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LIN · Linde plc
$520.74 latest stored close
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$LIN
Linde plcLinde plc is a mega-cap Chemicals: Specialty company in the Process Industries sector with a market cap of $241B.
Council read · 6 methods
Watch — evidence is building
0 buyable · 5 watch · 1 avoid. Review the observed passes and blockers before reading the chart.
Earnings-risk mode
Pre-earnings setup
Friday, July 31, 2026
Time not confirmed
No sourced report session or clock time
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
LIN+1.28%
Broad market · SPY-0.54%
CatalystUnavailable
Stock reactionPositive
Sector reactionUnavailable
Opening surgeUnavailable
Event riskEarnings-driven
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.
AI interpretation (optional)
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Setup Quality
B
4/7 signals
Score trend
✓
Stage 2 · Advancing
✗
Power Trend
✗ RS New High
✓ Trend 7/8
✗
No Pattern
✓ CANSLIM 64.4 (C)
✓ Gatekeeper
Base #1 (A)
Technical Analysis Report Card
$LIN · $520.74 · as of 2026-07-16 · multi-factor read
66
/ 100
Trend · Daily / Weekly / Monthly
Daily
▬ Sideways / consolidating
Weekly
▲ Uptrend
Monthly
▲ Uptrend
Moving Averages
50-day$513.92 ↑
100-day$505.45 ↑
200-day$471.87 ↑
Bullish (50 > 200)
RSI (14)
Reading49.9 · Neutral
Neutral — momentum is balanced between buyers and sellers.
MACD (12/26/9)
StateWeakening
Histogram-1.826
Weakening — MACD slipped below its signal line. Histogram contracting.
Bollinger Bands (20,2)
%B / Width43% · 7.7%
Mid-band — no directional band edge in play.
Volume · Buyer vs Seller
Up/Down vol0.79 · Neutral
Rel volume0.89×
Balanced — up/down volume is roughly even; no clear hand. Recent volume is easing versus its baseline.
Support & Resistance
R · $523.56swing level
R · $548.2052-week high
Price · $520.74now
S · $506.78swing level
S · $488.77swing level
S · $472.29swing level
Fibonacci · Uptrend swing
23.6% ◄ price here$523.39
38.2%$508.04
50.0%$495.63
61.8%$483.23
78.6%$465.57
Retracement support zones measured from the recent swing low up to the high.
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Weekly uptrendMonthly uptrendAbove 200-day MA50/200 bullishRS 28 (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:
🟡 5 of 6 legends are Watching — building, not yet a confirmed buy.
Watch
Minervini B
Trend-template read: 9/12 pass; wait for the soft misses to improve.
Passing evidence
1.1 Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAPrice $520.74, MA150 $484.61, MA200 $471.87
1.2 150-day MA > 200-day MAMA150 $484.61 vs MA200 $471.87
Failing evidence
1.8 RS rank ≥ 70 (prefer ≥ 85)RS rank 28
2. Quarterly EPS growth ≥ 25%+3.1% QoQ
Avoid
O'Neil D
CANSLIM read: fails C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.
Passing evidence
A: Annual earnings & revenue qualityRev +3.0% | ROE 18.4%
N: Near 52-week high or RS line new high5.0% below high | RS line new high: False
Failing evidence
C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%+3.1% QoQ
L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership)RS rank 28
Watch
Weinstein C
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 $520.74 vs MA200 $471.87
Failing evidence
Volume expansion above averageVolume ratio 0.89x
Relative strength ≥ 60RS 28
Watch
Livermore B
Pivotal-point read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$520.74
Distance from 52-week high5.0% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 28
Volume vs average0.89x
Watch
Darvas B
Box-theory read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$520.74
Distance from 52-week high5.0% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 28
Volume vs average0.89x
Watch
Wyckoff B
Supply-and-demand read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$520.74
Distance from 52-week high5.0% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 28
Volume vs average0.89x
Breakout Health
No active breakout tracked — Legend AI monitors daily for pivot-point breaks. What's a breakout?
🕯 Latest candle: Bullish Engulfing — Today's up candle fully engulfs yesterday's down candle — a classic bullish reversal, strongest after a pullback to support.
