Stand aside — setup invalidated
Setup score 0, but distribution days reach 5 or more — stand aside until the condition resets.
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KMB · Kimberly-Clark Corporation
$109.63 -0.47% Oct 26 close
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$KMB
Kimberly-Clark CorporationKimberly-Clark Corporation is a large-cap Household/Personal Care company in the Consumer Non-Durables sector with a market cap of $36B.
Market Structure
Trend structure: range
Latest event: bos
(bearish)
Support
98.81–100.49
· 9 touches · strong
Support
101.64–101.98
· 6 touches · strong
Support
97.55–98.29
· 4 touches · moderate
Support
94.54–94.95
· 3 touches · moderate
Support
105.77–105.99
· 3 touches · moderate
Momentum Turn Watch
Weekly Bullish MACD Divergence
Price made a lower low ($95.91→$94.36) while MACD made a higher low (-3.34→-1.63). 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 0/100 · data Oct 26 close · latest session
Stand aside — setup invalidated
Setup score 0, 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 1.2 150-day MA > 200-day MA — MA150 $102.65 vs MA200 $102.79
- Minervini 1.8 RS rank ≥ 70 (prefer ≥ 85) — RS rank 40
- O'Neil C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25% — +5.9% QoQ
- O'Neil L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership) — RS rank 40
- Weinstein Stage 2 (Advancing phase) confirmed — Stage 3 (Topping)
- Weinstein Volume expansion above average — Volume ratio 0.79x
Minority view — the council disagrees here
- Minervini: avoid Trend-template read: fails 150-day MA > 200-day MA.
- O'Neil: avoid CANSLIM read: fails C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.
- Weinstein: avoid Stage-analysis read: topping (Stage 3) is not an advancing Stage 2.
49
Weak
Legend Score · rates the stock
Weak (49/100) — 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%) 40
- Trend Template (25%) 62
- Institutional Footprint (20%) 71
- EPS Growth (15%) 30
- Quality (SMR-like) (15%) 34
RS rank 40: middle of the pack — no leadership yet. Trend template 5/8: mixed — some uptrend elements, some missing. Institutional score 71: mild accumulation. EPS up +0% — growing, but below the 25% leadership bar. Quality 34: weak fundamentals (sales growth 30, return on equity 46, leverage 20). Updated 2026-10-27.
Earnings
Post-earnings setup
Next earnings
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Before market open
Exact clock time not supplied by source
Deterministic evidence
KMB-0.47%
Sector proxy · XLP-0.34%
Broad market · SPY+0.71%
CatalystUnavailable
Stock reactionNegative
Sector reactionWeak
Opening surge—
Event riskEarnings-driven
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-0.47%
From the open+0.12%
Range position26%
GapNo gap
QQQ confirmationDiverging (+1.11%)
SMH confirmationDiverging (+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.
- QQQ, SMH moved against the stock — no index confirmation.
Ask a Legend to interpret this evidence → Commentary only — never scanner evidence or a sizing recommendation.
More stats
52W Low
$92.42
Tight Wks
2
Base
B1
SMA 200
$102.79
RS Line vs High
-19.0%
RS Line Slope
+10.6% ▲
Group Rank
#34/66
ADR%
2.1%
ATR(14)
$2.64 (2.4%)
Vol Pace (live)
N/A
A/D Days
9A / 13D
A/D Rating
E
VDU Bars
0/10 d
Power Trend
2d
Earnings
TODAY
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Technical Analysis Report Card
$KMB · $109.63 · as of 2026-10-26 · multi-factor read
82
/ 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
▬ Sideways / consolidating
Monthly
▬ Sideways / consolidating
Moving Averages
50-day$102.79 ↑
100-day$105.21 ↑
200-day$102.79 ↑
Bullish (50 > 200)
RSI (14)
Reading65.5 · Bullish
Bullish momentum — comfortably in buyer territory.
MACD (12/26/9)
StateBullish
Histogram+1.485
Bullish — MACD above its signal line and above zero. Histogram contracting.
Bollinger Bands (20,2)
%B / Width86% · 22.7%
Near the upper band — buyers in control.
Volume · Buyer vs Seller
Up/Down vol1.75 · Accumulation
Rel volume0.79×
Pocket pivots · 10d1
5d vs 50d vol115%
Heavy vol up / down3 / 2
Accumulation — volume is concentrated on up days; buyers 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.
- 3 heavy-volume up days vs 2 down in the last 20 sessions.
Support & Resistance
R · $112.25swing level
R · $116.14swing level
R · $123.0952-week high
Price · $109.63now
S · $106.20swing level
S · $100.41swing level
S · $94.67swing level
Fibonacci · Uptrend swing
23.6% ◄ price here$111.27
38.2%$107.84
50.0%$105.07
61.8%$102.30
78.6%$98.35
Retracement support zones measured from the recent swing low up to the high.
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Daily uptrendAbove 200-day MA50/200 bullishVolume accumulation
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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 (0/100, 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 150-day MA > 200-day MA.
