Stand aside — setup invalidated
Setup score 76, but price closes below stop $189.27 — stand aside until the condition resets.
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KLAC · KLA Corporation
$149.21 +2.47% Oct 26 close
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$KLAC
KLA CorporationKLA Corporation is a large-cap Semiconductors company in the Electronic Technology sector with a market cap of $195B.
Market Structure
Trend structure: range
Latest event: structure_shift
(bullish)
Support
128.45–128.68
· 3 touches · moderate
Resistance
157.73–158.25
· 3 touches · moderate
Resistance
169.03–169.81
· 3 touches · moderate
Momentum Turn Watch
Bollinger Lower-Band Support
Price ($149.21) is holding just above the lower Bollinger band ($140.56; %B 11) — support at the bottom of the bands.
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 76/100 · data Oct 26 close · latest session
Stand aside — setup invalidated
Setup score 76, but price closes below stop $189.27 — 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 $149.21, MA150 $193.18, MA200 $181.72
- Minervini 1.4 50-day MA > 150-day MA AND 200-day MA — MA50 $181.34, MA150 $193.18, MA200 $181.72
- O'Neil C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25% — +6.2% QoQ
- O'Neil L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership) — RS rank 78
- Weinstein Stage 2 (Advancing phase) confirmed — Stage 1 (Basing)
- Weinstein Price above 30-week MA (200-day proxy) — Price $149.21 vs MA200 $181.72
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.
60
Neutral
Legend Score · rates the stock
Neutral (60/100) — 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%) 79
- Trend Template (25%) 62
- Institutional Footprint (20%) 72
- EPS Growth (15%) 30
- Quality (SMR-like) (15%) 39
RS rank 78: above-average strength. Trend template 5/8: mixed — some uptrend elements, some missing. Institutional score 72: mild accumulation. EPS up +0% — growing, but below the 25% leadership bar. Quality 39: weak fundamentals (sales growth 30, return on equity 44, leverage 60). Updated 2026-10-13.
Earnings
Pre-earnings setup
Next earnings
Tuesday, October 27, 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
KLAC+2.47%
Semiconductor proxy · SMH+2.74%
Broad market · SPY+0.71%
CatalystPending
Stock reactionPositive
Sector reactionSupportive
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+2.47%
From the open+0.92%
Range position51%
GapNo gap
QQQ confirmationConfirming (+1.11%)
SMH confirmationConfirming (+2.74%)
Short-term conviction -1 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.
- 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
$107.20
Tight Wks
0
Base
B1
SMA 200
$181.72
RS Line vs High
-39.5%
RS Line Slope
+10.1% ▲
Group Rank
#10/66
ADR%
3.5%
ATR(14)
$8.02 (5.4%)
Vol Pace (live)
N/A
A/D Days
11A / 20D
A/D Rating
E
VDU Bars
0/10 d
Earnings
TODAY
KLAC Chart
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Technical Analysis Report Card
$KLAC · $149.21 · as of 2026-10-26 · multi-factor read
10
/ 100
Reference read from price & volume only — the verdict at the top of the page decides the action.
Trend · Daily / Weekly / Monthly
Daily
▬ Sideways / consolidating
Weekly
▼ Downtrend
Monthly
▼ Downtrend
Moving Averages
50-day$181.34 ↓
100-day$201.57 ↓
200-day$181.72 ↓
Death Cross (fresh)
RSI (14)
Reading27.6 · Oversold
Oversold — sellers extended; a relief bounce is possible.
MACD (12/26/9)
StateBearish
Histogram-4.568
Bearish — MACD below its signal line and below zero. Histogram expanding.
Bollinger Bands (20,2)
%B / Width11% · 44.7%
Near the lower band — under pressure or oversold.
Volume · Buyer vs Seller
Up/Down vol0.43 · Distribution
Rel volume1.11×
Pocket pivots · 10d0
5d vs 50d vol137%
Heavy vol up / down0 / 2
Distribution — volume is concentrated on down days; sellers dominate. Recent volume is expanding versus its baseline.
- 2 heavy-volume down days vs 0 up in the last 20 sessions — supply is showing.
