Stand aside — setup invalidated
Setup score 69, but price closes below stop $663.69 — stand aside until the condition resets.
Simple research view
META · Meta Platforms, Inc.
$630.56 -1.88% Oct 26 close
1 independent risk warning also present. Review before relying on the bullish setup.
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$META
Meta Platforms, Inc.Meta Platforms, Inc. is a Internet Software/Services company in the Technology Services sector.
⚠ Risk Signals
Double Top
Double Top (confirmed): peaks $779.82 and $771.27 (2026-10-13) with the neckline at $711.68. neckline $711.68 broken on a closing basis 6 bars ago. Measured move targets $647.81; invalidation above $795.42. Research/educational only, not a buy/sell recommendation.
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
623.73–628.98
· 6 touches · strong
Resistance
672.22–676.71
· 4 touches · moderate
Resistance
638.61–643.50
· 4 touches · moderate
Support
592.55–594.81
· 4 touches · moderate
Resistance
661.00–665.52
· 3 touches · moderate
Momentum Turn Watch
Daily Oversold Pullback
Williams %R(14) touched -98 today after a 19% pullback from the 6-month high ($777.59). Price is holding just above the $618.43 support shelf (a prior swing high turned support), with the weekly uptrend intact (30-week SMA $625.72 and not falling).
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 69/100 · data Oct 26 close · latest session
Stand aside — setup invalidated
Setup score 69, but price closes below stop $663.69 — 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 $630.56, MA150 $626.88, MA200 $632.45
- Minervini 1.2 150-day MA > 200-day MA — MA150 $626.88 vs MA200 $632.45
- O'Neil C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25% — CANSLIM grade N/A
- O'Neil L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership) — RS rank 56
- Weinstein Price above 30-week MA (200-day proxy) — Price $630.56 vs MA200 $632.45
- Weinstein Relative strength ≥ 60 — RS 56
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; 2 supporting checks need improvement.
51
Neutral
Legend Score · rates the stock
Neutral (51/100) — 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%) 56
- Trend Template (25%) 75
- Institutional Footprint (20%) 31
- EPS Growth (15%) 50
- Quality (SMR-like) (15%) 30
RS rank 56: middle of the pack — no leadership yet. Trend template 6/8: passes the uptrend screen, structure intact. Institutional score 31: mild distribution — sellers active. No recent earnings growth data — scored neutral. Quality 30: weak fundamentals (sales growth 30). Updated 2026-10-22.
Earnings
Pre-earnings setup
Next earnings
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
After market close
Exact clock time not supplied by 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
META-1.88%
Sector proxy · XLK+1.69%
Broad market · SPY+0.71%
CatalystPending
Stock reactionNegative
Sector reactionSupportive
Opening surgePending
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-1.88%
From the open-1.20%
Range position14%
GapNo gap
QQQ confirmationDiverging (+1.11%)
SMH confirmationDiverging (+2.74%)
Short-term conviction -2 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.
- 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
$520.26
Tight Wks
0
Base
B2
SMA 200
$632.45
RS Line vs High
-17.8%
RS Line Slope
-11.0% ▼
Group Rank
#16/66
ADR%
3.0%
ATR(14)
$25.93 (4.1%)
Vol Pace (live)
N/A
A/D Days
11A / 10D
A/D Rating
B
VDU Bars
0/10 d
Earnings
TODAY
META Chart
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Technical Analysis Report Card
$META · $630.56 · as of 2026-10-26 · multi-factor read
31
/ 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
▬ Sideways / consolidating
Monthly
▬ Sideways / consolidating
Moving Averages
50-day$664.63 ↓
100-day$630.88 ↓
200-day$632.45 ↓
Golden Cross (fresh)
RSI (14)
Reading33.6 · Bearish
Bearish momentum — sellers in control.
MACD (12/26/9)
StateBearish
Histogram-15.529
Bearish — MACD below its signal line and below zero. Histogram contracting.
Bollinger Bands (20,2)
%B / Width-8% · 19.9%
Piercing the lower band — capitulation or strong selling.
Volume · Buyer vs Seller
Up/Down vol0.44 · Distribution
Rel volume1.5×
Pocket pivots · 10d1
5d vs 50d vol137%
Heavy vol up / down1 / 2
Distribution — volume is concentrated on down days; sellers dominate. Recent volume is expanding versus its baseline.
