Stand aside — setup invalidated
Setup score 76, but distribution days reach 5 or more — stand aside until the condition resets.
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NSC · Norfolk Southern Corporation
$333.99 +1.21% Oct 26 close
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Norfolk Southern CorporationNorfolk Southern Corporation is a large-cap Railroads company in the Transportation sector with a market cap of $75B.
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
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.
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 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
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
NSC+1.21%
Sector proxy · XLI+1.42%
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+1.21%
From the open+0.56%
Range position90%
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
$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
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Technical Analysis Report Card
$NSC · $333.99 · as of 2026-10-26 · multi-factor read
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
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
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
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
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
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 (2025 adv / 1725 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
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
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
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
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 +0
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 Wyckoff
EXACT LEVELS · PRO
Wyckoff 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: Use the Spring/test, Sign of Strength, creek, or Last Point of Support boundary identified by the active structure.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Entry trigger
Pro levelPublished-method rule: Require a completed test or Sign of Strength/Last Point of Support confirmation with improving demand versus supply.
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 Spring/test low or structural support whose failure would invalidate the accumulation read.
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 Last Points of Support or meaningful higher lows during markup; never loosen it.
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 failed Sign of Strength, support loss, or clear supply-dominant reversal such as an upthrust failure.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
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Pattern Analysis
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)
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
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
$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
Weekly Context
Multi-timeframe signals from weekly barsW. Trend
6/8
W. RS
57
W. Support
$297.45
W. Resist
$358.60
W. Patterns
Cup & Handle
Basing
Weekly Structure
Trend
Rising
Tight Weeks
4
Confirmation
Constructive
Scan History
20× streakOct 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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