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QCOM · QUALCOMM Incorporated

$179.60 +2.10% Oct 26 close
Detected setup Darvas Box · Setup Score 50/100

Stand aside — setup invalidated

Setup score 50, but distribution days reach 5 or more — stand aside until the condition resets.

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$QCOM

QUALCOMM Incorporated

QUALCOMM Incorporated is a large-cap Semiconductors company in the Electronic Technology sector with a market cap of $189B.

Electronic Technology Semiconductors stock Stage 2 · Advancing Base 1
$179.60 latest close
Market Structure
Trend structure: downtrend
Latest event: bos (bearish)
Support 170.51–171.38 · 4 touches · moderate
Support 172.05–172.32 · 3 touches · moderate
Support 178.32–178.83 · 3 touches · moderate
Support 168.25–168.87 · 3 touches · moderate
Momentum Turn Watch
Bollinger Squeeze Bollinger band width (9.0%) is in the bottom quartile of its last 120 sessions — Legend's width-percentile squeeze (not a TTM/Keltner squeeze), so volatility is compressed and a sharper move often follows.
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.
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Verdict · setup score 50/100 · data Oct 26 close · latest session

Stand aside — setup invalidated

Setup score 50, but distribution days reach 5 or more — stand aside until the condition resets.

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Recent price action · daily
$150$175$200AugSepOct$180

What would change this verdict

What needs to turn for this to become buyable — the top failing checks across the legend council:

  • Minervini 1.4 50-day MA > 150-day MA AND 200-day MA — MA50 $176.39, MA150 $177.51, MA200 $169.32
  • Minervini 1.7 Price within 25% of 52-week high — 30.9% below 52-week high
  • O'Neil C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25% — -16.6% QoQ
  • O'Neil L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership) — RS rank 71
  • Weinstein Volume expansion above average — Volume ratio 0.81x
  • Weinstein Not extended from 52-week high (≤ 30% below) — 30.9% below 52-week high
Minority view — the council disagrees here
  • Minervini: avoid Trend-template read: fails 50-day MA > 150-day MA AND 200-day MA.
  • O'Neil: avoid CANSLIM read: fails C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.
  • Weinstein: watch Stage-analysis read: Stage 2 is present; 3 supporting checks need improvement.
54 Neutral
Legend Score · rates the stock Neutral (54/100) — 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%) 71
  • Trend Template (25%) 75
  • Institutional Footprint (20%) 29
  • EPS Growth (15%) 30
  • Quality (SMR-like) (15%) 45

RS rank 71: above-average strength. Trend template 6/8: passes the uptrend screen, structure intact. Institutional score 29: mild distribution — sellers active. EPS -0% last quarter — no earnings momentum. Quality 45: weak fundamentals (sales growth 30, return on equity 42, leverage 100). Updated 2026-10-27.

Earnings

Pre-earnings setup

Next earnings Tuesday, November 3, 2026 After market close Exact clock time not supplied by source

Deterministic evidence

QCOM+2.10%
Semiconductor proxy · SMH+2.74%
Broad market · SPY+0.71%
Same completed session window ending 2026-10-26. QCOM was -0.64 points vs SMH. +1.39 points vs SPY.
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+2.10% From the open+1.70% Range position75% 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 $179.60 +2.1% Oct 26 close
52W High $259.92 30.9% below high
Wks Since High 20w
Base Depth 45.0%
RS Rank 38 percentile of scan
SMA 50 $176.39
Avg Vol 11,923,322
Rel Vol (Oct 26) 0.81× 0.49× on up days
More stats
52W Low $121.99
Tight Wks 0
Base B1
SMA 200 $169.32
RS Line vs High -29.3%
RS Line Slope -2.6% ▼
Group Rank #10/66
ADR% 3.2%
ATR(14) $6.10 (3.4%)
Vol Pace (live) N/A
A/D Days 13A / 10D
A/D Rating A
VDU Bars 0/10 d
Power Trend 1d
Earnings in 7d
Position in 52-week range 42ndpercentile of the 52-week range
$121.99low
$259.92high

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Technical Analysis Report Card

$QCOM · $179.60 · as of 2026-10-26 · multi-factor read
64
/ 100
Technicals 64/100
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 ▲ Recovering / early uptrend
Monthly ▲ Recovering / early uptrend

Moving Averages

50-day$176.39 ↑
100-day$180.13 ↓
200-day$169.32 ↑
Bullish (50 > 200)

RSI (14)

Reading51.8 · Neutral

Neutral — momentum is balanced between buyers and sellers.

MACD (12/26/9)

StateBearish
Histogram-0.187

Bearish — MACD below its signal line and below zero. Histogram expanding.

Bollinger Bands (20,2)

%B / Width61% · 9.0%
Squeeze — volatility compressing

Mid-band — no directional band edge in play. Bands are squeezing — volatility is compressing, often a precursor to a sharp move.

Volume · Buyer vs Seller

Up/Down vol0.49 · Distribution
Rel volume0.81×
Pocket pivots · 10d0
5d vs 50d vol79%
Heavy vol up / down0 / 0

Distribution — volume is concentrated on down days; sellers dominate. Recent volume is easing versus its baseline.

