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NSC · Norfolk Southern Corporation

$333.99 +1.21% Oct 26 close
Detected setup Trend Only · Setup Score 76/100

Stand aside — setup invalidated

Setup score 76, but distribution days reach 5 or more — stand aside until the condition resets.

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Norfolk Southern Corporation

Norfolk Southern Corporation is a large-cap Railroads company in the Transportation sector with a market cap of $75B.

Transportation Railroads stock Stage 2 · Advancing Base 1
$333.99 latest close
Market Structure
Trend structure: uptrend
Latest event: structure_shift (bearish)
Support 308.44–310.20 · 5 touches · strong
Support 318.43–319.98 · 5 touches · strong
Support 292.01–293.83 · 4 touches · moderate
Support 289.20–291.02 · 4 touches · moderate
Support 277.80–278.41 · 3 touches · moderate
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Verdict · setup score 76/100 · data Oct 26 close · latest session

Stand aside — setup invalidated

Setup score 76, but distribution days reach 5 or more — stand aside until the condition resets.

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Recent price action · daily
$320$340$360AugSepOct$334

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 58
  • Minervini 2. Quarterly EPS growth ≥ 25% — -17.7% QoQ
  • O'Neil C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25% — -17.7% QoQ
  • O'Neil L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership) — RS rank 58
  • Weinstein Volume expansion above average — Volume ratio 1.04x
  • Weinstein Relative strength ≥ 60 — RS 58
Minority view — the council disagrees here
  • Minervini: watch Trend-template read: 7/11 pass; wait for the soft misses to improve.
  • 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.
58 Neutral
Legend Score · rates the stock Neutral (58/100) — 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%) 58
  • Trend Template (25%) 75
  • Institutional Footprint (20%) 72
  • EPS Growth (15%) 30
  • Quality (SMR-like) (15%) 38

RS rank 58: middle of the pack — no leadership yet. Trend template 6/8: passes the uptrend screen, structure intact. Institutional score 72: mild accumulation. EPS -0% last quarter — no earnings momentum. Quality 38: weak fundamentals (sales growth 30, return on equity 41, leverage 60). Updated 2026-10-27.

Earnings

Pre-earnings setup

Next earnings Wednesday, October 28, 2026 Before market open Exact clock time not supplied by source

Deterministic evidence

NSC+1.21%
Broad market · SPY+0.71%
Same completed session window ending 2026-10-26. +0.50 points vs SPY.
CatalystPending Stock reactionPositive Sector reactionUnavailable 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+1.21% From the open+0.56% Range position90% GapNo gap
QQQ confirmationConfirming (+1.11%) SMH confirmationConfirming (+2.74%)
Short-term conviction -1 points.
  • A sourced earnings report is still pending inside the risk window; ordinary technical conviction is reduced until it is out.
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.

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Price $333.99 +1.2% Oct 26 close
52W High $358.60 6.9% below high
Wks Since High 8w 13w today
Base Depth 12.5% 14.8% today
RS Rank 20 percentile of scan
SMA 50 $326.55
Avg Vol 1,012,980
Rel Vol (Oct 26) 1.04× 2.21× on up days
More stats
52W Low $277.80
Tight Wks 4
Base B1
SMA 200 $314.05
RS Line vs High -8.0%
RS Line Slope +6.5% ▲
Group Rank #30/65
ADR% 1.6%
ATR(14) $5.68 (1.7%)
Vol Pace (live) N/A
A/D Days 13A / 18D
A/D Rating E
VDU Bars 0/10 d
Earnings tomorrow
Position in 52-week range 70thpercentile of the 52-week range
$277.80low
$358.60high

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Technical Analysis Report Card

$NSC · $333.99 · as of 2026-10-26 · multi-factor read
86
/ 100
Technicals 86/100
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 ▬ Sideways / consolidating
Monthly ▬ Sideways / consolidating

Moving Averages

50-day$326.55 ↑
100-day$325.68 ↑
200-day$314.05 ↑
Bullish (50 > 200)

RSI (14)

Reading61.4 · Bullish

Bullish momentum — comfortably in buyer territory.

MACD (12/26/9)

StateBullish
Histogram+2.119

Bullish — MACD above its signal line and above zero. Histogram contracting.

Bollinger Bands (20,2)

%B / Width91% · 9.7%

Near the upper band — buyers in control.

Volume · Buyer vs Seller

Up/Down vol2.21 · Accumulation
Rel volume1.04×
Pocket pivots · 10d2
5d vs 50d vol120%
Heavy vol up / down0 / 0

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

  • Pocket pivot 2 sessions ago — up-day volume beat every down day of the prior 10 sessions.

Support & Resistance

R · $344.99swing level
R · $357.3052-week high
Price · $333.99now
S · $330.38swing level
S · $309.04swing level
S · $301.17swing level

Fibonacci · Uptrend swing

23.6%$344.17
38.2% ◄ price here$335.24
50.0%$328.02
61.8%$320.81
78.6%$310.54

Retracement support zones measured from the recent swing low up to the high.