RS Line vs SPY
52-week relative strength · blue = RS line · dashed = MA50 · dot = NH
▼ Falling
Accumulation / Distribution
last 65 sessions · green = acc on high vol · red = dist on high vol
Net -5
Fundamentals & leadership quality — Minervini SEPA criteria · 4/7 met
B
4/7 SEPA
Separate score from the 8-point 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
+3%
Revenue growth ≥20% YoY
+3%
Gross margin ≥30%
49%
ROE ≥17%
18%
RS rating ≥80 (leadership)
28
Stage 2 uptrend (Weinstein)
Stage 2
Within 25% of 52W high
-5.0%
Method Playbook
📋 Trade it like Darvas
EXACT LEVELS · PRO
Darvas 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 top of the active Darvas box near the high as the mechanical breakout boundary.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Entry trigger
Pro levelPublished-method rule: Require price to clear the box top with volume confirmation; movement inside the box remains observation, not a trigger.
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 active box support or the canonical structural stop that proves the breakout failed.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Trail
Rule-basedPublished-method rule: As higher boxes form, raise the stop beneath the newest confirmed box floor; the stop moves up only.
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 breaks the active box floor or decisively falls back through the breakout structure.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
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Pattern Analysis (historical · 8d ago)
Wyckoff SOS
⚠ Volatility widening into breakout
61.5
score
RS Score
28
Trend
7/8 ✓
CANSLIM
64.4* (C)
range low: 458.819
range high: 508.593
range pct: 0.108
sos thrust: 0.007
sos vol ratio: 2.094
sos bars ago: 18
near lps: ✓
validation reason: valid generic setup
multi tf evaluated: ✓
multi tf reason: weekly: MA stabilizing or rising — accumulation context supported
Why This Setup?
D+W Confluence
Wyckoff SOS
SOS: breakout above range_high=508.59, thrust=0.7%, vol=2.1x avg, lps=near, 18 bars ago | Strong trend (7/8) | High-confidence pattern (85%) | Stage 2 | Readiness 73/100 (watch) | CANSLIM 64.4 (C) | ⚠ Volatility widening into breakout
The Universal Edge Check
The panel is uneasy
Too many universals unmet — this leans closer to a guess than a trade.
1/7
universals met
- In a confirmed uptrend Stage 2 · Trend 7/8
- Risk is defined No stop — undefined risk
- Asymmetric reward No target set
- Not chasing (in range) Pivot distance unknown
- Volume confirms 0.9× average — light
- Clear of earnings in 3 days — event risk
- A relative-strength leader RS 30 — laggard
Minervini Trend Template
7/8Grades 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
$520.74 vs SMA150 $484.61 / SMA200 $471.87
SMA 150 above SMA 200
SMA150 $484.61 vs SMA200 $471.87
SMA 200 trending up
Slope +4.76 over 20 days
SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200
SMA50 $513.92
Price above SMA 50
$520.74 vs SMA50 $513.92
30%+ above 52W low
+34.3% from $387.78
Within 25% of 52W high
-5.0% from $548.20
RS score above 70
RS 28
Fundamentals
52W Range
83%
Mkt Cap SEC
240.9B
EPS QoQ
+3%
Rev YoY
+3%
ROE
18%
Gross Margin
49%
D/E
0.71
EPS TTM
$14.61
P/E TTM
35.6x
Float
463M
Insider
No Buy
Company
Legend AI snapshot
Linde plc
$520.74latest close
$240.9Bmarket cap
30RS rank
62setup score
CANSLIM — current EPS, annual EPS, new highs, supply, leader RS, inst. sponsorship, market
C
64.4* CANSLIM
* disqualified on C, M
C · Curr. EPS
60
A · Annual EPS
70
N · New Highs
100
S · Supply/Demand
70
L · Leader RS
28
I · Inst. Spons.
100
M · Market
30
Weekly Context
Multi-timeframe signals from weekly barsW. Trend
7/8
W. RS
66
W. Support
$429.17
W. Resist
$548.20
W. Patterns
Basing
Weekly Structure
Trend
Neutral
Tight Weeks
0
Confirmation
Neutral
Scan History
Jul 20
Wyckoff SOS
✓ Gate
62
Jul 17
Wyckoff SOS
✓ Gate
60
Jul 17
Wyckoff SOS
✓ Gate
59
Jul 16
Trend Only
✓ Gate
59
0.0%
Jul 16
Trend Only
✓ Gate
59
0.0%
Jul 16
Trend Only
✓ Gate
59
0.0%
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