- Pocket pivot 9 sessions ago — up-day volume beat every down day of the prior 10 sessions.
- 2 heavy-volume down days vs 1 up in the last 20 sessions — supply is showing.
Support & Resistance
R · $643.00swing level
R · $688.80swing level
R · $775.55swing level
Price · $630.56now
S · $593.70swing level
S · $577.07swing level
S · $556.56swing level
Fibonacci · Uptrend swing
23.6%$719.56
38.2%$682.28
50.0%$652.15
61.8% ◄ price here$622.03
78.6%$579.13
Retracement support zones measured from the recent swing low up to the high.
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Below 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 (69/100, 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
1.4 50-day MA > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAMA50 $664.63, MA150 $626.88, MA200 $632.45
1.7 Price within 25% of 52-week high19.1% below 52-week high
Failing evidence
1.1 Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAPrice $630.56, MA150 $626.88, MA200 $632.45
1.2 150-day MA > 200-day MAMA150 $626.88 vs MA200 $632.45
O'Neil
Avoid
D
CANSLIM read: fails C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.
Passing evidence
S: Base tightness (ATR% ≤ 4.5%)ATR% 4.11%
S: Volume ≥ 40% above average on breakoutMeasured as passing
Failing evidence
C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%CANSLIM grade N/A
L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership)RS rank 56
Weinstein
Watch
B
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)
30-week MA trending upwardFrom weekly scan context
Failing evidence
Price above 30-week MA (200-day proxy)Price $630.56 vs MA200 $632.45
Relative strength ≥ 60RS 56
dennis
Avoid
C
Turtle read: price broke below the 20-day channel. The long system has no signal here.
Passing evidence
Volatility-unit sizing (1N ≈ 1% of equity)1N = $25.16 (3.99% of price); the Turtles size 1 unit so a 1N move ≈ 1% of equity, making the 2N stop ≈ 2% equity risk
Pyramid plan: adds at 0.5N, max 4 unitsAdd levels $643.14, $655.72, $668.30
Failing evidence
No breakdown below the 20-day channel20-day low $633.27
S1: 20-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 $725.14-$756.67; trail the rest
Failing evidence
Named Zanger pattern onlyGolden Cross 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: 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 26.8x — no PEG or forward P/E stored
Breadth momentum: 10-day A/D ratio10-day A/D 1.17 (2025 adv / 1725 dec) — participation expanding
Failing evidence
Insider buyingNo insider buying flagged
Price strength (RS ≥ 70)RS score 56 — Zweig buys strength, not bargains
Livermore
Watch
B
Pivotal-point read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$630.56
Volume vs average1.50x
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 56
Pivotal point cleared on expanding volumeNot confirmed
Darvas
Watch
B
Box-theory read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$630.56
Volume vs average1.50x
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 56
Box top broken on heavy volumeNot confirmed
Wyckoff
Watch
B
Supply-and-demand read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$630.56
Volume vs average1.50x
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 56
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
▼ Falling
Accumulation / Distribution
last 65 sessions · green = acc on high vol · red = dist on high vol
Net +4
Fundamentals & leadership quality — Minervini’s published criteria · 3/7 met
C
3/7 criteria
Separate score from the Minervini Trend Template (3/8): 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
—
Revenue growth ≥20% YoY
+22%
Gross margin ≥30%
—
ROE ≥17%
—
RS rating ≥80 (leadership)
56
Stage 2 uptrend (Weinstein)
Stage 2
Within 25% of 52W high
-19.1%
Method Playbook
Trade it like Zanger
EXACT LEVELS · PRO
Zanger C · Avoid — The deterministic methodology check is Avoid; wait until the blocking criteria are resolved.
Pivot
Pro levelPublished-method rule: Use the breakout point of a named pattern (flat base, bull flag, ascending triangle, cup and handle, double bottom, symmetrical triangle).
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Entry trigger
Pro levelPublished-method rule: Buy the breakout day on 150-200% of average volume. Never pay more than 5% above the breakout point.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Initial stop
Pro levelPublished-method rule: Set the stop 2-3% below entry and sell on bad price action before it is even hit.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Trail
Rule-basedPublished-method rule: Sell 20-30% of the position at +15-20% from the breakout, then trail the rest on the 10/20-day moving average.
