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MS · Morgan Stanley

$183.49 +2.23% Oct 26 close

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Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley is a mega-cap Investment Managers company in the Finance sector with a market cap of $282B.

Finance Investment Managers stock Stage 1 · Basing Base 1

$183.49 latest close

Market Structure

Trend structure: range

Latest event: structure_shift (bullish)

Resistance 205.83–207.40 · 5 touches · strong

Support 176.43–177.95 · 5 touches · strong

Support 181.26–182.47 · 4 touches · moderate

Resistance 192.68–193.30 · 4 touches · moderate

Resistance 188.68–188.94 · 3 touches · moderate

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Earnings

Normal technical setup

Next earnings Wednesday, October 14, 2026 Report time not confirmed by the source

Deterministic evidence

MS+2.23%

Sector proxy · XLF+0.21%

Broad market · SPY+0.71%

Same completed session window ending 2026-10-26. MS was +2.02 points vs XLF. +1.52 points vs SPY.

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+2.23% From the open+1.27% Range position53% GapNo gap

QQQ confirmationConfirming (+1.11%) SMH confirmationConfirming (+2.74%)

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Price $183.49 +2.2% Oct 26 close

52W High $232.25 21.0% below high

Wks Since High 14w

Base Depth 24.0%

SMA 50 $200.19

Avg Vol 5,330,763

Rel Vol (Oct 26) 1.23× 2.09× on up days

More stats

52W Low $152.80

Tight Wks 1

Base B1

SMA 200 $194.26

Group Rank #60/65

ADR% 2.4%

ATR(14) $5.40 (2.9%)

Vol Pace (live) N/A

A/D Days 6A / 15D

A/D Rating E

Earnings past

Position in 52-week range 39thpercentile of the 52-week range

$152.80low

$232.25high

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Technical Analysis Report Card

$MS · $183.49 · as of 2026-10-26 · multi-factor read

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Sell

Trend · Daily / Weekly / Monthly

Daily ▼ Downtrend

Weekly ▼ Downtrend

Monthly ▼ Downtrend

Moving Averages

50-day$200.19 ↓

100-day$208.38 ↓

200-day$194.26 ↓

Bullish (50 > 200)

RSI (14)

Reading41.1 · Bearish

Bearish momentum — sellers in control.

MACD (12/26/9)

StateImproving

Histogram+0.518

Improving — MACD crossed above its signal line but still below zero. Histogram expanding.

Bollinger Bands (20,2)

%B / Width35% · 9.5%

Mid-band — no directional band edge in play.

Volume · Buyer vs Seller

Up/Down vol2.09 · Accumulation

Rel volume1.23×

Pocket pivots · 10d0

5d vs 50d vol137%

Heavy vol up / down2 / 3

Accumulation — volume is concentrated on up days; buyers dominate. Recent volume is expanding versus its baseline.

3 heavy-volume down days vs 2 up in the last 20 sessions — supply is showing.

Support & Resistance

R · $193.94swing level

R · $218.83swing level

R · $222.00swing level

Price · $183.49now

S · $182.47swing level

S · $176.43swing level

S · $152.8052-week low

Fibonacci · Downtrend swing

23.6%$189.60

38.2%$197.75

50.0%$204.34

61.8%$210.93

78.6%$220.30

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 bullishVolume accumulation

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RS Line vs SPY 52-week relative strength · blue = RS line · dashed = MA50 · dot = NH

Accumulation / Distribution last 65 sessions · green = acc on high vol · red = dist on high vol Net -10 E

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Minervini Trend Template

3/8

Grades 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 $183.49 vs SMA150 $201.28 / SMA200 $194.26

SMA 150 above SMA 200 SMA150 $201.28 vs SMA200 $194.26

SMA 200 trending up Slope +0.59 over 20 days

SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200 SMA50 $200.19

Price above SMA 50 $183.49 vs SMA50 $200.19

30%+ above 52-week low +20.1% from $152.80

Within 25% of 52-week high -21.0% from $232.25

RS score above 70 RS 50

Fundamentals

52W Range

39%

Mkt Cap SEC

281.9B

EPS QoQ

+1%

Rev YoY

+5%

ROE

16%

Gross Margin

57%

D/E

7.90

EPS TTM

$10.21

P/E TTM

18.0x

Float

1.6B

Insider

No Buy

Company

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Morgan Stanley

MS · NYSE · Finance · Investment Managers

Scan History

Aug 10

Flat Base ✓ Gate

Aug 07

Pocket Pivot ✓ Gate

70 -15.2%

Aug 07

VCP

70 -15.2%

Aug 06

Pocket Pivot ✓ Gate

70 -14.2%

Aug 05

Pocket Pivot ✓ Gate

70 -15.9%

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