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SWK · Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

$99.37 +0.13% Oct 26 close
Detected setup Falling Wedge · Setup Score 55/100

Stand aside — setup invalidated

Setup score 55, but distribution days reach 5 or more — stand aside until the condition resets.

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Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. is a large-cap Tools & Hardware company in the Consumer Durables sector with a market cap of $15B.

Consumer Durables Tools & Hardware stock Stage 2 · Advancing Base 2
$99.37 latest close
Market Structure
Trend structure: range
Latest event: bos (bearish)
Support 71.80–72.27 · 4 touches · moderate
Support 76.93–77.36 · 4 touches · moderate
Support 80.69–81.28 · 3 touches · moderate
Support 92.28–92.50 · 3 touches · moderate
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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.

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Recent price action · daily
$90.00$100AugSepOct$99.37

What would change this verdict

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

  • Minervini 2. Quarterly EPS growth ≥ 25% — -3.4% QoQ
  • Minervini 2. ROE ≥ 17% — ROE 4.5%
  • O'Neil C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25% — -3.4% QoQ
  • O'Neil A: Annual earnings & revenue quality — Rev -1.5% | ROE 4.5%
  • Weinstein Volume expansion above average — Volume ratio 0.90x
  • 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 C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.
  • Weinstein: watch Stage-analysis read: Stage 2 is present; 2 supporting checks need improvement.
70 Strong
Legend Score · rates the stock Strong (70/100) — 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%) 82
  • Trend Template (25%) 100
  • Institutional Footprint (20%) 68
  • EPS Growth (15%) 30
  • Quality (SMR-like) (15%) 44

RS rank 81: beating most of the market. Trend template 8/8: price above rising 50/150/200-day lines — textbook uptrend structure. Institutional score 68: mild accumulation. EPS -0% last quarter — no earnings momentum. Quality 44: weak fundamentals (sales growth 30, return on equity 40, leverage 100). Updated 2026-10-27.

Earnings

Pre-earnings setup

Next earnings Monday, November 2, 2026 Before market open Exact clock time not supplied by source

Deterministic evidence

SWK+0.13%
Sector proxy · XLY+1.03%
Broad market · SPY+0.71%
Same completed session window ending 2026-10-26. SWK was -0.90 points vs XLY. -0.58 points vs SPY.
CatalystPending Stock reactionPositive Sector reactionSupportive Opening surgePending Event riskEarnings-driven

Session internals Green but fading

Rule: closed up but below the open and in the bottom third of the range. Judged on internals, not on the size of the move.

Vs prior close+0.13% From the open-0.62% Range position32% GapNo gap
QQQ confirmationConfirming (+1.11%) SMH confirmationConfirming (+2.74%)
Short-term conviction -2 points.
  • Session closed below its open and in the lower third of the day's range — green on the day, but the move faded.
  • A sourced earnings report is still pending inside the risk window; ordinary technical conviction is reduced until it is out.
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Price $99.37 +0.1% Oct 26 close
52W High $104.68 5.1% below high
Wks Since High 10w
Base Depth 18.1%
RS Rank 60 percentile of scan
SMA 50 $93.23
Avg Vol 1,569,764
Rel Vol (Oct 26) 0.90× 1.56× on up days
More stats
52W Low $61.90
Tight Wks 0
Base B2
SMA 200 $85.16
RS Line vs High -3.8%
RS Line Slope +11.7% ▲
Group Rank #14/66
ADR% 2.9%
ATR(14) $2.78 (2.8%)
Vol Pace (live) N/A
A/D Days 18A / 16D
A/D Rating B
VDU Bars 0/10 d
Power Trend 1d
Earnings in 6d
Position in 52-week range 88thpercentile of the 52-week range
$61.90low
$104.68high

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Technical Analysis Report Card

$SWK · $99.37 · as of 2026-10-26 · multi-factor read
94
/ 100
Technicals 94/100
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$93.23 ↑
100-day$92.00 ↑
200-day$85.16 ↑
Bullish (50 > 200)

RSI (14)

Reading69.3 · Bullish

Bullish momentum — comfortably in buyer territory.