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: Out on a break of the 10/20-day MA, a failed breakout back below the pivot, or a reversal pattern — winners are held, laggards are sold fast.
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)
69
setup score
RS Score
56
Trend template
3/8
CANSLIM
— (N/A)
fast len: 50
slow len: 200
detector version: golden_cross/2026-09-27
cross bar ago: 11
cross price: 630.87
fast now: 661.46
slow now: 632.62
separation pct: 4.56
volume ratio: 0.993
depth pct: 0.12
geometry: {'cross_point': {'bar': 361, 'bars_ago': 11, 'price': 630.87, 'date': '2026-10-06'}, 'ring': {'bar': 361, 'bars_ago': 11, 'price': 630.87, 'date': '2026-10-06', 'color': 'gold', 'label': 'Golden Cross'}, 'fast_ma_line': {'label': '50-day SMA', 'start': {'bar': 313, 'bars_ago': 59, 'price': 604.5458, 'date': '2026-07-29'}, 'end': {'bar': 372, 'bars_ago': 0, 'price': 661.4612, 'date': '2026-10-21'}}, 'slow_ma_line': {'label': '200-day SMA', 'start': {'bar': 313, 'bars_ago': 59, 'price': 636.1134, 'date': '2026-07-29'}, 'end': {'bar': 372, 'bars_ago': 0, 'price': 632.6165, 'date': '2026-10-21'}}}
confidence kind: heuristic_match
findings: ['50-day SMA crossed above the 200-day SMA at ~$630.87 (2026-10-06, 11 bars ago)', 'Now: 50-day SMA $661.46 vs 200-day SMA $632.62; price $697.52 holding above the slow line', 'The fast average fell 0.1% from its pre-cross peak — this cross resolves that consolidation']
validation reason: valid generic setup
multi tf evaluated: ✓
multi tf reason: weekly trend template 6/8 confirmed
Why This Setup?
D+W Confluence
Golden Cross · schematic
Golden Cross: the 50-day SMA just crossed above the 200-day SMA (~$630.87, 11 bars ago) — the classic long-term trend-turn signal. Price is holding above the slow line. Research/educational only, not a buy/sell recommendation. | Moderate trend (6/8) | High-confidence pattern (73%) | Stage 2 | Readiness 69/100 (watch) | CANSLIM N/A (N/A)
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
- A relative-strength leader — not met RS rank 19 — laggard
- Clear of earnings — not met in 0 days — event risk
- Asymmetric reward — met Met — levels are a Pro detail
- In a confirmed uptrend — met Stage 2 · Trend template 3/8
- Not chasing (in range) — met Met — levels are a Pro detail
- Risk is defined — met Met — levels are a Pro detail
- Volume confirms — met 1.5× average
Minervini Trend Template
3/8Grades 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
$630.56 vs SMA150 $626.88 / SMA200 $632.45
SMA 150 above SMA 200
SMA150 $626.88 vs SMA200 $632.45
SMA 200 trending up
Slope +5.68 over 20 days
SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200
SMA50 $664.63
Price above SMA 50
$630.56 vs SMA50 $664.63
30%+ above 52-week low
+21.2% from $520.26
Within 25% of 52-week high
-19.1% from $779.82
RS score above 70
RS 56
Fundamentals
52W Range
42%
Rev YoY
+22%
EPS TTM
$23.49
P/E TTM
26.8x
Insider
No Buy
Company
Company profile
Meta Platforms, Inc.
CANSLIM — current EPS, annual EPS, new highs, supply, leader RS, inst. sponsorship, market
N/A
— CANSLIM
C · Curr. EPS
40
A · Annual EPS
82
N · New Highs
40
S · Supply/Demand
100
L · Leader RS
56
I · Inst. Spons.
100
M · Market
30
Weekly Context
Multi-timeframe signals from weekly barsW. Trend
6/8
W. RS
60
W. Support
$524.49
W. Resist
$779.82
W. Patterns
Cup & Handle
Golden Cross
Double Bottom
Weekly Structure
Trend
Neutral
Tight Weeks
0
Confirmation
Neutral
Scan History
Oct 22
Golden Cross
✓ Gate
69
Oct 21
Golden Cross
✓ Gate
55
-9.6%
Oct 20
Golden Cross
✓ Gate
55
-9.2%
Oct 19
Golden Cross
✓ Gate
55
-10.6%
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