Stand aside — setup invalidated
Setup score 55, but distribution days reach 5 or more — stand aside until the condition resets.
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NDAQ · Nasdaq, Inc.
$104.72 +2.11% Oct 26 close
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$NDAQ
Nasdaq, Inc.Nasdaq, Inc. is a large-cap Investment Banks/Brokers company in the Finance sector with a market cap of $58B.
Market Structure
Trend structure: uptrend
Latest event: structure_shift
(bearish)
Support
87.32–87.94
· 6 touches · strong
Support
88.84–89.51
· 5 touches · strong
Support
93.63–94.38
· 5 touches · strong
Support
100.97–101.79
· 4 touches · moderate
Support
84.76–85.02
· 3 touches · moderate
Verdict · setup score 55/100 · data Oct 26 close · latest session
Stand aside — setup invalidated
Setup score 55, 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 1.8 RS rank ≥ 70 (prefer ≥ 85) — RS rank 66
- Minervini 2. Quarterly EPS growth ≥ 25% — From SEPA scan
- O'Neil L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership) — RS rank 66
- O'Neil A: Annual earnings & revenue quality — Rev +11.7%
- Weinstein Volume expansion above average — Volume ratio 0.98x
- Weinstein Weekly price coiling (Stage 2 consolidation) — Tightening weekly range confirms base
Minority view — the council disagrees here
- Minervini: watch Trend-template read: 8/12 pass; wait for the soft misses to improve.
- O'Neil: avoid CANSLIM read: fails L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership).
- Weinstein: watch Stage-analysis read: Stage 2 is present; 2 supporting checks need improvement.
60
Neutral
Legend Score · rates the stock
Neutral (60/100) — 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%) 66
- Trend Template (25%) 75
- Institutional Footprint (20%) 65
- EPS Growth (15%) 50
- Quality (SMR-like) (15%) 30
RS rank 66: above-average strength. Trend template 6/8: passes the uptrend screen, structure intact. Institutional score 65: mild accumulation. No recent earnings growth data — scored neutral. Quality 30: weak fundamentals (sales growth 30). Updated 2026-10-27.
Earnings
Normal technical setup
Next earnings
Thursday, October 22, 2026
Before market open
Exact clock time not supplied by source
Deterministic evidence
Reported EPS 1.04 vs estimate 1.0366 · surprise +0.3%
NDAQ+2.11%
Sector proxy · XLF+0.21%
Broad market · SPY+0.71%
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+2.11%
From the open+2.07%
Range position91%
GapNo gap
QQQ confirmationConfirming (+1.11%)
SMH confirmationConfirming (+2.74%)
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More stats
52W Low
$76.55
Tight Wks
1
Base
B1
SMA 200
$90.48
RS Line vs High
-6.3%
RS Line Slope
+13.8% ▲
Group Rank
#37/66
ADR%
2.2%
ATR(14)
$2.27 (2.2%)
Vol Pace (live)
N/A
A/D Days
15A / 17D
A/D Rating
D
VDU Bars
0/10 d
Power Trend
2d
Earnings
past
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Technical Analysis Report Card
$NDAQ · $104.72 · as of 2026-10-26 · multi-factor read
93
/ 100
Reference read from price & volume only — the verdict at the top of the page decides the action.
Trend · Daily / Weekly / Monthly
Daily
▲ Recovering / early uptrend
Weekly
▲ Uptrend
Monthly
▲ Uptrend
Moving Averages
50-day$95.02 ↑
100-day$92.04 ↑
200-day$90.48 ↑
Bullish (50 > 200)
RSI (14)
Reading74.2 · Overbought
Overbought — buyers extended; watch for a pause or pullback.
MACD (12/26/9)
StateBullish
Histogram+1.362
Bullish — MACD above its signal line and above zero. Histogram expanding.
Bollinger Bands (20,2)
%B / Width112% · 17.4%
Riding the upper band — strong momentum, but stretched.
Volume · Buyer vs Seller
Up/Down vol1.33 · Neutral
Rel volume0.98×
Pocket pivots · 10d1
5d vs 50d vol145%
Heavy vol up / down1 / 0
Balanced — up/down volume is roughly even; no clear hand. Recent volume is expanding versus its baseline.
- Pocket pivot 2 sessions ago — up-day volume beat every down day of the prior 10 sessions.
- 1 heavy-volume up day vs 0 down in the last 20 sessions.
Support & Resistance
R · $104.9452-week high
Price · $104.72now
S · $93.19swing level
S · $89.67swing level
S · $87.63swing level
Fibonacci · Uptrend swing
23.6%$98.24
38.2%$94.10
50.0%$90.75
61.8%$87.39
78.6%$82.63
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 (55/100, 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:
1 legend rates this Buyable · 6 watching · 2 avoid.
