Next earnings
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Report time not confirmed by the source
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
BAX-0.04%
Sector proxy · XLV+0.00%
Broad market · SPY+0.71%
CatalystPending
Stock reactionNegative
Sector reactionWeak
Opening surgePending
Event riskEarnings-driven
Session internals Mixed
Rule: direction and internals disagree — it met neither the strong nor the weak rule. Judged on internals, not on the size of the move.
Vs prior close-0.04%
From the open-1.29%
Range position41%
GapNo gap
QQQ confirmationDiverging (+1.11%)
SMH confirmationDiverging (+2.74%)
Short-term conviction -2 points.
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.
- QQQ, SMH moved against the stock — no index confirmation.
- A sourced earnings report is still pending inside the risk window; ordinary technical conviction is reduced until it is out.
Ask a Legend to interpret this evidence → Commentary only — never scanner evidence or a sizing recommendation.
More stats
52W Low
$15.73
Tight Wks
0
Base
B1
SMA 200
$21.26
RS Line vs High
-10.9%
RS Line Slope
+7.5% ▲
Group Rank
#21/66
ADR%
2.9%
ATR(14)
$0.75 (3.0%)
Vol Pace (live)
N/A
A/D Days
15A / 16D
A/D Rating
D
VDU Bars
0/10 d
Earnings
tomorrow
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Technical Analysis Report Card
$BAX · $25.29 · as of 2026-10-26 · multi-factor read
98
/ 100
Reference read from price & volume only — the verdict at the top of the page decides the action.
Trend · Daily / Weekly / Monthly
Daily
▲ Recovering / early uptrend
Weekly
▲ Uptrend
Monthly
▲ Uptrend
Moving Averages
50-day$24.74 ↑
100-day$23.84 ↑
200-day$21.26 ↑
Bullish (50 > 200)
RSI (14)
Reading56.7 · Bullish
Bullish momentum — comfortably in buyer territory.
MACD (12/26/9)
StateBullish
Histogram+0.111
Bullish — MACD above its signal line and above zero. Histogram contracting.
Bollinger Bands (20,2)
%B / Width76% · 11.3%
Squeeze — volatility compressing
Mid-band — no directional band edge in play. Bands are squeezing — volatility is compressing, often a precursor to a sharp move.
Volume · Buyer vs Seller
Up/Down vol0.87 · Neutral
Rel volume0.68×
Pocket pivots · 10d0
5d vs 50d vol106%
Heavy vol up / down0 / 1
Balanced — up/down volume is roughly even; no clear hand. Recent volume is easing versus its baseline.
- 1 heavy-volume down day vs 0 up in the last 20 sessions — supply is showing.
Support & Resistance
R · $25.99swing level
R · $30.0052-week high
Price · $25.29now
S · $22.56swing level
S · $21.28swing level
S · $19.38swing level
Fibonacci · Uptrend swing
23.6%$26.90
38.2% ◄ price here$24.98
50.0%$23.43
61.8%$21.88
78.6%$19.67
Retracement support zones measured from the recent swing low up to the high.
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Daily uptrendWeekly uptrendMonthly 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 (81/100, 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:
7 of 9 legends are Watching — building, not yet a confirmed buy.
Minervini
Watch
C
Trend-template read: 7/10 pass; wait for the soft misses to improve.
Passing evidence
1.1 Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAPrice $25.29, MA150 $21.81, MA200 $21.26
1.2 150-day MA > 200-day MAMA150 $21.81 vs MA200 $21.26
Failing evidence
2. Quarterly EPS growth ≥ 25%-18.2% QoQ
2. ROE ≥ 17%ROE -16.4%
O'Neil
Avoid
D
CANSLIM read: fails C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.
Passing evidence
S: Base tightness (ATR% ≤ 4.5%)ATR% 2.97%
Failing evidence
C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%-18.2% QoQ
L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership)RS rank 76
Weinstein
Watch
C
Stage-analysis read: Stage 2 is present; 2 supporting checks need improvement.
mediumClassic Stage 2 advancing phase — strong weekly trend confirms uptrend. This is Weinstein's sweet spot: buy and hold while price remains above the 30-week MA.
Passing evidence
Stage 2 (Advancing phase) confirmedStage 2 (Advancing)
Price above 30-week MA (200-day proxy)Price $25.29 vs MA200 $21.26
Failing evidence
Volume expansion above averageVolume ratio 0.68x
Weekly price coiling (Stage 2 consolidation)Tightening weekly range confirms base
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 $23.11
Volatility-unit sizing (1N ≈ 1% of equity)1N = $0.75 (2.97% 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
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 $29.08-$30.35; trail the rest
Trail on the 10/20-day MA10-day MA $25.12 · 20-day MA $24.57 — exit the remainder on a close below the trail
Failing evidence
Named Zanger pattern onlyTrend Only is not one of Zanger's six
Not extended (≤5% above the breakout point)Data unavailable
zweig
Watch
D
Zweig read: part of his screen passes but not all: EPS growth above the market (≥15% QoQ); Insider buying — wait for the full growth screen before treating this as a Zweig setup.