Support & Resistance
R · $190.99swing level
R · $193.94swing level
R · $208.68swing level
Price · $149.21now
S · $107.2052-week low
Fibonacci · Downtrend swing
23.6%$183.18
38.2%$206.92
50.0%$226.10
61.8%$245.28
78.6%$272.59
Retracement resistance zones measured from the recent swing high down to the low.
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Weekly downtrendMonthly downtrendBelow 200-day MA50/200 bearishRSI oversoldVolume 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 (76/100, 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 $193.18 vs MA200 $181.72
1.8 RS rank ≥ 70 (prefer ≥ 85)RS rank 78
Failing evidence
1.1 Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAPrice $149.21, MA150 $193.18, MA200 $181.72
1.4 50-day MA > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAMA50 $181.34, MA150 $193.18, MA200 $181.72
O'Neil
Avoid
D
CANSLIM read: fails C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.
Passing evidence
A: Annual earnings & revenue qualityRev +11.7% | ROE 89.1%
Failing evidence
C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%+6.2% QoQ
L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership)RS rank 78
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
Price above actual 30-week MAConfirmed in weekly context
Failing evidence
Stage 2 (Advancing phase) confirmedStage 1 (Basing)
Price above 30-week MA (200-day proxy)Price $149.21 vs MA200 $181.72
dennis
Watch
C
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 $144.82
Volatility-unit sizing (1N ≈ 1% of equity)1N = $8.20 (5.49% 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 $171.59-$179.05; 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: EPS growth above the market (≥15% QoQ); Reasonable price for the growth (P/E ≤ 35); Insider buying — wait for the full growth screen before treating this as a Zweig setup.
Passing evidence
Price strength (RS ≥ 70)RS score 78 — 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)+6.2% QoQ — Zweig wants growth above the S&P average
Reasonable price for the growth (P/E ≤ 35)Trailing P/E 40.8x — no PEG or forward P/E stored
Livermore
Watch
B
Pivotal-point read: constructive evidence is present, but volume vs average is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$149.21
Relative strengthRS 78
Failing evidence
Volume vs average1.11x
Distance from 52-week high51.5% below high
Darvas
Watch
B
Box-theory read: constructive evidence is present, but volume vs average is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$149.21
Relative strengthRS 78
Failing evidence
Volume vs average1.11x
Distance from 52-week high51.5% below high
Wyckoff
Watch
B
Supply-and-demand read: constructive evidence is present, but volume vs average is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$149.21
Relative strengthRS 78
Failing evidence
Volume vs average1.11x
Distance from 52-week high51.5% 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 -6
Fundamentals & leadership quality — Minervini’s published criteria · 2/7 met
C
2/7 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
+6%
Revenue growth ≥20% YoY
+12%
Gross margin ≥30%
61%
ROE ≥17%
89%
RS rating ≥80 (leadership)
78
Stage 2 uptrend (Weinstein)
Stage 1
Within 25% of 52W high
-51.5%
Method Playbook
Trade it like Weinstein
EXACT LEVELS · PRO
Weinstein D · Avoid — The deterministic methodology check is Avoid; wait until the blocking criteria are resolved.
Pivot
Pro levelPublished-method rule: Use Stage 1 resistance and the rising 30-week moving average as the Stage 2 transition boundary.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Entry trigger
Pro levelPublished-method rule: Require a Stage 2 breakout above resistance on expanding volume; avoid entries while the 30-week average is flat or falling.
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 breakout structure or Stage 1 support where a return to the base invalidates the Stage 2 transition.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Trail
Rule-basedPublished-method rule: Trail beneath rising 30-week support or later higher swing lows while Stage 2 remains intact.
