Stand aside — setup invalidated
Setup score 86, but distribution days reach 5 or more — stand aside until the condition resets.
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LRCX · Lam Research Corporation
$237.50 +3.22% Oct 26 close
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$LRCX
Lam Research CorporationLam Research Corporation is a mega-cap Industrial Machinery company in the Producer Manufacturing sector with a market cap of $297B.
⚠ Risk Signals
Head & Shoulders Top
Neckline ~250.50 has broken. Measured-move risk extends toward ~62.50; a fast reclaim of 250.50 would be a failed breakdown (often bullish).
Bearish structure on the daily chart — a heads-up for anyone holding, not a short signal. Does not affect the bullish setup score.
Market Structure
Trend structure: range
Latest event: structure_shift
(bullish)
Support
153.15–153.60
· 3 touches · moderate
Resistance
321.41–323.64
· 3 touches · moderate
Momentum Turn Watch
Bollinger Lower-Band Support
Price ($237.50) is holding just above the lower Bollinger band ($217.65; %B 13) — 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 86/100 · data Oct 26 close · latest session
Stand aside — setup invalidated
Setup score 86, 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 1.1 Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MA — Price $237.50, MA150 $302.55, MA200 $283.61
- Minervini 1.4 50-day MA > 150-day MA AND 200-day MA — MA50 $300.49, MA150 $302.55, MA200 $283.61
- O'Neil C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25% — +15.0% QoQ
- O'Neil N: Near 52-week high or RS line new high — 45.8% below high | RS line new high: False
- Weinstein Price above 30-week MA (200-day proxy) — Price $237.50 vs MA200 $283.61
- Weinstein Volume expansion above average — Volume ratio 1.27x
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: watch Stage-analysis read: Stage 2 is present; 3 supporting checks need improvement.
69
Strong
Legend Score · rates the stock
Strong (69/100) — 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%) 91
- Trend Template (25%) 88
- Institutional Footprint (20%) 67
- EPS Growth (15%) 30
- Quality (SMR-like) (15%) 45
RS rank 90: top 10% of all stocks — true leadership. Trend template 7/8: price above rising 50/150/200-day lines — textbook uptrend structure. Institutional score 67: mild accumulation. EPS up +0% — growing, but below the 25% leadership bar. Quality 45: weak fundamentals (sales growth 30, return on equity 43, leverage 100). Updated 2026-10-12.
Earnings
Normal technical setup
Next earnings
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
After market close
Exact clock time not supplied by source
Deterministic evidence
Reported EPS 2.2 vs estimate 2.2215 · surprise -1.0%
LRCX+3.22%
Sector proxy · XLI+1.42%
Broad market · SPY+0.71%
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+3.22%
From the open+2.58%
Range position65%
GapNo gap
QQQ confirmationConfirming (+1.11%)
SMH confirmationConfirming (+2.74%)
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More stats
52W Low
$135.50
Tight Wks
0
Base
B2
SMA 200
$283.61
RS Line vs High
-29.4%
RS Line Slope
+13.9% ▲
Group Rank
#30/66
ADR%
3.8%
ATR(14)
$15.18 (6.4%)
Vol Pace (live)
N/A
A/D Days
10A / 17D
A/D Rating
E
VDU Bars
0/10 d
Earnings
past
LRCX Chart
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Technical Analysis Report Card
$LRCX · $237.50 · as of 2026-10-26 · multi-factor read
18
/ 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
▼ Downtrend
Monthly
▼ Downtrend
Moving Averages
50-day$300.49 ↓
100-day$318.98 ↓
200-day$283.61 ↓
Bullish (50 > 200)
RSI (14)
Reading29.1 · Oversold
Oversold — sellers extended; a relief bounce is possible.
MACD (12/26/9)
StateBearish
Histogram-8.427
Bearish — MACD below its signal line and below zero. Histogram expanding.
Bollinger Bands (20,2)
%B / Width13% · 53.0%
Near the lower band — under pressure or oversold.
Volume · Buyer vs Seller
Up/Down vol0.53 · Distribution
Rel volume1.27×
Pocket pivots · 10d0
5d vs 50d vol167%
Heavy vol up / down0 / 3
Distribution — volume is concentrated on down days; sellers dominate. Recent volume is expanding versus its baseline.
- 3 heavy-volume down days vs 0 up in the last 20 sessions — supply is showing.
Support & Resistance
R · $274.67swing level
R · $321.81swing level
R · $345.28swing level
Price · $237.50now
S · $135.5052-week low
Fibonacci · Downtrend swing
23.6%$275.49
38.2%$306.64
50.0%$331.82
61.8%$357.00
78.6%$392.84
Retracement resistance zones measured from the recent swing high down to the low.
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Daily downtrendWeekly downtrendMonthly downtrendBelow 200-day MA50/200 bullishRSI oversold
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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 (86/100, 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:
6 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.
partialRule check says AVOID (5/11 checks passed) — Trend-template read: fails Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MA.
