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KMX · CarMax Inc

$52.62 +2.08% Oct 26 close
Detected setup Wyckoff SOS · Setup Score 74/100

Stand aside — setup invalidated

Setup score 74, but distribution days reach 5 or more — stand aside until the condition resets.

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CarMax Inc

CarMax Inc is a mid-cap Specialty Stores company in the Retail Trade sector with a market cap of $7B.

Retail Trade Specialty Stores stock Stage 2 · Advancing Base 3+ Scan vol 2.8×
$52.62 latest close
Market Structure
Trend structure: downtrend
Latest event: structure_shift (bullish)
Resistance 60.84–61.15 · 3 touches · moderate
Resistance 54.51–54.90 · 3 touches · moderate
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Historical record

No active setup in the latest scan — this page shows the last detection Legend AI made for $KMX. Every level, score and criterion below is computed from the Oct 26 close session (latest session), and may no longer hold.

Historical verdict · setup score 74/100 · data Oct 26 close · latest session

Stand aside — setup invalidated

Setup score 74, but distribution days reach 5 or more — stand aside until the condition resets.

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Recent price action · daily
$50.00$60.00AugSepOct$52.62

What would change this verdict

What needs to turn for this to become buyable — the top failing checks across the legend council:

  • Minervini 1.5 Price > 50-day MA — Price $52.62 vs MA50 $57.41
  • Minervini 2. ROE ≥ 17% — ROE 3.7%
  • O'Neil A: Annual earnings & revenue quality — Rev -1.8% | ROE 3.7%
  • O'Neil N: Near 52-week high or RS line new high — 19.4% below high | RS line new high: False
  • Weinstein Volume expansion above average — Volume ratio 1.12x
  • Weinstein Weekly price coiling (Stage 2 consolidation) — Tightening weekly range confirms base
Minority view — the council disagrees here
  • Minervini: avoid Trend-template read: fails Price > 50-day MA.
  • O'Neil: watch CANSLIM read: 3/8 pass; improvement is still needed.
  • Weinstein: watch Stage-analysis read: Stage 2 is present; 2 supporting checks need improvement.
59 Neutral
Legend Score · rates the stock Neutral (59/100) — held back by quality (smr-like)

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%) 84
  • Trend Template (25%) 88
  • Institutional Footprint (20%) 29
  • EPS Growth (15%) 35
  • Quality (SMR-like) (15%) 32

RS rank 83: beating most of the market. Trend template 7/8: price above rising 50/150/200-day lines — textbook uptrend structure. Institutional score 29: mild distribution — sellers active. EPS up +3% — growing, but below the 25% leadership bar. Quality 32: weak fundamentals (sales growth 30, return on equity 40, leverage 20). Updated 2026-09-29.

Earnings

Normal technical setup

Next earnings Tuesday, September 29, 2026 Report time not confirmed by the source

Deterministic evidence

KMX+2.08%
Broad market · SPY+0.71%
Same completed session window ending 2026-10-26. +1.37 points vs SPY.

Session internals Strong momentum

Rule: closed up, at or above the open, in the top third of the day's range. Judged on internals, not on the size of the move.

Vs prior close+2.08% From the open+1.25% Range position68% GapNo gap
QQQ confirmationConfirming (+1.11%) SMH confirmationConfirming (+2.74%)
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Price $52.62 +2.1% Oct 26 close
52W High $65.28 19.4% below high
Wks Since High 8w
Base Depth 24.9%
RS Rank 65 percentile of scan
SMA 50 $57.41
Avg Vol 2,726,475
Rel Vol (Oct 26) 1.12× 0.59× on up days
More stats
52W Low $30.26
Tight Wks 0
Base B3
SMA 200 $49.20
RS Line vs High -11.9%
RS Line Slope -7.6% ▼
Group Rank #28/65
ADR% 4.3%
ATR(14) $2.27 (4.3%)
Vol Pace (live) N/A
A/D Days 10A / 9D
A/D Rating B
VDU Bars 0/10 d
Earnings past
Position in 52-week range 64thpercentile of the 52-week range
$30.26low
$65.28high

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Technical Analysis Report Card

$KMX · $52.62 · as of 2026-10-26 · multi-factor read
44
/ 100
Technicals 44/100
Reference read from price & volume only — the verdict at the top of the page decides the action.