MACD (12/26/9)

StateBullish
Histogram+1.241

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

Bollinger Bands (20,2)

%B / Width101% · 16.1%

Riding the upper band — strong momentum, but stretched.

Volume · Buyer vs Seller

Up/Down vol1.56 · Accumulation
Rel volume0.9×
Pocket pivots · 10d1
5d vs 50d vol89%
Heavy vol up / down1 / 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.
  • 1 heavy-volume up day vs 0 down in the last 20 sessions.

Support & Resistance

R · $101.27swing level
R · $104.6852-week high
Price · $99.37now
S · $97.05swing level
S · $86.81swing level
S · $85.28swing level

Fibonacci · Uptrend swing

23.6%$97.00
38.2%$92.25
50.0%$88.41
61.8%$84.57
78.6%$79.10

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

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Daily uptrendAbove 200-day MA50/200 bullishVolume accumulationRS 81 (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.
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: 7 of 9 legends are Watching — building, not yet a confirmed buy.
Minervini Watch C Trend-template read: 8/12 pass; wait for the soft misses to improve.

partialEnter on break of $85.55 pivot with stop at $84.03 (risk 1.8%). SEPA Grade B (4/7).

Passing evidence
1.1 Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAPrice $99.37, MA150 $86.32, MA200 $85.16
1.2 150-day MA > 200-day MAMA150 $86.32 vs MA200 $85.16
Failing evidence
2. Quarterly EPS growth ≥ 25%-3.4% QoQ
2. ROE ≥ 17%ROE 4.5%
8/12 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
O'Neil Avoid D CANSLIM read: fails C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.

partialRule check says AVOID (3/8 checks passed) — CANSLIM read: fails C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.

Passing evidence
L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership)RS rank 81
N: Near 52-week high or RS line new high5.1% below high | RS line new high: False
Failing evidence
C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%-3.4% QoQ
A: Annual earnings & revenue qualityRev -1.5% | ROE 4.5%
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 $99.37 vs MA200 $85.16
Failing evidence
Volume expansion above averageVolume ratio 0.90x
Weekly price coiling (Stage 2 consolidation)Tightening weekly range confirms base
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 $85.71
Volatility-unit sizing (1N ≈ 1% of equity)1N = $2.75 (2.77% 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 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 $114.28-$119.24; trail the rest
Trail on the 10/20-day MA10-day MA $94.45 · 20-day MA $91.86 — exit the remainder on a close below the trail
Failing evidence
Named Zanger pattern onlyFalling Wedge is not one of Zanger's six
Not extended (≤5% above the breakout point)Not 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); 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 81 — Zweig buys strength, not bargains
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)-3.4% QoQ — Zweig wants growth above the S&P average
Reasonable price for the growth (P/E ≤ 35)Trailing P/E 37.5x — 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.

mediumTrend is your friend. Falling Wedge continuation — trade in the direction of least resistance. RS score 81.

Passing evidence
Price$99.37
Relative strengthRS 81
Failing evidence
Volume vs average0.90x
Pivotal point cleared on expanding volumeNot confirmed
4/6 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
Darvas Watch B Box-theory read: constructive evidence is present, but volume vs average is unresolved.

mediumBuilding the top of the box (5.1% from 52W high) — watch for a box breakout with volume expansion.