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Daily uptrendAbove 200-day MA50/200 bullishVolume accumulation
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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 (76/100, 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: 7 of 9 legends are Watching — building, not yet a confirmed buy.
Minervini Watch C Trend-template read: 7/11 pass; wait for the soft misses to improve.
Passing evidence
1.1 Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAPrice $333.99, MA150 $318.80, MA200 $314.05
1.2 150-day MA > 200-day MAMA150 $318.80 vs MA200 $314.05
Failing evidence
1.8 RS rank ≥ 70 (prefer ≥ 85)RS rank 58
2. Quarterly EPS growth ≥ 25%-17.7% QoQ
7/11 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
O'Neil Avoid D CANSLIM read: fails C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.
Passing evidence
A: Annual earnings & revenue qualityRev +0.5% | ROE 17.4%
N: Near 52-week high or RS line new high6.9% below high | RS line new high: False
Failing evidence
C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%-17.7% QoQ
L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership)RS rank 58
3/8 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
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 $333.99 vs MA200 $314.05
Failing evidence
Volume expansion above averageVolume ratio 1.04x
Relative strength ≥ 60RS 58
5/7 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
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 $305.43
Volatility-unit sizing (1N ≈ 1% of equity)1N = $5.73 (1.71% 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
5/8 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
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 $384.09-$400.79; trail the rest
Trail on the 10/20-day MA10-day MA $327.60 · 20-day MA $321.28 — exit the remainder on a close below the trail
Failing evidence
Named Zanger pattern onlyTrend Only is not one of Zanger's six
Breakout volume 1.5-2.0x averageNot confirmed
3/6 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
zweig Watch D Zweig read: part of his screen passes but not all: EPS growth above the market (≥15% QoQ); 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 26.2x — no PEG or forward P/E stored
Breadth momentum: 10-day A/D ratio10-day A/D 1.17 (1995 adv / 1699 dec) — participation expanding
Failing evidence
EPS growth above the market (≥15% QoQ)-17.7% QoQ — Zweig wants growth above the S&P average
Insider buyingNo insider buying flagged
3/8 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
Livermore Watch B Pivotal-point read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$333.99
Distance from 52-week high6.9% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 58
Volume vs average1.04x
3/6 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
Darvas Watch B Box-theory read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$333.99
Distance from 52-week high6.9% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 58
Volume vs average1.04x
3/6 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
Wyckoff Watch B Supply-and-demand read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$333.99
Distance from 52-week high6.9% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 58
Volume vs average1.04x
3/6 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
Base & Breakout
Breakout follow-through

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RS Line vs SPY 52-week relative strength · blue = RS line · dashed = MA50 · dot = NH ▲ Rising
106RS Line (52W)
Accumulation / Distribution last 65 sessions · green = acc on high vol · red = dist on high vol Net +0 E
A: 13 D: 13 Net: +065 sessions
Minervini · Grade Card
Fundamentals & leadership quality — Minervini’s published criteria · 4/7 met
B 4/7 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 -18%
✗ Revenue growth ≥20% YoY +0%
✓ Gross margin ≥30% 49%
✓ ROE ≥17% 17%
✗ RS rating ≥80 (leadership) 58
✓ Stage 2 uptrend (Weinstein) Stage 2
✓ Within 25% of 52W high -6.9%

Method Playbook

Trade it like Minervini EXACT LEVELS · PRO
Minervini C · Watch — The deterministic methodology check is Watch; wait for the failing or incomplete criteria to improve before the trigger can qualify.
Pivot
Pro level
Published-method rule: Use the tight base's structural pivot; the setup must retain Trend Template leadership into the trigger.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Entry trigger
Pro level
Published-method rule: Require a decisive move through the pivot with volume confirmation, and do not initiate more than 5% above it.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Initial stop
Pro level
Published-method rule: Start at the tighter structural invalidation; the initial loss limit must not exceed roughly 7–8% from entry.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Trail
Rule-based
Published-method rule: Hold the initial stop until the trade proves itself; near +1R move to breakeven, then trail a higher low or rising 10/21-day average once well extended.
Evidence: Planned management rule; no stored stop or broker order is changed automatically.
Exit / invalidation
Pro level
Published-method rule: Exit when the structural stop or a meaningful higher-low/short-term trend violation fires; never widen the stop.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Deterministic educational plan, not a recommendation. No order or stop is changed automatically. Method and sources →

Pattern Analysis

Trend Only
76 setup score
RS Score 58
Trend template 6/8
Why This Setup? D+W Confluence
Trend Only · schematic

Gatekeeper 6/8 | Moderate trend (6/8) | Accumulation (2.2× up/dn vol) | Stage 2 | Tight base (4 tight wks)

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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.

1/7 universals met
  • A relative-strength leader — not met RS rank 20 — laggard
  • Clear of earnings — not met in 1 days — event risk
  • 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 1.0× average — light
  • In a confirmed uptrend — met Stage 2 · Trend template 6/8
Why these seven? → The Universal Edge

Minervini Trend Template

6/8

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 $333.99 vs SMA150 $318.80 / SMA200 $314.05
SMA 150 above SMA 200 SMA150 $318.80 vs SMA200 $314.05
SMA 200 trending up Slope +2.95 over 20 days
SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200 SMA50 $326.55
Price above SMA 50 $333.99 vs SMA50 $326.55
30%+ above 52-week low +20.2% from $277.80
Within 25% of 52-week high -6.9% from $358.60
RS score above 70 RS 58

Fundamentals

52W Range
70%
Mkt Cap SEC
75.0B
EPS QoQ
-18%
Rev YoY
+0%
ROE
17%
Gross Margin
49%
D/E
1.10
EPS TTM
$12.75
P/E TTM
26.2x
Float
225M
Insider
No Buy

Company

Company profile
Norfolk Southern Corporation
NSC · NYSE · Transportation · Railroads
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Weekly Context

Multi-timeframe signals from weekly bars
W. Trend
6/8
W. RS
57
W. Support
$297.45
W. Resist
$358.60
W. Patterns
Cup & Handle Basing
Weekly Structure

Scan History

20× streak
Oct 23: 75 (Trend Only)Oct 26: 76 (Trend Only)Oct 27: 76 (Trend Only)Oct 27: 77 (Trend Only)77
Oct 27
Trend Only ✓ Gate
77
Oct 27
Trend Only ✓ Gate
76
Oct 26
Trend Only ✓ Gate
76 0.0%
Oct 23
Trend Only ✓ Gate
75 +1.2%

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