Trend · Daily / Weekly / Monthly

Daily ▼ Downtrend
Weekly ▼ Weak / rolling over
Monthly ▼ Weak / rolling over

Moving Averages

50-day$57.41 ↓
100-day$55.92 ↓
200-day$49.20 ↑
Bullish (50 > 200)

RSI (14)

Reading45.5 · Neutral

Neutral — momentum is balanced between buyers and sellers.

MACD (12/26/9)

StateImproving
Histogram+0.188

Improving — MACD crossed above its signal line but still below zero. Histogram expanding.

Bollinger Bands (20,2)

%B / Width42% · 16.4%

Mid-band — no directional band edge in play.

Volume · Buyer vs Seller

Up/Down vol0.59 · Distribution
Rel volume1.12×
Pocket pivots · 10d1
5d vs 50d vol108%
Heavy vol up / down1 / 1

Distribution — volume is concentrated on down days; sellers 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.
  • 1 heavy-volume up day vs 1 down in the last 20 sessions.

Support & Resistance

R · $54.22swing level
R · $61.12swing level
R · $63.67swing level
Price · $52.62now
S · $49.21swing level
S · $46.58swing level
S · $39.02swing level

Fibonacci · Uptrend swing

23.6%$58.17
38.2%$53.78
50.0%$50.23
61.8%$46.67
78.6%$41.61

Retracement support zones measured from the recent swing low up to the high.

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Daily downtrendWeekly downtrendMonthly downtrendAbove 200-day MA50/200 bullishVolume 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 (74/100, 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 Avoid C Trend-template read: fails Price > 50-day MA.
Passing evidence
1.1 Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAPrice $52.62, MA150 $50.84, MA200 $49.20
1.2 150-day MA > 200-day MAMA150 $50.84 vs MA200 $49.20
Failing evidence
1.5 Price > 50-day MAPrice $52.62 vs MA50 $57.41
2. ROE ≥ 17%ROE 3.7%
9/13 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
O'Neil Watch D CANSLIM read: 3/8 pass; improvement is still needed.
Passing evidence
C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%+285.3% QoQ
L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership)RS rank 83
Failing evidence
A: Annual earnings & revenue qualityRev -1.8% | ROE 3.7%
N: Near 52-week high or RS line new high19.4% below high | RS line new high: False
3/8 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
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 $52.62 vs MA200 $49.20
Failing evidence
Volume expansion above averageVolume ratio 1.12x
Weekly price coiling (Stage 2 consolidation)Tightening weekly range confirms base
5/7 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
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 $49.05
Volatility-unit sizing (1N ≈ 1% of equity)1N = $2.37 (4.51% 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
5/8 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
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 $60.51-$63.14; trail the rest
Failing evidence
Named Zanger pattern onlyWyckoff SOS is not one of Zanger's six
Breakout volume 1.5-2.0x averageNot confirmed
4/6 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
zweig Watch B Zweig read: part of his screen passes but not all: Insider buying — wait for the full growth screen before treating this as a Zweig setup.
Passing evidence
EPS growth above the market (≥15% QoQ)+285.3% QoQ — Zweig wants growth above the S&P average
Reasonable price for the growth (P/E ≤ 35)Trailing P/E 30.7x — no PEG or forward P/E stored
Failing evidence
Insider buyingNo insider buying flagged
Monetary conditions: don't fight the FedFed series stored but too thin to read direction
5/8 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
Livermore Watch B Pivotal-point read: constructive evidence is present, but volume vs average is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$52.62
Relative strengthRS 83
Failing evidence
Volume vs average1.12x
5/6 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
Darvas Watch B Box-theory read: constructive evidence is present, but volume vs average is unresolved.

partialConsolidating within the box (13.4% from 52W high) — patience until it approaches the prior high.

Passing evidence
Price$52.62
Relative strengthRS 83
Failing evidence
Volume vs average1.12x
5/6 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
Wyckoff Watch B Supply-and-demand read: constructive evidence is present, but volume vs average is unresolved.

mediumSign of Strength — breakout above trading range on expanding volume. Accumulation phase complete, markup beginning. RS 83.

