Stand aside — setup invalidated
Setup score 68, but distribution days reach 5 or more — stand aside until the condition resets.
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MKTX · MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.
$165.02 +0.21% Oct 26 close
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$MKTX
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. is a mid-cap Investment Banks/Brokers company in the Finance sector with a market cap of $6B.
Market Structure
Trend structure: range
Latest event: bos
(bullish)
Support
161.74–164.56
· 11 touches · strong
Resistance
175.02–176.23
· 3 touches · moderate
Momentum Turn Watch
Bollinger Squeeze
Bollinger band width (0.7%) is in the bottom quartile of its last 120 sessions — Legend's width-percentile squeeze (not a TTM/Keltner squeeze), so volatility is compressed and a sharper move often follows.
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 68/100 · data Oct 26 close · latest session
Stand aside — setup invalidated
Setup score 68, 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 $148.52 vs MA200 $155.43
- Minervini Stage 2 confirmed (Weinstein cross-check) — Stage 3
- O'Neil C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25% — CANSLIM grade C
- O'Neil L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership) — RS rank 71
- Weinstein Stage 2 (Advancing phase) confirmed — Stage 3 (Topping)
- Weinstein 30-week MA trending upward — From weekly scan context
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.
58
Neutral
Legend Score · rates the stock
Neutral (58/100) — 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%) 71
- Trend Template (25%) 75
- Institutional Footprint (20%) 49
- EPS Growth (15%) 50
- Quality (SMR-like) (15%) 30
RS rank 71: above-average strength. Trend template 6/8: passes the uptrend screen, structure intact. Institutional score 49: neutral — no clear institutional conviction. No recent earnings growth data — scored neutral. Quality 30: weak fundamentals (sales growth 30). Updated 2026-10-23.
Earnings
Post-earnings setup
Next earnings
Friday, October 23, 2026
Before market open
Exact clock time not supplied by source
Deterministic evidence
Reported EPS 1.86 vs estimate 2.0272 · surprise -8.2%
MKTX+0.01%
Sector proxy · XLF-1.32%
Broad market · SPY-0.52%
CatalystNegative
Stock reactionPositive
Sector reactionWeak
Opening surgeNo surge
Event riskEarnings-driven
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+0.01%
From the open+0.04%
Range position29%
GapNo gap
QQQ confirmationNeutral (-0.01%)
SMH confirmationConfirming (+0.74%)
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More stats
52W Low
$108.75
Tight Wks
11
12 today
Base
B1
SMA 200
$155.43
RS Line vs High
-25.3%
RS Line Slope
-0.5% ▼
Group Rank
#37/65
ADR%
0.2%
ATR(14)
$0.33 (0.2%)
Vol Pace (live)
N/A
A/D Days
18A / 10D
A/D Rating
A+
VDU Bars
0/10 d
Power Trend
30d
Earnings
in 9d
MKTX Chart
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Technical Analysis Report Card
$MKTX · $165.02 · as of 2026-10-26 · multi-factor read
85
/ 100
Reference read from price & volume only — the verdict at the top of the page decides the action.
Trend · Daily / Weekly / Monthly
Daily
▲ Uptrend
Weekly
▲ Uptrend
Monthly
▲ Uptrend
Moving Averages
50-day$163.56 ↑
100-day$145.54 ↑
200-day$155.43 ↑
Bullish (50 > 200)
RSI (14)
Reading75.3 · Overbought
Overbought — buyers extended; watch for a pause or pullback.
MACD (12/26/9)
StateWeakening
Histogram-0.176
Weakening — MACD slipped below its signal line. Histogram expanding.
Bollinger Bands (20,2)
%B / Width106% · 0.7%
Squeeze — volatility compressing
Riding the upper band — strong momentum, but stretched. Bands are squeezing — volatility is compressing, often a precursor to a sharp move.
Volume · Buyer vs Seller
Up/Down vol0.91 · Neutral
Rel volume0.78×
Pocket pivots · 10d0
5d vs 50d vol115%
Heavy vol up / down1 / 0
Balanced — up/down volume is roughly even; no clear hand. Recent volume is easing versus its baseline.
