Stand aside — setup invalidated
Setup score 0, but distribution days reach 5 or more — stand aside until the condition resets.
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MPWR · Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
$1167.27 +2.38% Oct 26 close
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$MPWR
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. is a large-cap Semiconductors company in the Electronic Technology sector with a market cap of $57B.
Market Structure
Trend structure: range
Latest event: structure_shift
(bullish)
Resistance
1405.00–1412.89
· 4 touches · moderate
Support
904.06–909.00
· 3 touches · moderate
Resistance
1250.00–1256.22
· 3 touches · moderate
Momentum Turn Watch
Bollinger Lower-Band Support
Price ($1167.27) is holding just above the lower Bollinger band ($1108.70; %B 14) — 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 0/100 · data Oct 26 close · latest session
Stand aside — setup invalidated
Setup score 0, 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 $1167.27, MA150 $1379.37, MA200 $1311.53
- Minervini 1.4 50-day MA > 150-day MA AND 200-day MA — MA50 $1285.22, MA150 $1379.37, MA200 $1311.53
- O'Neil C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25% — +6.5% QoQ
- O'Neil L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership) — RS rank 69
- Weinstein Stage 2 (Advancing phase) confirmed — Stage 1 (Basing)
- Weinstein Price above 30-week MA (200-day proxy) — Price $1167.27 vs MA200 $1311.53
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: avoid Stage-analysis read: basing (Stage 1) is not an advancing Stage 2.
57
Neutral
Legend Score · rates the stock
Neutral (57/100) — 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%) 69
- Trend Template (25%) 62
- Institutional Footprint (20%) 70
- EPS Growth (15%) 30
- Quality (SMR-like) (15%) 35
RS rank 69: above-average strength. Trend template 5/8: mixed — some uptrend elements, some missing. Institutional score 70: mild accumulation. EPS up +0% — growing, but below the 25% leadership bar. Quality 35: weak fundamentals (sales growth 30, return on equity 41). Updated 2026-10-14.
Earnings
Pre-earnings setup
Next earnings
Wednesday, October 28, 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
MPWR+2.38%
Semiconductor proxy · SMH+2.74%
Broad market · SPY+0.71%
CatalystPending
Stock reactionPositive
Sector reactionSupportive
Opening surgePending
Event riskEarnings-driven
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+2.38%
From the open+2.23%
Range position74%
GapNo gap
QQQ confirmationConfirming (+1.11%)
SMH confirmationConfirming (+2.74%)
Short-term conviction -1 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.
- 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
$833.18
Tight Wks
0
Base
B2
SMA 200
$1311.53
RS Line vs High
-25.8%
RS Line Slope
+11.4% ▲
Group Rank
#11/65
ADR%
3.7%
ATR(14)
$63.40 (5.4%)
Vol Pace (live)
N/A
A/D Days
11A / 16D
A/D Rating
E
VDU Bars
0/10 d
Earnings
tomorrow
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Technical Analysis Report Card
$MPWR · $1167.27 · as of 2026-10-26 · multi-factor read
2
/ 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
▼ Downtrend
Monthly
▼ Downtrend
Moving Averages
50-day$1285.22 ↓
100-day$1342.63 ↓
200-day$1311.53 ↓
Death Cross (fresh)
RSI (14)
Reading38.4 · Bearish
Bearish momentum — sellers in control.
MACD (12/26/9)
StateBearish
Histogram-22.030
Bearish — MACD below its signal line and below zero. Histogram expanding.
Bollinger Bands (20,2)
%B / Width14% · 31.0%
Near the lower band — under pressure or oversold.
Volume · Buyer vs Seller
Up/Down vol0.64 · Distribution
Rel volume1.3×
Pocket pivots · 10d0
5d vs 50d vol124%
Heavy vol up / down1 / 2
Distribution — volume is concentrated on down days; sellers dominate. Recent volume is expanding versus its baseline.
- 2 heavy-volume down days vs 1 up in the last 20 sessions — supply is showing.
Support & Resistance
R · $1387.45swing level
R · $1413.51swing level
R · $1464.99swing level
Price · $1167.27now
S · $1133.83swing level
S · $833.1852-week low
Fibonacci · Downtrend swing
23.6%$1265.22
38.2%$1351.00
50.0%$1420.33
61.8%$1489.66
78.6%$1588.36
Retracement resistance zones measured from the recent swing high down to the low.
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Weekly downtrendMonthly downtrendBelow 200-day MA50/200 bearishVolume 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 (0/100, 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
1.2 150-day MA > 200-day MAMA150 $1379.37 vs MA200 $1311.53
2. ROE ≥ 17%ROE 19.2%
Failing evidence
1.1 Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAPrice $1167.27, MA150 $1379.37, MA200 $1311.53
1.4 50-day MA > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAMA50 $1285.22, MA150 $1379.37, MA200 $1311.53
O'Neil
Avoid
D
CANSLIM read: fails C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.
Passing evidence
A: Annual earnings & revenue qualityRev +26.4% | ROE 19.2%
Failing evidence
C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%+6.5% QoQ
L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership)RS rank 69
Weinstein
Avoid
D
Stage-analysis read: basing (Stage 1) is not an advancing Stage 2.