Minervini
Watch
C
Trend-template read: 8/12 pass; wait for the soft misses to improve.
Passing evidence
1.1 Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAPrice $104.72, MA150 $90.84, MA200 $90.48
1.2 150-day MA > 200-day MAMA150 $90.84 vs MA200 $90.48
Failing evidence
1.8 RS rank ≥ 70 (prefer ≥ 85)RS rank 66
2. Quarterly EPS growth ≥ 25%From SEPA scan
O'Neil
Avoid
D
CANSLIM read: fails L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership).
partialRule check says AVOID (3/8 checks passed) — CANSLIM read: fails L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership).
Passing evidence
C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%CANSLIM grade B
N: Near 52-week high or RS line new high0.2% below high | RS line new high: False
Failing evidence
L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership)RS rank 66
A: Annual earnings & revenue qualityRev +11.7%
Weinstein
Watch
C
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)
Price above 30-week MA (200-day proxy)Price $104.72 vs MA200 $90.48
Failing evidence
Volume expansion above averageVolume ratio 0.98x
Weekly price coiling (Stage 2 consolidation)Tightening weekly range confirms base
dennis
Buyable
A
Turtle read: S1 breakout fired. The system buys the signal, stops 2N away, and adds at 0.5N intervals.
Passing evidence
No breakdown below the 20-day channel20-day low $89.67
Volatility-unit sizing (1N ≈ 1% of equity)1N = $2.29 (2.19% of price); the Turtles size 1 unit so a 1N move ≈ 1% of equity, making the 2N stop ≈ 2% equity risk
Failing evidence
No failing criteria.
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 $120.43-$125.66; trail the rest
Failing evidence
Named Zanger pattern onlyPocket Pivot 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; 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 33.9x — no PEG or forward P/E stored
Breadth momentum: 10-day A/D ratio10-day A/D 1.18 (2050 adv / 1742 dec) — participation expanding
Failing evidence
Insider buyingNo insider buying flagged
Price strength (RS ≥ 70)RS score 66 — Zweig buys strength, not bargains
Livermore
Watch
B
Pivotal-point read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$104.72
Distance from 52-week high0.2% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 66
Volume vs average0.98x
Darvas
Watch
B
Box-theory read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
mediumStock is at the top of its box — Darvas would wait for a decisive breakout on volume.
Passing evidence
Price$104.72
Distance from 52-week high0.2% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 66
Volume vs average0.98x
Wyckoff
Watch
B
Supply-and-demand read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$104.72
Distance from 52-week high0.2% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 66
Volume vs average0.98x
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 -5
Fundamentals & leadership quality — Minervini’s published criteria · 2/7 met
C
2/7 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
+12%
Gross margin ≥30%
—
ROE ≥17%
—
RS rating ≥80 (leadership)
66
Stage 2 uptrend (Weinstein)
Stage 2
Within 25% of 52W high
-0.2%
Method Playbook
Trade it like O'Neil
EXACT LEVELS · PRO
O'Neil D · Avoid — The deterministic methodology check is Avoid; wait until the blocking criteria are resolved.
Pivot
Pro levelPublished-method rule: Use the proper base pivot or handle high after CANSLIM leadership and market-direction checks are satisfied.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Entry trigger
Pro levelPublished-method rule: Require a breakout through the pivot on volume at least 40% above average; the valid buy zone ends 5% above the pivot.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Initial stop
Pro levelPublished-method rule: Use the setup's structural stop with a hard 7–8% maximum-loss ceiling from the actual entry.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Trail
Rule-basedPublished-method rule: Protect progress under constructive support such as the 21-day or 10-week line; a stop may ratchet higher but never lower.
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 the hard loss limit, a decisive support break, or a rule-based climax/distribution signal; a normal 20–25% advance is reviewed rather than assumed permanent.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
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Pattern Analysis
Pocket Pivot
Historical replay: +20% before −8% within 40 sessions: 17% (n=657) · source bars 2024-11-01–2026-10-26 · avg +0.8% per setup (+0.10R)
⚠ Not actionable yet
55
setup score
RS Score
66
Trend template
6/8
CANSLIM
68.5* (B)
volume ratio: 1.98
near moving avg: ✓
upper close: ✓
shooting star: ✗
price past buy range: ✗
vol beats down: ✓
bars since signal: 2
signal close: 103.3
validation reason: valid pocket-pivot
multi tf evaluated: ✓
multi tf reason: weekly trend template 6/8 confirmed + no fresh 13-week low
Why This Setup?