- 1 heavy-volume up day vs 0 down in the last 20 sessions.
Support & Resistance
R · $180.59swing level
R · $195.9652-week high
Price · $165.02now
S · $161.74swing level
S · $137.27swing level
S · $112.68swing level
Fibonacci · Uptrend swing
23.6%$151.87
38.2%$143.63
50.0%$136.97
61.8%$130.31
78.6%$120.83
Retracement support zones measured from the recent swing low up to the high.
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Daily uptrendWeekly uptrendMonthly uptrendAbove 200-day MA50/200 bullishRSI overbought
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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 (68/100, 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
C
Trend-template read: fails 150-day MA > 200-day MA.
Passing evidence
1.1 Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAPrice $165.02, MA150 $148.52, MA200 $155.43
1.4 50-day MA > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAMA50 $163.56, MA150 $148.52, MA200 $155.43
Failing evidence
1.2 150-day MA > 200-day MAMA150 $148.52 vs MA200 $155.43
Stage 2 confirmed (Weinstein cross-check)Stage 3
O'Neil
Avoid
D
CANSLIM read: fails C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.
partialRule check says AVOID (1/8 checks passed) — CANSLIM read: fails C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.
Passing evidence
S: Base tightness (ATR% ≤ 4.5%)ATR% 0.20%
Failing evidence
C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%CANSLIM grade C
L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership)RS rank 71
Weinstein
Avoid
C
Stage-analysis read: topping (Stage 3) is not an advancing Stage 2.
partialRule check says AVOID (4/7 checks passed) — Stage-analysis read: topping (Stage 3) is not an advancing Stage 2.
Passing evidence
Price above 30-week MA (200-day proxy)Price $165.02 vs MA200 $155.43
Not extended from 52-week high (≤ 30% below)15.8% below 52-week high
Failing evidence
Stage 2 (Advancing phase) confirmedStage 3 (Topping)
30-week MA trending upwardFrom weekly scan context
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 $163.77
Volatility-unit sizing (1N ≈ 1% of equity)1N = $0.58 (0.35% 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
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 $189.77-$198.02; trail the rest
Failing evidence
Named Zanger pattern onlyGolden Cross is not one of Zanger's six
Breakout volume 1.5-2.0x averageData unavailable
zweig
Watch
D
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
Reasonable price for the growth (P/E ≤ 35)Trailing P/E 24.9x — no PEG or forward P/E stored
Price strength (RS ≥ 70)RS score 71 — Zweig buys strength, not bargains
Failing evidence
Insider buyingNo insider buying flagged
4% Model (breadth proxy)60% of universe above 50-day — mixed participation, no thrust
Livermore
Watch
B
Pivotal-point read: constructive evidence is present, but volume vs average is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$165.02
Relative strengthRS 71
Failing evidence
Volume vs average0.78x
Pivotal point cleared on expanding volumeNot confirmed
Darvas
Watch
B
Box-theory read: constructive evidence is present, but volume vs average is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$165.02
Relative strengthRS 71
Failing evidence
Volume vs average0.78x
Box top broken on heavy volumeNot confirmed
Wyckoff
Watch
B
Supply-and-demand read: constructive evidence is present, but volume vs average is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$165.02
Relative strengthRS 71
Failing evidence
Volume vs average0.78x
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 +6
Fundamentals & leadership quality — Minervini’s published criteria · 1/7 met
D
1/7 criteria
Separate score from the Minervini Trend Template (6/8): 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
+4%
Gross margin ≥30%
—
ROE ≥17%
—
RS rating ≥80 (leadership)
71
Stage 2 uptrend (Weinstein)
Stage 3
Within 25% of 52W high
-15.8%
Method Playbook
Trade it like Weinstein
EXACT LEVELS · PRO
Weinstein C · 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.