Passing evidence
Price$99.37
Relative strengthRS 81
Failing evidence
Volume vs average0.90x
Box top broken on heavy volumeNot confirmed
4/6 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
Wyckoff Watch B Supply-and-demand read: constructive evidence is present, but volume vs average is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$99.37
Relative strengthRS 81
Failing evidence
Volume vs average0.90x
Sign of Strength confirmed on expanding volume0.90x average volume — needs ≥1.4x
4/6 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
123RS Line (52W)
Accumulation / Distribution last 65 sessions · green = acc on high vol · red = dist on high vol Net +0 B
A: 14 D: 14 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 (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 -3%
✗ Revenue growth ≥20% YoY -2%
✓ Gross margin ≥30% 31%
✗ ROE ≥17% 4%
✓ RS rating ≥80 (leadership) 81
✓ Stage 2 uptrend (Weinstein) Stage 2
✓ Within 25% of 52W high -5.1%

Method Playbook

Trade it like Darvas EXACT LEVELS · PRO
Darvas B · 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 top of the active Darvas box near the high as the mechanical breakout boundary.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Entry trigger
Pro level
Published-method rule: Require price to clear the box top with volume confirmation; movement inside the box remains observation, not a trigger.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Initial stop
Pro level
Published-method rule: Start below the active box support or the canonical structural stop that proves the breakout failed.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Trail
Rule-based
Published-method rule: As higher boxes form, raise the stop beneath the newest confirmed box floor; the stop moves up only.
Evidence: Planned management rule; no stored stop or broker order is changed automatically.
Exit / invalidation
Pro level
Published-method rule: Exit when price breaks the active box floor or decisively falls back through the breakout structure.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Deterministic educational plan, not a recommendation. No order or stop is changed automatically. Method and sources →

Forming Patterns (predictive — not confirmed)

Head & Shoulders bearish forming
75% built

Possible head & shoulders top — not confirmed. Watch for a daily close below ~84.86 (neckline) to confirm, with measured-move risk toward ~65.04. A push back above 101.27 weakens the pattern; reclaiming 104.68 invalidates it.

Confirms below 84.86
Invalidates at 104.68
Left Shoulder 95.16
Head 104.68
Right Shoulder 101.27
Neckline 84.86
Target 65.04

LS 95.16 / head 104.68 / RS 101.27, neckline ~84.86, 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

Falling Wedge ⚠ Extended past buy zone ⚠ Late-stage base (#4) ⚠ Not actionable yet
55 setup score
RS Score 81
Trend template 8/8 ✓
CANSLIM 66.7* (B)
upper slope: -0.3614 lower slope: -0.0949 depth: 0.0119 narrowing ratio: 0.046 prior decline: 0.181 upper touches: 3 lower touches: 3 vol declining: ✗ validation reason: valid generic setup multi tf evaluated: ✓ multi tf reason: weekly trend template 8/8 confirmed
Why This Setup? D+W Confluence
Falling Wedge · schematic

prior_decline=18.1%, converging=yes, narrowing=5%, touches=upper:3/lower:3, near_upper=yes | Strong trend (8/8) | Top RS (81) | High-confidence pattern (75%) | Accumulation (1.6× up/dn vol) | Stage 2 | Readiness 52/100 (early) | CANSLIM 66.7 (B) | ⚠ Extended past buy zone; Late-stage base (#4); Not actionable yet

