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STLD · Steel Dynamics, Inc.
$250.27 latest stored close
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$STLD
Steel Dynamics, Inc.Steel Dynamics, Inc. is a large-cap Steel company in the Non-Energy Minerals sector with a market cap of $36B.
Council read · 6 methods
Watch — evidence is building
0 buyable · 6 watch · 0 avoid. Review the observed passes and blockers before reading the chart.
Earnings-risk mode
Normal technical setup
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Time not confirmed
No sourced report session or clock time
Deterministic evidence
STLD+1.28%
Broad market · SPY+0.02%
AI interpretation (optional)
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Setup Quality
B
4/7 signals
Score trend
✓
Stage 2 · Advancing
✗
Power Trend
✗ RS New High
✓ Trend 8/8
✗
No Pattern
✓ CANSLIM 75.8 (B)
✓ Gatekeeper
Base #2 (B)
Technical Analysis Report Card
$STLD · $250.27 · as of 2026-07-27 · multi-factor read
94
/ 100
Trend · Daily / Weekly / Monthly
Daily
▬ Sideways / consolidating
Weekly
▲ Uptrend
Monthly
▲ Uptrend
Moving Averages
50-day$246.44 ↑
100-day$222.28 ↑
200-day$196.35 ↑
Bullish (50 > 200)
RSI (14)
Reading59.8 · Bullish
Bullish momentum — comfortably in buyer territory.
MACD (12/26/9)
StateImproving
Histogram+2.637
Improving — MACD crossed above its signal line but still below zero. Histogram expanding.
Bollinger Bands (20,2)
%B / Width107% · 13.2%
Squeeze — volatility compressing
Riding the upper band — strong momentum, but stretched. Bands are squeezing — volatility is compressing, often a precursor to a sharp move.
Volume · Buyer vs Seller
Up/Down vol1.18 · Neutral
Rel volume1.13×
Balanced — up/down volume is roughly even; no clear hand. Recent volume is easing versus its baseline.
Support & Resistance
R · $288.7452-week high
Price · $250.27now
S · $228.77swing level
S · $219.03swing level
S · $216.36swing level
Fibonacci · Uptrend swing
23.6%$258.87
38.2%$240.39
50.0%$225.45
61.8%$210.51
78.6%$189.25
Retracement support zones measured from the recent swing low up to the high.
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Weekly uptrendMonthly uptrendAbove 200-day MA50/200 bullishRS 90 (leader)
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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.
Council consensus:
🟡 6 of 6 legends are Watching — building, not yet a confirmed buy.
Watch
Minervini B
Trend-template read: 10/13 pass; wait for the soft misses to improve.
Passing evidence
1.1 Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAPrice $250.27, MA150 $209.24, MA200 $196.35
1.2 150-day MA > 200-day MAMA150 $209.24 vs MA200 $196.35
Failing evidence
2. Revenue growth ≥ 20% YoY+3.6% YoY
4. Not extended (≤5% above pivot)Not confirmed
Watch
O'Neil C
CANSLIM read: 5/8 pass; improvement is still needed.
Passing evidence
C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%+32.7% QoQ
L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership)RS rank 90
Failing evidence
S: Volume ≥ 40% above average on breakoutVolume ratio 1.14x
M: Market in confirmed uptrendMarket phase: uptrend_under_pressure
Watch
Weinstein C
Stage-analysis read: Stage 2 is present; 2 supporting checks need improvement.
Passing evidence
Stage 2 (Advancing phase) confirmedStage 2 (Advancing)
Price above 30-week MA (200-day proxy)Price $250.27 vs MA200 $196.35
Failing evidence
Volume expansion above averageVolume ratio 1.14x
Weekly price coiling (Stage 2 consolidation)Tightening weekly range confirms base
Watch
Livermore B
Pivotal-point read: constructive evidence is present, but volume vs average is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$250.27
Relative strengthRS 90
Failing evidence
Volume vs average1.14x
Pivotal point cleared on expanding volumeNot confirmed
Watch
Darvas B
Box-theory read: constructive evidence is present, but volume vs average is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$250.27
Relative strengthRS 90
Failing evidence
Volume vs average1.14x
Box top broken on heavy volumeNot confirmed
Watch
Wyckoff B
Supply-and-demand read: constructive evidence is present, but volume vs average is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$250.27
Relative strengthRS 90
Failing evidence
Volume vs average1.14x
Sign of Strength confirmed on expanding volume1.14x average volume — needs ≥1.4x
Breakout Health
No active breakout tracked — Legend AI monitors daily for pivot-point breaks. What's a breakout?
🕯 Latest candle: Hammer — Long lower shadow with a small body near the high — buyers rejected lower prices. Bullish when it appears at support or after a pullback.