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Pattern Analysis (historical)
Golden Cross
⚠ Weinstein Stage 3 (topping)
68
setup score
RS Score
71
Trend template
6/8
CANSLIM
56.7* (C)
fast len: 50
slow len: 200
detector version: golden_cross/2026-09-27
cross bar ago: 15
cross price: 157.55
fast now: 163.42
slow now: 155.6
separation pct: 5.03
volume ratio: 0.831
depth pct: 10.68
geometry: {'cross_point': {'bar': 357, 'bars_ago': 15, 'price': 157.55, 'date': '2026-09-30'}, 'ring': {'bar': 357, 'bars_ago': 15, 'price': 157.55, 'date': '2026-09-30', 'color': 'gold', 'label': 'Golden Cross'}, 'fast_ma_line': {'label': '50-day SMA', 'start': {'bar': 313, 'bars_ago': 59, 'price': 120.397, 'date': '2026-07-29'}, 'end': {'bar': 372, 'bars_ago': 0, 'price': 163.4234, 'date': '2026-10-21'}}, 'slow_ma_line': {'label': '200-day SMA', 'start': {'bar': 313, 'bars_ago': 59, 'price': 157.8755, 'date': '2026-07-29'}, 'end': {'bar': 372, 'bars_ago': 0, 'price': 155.5965, 'date': '2026-10-21'}}}
confidence kind: heuristic_match
findings: ['50-day SMA crossed above the 200-day SMA at ~$157.55 (2026-09-30, 15 bars ago)', 'Now: 50-day SMA $163.42 vs 200-day SMA $155.60; price $164.26 holding above the slow line', 'The fast average fell 10.7% from its pre-cross peak — this cross resolves that consolidation']
validation reason: valid generic setup
multi tf evaluated: ✓
multi tf reason: weekly trend template 5/8 confirmed
Why This Setup?
D+W Confluence
Golden Cross · schematic
Golden Cross: the 50-day SMA just crossed above the 200-day SMA (~$157.55, 15 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) | Good RS (71) | High-confidence pattern (73%) | Power Trend | Tight base (11 tight wks) | Readiness 66/100 (watch) | CANSLIM 56.7 (C) | ⚠ Weinstein Stage 3 (topping)
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.
4/7
universals met
- A relative-strength leader — not met RS rank 38 — laggard
- Clear of earnings — partly met in 9 days — size down
- Volume confirms — partly met 0.9× average — light
- Asymmetric reward — met Met — levels are a Pro detail
- In a confirmed uptrend — met Stage 3 · Trend template 6/8
- Not chasing (in range) — met Met — levels are a Pro detail
- Risk is defined — met Met — levels are a Pro detail
Minervini Trend Template
6/8Grades 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
$165.02 vs SMA150 $148.52 / SMA200 $155.43
SMA 150 above SMA 200
SMA150 $148.52 vs SMA200 $155.43
SMA 200 trending up
Slope -1.54 over 20 days
SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200
SMA50 $163.56
Price above SMA 50
$165.02 vs SMA50 $163.56
30%+ above 52-week low
+51.7% from $108.75
Within 25% of 52-week high
-15.8% from $195.96
RS score above 70
RS 71
Fundamentals
52W Range
65%
Mkt Cap SEC
5.8B
Rev YoY
+4%
EPS TTM
$6.64
P/E TTM
24.9x
Float
35M
Insider
No Buy
Company
Company profile
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.
CANSLIM — current EPS, annual EPS, new highs, supply, leader RS, inst. sponsorship, market
C
56.7* CANSLIM
* disqualified on M
C · Curr. EPS
40
A · Annual EPS
59
N · New Highs
40
S · Supply/Demand
70
L · Leader RS
71
I · Inst. Spons.
56
M · Market
30
Weekly Context
Multi-timeframe signals from weekly barsW. Trend
5/8
W. RS
65
W. Support
$108.75
W. Resist
$169.29
W. Patterns
Golden Cross
Weekly Structure
Trend
Rising
Tight Weeks
12
Confirmation
Constructive
Scan History
Oct 23
Golden Cross
✓ Gate
68
Oct 22
Golden Cross
✓ Gate
68
+0.2%
Oct 21
Golden Cross
✓ Gate
68
+0.5%
Oct 20
Golden Cross
✓ Gate
55
+0.3%
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