Stand aside — setup invalidated
Setup score 0, but distribution days reach 5 or more — stand aside until the condition resets.
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CTAS · Cintas Corporation
$198.44 -0.80% Sep 10 close
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$CTAS
Cintas CorporationCintas Corporation is a large-cap Miscellaneous Commercial Services company in the Commercial Services sector with a market cap of $79B.
⚠ Risk Signals
Head & Shoulders Top
Possible head & shoulders top — not confirmed. Watch for a daily close below ~196.95 (neckline) to confirm, with measured-move risk toward ~174.73. A push back above 207.51 weakens the pattern; reclaiming 219.16 invalidates it.
Bearish structure on the daily chart — a heads-up for anyone holding, not a short signal. Does not affect the bullish setup score.
Verdict · setup score 0/100 · data Sep 10 close · 1 session old
Stand aside — setup invalidated
Setup score 0, but distribution days reach 5 or more — stand aside until the condition resets.
Earnings
Normal technical setup
Next earnings
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Report time not confirmed by the source
Deterministic evidence
CTAS-0.80%
Broad market · SPY-0.60%
Session internals Weak
Rule: closed flat-to-down and in the bottom third of the range. Judged on internals, not on the size of the move.
Vs prior close-0.80%
From the open-1.03%
Range position25%
GapNo gap
QQQ confirmationConfirming (-1.06%)
SMH confirmationConfirming (-2.44%)
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More stats
52W Low
$161.16
Tight Wks
2
Base
B1
SMA 200
$187.09
RS Line vs High
-15.8%
RS Line Slope
+1.5% ▲
Group Rank
#36/58
ADR%
1.5%
ATR(14)
$3.11 (1.6%)
Vol Pace (live)
N/A
U/D Vol
0.77
A/D Days
14A / 14D
A/D Rating
C
VDU Bars
0/10 d
Earnings
in 11d
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Technical Analysis Report Card
$CTAS · $198.44 · as of 2026-09-10 · multi-factor read
39
/ 100
Reference read from price & volume only — the verdict at the top of the page decides the action.
Trend · Daily / Weekly / Monthly
Daily
▼ Weak / rolling over
Weekly
▬ Sideways / consolidating
Monthly
▬ Sideways / consolidating
Moving Averages
50-day$199.04 ↓
100-day$185.75 ↑
200-day$187.09 ↑
Bullish (50 > 200)
RSI (14)
Reading44.7 · Bearish
Bearish momentum — sellers in control.
MACD (12/26/9)
StateWeakening
Histogram-0.867
Weakening — MACD slipped below its signal line. Histogram contracting.
Bollinger Bands (20,2)
%B / Width19% · 5.3%
Squeeze — volatility compressing
Near the lower band — under pressure or oversold. Bands are squeezing — volatility is compressing, often a precursor to a sharp move.
Volume · Buyer vs Seller
Up/Down vol0.77 · Neutral
Rel volume0.99×
Balanced — up/down volume is roughly even; no clear hand. Recent volume is easing versus its baseline.
Support & Resistance
R · $208.93swing level
R · $219.1652-week high
Price · $198.44now
S · $196.50swing level
S · $192.35swing level
S · $168.08swing level
Fibonacci · Uptrend swing
23.6%$205.47
38.2% ◄ price here$197.00
50.0%$190.16
61.8%$183.32
78.6%$173.57
Retracement support zones measured from the recent swing low up to the high.
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Daily downtrendAbove 200-day MA50/200 bullishRS 13 (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:
4 of 6 legends are Watching — building, not yet a confirmed buy.
Avoid
Minervini D
Trend-template read: fails 150-day MA > 200-day MA.
Passing evidence
1.1 Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAPrice $198.44, MA150 $186.42, MA200 $187.09
1.4 50-day MA > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAMA50 $199.04, MA150 $186.42, MA200 $187.09
Failing evidence
1.2 150-day MA > 200-day MAMA150 $186.42 vs MA200 $187.09
1.5 Price > 50-day MAPrice $198.44 vs MA50 $199.04
Avoid
O'Neil D
CANSLIM read: fails C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.
Passing evidence
A: Annual earnings & revenue qualityRev +8.9% | ROE 41.8%
N: Near 52-week high or RS line new high9.5% below high | RS line new high: False
Failing evidence
C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%+4.8% QoQ
L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership)RS rank 13
Watch
Weinstein D
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 $198.44 vs MA200 $187.09
Failing evidence
Volume expansion above averageVolume ratio 0.99x
Relative strength ≥ 60RS 13
Watch
Livermore B
Pivotal-point read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$198.44
Distance from 52-week high9.5% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 13
Volume vs average0.99x
Watch
Darvas B
Box-theory read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$198.44
Distance from 52-week high9.5% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 13
Volume vs average0.99x
Watch
Wyckoff B
Supply-and-demand read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$198.44
Distance from 52-week high9.5% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 13
Volume vs average0.99x
Base & Breakout
Breakout follow-through
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 +4
Fundamentals & leadership quality — Minervini’s published criteria · 4/7 met
B
4/7 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
+5%
Revenue growth ≥20% YoY
+9%
Gross margin ≥30%
51%
ROE ≥17%
42%
RS rating ≥80 (leadership)
13
Stage 2 uptrend (Weinstein)
Stage 2
Within 25% of 52W high
-9.5%
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
near confirmation
90%
built
Possible head & shoulders top — not confirmed. Watch for a daily close below ~196.95 (neckline) to confirm, with measured-move risk toward ~174.73. A push back above 207.51 weakens the pattern; reclaiming 219.16 invalidates it.
Confirms below
196.95
Invalidates at
219.16
Left Shoulder
209.72
Head
219.16
Right Shoulder
207.51
Neckline
196.95
Target
174.73
LS 209.72 / head 219.16 / RS 207.51, neckline ~196.95, 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
0
setup score
RS Score
13
Trend template
4/8
Why This Setup?
watchlist_candidate · schematic
Near-miss 4/8 — needs: sma150 above sma200, price above sma50, price above 30pct of 52w low, rs score above 70
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 7 — laggard
- Risk is defined — not met No stop — undefined risk
- Asymmetric reward — partly met No target set
- Clear of earnings — partly met in 11 days — size down
- Not chasing (in range) — partly met Pivot distance unknown
- Volume confirms — partly met 1.0× average — light
- In a confirmed uptrend — met Stage 2 · Trend template 4/8
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
$198.44 vs SMA150 $186.42 / SMA200 $187.09
SMA 150 above SMA 200
SMA150 $186.42 vs SMA200 $187.09
SMA 200 trending up
Slope +1.64 over 20 days
SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200
SMA50 $199.04
Price above SMA 50
$198.44 vs SMA50 $199.04
30%+ above 52-week low
+23.1% from $161.16
Within 25% of 52-week high
-9.5% from $219.16
RS score above 70
RS 13
Fundamentals
52W Range
64%
Mkt Cap SEC
79.4B
EPS QoQ
+5%
Rev YoY
+9%
ROE
42%
Gross Margin
51%
D/E
0.47
EPS TTM
$4.91
P/E TTM
40.4x
Float
400M
Company
Company profile
Cintas Corporation
Scan History
7× streakSep 11
watchlist_candidate
0
Sep 10
watchlist_candidate
0
0.0%
Sep 09
watchlist_candidate
0
-0.8%
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