Passing evidence
Price$52.62
Relative strengthRS 83
Failing evidence
Volume vs average1.12x
5/6 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
Base & Breakout
Breakout follow-through

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RS Line vs SPY 52-week relative strength · blue = RS line · dashed = MA50 · dot = NH ▼ Falling
105RS Line (52W)
Accumulation / Distribution last 65 sessions · green = acc on high vol · red = dist on high vol Net +0 B
A: 15 D: 15 Net: +065 sessions
Minervini · Grade Card
Fundamentals & leadership quality — Minervini’s published criteria · 4/7 met
B 4/7 criteria
Separate score from the Minervini Trend Template (7/8): 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 +285%
✗ Revenue growth ≥20% YoY -2%
✗ Gross margin ≥30% 10%
✗ ROE ≥17% 4%
✓ RS rating ≥80 (leadership) 83
✓ Stage 2 uptrend (Weinstein) Stage 2
✓ Within 25% of 52W high -19.4%

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 level
Published-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.
Entry trigger
Pro level
Published-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.
Initial stop
Pro level
Published-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.
Trail
Rule-based
Published-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.
Exit / invalidation
Pro level
Published-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.
Deterministic educational plan, not a recommendation. No order or stop is changed automatically. Method and sources →

Pattern Analysis (historical)

Wyckoff SOS ⚠ Volatility widening into breakout ⚠ 3rd-stage base
74 setup score
RS Score 83
Trend template 7/8
CANSLIM 76.2* (B)
range low: 37.715 range high: 55.791 range pct: 0.479 sos thrust: 0.014 sos vol ratio: 1.838 sos bars ago: 0 near lps: ✓ validation reason: valid generic setup multi tf evaluated: ✓ multi tf reason: weekly: MA stabilizing or rising — accumulation context supported
Why This Setup?
Wyckoff SOS · schematic

SOS: breakout above range_high=55.79, thrust=1.4%, vol=1.8x avg, lps=near, 0 bars ago | Strong trend (7/8) | Top RS (83) | High-confidence pattern (75%) | Volume surging | Stage 2 | Readiness 88/100 (watch) | CANSLIM 76.2 (B) | ⚠ Volatility widening into breakout; 3rd-stage base

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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.

5/7 universals met
  • Clear of earnings — not met in -28 days — event risk
  • A relative-strength leader — partly met RS rank 65 — middling
  • Asymmetric reward — met Met — levels are a Pro detail
  • In a confirmed uptrend — met Stage 2 · Trend template 7/8
  • Not chasing (in range) — met Met — levels are a Pro detail
  • Risk is defined — met Met — levels are a Pro detail
  • Volume confirms — met 2.8× average
Why these seven? → The Universal Edge

Minervini Trend Template

7/8

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 $52.62 vs SMA150 $50.84 / SMA200 $49.20
SMA 150 above SMA 200 SMA150 $50.84 vs SMA200 $49.20
SMA 200 trending up Slope +1.31 over 20 days
SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200 SMA50 $57.41
Price above SMA 50 $52.62 vs SMA50 $57.41
30%+ above 52-week low +73.9% from $30.26
Within 25% of 52-week high -19.4% from $65.28
RS score above 70 RS 83

Fundamentals

52W Range
64%
Mkt Cap SEC
7.3B
EPS QoQ
+285%
Rev YoY
-2%
ROE
4%
Gross Margin
10%
D/E
3.06
EPS TTM
$1.68
P/E TTM
31.3x
Float
142M
Insider
No Buy

Company

Company profile
CarMax Inc
KMX · NYSE · Retail Trade · Specialty Stores
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O'Neil · Grade Card
CANSLIM — current EPS, annual EPS, new highs, supply, leader RS, inst. sponsorship, market
B 76.2* CANSLIM * disqualified on M
C · Curr. EPS
100
A · Annual EPS
56
N · New Highs
40
S · Supply/Demand
85
L · Leader RS
83
I · Inst. Spons.
100
M · Market
30

Weekly Context

Multi-timeframe signals from weekly bars
W. Trend
7/8
W. RS
84
W. Support
$35.17
W. Resist
$65.28
Weekly Structure

Scan History

Aug 07: 55 (Cup & Handle)Aug 10: 86 (Cup & Handle)Aug 11: 89 (Cup & Handle)Sep 16: 76 (Trend Only)Sep 29: 73 (Wyckoff SOS)Sep 29: 74 (Wyckoff SOS)74
Sep 29
Wyckoff SOS
74
Sep 29
Wyckoff SOS
73 -11.2%
Sep 16
Trend Only ✓ Gate
76 -10.5%
Aug 11
Cup & Handle ✓ Gate
89 -9.6%
Aug 10
Cup & Handle ✓ Gate
86 -10.5%
Aug 07
Cup & Handle ✓ Gate
55 -9.6%

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