D+W Confluence
Pocket Pivot · schematic
Up vol 7,147,951 vs max down vol 3,610,076 (near MA), upper_close=yes, bars_ago=2 | Moderate trend (6/8) | Good RS (66) | High-confidence pattern (80%) | Stage 2 | Recent gap-up (2d ago) | Readiness 56/100 (early) | CANSLIM 68.5 (B) | ⚠ Not actionable yet
55
setup score
RS Score
66
Trend template
6/8
CANSLIM
66.3* (B)
upper slope: -0.1997
lower slope: -0.1056
depth: 0.0632
narrowing ratio: 0.441
prior decline: 0.129
upper touches: 3
lower touches: 2
vol declining: ✗
validation reason: valid generic setup
multi tf evaluated: ✓
multi tf reason: weekly trend template 6/8 confirmed
Why This Setup?
D+W Confluence
Falling Wedge · schematic
prior_decline=12.9%, converging=yes, narrowing=44%, touches=upper:3/lower:2, near_upper=yes | Moderate trend (6/8) | Good RS (66) | High-confidence pattern (75%) | Stage 2 | Recent gap-up (2d ago) | Readiness 45/100 (early) | CANSLIM 66.3 (B) | ⚠ Extended past buy zone; Not actionable yet
Record Volume
⚠ Not actionable yet
55
setup score
RS Score
66
Trend template
6/8
CANSLIM
68.3* (B)
cadence: daily
lookback bars: 260
detector version: record_volume/2026-09-27
record bar ago: 2
record volume: 7147951
volume multiple: 2.42
volume ratio: 2.424
rare tier: ✗
bars since bigger: 69
since date: 2026-07-16
callout text: Highest daily volume since 2026-07-16
up day: ✓
absorbed: ✓
low held: ✓
day gain pct: 5.25
depth pct: 5.25
day range pct: 6.16
geometry: {'record_bar': {'bar': 257, 'bars_ago': 2, 'price': 103.3, 'date': '2026-10-22'}, 'record_volume': 7147951, 'callout_text': 'Highest daily volume since 2026-07-16', 'arrow_target': {'bar': 257, 'bars_ago': 2, 'price': 103.3, 'date': '2026-10-22'}}
confidence kind: heuristic_match
findings: ['Highest daily volume since 2026-07-16: 7,147,951 shares (2.4x the trailing average)', 'Price action constructive — closed up on the day (record bar $98.15 -> $103.30, now $104.72)']
validation reason: valid generic setup
multi tf evaluated: ✓
multi tf reason: weekly: MA stabilizing or rising — accumulation context supported
Why This Setup?
D+W Confluence
Record Volume · schematic
Highest daily volume since 2026-07-16 — 7,147,951 shares (2.4x average), 2 bars ago, and price action is constructive (closed up on the day). Big volume with holding prices means institutions are involved. Research/educational only, not a buy/sell recommendation. | Moderate trend (6/8) | Good RS (66) | High-confidence pattern (74%) | Stage 2 | Recent gap-up (2d ago) | Readiness 55/100 (early) | CANSLIM 68.3 (B) | ⚠ Not actionable yet
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.
3/7
universals met
- A relative-strength leader — not met RS rank 29 — laggard
- Clear of earnings — not met in -5 days — event risk
- Not chasing (in range) — partly met Pivot distance unknown
- Volume confirms — partly met 1.0× average — light
- Asymmetric reward — met Met — levels are a Pro detail
- In a confirmed uptrend — met Stage 2 · Trend template 6/8
- 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
$104.72 vs SMA150 $90.84 / SMA200 $90.48
SMA 150 above SMA 200
SMA150 $90.84 vs SMA200 $90.48
SMA 200 trending up
Slope -0.21 over 20 days
SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200
SMA50 $95.02
Price above SMA 50
$104.72 vs SMA50 $95.02
30%+ above 52-week low
+36.8% from $76.55
Within 25% of 52-week high
-0.2% from $104.94
RS score above 70
RS 66
Fundamentals
52W Range
99%
Mkt Cap SEC
58.1B
Rev YoY
+12%
EPS TTM
$3.09
P/E TTM
33.9x
Float
555M
Insider
No Buy
Company
Company profile
Nasdaq, Inc.
CANSLIM — current EPS, annual EPS, new highs, supply, leader RS, inst. sponsorship, market
B
68.5* CANSLIM
* disqualified on M
C · Curr. EPS
70
A · Annual EPS
69
N · New Highs
100
S · Supply/Demand
70
L · Leader RS
66
I · Inst. Spons.
96
M · Market
30
Weekly Context
Multi-timeframe signals from weekly barsW. Trend
6/8
W. RS
66
W. Support
$76.55
W. Resist
$104.21
W. Patterns
Cup & Handle
Base Breakout
Basing
Double Bottom
Weekly Structure
Trend
Neutral
Tight Weeks
1
Confirmation
Neutral
Scan History
20× streakOct 27
Pocket Pivot
✓ Gate
55
Oct 26
Wyckoff SOS
✓ Gate
55
0.0%
Oct 23
Wyckoff SOS
✓ Gate
55
+2.1%
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