Passing evidence
1.2 150-day MA > 200-day MAMA150 $302.55 vs MA200 $283.61
1.8 RS rank ≥ 70 (prefer ≥ 85)RS rank 90
Failing evidence
1.1 Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAPrice $237.50, MA150 $302.55, MA200 $283.61
1.4 50-day MA > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAMA50 $300.49, MA150 $302.55, MA200 $283.61
O'Neil
Avoid
D
CANSLIM read: fails C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.
Passing evidence
L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership)RS rank 90
A: Annual earnings & revenue qualityRev +26.0% | ROE 65.8%
Failing evidence
C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%+15.0% QoQ
N: Near 52-week high or RS line new high45.8% below high | RS line new high: False
Weinstein
Watch
C
Stage-analysis read: Stage 2 is present; 3 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)
30-week MA trending upwardFrom weekly scan context
Failing evidence
Price above 30-week MA (200-day proxy)Price $237.50 vs MA200 $283.61
Volume expansion above averageVolume ratio 1.27x
dennis
Watch
B
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 $225.14
Volatility-unit sizing (1N ≈ 1% of equity)1N = $15.03 (6.33% 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 $273.12-$285.00; trail the rest
Trail on the 10/20-day MA10-day MA $262.36 · 20-day MA $296.09 — exit the remainder on a close below the trail
Failing evidence
Named Zanger pattern onlyTrend Only 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 90 — 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)+15.0% QoQ — Zweig wants growth above the S&P average
Reasonable price for the growth (P/E ≤ 35)Trailing P/E 41.2x — no PEG or forward P/E stored
Livermore
Watch
B
Pivotal-point read: constructive evidence is present, but distance from 52-week high is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$237.50
Relative strengthRS 90
Failing evidence
Distance from 52-week high45.8% below high
Pivotal point cleared on expanding volumeNot confirmed
Darvas
Watch
B
Box-theory read: constructive evidence is present, but distance from 52-week high is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$237.50
Relative strengthRS 90
Failing evidence
Distance from 52-week high45.8% below high
Box top broken on heavy volumeNot confirmed
Wyckoff
Watch
B
Supply-and-demand read: constructive evidence is present, but distance from 52-week high is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$237.50
Relative strengthRS 90
Failing evidence
Distance from 52-week high45.8% below high
Sign of Strength confirmed on expanding volumePrice hasn't cleared the pivot yet — confirmation pending
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 -8
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
+15%
Revenue growth ≥20% YoY
+26%
Gross margin ≥30%
50%
ROE ≥17%
66%
RS rating ≥80 (leadership)
90
Stage 2 uptrend (Weinstein)
Stage 1
Within 25% of 52W high
-45.8%
Method Playbook
Trade it like Weinstein
EXACT LEVELS · PRO
Weinstein C · 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 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.
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Pattern Analysis (historical)
86
setup score
RS Score
90
Trend template
4/8
Why This Setup?
Trend Only · schematic
Gatekeeper 7/8 | Strong trend (7/8) | Top RS (90) | Volume drying up (bullish) | Power Trend | Stage 2
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
- Clear of earnings — not met in -6 days — event risk
- Risk is defined — not met No stop — undefined risk
- A relative-strength leader — partly met RS rank 78 — middling
- Asymmetric reward — partly met No target set
- In a confirmed uptrend — partly met Stage 1 · Trend template 4/8 — not yet Stage 2
- Not chasing (in range) — partly met Pivot distance unknown
- Volume confirms — partly met 0.5× average — light
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
$237.50 vs SMA150 $302.55 / SMA200 $283.61
SMA 150 above SMA 200
SMA150 $302.55 vs SMA200 $283.61
SMA 200 trending up
Slope +11.94 over 20 days
SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200
SMA50 $300.49
Price above SMA 50
$237.50 vs SMA50 $300.49
30%+ above 52-week low
+75.3% from $135.50
Within 25% of 52-week high
-45.8% from $438.50
RS score above 70
RS 90
Fundamentals
52W Range
34%
Mkt Cap SEC
296.7B
EPS QoQ
+15%
Rev YoY
+26%
ROE
66%
Gross Margin
50%
D/E
0.45
EPS TTM
$5.76
P/E TTM
41.2x
Float
1.2B
Insider
No Buy
Company
Company profile
Lam Research Corporation
Weekly Context
Multi-timeframe signals from weekly barsW. Trend
7/8
W. RS
98
W. Support
$241.60
W. Resist
$438.50
Weekly Structure
Trend
Neutral
Tight Weeks
0
Confirmation
Neutral
Scan History
Oct 12
Trend Only
✓ Gate
86
Oct 12
Trend Only
✓ Gate
84
-23.3%
Oct 10
Trend Only
✓ Gate
83
-23.3%
Oct 09
Descending Triangle
✓ Gate
75
-25.5%
Oct 08
Trend Only
✓ Gate
86
-25.9%
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