Support & Resistance

R · $196.09swing level
R · $205.85swing level
R · $233.44swing level
Price · $179.60now
S · $172.12swing level
S · $168.84swing level
S · $164.77swing level

Fibonacci · Downtrend swing

23.6%$170.51
38.2%$187.60
50.0%$201.41
61.8%$215.21
78.6%$234.88

Retracement resistance zones measured from the recent swing high down to the low.

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Weekly uptrendMonthly uptrendAbove 200-day MA50/200 bullishVolume 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 (50/100, 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: 6 of 9 legends are Watching — building, not yet a confirmed buy.
Minervini Avoid C Trend-template read: fails 50-day MA > 150-day MA AND 200-day MA.

partialRule check says AVOID (8/12 checks passed) — Trend-template read: fails 50-day MA > 150-day MA AND 200-day MA.

Passing evidence
1.1 Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAPrice $179.60, MA150 $177.51, MA200 $169.32
1.2 150-day MA > 200-day MAMA150 $177.51 vs MA200 $169.32
Failing evidence
1.4 50-day MA > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAMA50 $176.39, MA150 $177.51, MA200 $169.32
1.7 Price within 25% of 52-week high30.9% below 52-week high
8/12 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
O'Neil Avoid D CANSLIM read: fails C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.

partialRule check says AVOID (2/8 checks passed) — CANSLIM read: fails C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.

Passing evidence
A: Annual earnings & revenue qualityRev +13.7% | ROE 37.3%
S: Base tightness (ATR% ≤ 4.5%)ATR% 3.40%
Failing evidence
C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%-16.6% QoQ
L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership)RS rank 71
2/8 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
Weinstein Watch C Stage-analysis read: Stage 2 is present; 3 supporting checks need improvement.

mediumStage 2 uptrend in progress — hold as long as price stays above the 30-week moving average.

Passing evidence
Stage 2 (Advancing phase) confirmedStage 2 (Advancing)
Price above 30-week MA (200-day proxy)Price $179.60 vs MA200 $169.32
Failing evidence
Volume expansion above averageVolume ratio 0.81x
Not extended from 52-week high (≤ 30% below)30.9% below 52-week high
4/7 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
dennis Watch C 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 $168.84
Volatility-unit sizing (1N ≈ 1% of equity)1N = $7.02 (3.91% 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
5/7 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
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 $206.54-$215.52; trail the rest
Failing evidence
Named Zanger pattern onlyDarvas Box is not one of Zanger's six
Breakout volume 1.5-2.0x averageData unavailable
4/6 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
zweig Watch D Zweig read: part of his screen passes but not all: EPS growth above the market (≥15% QoQ); Reasonable price for the growth (P/E ≤ 35); Insider buying — wait for the full growth screen before treating this as a Zweig setup.
Passing evidence
Price strength (RS ≥ 70)RS score 71 — Zweig buys strength, not bargains
Breadth momentum: 10-day A/D ratio10-day A/D 1.18 (2050 adv / 1742 dec) — participation expanding
Failing evidence
EPS growth above the market (≥15% QoQ)-16.6% QoQ — Zweig wants growth above the S&P average
Reasonable price for the growth (P/E ≤ 35)Trailing P/E 35.9x — no PEG or forward P/E stored
3/8 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
Livermore Watch B Pivotal-point read: constructive evidence is present, but volume vs average is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$179.60
Relative strengthRS 71
Failing evidence
Volume vs average0.81x
Distance from 52-week high30.9% below high
3/6 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
Darvas Watch B Box-theory read: constructive evidence is present, but volume vs average is unresolved.

mediumConsolidating within the box (30.9% from 52W high) — patience until it approaches the prior high.

Passing evidence
Price$179.60
Relative strengthRS 71
Failing evidence
Volume vs average0.81x
Distance from 52-week high30.9% below high
3/6 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
Wyckoff Watch B Supply-and-demand read: constructive evidence is present, but volume vs average is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$179.60
Relative strengthRS 71
Failing evidence
Volume vs average0.81x
Distance from 52-week high30.9% below high
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 ▼ Falling
86RS Line (52W)
Accumulation / Distribution last 65 sessions · green = acc on high vol · red = dist on high vol Net +2 A
A: 16 D: 14 Net: +265 sessions
Minervini · Grade Card
Fundamentals & leadership quality — Minervini’s published criteria · 3/7 met
C 3/7 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 -17%
✗ Revenue growth ≥20% YoY +14%
✓ Gross margin ≥30% 54%
✓ ROE ≥17% 37%
✗ RS rating ≥80 (leadership) 71
✓ Stage 2 uptrend (Weinstein) Stage 2
✗ Within 25% of 52W high -30.9%