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 -3
Fundamentals & leadership quality — Minervini SEPA criteria · 5/7 met
B
5/7 SEPA
Separate score from the 8-point Trend Template (8/8): 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
+33%
Revenue growth ≥20% YoY
+4%
Gross margin ≥30%
15%
ROE ≥17%
18%
RS rating ≥80 (leadership)
90
Stage 2 uptrend (Weinstein)
Stage 2
Within 25% of 52W high
-13.3%
Method Playbook
📋 Trade it like Minervini
EXACT LEVELS · PRO
Minervini 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 tight base's structural pivot; the setup must retain Trend Template leadership into the trigger.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Entry trigger
Pro levelPublished-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.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Initial stop
Pro levelPublished-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.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Trail
Rule-basedPublished-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.
Evidence: Planned management rule; no stored stop or broker order is changed automatically.
Exit / invalidation
Pro levelPublished-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.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
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Forming Patterns (predictive — not confirmed)
Head & Shoulders
bearish
forming
75%
built
Possible head & shoulders top — not confirmed. Watch for a daily close below ~216.36 (neckline) to confirm, with measured-move risk toward ~143.98. A push back above 238.65 weakens the pattern; reclaiming 288.74 invalidates it.
Confirms below
216.36
Invalidates at
288.74
Left Shoulder
280.49
Head
288.74
Right Shoulder
238.65
Neckline
216.36
Target
143.98
LS 280.49 / head 288.74 / RS 238.65, neckline ~216.36, vol_fading=yes
Predictive pattern recognition is educational — most forming structures never confirm. Wait for the confirmation level before treating this as a setup.
Pattern Analysis
55.0
score
RS Score
90
Trend
8/8 ✓
CANSLIM
75.8* (B)
range low: 171.907
range high: 231.115
range pct: 0.344
sos thrust: 0.01
sos vol ratio: 1.522
sos bars ago: 4
near lps: ✗
validation reason: valid generic setup
multi tf evaluated: ✓
multi tf reason: weekly: MA stabilizing or rising — accumulation context supported
Why This Setup?
Wyckoff SOS
SOS: breakout above range_high=231.12, thrust=1.0%, vol=1.5x avg, lps=extended, 4 bars ago | Strong trend (8/8) | Top RS (90) | Moderate pattern (60%) | Stage 2 | Recent gap-up (4d ago) | Readiness 64/100 (early) | CANSLIM 75.8 (B) | ⚠ Extended past buy zone; Not actionable yet
The Universal Edge Check
The panel is uneasy
Too many universals unmet — this leans closer to a guess than a trade.
2/7
universals met
- In a confirmed uptrend Stage 2 · Trend 8/8
- Risk is defined No stop — undefined risk
- Asymmetric reward No target set
- Not chasing (in range) Pivot distance unknown
- Volume confirms 1.1× average — light
- Clear of earnings in -7 days — event risk
- A relative-strength leader RS 92
Minervini Trend Template
8/8Grades 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
$250.27 vs SMA150 $209.24 / SMA200 $196.35
SMA 150 above SMA 200
SMA150 $209.24 vs SMA200 $196.35
SMA 200 trending up
Slope +9.45 over 20 days
SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200
SMA50 $246.44
Price above SMA 50
$250.27 vs SMA50 $246.44
30%+ above 52W low
+108.7% from $119.89
Within 25% of 52W high
-13.3% from $288.74
RS score above 70
RS 90
Fundamentals
52W Range
77%
Mkt Cap SEC
35.9B
EPS QoQ
+33%
Rev YoY
+4%
ROE
18%
Gross Margin
15%
D/E
0.47
EPS TTM
$7.99
P/E TTM
31.3x
Float
143M
Insider
No Buy
Company
Legend AI snapshot
Steel Dynamics, Inc.
$250.27latest close
$35.9Bmarket cap
92RS rank
55setup score
CANSLIM — current EPS, annual EPS, new highs, supply, leader RS, inst. sponsorship, market
B
75.8* CANSLIM
* disqualified on M
C · Curr. EPS
100
A · Annual EPS
70
N · New Highs
40
S · Supply/Demand
100
L · Leader RS
90
I · Inst. Spons.
100
M · Market
30
Weekly Context
Multi-timeframe signals from weekly barsW. Trend
7/8
W. RS
100
W. Support
$162.16
W. Resist
$288.74
Weekly Structure
Trend
Neutral
Tight Weeks
0
Confirmation
Neutral
Scan History
8× streakJul 28
Wyckoff SOS
✓ Gate
55
Jul 27
Trend Only
✓ Gate
88
0.0%
Jul 27
Trend Only
✓ Gate
88
0.0%
Jul 24
Wyckoff SOS
88
+1.3%
Jun 29
Flat Base
✓ Gate
81
+6.9%
Jun 26
Wyckoff SOS
✓ Gate
73
+1.9%
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