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Cup & Handle ⚠ Late-stage base (#4) ⚠ Not actionable yet
55 setup score
RS Score 81
Trend template 8/8 ✓
CANSLIM 66.5* (B)
28.9% cup depth 4.7% handle rims outside 10% ideal
  • Cup 28.9% deep from a $92.48 left rim to a $65.76 low
  • Rims 13.2% apart (accepted, but outside the 10% ideal)
  • Handle pulled back 4.7% over 2 bars from $94.77 to $90.30
  • Handle sits in the upper half of the cup
  • Rounded U-shaped bottom
  • Pivot $104.68 fixed at the handle high
  • No close above the pivot yet
  • Volume dried up in the handle
Raw detector evidence · confidence is a heuristic match score, not a probability depth=28.9%, handle_pb=4.7%, lips_diff=13.2%, upper_half=yes, u_shape=yes, near_pivot=no, orderly=yes | Strong trend (8/8) | Top RS (81) | High-confidence pattern (72%) | Accumulation (1.6× up/dn vol) | Stage 2 | Readiness 51/100 (early) | CANSLIM 66.5 (B) | ⚠ Late-stage base (#4); Not actionable yet setup_key=cup_handle|2026-04-16|2026-08-11|104.68 · cup_handle/2026-10-03 anchors={"bottom": {"bar": 76, "bars_ago": 133, "date": "2026-04-16", "price": 65.76}, "breakout": null, "handle_high": {"bar": 203, "bars_ago": 6, "date": "2026-10-16", "price": 94.77}, "handle_low": {"bar": 205, "bars_ago": 4, "date": "2026-10-20", "price": 90.3}, "left_lip": {"bar": 39, "bars_ago": 170, "date": "2026-02-23", "price": 92.48}, "right_lip": {"bar": 156, "bars_ago": 53, "date": "2026-08-11", "price": 104.68}}
Why This Setup? D+W Confluence
cup handle Cup & Handle · schematic

depth=28.9%, handle_pb=4.7%, lips_diff=13.2%, upper_half=yes, u_shape=yes, near_pivot=no, orderly=yes | Strong trend (8/8) | Top RS (81) | High-confidence pattern (72%) | Accumulation (1.6× up/dn vol) | Stage 2 | Readiness 51/100 (early) | CANSLIM 66.5 (B) | ⚠ Late-stage base (#4); 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.

3/7 universals met
  • Clear of earnings — not met in 6 days — event risk
  • Not chasing (in range) — not met Not met — levels are a Pro detail
  • A relative-strength leader — partly met RS rank 60 — middling
  • Volume confirms — partly met 0.9× average — light
  • Asymmetric reward — met Met — levels are a Pro detail
  • In a confirmed uptrend — met Stage 2 · Trend template 8/8
  • Risk is defined — met Met — levels are a Pro detail
Why these seven? → The Universal Edge

Minervini Trend Template

8/8 ✓

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 $99.37 vs SMA150 $86.32 / SMA200 $85.16
SMA 150 above SMA 200 SMA150 $86.32 vs SMA200 $85.16
SMA 200 trending up Slope +1.63 over 20 days
SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200 SMA50 $93.23
Price above SMA 50 $99.37 vs SMA50 $93.23
30%+ above 52-week low +60.5% from $61.90
Within 25% of 52-week high -5.1% from $104.68
RS score above 70 RS 81

Fundamentals

52W Range
88%
Mkt Cap SEC
15.0B
EPS QoQ
-3%
Rev YoY
-2%
ROE
4%
Gross Margin
31%
D/E
0.65
EPS TTM
$2.65
P/E TTM
37.5x
Float
151M
Insider
No Buy

Company

Company profile
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
SWK · NYSE · Consumer Durables · Tools & Hardware
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O'Neil · Grade Card
CANSLIM — current EPS, annual EPS, new highs, supply, leader RS, inst. sponsorship, market
B 66.7* CANSLIM * disqualified on C, M
C · Curr. EPS
50
A · Annual EPS
57
N · New Highs
100
S · Supply/Demand
70
L · Leader RS
81
I · Inst. Spons.
100
M · Market
30

Weekly Context

Multi-timeframe signals from weekly bars
W. Trend
8/8
W. RS
80
W. Support
$72.14
W. Resist
$104.68
W. Patterns
Cup & Handle
Weekly Structure

Scan History

20× streak
Oct 23: 55 (Falling Wedge)Oct 23: 73 (Falling Wedge)Oct 26: 55 (Falling Wedge)Oct 27: 55 (Falling Wedge)55
Oct 27
Falling Wedge ✓ Gate
55
Oct 26
Falling Wedge ✓ Gate
55 0.0%
Oct 23
Falling Wedge ✓ Gate
73 +0.1%
Oct 23
Falling Wedge ✓ Gate
55 +0.1%

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