Method Playbook

Trade it like Dennis EXACT LEVELS · PRO
Dennis 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 20-day channel high (System 1) or 55-day channel high (System 2) as the breakout trigger.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Entry trigger
Pro level
Published-method rule: Buy the breakout print mechanically — no prediction, no hesitation, no chasing below the channel high.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Initial stop
Pro level
Published-method rule: Place the stop at 2N (N = 20-day ATR) below entry, set before the trade and never moved except up on winners.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Trail
Rule-based
Published-method rule: Add at 0.5N intervals up to 4 units; trail the stop beneath each new add level, never loosen it.
Evidence: Planned management rule; no stored stop or broker order is changed automatically.
Exit / invalidation
Pro level
Published-method rule: Exit System 1 at the 10-day low and System 2 at the 20-day low — the exit is part of the system, not a decision.
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

Darvas Box Historical replay: +20% before −8% within 40 sessions: 15% (n=300) · source bars 2024-11-01–2026-10-26 · avg -0.5% per setup (-0.06R) ⚠ Head & shoulders top (neckline confirmed) ⚠ Not actionable yet
50 setup score
RS Score 71
Trend template 6/8
CANSLIM 62.8* (C)
box top: 180.78 box bottom: 168.84 box height pct: 0.071 vol ratio: 0.811 is breakout: ✗ pct from 52w high: 0.269 validation reason: valid generic setup multi tf evaluated: ✓ multi tf reason: not within 15% of 52-week high (current 175.91, high 259.92)
Why This Setup? Weekly pattern · trend unconfirmed
Darvas Box · schematic

Box: top=180.78, bottom=168.84, height=7.1%, breakout=no, vol_ratio=0.8x, 27% from 52w high | Moderate trend (6/8) | Good RS (71) | High-confidence pattern (75%) | Stage 2 | Readiness 64/100 (early) | CANSLIM 62.8 (C) | ⚠ Head & shoulders top (neckline confirmed); Not actionable yet

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Partial Move ⚠ Head & shoulders top (neckline confirmed) ⚠ Not actionable yet
50 setup score
RS Score 71
Trend template 6/8
CANSLIM 60.6* (C)
predictor: ✓ predicted direction: up probability: 0.72 retrace pct: 58.8 formation low: 142.89 formation high: 205.85 volume ratio: 0.802 depth pct: 30.59 validation reason: valid generic setup multi tf evaluated: ✓ multi tf reason: weekly trend template 3/8 — not confirmed (needs ≥4/8)
Why This Setup? Weekly pattern · trend unconfirmed
Partial Move · schematic

Partial decline stalled at 58.8% of range (142.89–205.85) without touching the bottom; predicts upward break ~72% of the time. Predictor — breakout not confirmed. | Moderate trend (6/8) | Good RS (71) | High-confidence pattern (72%) | Stage 2 | Readiness 53/100 (early) | CANSLIM 60.6 (C) | ⚠ Head & shoulders top (neckline confirmed); Not actionable yet

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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.

4/7 universals met
  • A relative-strength leader — not met RS rank 38 — laggard
  • Clear of earnings — not met in 7 days — event risk
  • Volume confirms — partly met 0.8× average — light
  • Asymmetric reward — met Met — levels are a Pro detail
  • In a confirmed uptrend — met Stage 2 · Trend template 6/8
  • Not chasing (in range) — met Met — levels are a Pro detail
  • Risk is defined — met Met — levels are a Pro detail
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 $179.60 vs SMA150 $177.51 / SMA200 $169.32
SMA 150 above SMA 200 SMA150 $177.51 vs SMA200 $169.32
SMA 200 trending up Slope +0.13 over 20 days
SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200 SMA50 $176.39
Price above SMA 50 $179.60 vs SMA50 $176.39
30%+ above 52-week low +47.2% from $121.99
Within 25% of 52-week high -30.9% from $259.92
RS score above 70 RS 71

Fundamentals

52W Range
42%
Mkt Cap SEC
188.6B
EPS QoQ
-17%
Rev YoY
+14%
ROE
37%
Gross Margin
54%
D/E
0.70
EPS TTM
$5.01
P/E TTM
35.8x
Float
1.1B
Insider
No Buy

Company

Company profile
QUALCOMM Incorporated
QCOM · NASDAQ · Electronic Technology · Semiconductors
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O'Neil · Grade Card
CANSLIM — current EPS, annual EPS, new highs, supply, leader RS, inst. sponsorship, market
C 62.8* CANSLIM * disqualified on C, M
C · Curr. EPS
30
A · Annual EPS
89
N · New Highs
40
S · Supply/Demand
70
L · Leader RS
71
I · Inst. Spons.
96
M · Market
30

Weekly Context

Multi-timeframe signals from weekly bars
W. Trend
3/8
W. RS
60
W. Support
$142.89
W. Resist
$259.92
W. Patterns
Golden Cross
Weekly Structure

Scan History

5× streak
Oct 16: 50 (Pennant)Oct 21: 0 (watchlist_candidate)Oct 22: 0 (watchlist_candidate)Oct 27: 50 (Darvas Box)50
Oct 27
Darvas Box ✓ Gate
50
Oct 22
watchlist_candidate
0 +3.9%
Oct 21
watchlist_candidate
0 +0.9%
Oct 16
Pennant
50 +4.4%

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