Passing evidence
1.1 Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAPrice $109.63, MA150 $102.65, MA200 $102.79
1.4 50-day MA > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAMA50 $102.79, MA150 $102.65, MA200 $102.79
Failing evidence
1.2 150-day MA > 200-day MAMA150 $102.65 vs MA200 $102.79
1.8 RS rank ≥ 70 (prefer ≥ 85)RS rank 40
O'Neil
Avoid
D
CANSLIM read: fails C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.
Passing evidence
A: Annual earnings & revenue qualityRev -2.1% | ROE 143.6%
N: Near 52-week high or RS line new high10.9% below high | RS line new high: False
Failing evidence
C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%+5.9% QoQ
L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership)RS rank 40
Weinstein
Avoid
D
Stage-analysis read: topping (Stage 3) is not an advancing Stage 2.
Passing evidence
Price above 30-week MA (200-day proxy)Price $109.63 vs MA200 $102.79
Not extended from 52-week high (≤ 30% below)10.9% below 52-week high
Failing evidence
Stage 2 (Advancing phase) confirmedStage 3 (Topping)
Volume expansion above averageVolume ratio 0.79x
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 $93.94
Volatility-unit sizing (1N ≈ 1% of equity)1N = $2.48 (2.26% 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 $126.07-$131.56; trail the rest
Trail on the 10/20-day MA10-day MA $105.98 · 20-day MA $101.39 — exit the remainder on a close below the trail
Failing evidence
Named Zanger pattern onlywatchlist_candidate 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; Price strength (RS ≥ 70) — 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 18.1x — no PEG or forward P/E stored
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)+5.9% 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 relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$109.63
Distance from 52-week high10.9% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 40
Volume vs average0.79x
Darvas
Watch
B
Box-theory read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$109.63
Distance from 52-week high10.9% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 40
Volume vs average0.79x
Wyckoff
Watch
B
Supply-and-demand read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$109.63
Distance from 52-week high10.9% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 40
Volume vs average0.79x
Base & Breakout
Breakout follow-through
No active breakout tracked — Legend AI monitors daily for pivot-point breaks. What's a breakout?
Latest candle: Doji — Open and close nearly equal — indecision. After a strong move it can signal a pause or pending reversal; wait for confirmation.
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 -5
Fundamentals & leadership quality — Minervini’s published criteria · 3/7 met
C
3/7 criteria
Separate score from the Minervini Trend Template (5/8): 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
-2%
Gross margin ≥30%
37%
ROE ≥17%
144%
RS rating ≥80 (leadership)
40
Stage 2 uptrend (Weinstein)
Stage 3
Within 25% of 52W high
-10.9%
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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Forming Patterns (predictive — not confirmed)
Cup & Handle
bullish
near confirmation
90%
built
Cup complete, possible handle forming — watch for a quiet 5-15 bar drift on light volume holding above ~105.38 (mid-cup), then a breakout through ~112.39 on strong volume.
Pivot Watch
2.46% away
Tightness / volume
Expanding · No VDU
Recent-pace band
1–4 sessions
Confirms above
112.39
Invalidates at
105.38
Rim
116.82
Cup Low
93.94
Pivot
112.39
Mid Cup
105.38
Cup depth 20%, recovery 69%, handle=forming
Predictive pattern recognition is educational — most forming structures never confirm. Wait for the confirmation level before treating this as a setup.
Pattern Analysis (historical)
0
setup score
RS Score
40
Trend template
5/8
Why This Setup?
watchlist_candidate · schematic
Near-miss 5/8 — needs: sma150 above sma200, 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.
0/7
universals met
- A relative-strength leader — not met RS rank 5 — laggard
- Clear of earnings — not met in 0 days — event risk
- Risk is defined — not met No stop — undefined risk
- Asymmetric reward — partly met No target set
- In a confirmed uptrend — partly met Stage 3 · Trend template 5/8 — not yet Stage 2
- Not chasing (in range) — partly met Pivot distance unknown
- Volume confirms — partly met 0.8× average — light
Minervini Trend Template
5/8Grades 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
$109.63 vs SMA150 $102.65 / SMA200 $102.79
SMA 150 above SMA 200
SMA150 $102.65 vs SMA200 $102.79
SMA 200 trending up
Slope +0.04 over 20 days
SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200
SMA50 $102.79
Price above SMA 50
$109.63 vs SMA50 $102.79
30%+ above 52-week low
+18.6% from $92.42
Within 25% of 52-week high
-10.9% from $123.09
RS score above 70
RS 40
Fundamentals
52W Range
56%
Mkt Cap SEC
36.5B
EPS QoQ
+6%
Rev YoY
-2%
ROE
144%
Gross Margin
37%
D/E
4.79
EPS TTM
$6.07
P/E TTM
18.1x
Float
333M
Insider
No Buy
Company
Company profile
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Scan History
Oct 27
watchlist_candidate
0
Oct 26
Falling Wedge
40
0.0%
Oct 26
Falling Wedge
39
0.0%
Oct 23
Falling Wedge
43
-0.5%
Oct 23
Falling Wedge
42
-0.5%
Oct 23
Falling Wedge
41
-0.5%
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