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 decisive 30-week support failure or a Stage 3/Stage 4 transition; never treat a failed Stage 2 break as healthy consolidation.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Deterministic educational plan, not a recommendation. No order or stop is changed automatically. Method and sources →
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Pattern Analysis (historical)
76
setup score
RS Score
78
Trend template
4/8
CANSLIM
70.5* (B)
high slope: -0.00745
low slope: 6.8e-05
pattern bars: 107
tighten ratio: 0.158
apex bars ahead: 22.3
apex price: 166.44
state: forming
direction: bullish
pattern height: 141.24
ma len: 200
ma value: 180.03
under ma: -0.056
ma rising: ✗
near ma: ✓
ma touch bar ago: 119
triangle volume ratio: 0.778
volume dry up: ✓
depth: 0.1681
geometry: {'resistance_rail': {'start': {'bar': 47, 'bars_ago': 72, 'price': 307.37, 'date': '2026-06-30'}, 'end': {'bar': 119, 'bars_ago': 0, 'price': 199.7082, 'date': '2026-10-12'}}, 'support_rail': {'start': {'bar': 6, 'bars_ago': 113, 'price': 164.6, 'date': '2026-04-30'}, 'end': {'bar': 119, 'bars_ago': 0, 'price': 166.1344, 'date': '2026-10-12'}}, 'apex': {'bar': 141.25, 'bars_ago': -22.25, 'price': 166.4366, 'date': '2026-11-03'}, 'breakout_bar': None, 'breakout_level': 199.7082, 'ma_line': {'label': '200-day SMA', 'start': {'bar': 109, 'bars_ago': 10, 'price': 176.2695, 'date': '2026-09-28'}, 'end': {'bar': 119, 'bars_ago': 0, 'price': 180.0296, 'date': '2026-10-12'}}, 'ma_touch_bar': {'bar': 0, 'bars_ago': 119, 'price': 181.21, 'date': '2026-04-22'}, 'ma_value': 180.03}
confidence kind: heuristic_match
detector version: descending_triangle/2026-09-27
findings: ['Resistance falling -0.75%/day into flat support (+0.01%/day) — sellers pressing, buyers defending', 'Rails tighten to 16% of the starting range; apex 22 bars ahead', 'Uptrend context: close $190.12 vs 200-day SMA $180.03 (-5.6%)', 'Pressing into the 200-day SMA — closest touch (2026-04-22) at $181.21', '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 trend template 6/8 confirmed + weekly coiling
Why This Setup?
Descending Triangle · schematic
Descending Triangle (forming, bullish): resistance falling -0.75%/day into flat support near $166.13, squeezing into the 200-day SMA ($180.03) inside an uptrend. Coiling — watch the resistance rail. Research/educational only, not a buy/sell recommendation. | Moderate trend (5/8) | Good RS (78) | High-confidence pattern (85%) | Accumulation (1.9× up/dn vol) | Readiness 68/100 (watch) | CANSLIM 70.5 (B)
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.
3/7
universals met
- A relative-strength leader — not met RS rank 53 — laggard
- Clear of earnings — not met in 0 days — event risk
- In a confirmed uptrend — partly met Stage 1 · Trend template 4/8 — not yet Stage 2
- Volume confirms — partly met 0.8× average — light
- 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
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
$149.21 vs SMA150 $193.18 / SMA200 $181.72
SMA 150 above SMA 200
SMA150 $193.18 vs SMA200 $181.72
SMA 200 trending up
Slope +5.46 over 20 days
SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200
SMA50 $181.34
Price above SMA 50
$149.21 vs SMA50 $181.34
30%+ above 52-week low
+39.2% from $107.20
Within 25% of 52-week high
-51.5% from $307.37
RS score above 70
RS 78
Fundamentals
52W Range
21%
Mkt Cap SEC
194.9B
EPS QoQ
+6%
Rev YoY
+12%
ROE
89%
Gross Margin
61%
D/E
1.25
EPS TTM
$3.66
P/E TTM
40.8x
Float
1.3B
Insider
No Buy
Company
Company profile
KLA Corporation
CANSLIM — current EPS, annual EPS, new highs, supply, leader RS, inst. sponsorship, market
B
70.5* CANSLIM
* disqualified on C, M
C · Curr. EPS
64
A · Annual EPS
100
N · New Highs
40
S · Supply/Demand
70
L · Leader RS
78
I · Inst. Spons.
96
M · Market
30
Weekly Context
Multi-timeframe signals from weekly barsW. Trend
6/8
W. RS
71
W. Support
$164.60
W. Resist
$307.37
Weekly Structure
Trend
Neutral
Tight Weeks
0
Confirmation
Neutral
Scan History
Oct 13
Descending Triangle
76
Oct 12
Trend Only
✓ Gate
82
-21.5%
Oct 10
Trend Only
✓ Gate
82
-21.5%
Oct 09
Trend Only
✓ Gate
84
-23.7%
Oct 09
Trend Only
✓ Gate
83
-23.7%
Oct 08
Trend Only
✓ Gate
79
-24.2%
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