Passing evidence
Relative strength ≥ 60RS 69
Failing evidence
Stage 2 (Advancing phase) confirmedStage 1 (Basing)
Price above 30-week MA (200-day proxy)Price $1167.27 vs MA200 $1311.53
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 $1,126.57
Volatility-unit sizing (1N ≈ 1% of equity)1N = $59.69 (5.11% 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 $1,342.36-$1,400.72; trail the rest
Trail on the 10/20-day MA10-day MA $1,228.38 · 20-day MA $1,312.13 — exit the remainder on a close below the trail
Failing evidence
Named Zanger pattern onlywatchlist_candidate 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; Price strength (RS ≥ 70) — wait for the full growth screen before treating this as a Zweig setup.
Passing evidence
Breadth momentum: 10-day A/D ratio10-day A/D 1.17 (2025 adv / 1725 dec) — participation expanding
4% Model (breadth proxy)63% of universe above 50-day — broad strength (adapted from Ned Davis 4% Model)
Failing evidence
EPS growth above the market (≥15% QoQ)+6.5% QoQ — Zweig wants growth above the S&P average
Reasonable price for the growth (P/E ≤ 35)Trailing P/E 90.8x — no PEG or forward P/E stored
Livermore
Watch
B
Pivotal-point read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$1167.27
Volume vs average1.30x
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 69
Distance from 52-week high31.9% below high
Darvas
Watch
B
Box-theory read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$1167.27
Volume vs average1.30x
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 69
Distance from 52-week high31.9% below high
Wyckoff
Watch
B
Supply-and-demand read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$1167.27
Volume vs average1.30x
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 69
Distance from 52-week high31.9% below high
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 -1
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
+6%
Revenue growth ≥20% YoY
+26%
Gross margin ≥30%
55%
ROE ≥17%
19%
RS rating ≥80 (leadership)
69
Stage 2 uptrend (Weinstein)
Stage 1
Within 25% of 52W high
-31.9%
Method Playbook
Trade it like Livermore
EXACT LEVELS · PRO
Livermore 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: Treat the resistance break as a pivotal point only while the primary trend and relative strength remain aligned.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Entry trigger
Pro levelPublished-method rule: Wait for price and volume to confirm the pivotal-point break; anticipation below the line is not confirmation.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Initial stop
Pro levelPublished-method rule: Place the initial stop below the pivotal line or the reaction low that would prove the breakout false.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Trail
Rule-basedPublished-method rule: Raise protection beneath successive higher reaction lows as the trend advances; never move a protective line farther away.
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 fails the pivotal line, breaks the latest meaningful reaction low, or shows abnormal reversal action.
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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Forming Patterns (predictive — not confirmed)
Inverse Head & Shoulders
bullish
forming
80%
built
Possible inverse head & shoulders — not confirmed. Watch for a daily close above ~1468.34 (neckline) to confirm, with a measured move toward ~1802.84. A drop under the right shoulder near 1195.00 weakens the structure; a close below the head near 1133.83 invalidates it.
Confirms above
1468.34
Invalidates at
1133.83
Left Shoulder
1240.02
Head
1133.83
Right Shoulder
1195.00
Neckline
1468.34
Target
1802.84
LS 1240.02 / head 1133.83 / RS 1195.00, neckline ~1468.34, 20.5% below confirmation
Predictive pattern recognition is educational — most forming structures never confirm. Wait for the confirmation level before treating this as a setup.
Pattern Analysis (historical)
0
setup score
RS Score
69
Trend template
3/8
Why This Setup?
watchlist_candidate · schematic
Near-miss 5/8 — needs: price above sma150 200, sma50 above sma150 200, rs score above 70
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
- A relative-strength leader — not met RS rank 33 — laggard
- Clear of earnings — not met in 1 days — event risk
- In a confirmed uptrend — not met Stage 1 · Trend template 3/8 — no uptrend; don't bottom-fish
- Risk is defined — not met No stop — undefined risk
- Asymmetric reward — partly met No target set
- Not chasing (in range) — partly met Pivot distance unknown
- Volume confirms — partly met 1.1× average — light
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
$1167.27 vs SMA150 $1379.37 / SMA200 $1311.53
SMA 150 above SMA 200
SMA150 $1379.37 vs SMA200 $1311.53
SMA 200 trending up
Slope +36.46 over 20 days
SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200
SMA50 $1285.22
Price above SMA 50
$1167.27 vs SMA50 $1285.22
30%+ above 52-week low
+40.1% from $833.18
Within 25% of 52-week high
-31.9% from $1714.09
RS score above 70
RS 69
Fundamentals
52W Range
38%
Mkt Cap SEC
57.4B
EPS QoQ
+6%
Rev YoY
+26%
ROE
19%
Gross Margin
55%
EPS TTM
$12.86
P/E TTM
90.8x
Float
49M
Insider
No Buy
Company
Company profile
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
Scan History
Oct 14
watchlist_candidate
0
Oct 13
Descending Triangle
✓ Gate
62
-11.5%
Oct 13
Descending Triangle
✓ Gate
62
-11.5%
Oct 12
Trend Only
✓ Gate
80
-11.5%
Oct 10
Trend Only
✓ Gate
80
-11.5%
Oct 09
Descending Triangle
✓ Gate
74
-15.8%
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