Passing evidence
Price strength (RS ≥ 70)RS score 76 — Zweig buys strength, not bargains
Breadth momentum: 10-day A/D ratio10-day A/D 1.18 (2050 adv / 1742 dec) — participation expanding
Failing evidence
EPS growth above the market (≥15% QoQ)-18.2% QoQ — Zweig wants growth above the S&P average
Insider buyingNo insider buying flagged
Livermore
Watch
B
Pivotal-point read: constructive evidence is present, but volume vs average is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$25.29
Relative strengthRS 76
Failing evidence
Volume vs average0.68x
Pivotal point cleared on expanding volumeNot confirmed
Darvas
Watch
B
Box-theory read: constructive evidence is present, but volume vs average is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$25.29
Relative strengthRS 76
Failing evidence
Volume vs average0.68x
Box top broken on heavy volumeNot confirmed
Wyckoff
Watch
B
Supply-and-demand read: constructive evidence is present, but volume vs average is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$25.29
Relative strengthRS 76
Failing evidence
Volume vs average0.68x
Sign of Strength confirmed on expanding volumePrice hasn't cleared the pivot yet — confirmation pending
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 · 3/7 met
C
3/7 criteria
Separate score from the Minervini Trend Template (8/8): 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
-18%
Revenue growth ≥20% YoY
+6%
Gross margin ≥30%
31%
ROE ≥17%
-16%
RS rating ≥80 (leadership)
76
Stage 2 uptrend (Weinstein)
Stage 2
Within 25% of 52W high
-15.7%
Method Playbook
Trade it like Wyckoff
EXACT LEVELS · PRO
Wyckoff 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: Use the Spring/test, Sign of Strength, creek, or Last Point of Support boundary identified by the active structure.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Entry trigger
Pro levelPublished-method rule: Require a completed test or Sign of Strength/Last Point of Support confirmation with improving demand versus supply.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Initial stop
Pro levelPublished-method rule: Start below the Spring/test low or structural support whose failure would invalidate the accumulation read.
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 Last Points of Support or meaningful higher lows during markup; never loosen it.
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 on a failed Sign of Strength, support loss, or clear supply-dominant reversal such as an upthrust failure.
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 ~23.27 (neckline) to confirm, with measured-move risk toward ~16.53. A push back above 25.99 weakens the pattern; reclaiming 30.00 invalidates it.
Confirms below
23.27
Invalidates at
30.00
Left Shoulder
23.71
Head
30.00
Right Shoulder
25.99
Neckline
23.27
Target
16.53
LS 23.71 / head 30.00 / RS 25.99, neckline ~23.27, 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
81
setup score
RS Score
76
Trend template
8/8 ✓
Why This Setup?
Trend Only · schematic
Gatekeeper 8/8 | Strong trend (8/8) | Good RS (76) | Stage 2
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 49 — laggard
- Clear of earnings — not met in 1 days — event risk
- Risk is defined — not met No stop — undefined risk
- Asymmetric reward — partly met No target set
- Not chasing (in range) — partly met Pivot distance unknown
- Volume confirms — partly met 0.7× average — light
- In a confirmed uptrend — met Stage 2 · Trend template 8/8
Minervini Trend Template
8/8 ✓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
$25.29 vs SMA150 $21.81 / SMA200 $21.26
SMA 150 above SMA 200
SMA150 $21.81 vs SMA200 $21.26
SMA 200 trending up
Slope +0.52 over 20 days
SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200
SMA50 $24.74
Price above SMA 50
$25.29 vs SMA50 $24.74
30%+ above 52-week low
+60.8% from $15.73
Within 25% of 52-week high
-15.7% from $30.00
RS score above 70
RS 76
Fundamentals
52W Range
67%
Mkt Cap SEC
13.1B
EPS QoQ
-18%
Rev YoY
+6%
ROE
-16%
Gross Margin
31%
D/E
1.55
EPS TTM
$-1.87
Float
517M
Insider
No Buy
Company
Company profile
Baxter International Inc.
Weekly Context
Multi-timeframe signals from weekly barsW. Trend
8/8
W. RS
76
W. Support
$16.17
W. Resist
$30.00
Weekly Structure
Trend
Neutral
Tight Weeks
0
Confirmation
Neutral
Scan History
20× streakOct 27
Trend Only
✓ Gate
81
Oct 26
Darvas Box
✓ Gate
55
0.0%
Oct 23
Partial Move
65
-0.0%
Oct 23
Record Volume
✓ Gate
55
-0.0%
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