Stand aside — setup invalidated
Setup score 0, but distribution days reach 5 or more — stand aside until the condition resets.
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SYF · Synchrony Financial
$74.83 +1.62% Oct 26 close
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$SYF
Synchrony FinancialSynchrony Financial is a large-cap Finance/Rental/Leasing company in the Finance sector with a market cap of $23B.
Market Structure
Trend structure: range
Latest event: bos
(bearish)
Support
68.05–68.60
· 6 touches · strong
Inside
74.81–75.37
· 6 touches · strong
Resistance
75.65–76.22
· 6 touches · strong
Resistance
79.69–80.22
· 3 touches · moderate
Support
73.40–73.63
· 3 touches · moderate
Momentum Turn Watch
Bollinger Squeeze
Bollinger band width (6.7%) 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.
Verdict · setup score 0/100 · data Oct 26 close · latest session
Stand aside — setup invalidated
Setup score 0, 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 1.5 Price > 50-day MA — Price $74.83 vs MA50 $75.32
- Minervini 1.8 RS rank ≥ 70 (prefer ≥ 85) — RS rank 36
- O'Neil C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25% — +11.3% QoQ
- O'Neil L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership) — RS rank 36
- Weinstein Relative strength ≥ 60 — RS 36
- Weinstein Stage 1→2 breakout on expanding volume
Minority view — the council disagrees here
- Minervini: avoid Trend-template read: fails Price > 50-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.
46
Weak
Legend Score · rates the stock
Weak (46/100) — 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%) 36
- Trend Template (25%) 50
- Institutional Footprint (20%) 65
- EPS Growth (15%) 30
- Quality (SMR-like) (15%) 44
RS rank 36: lagging the market — leaders don't look like this. Trend template 4/8: mixed — some uptrend elements, some missing. Institutional score 65: mild accumulation. EPS up +0% — growing, but below the 25% leadership bar. Quality 44: weak fundamentals (sales growth 30, return on equity 41, leverage 100). Updated 2026-10-27.
Earnings
Normal technical setup
Next earnings
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Before market open
Exact clock time not supplied by source
Deterministic evidence
SYF+1.62%
Sector proxy · XLF+0.21%
Broad market · SPY+0.71%
Session internals Mixed
Rule: direction and internals disagree — it met neither the strong nor the weak rule. Judged on internals, not on the size of the move.
Vs prior close+1.62%
From the open+1.08%
Range position59%
GapNo gap
QQQ confirmationConfirming (+1.11%)
SMH confirmationConfirming (+2.74%)
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More stats
52W Low
$63.08
Tight Wks
0
Base
B2
SMA 200
$73.71
RS Line vs High
-23.5%
RS Line Slope
+4.2% ▲
Group Rank
#38/66
ADR%
2.3%
ATR(14)
$2.00 (2.7%)
Vol Pace (live)
N/A
A/D Days
14A / 12D
A/D Rating
B
VDU Bars
0/10 d
Earnings
past
SYF Chart
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Technical Analysis Report Card
$SYF · $74.83 · as of 2026-10-26 · multi-factor read
49
/ 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
▼ Downtrend
Monthly
▬ Sideways / consolidating
Moving Averages
50-day$75.32 ↓
100-day$75.24 ↓
200-day$73.71 ↑
Bullish (50 > 200)
RSI (14)
Reading53.9 · Neutral
Neutral — momentum is balanced between buyers and sellers.
MACD (12/26/9)
StateImproving
Histogram+0.358
Improving — MACD crossed above its signal line but still below zero. Histogram expanding.
Bollinger Bands (20,2)
%B / Width87% · 6.7%
Squeeze — volatility compressing
Near the upper band — buyers in control. Bands are squeezing — volatility is compressing, often a precursor to a sharp move.
Volume · Buyer vs Seller
Up/Down vol1.17 · Neutral
Rel volume0.94×
Pocket pivots · 10d1
5d vs 50d vol128%
Heavy vol up / down2 / 2
Balanced — up/down volume is roughly even; no clear hand. Recent volume is expanding versus its baseline.
- Pocket pivot 7 sessions ago — up-day volume beat every down day of the prior 10 sessions.
- 2 heavy-volume up days vs 2 down in the last 20 sessions.
Support & Resistance
R · $75.52swing level
R · $80.00swing level
R · $81.92swing level
Price · $74.83now
S · $70.73swing level
S · $69.07swing level
S · $63.0852-week low
Fibonacci · Uptrend swing
23.6%$78.65
38.2%$76.62
50.0% ◄ price here$74.98
61.8%$73.35
78.6%$71.02
Retracement support zones measured from the recent swing low up to the high.
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Weekly downtrendAbove 200-day MA50/200 bullishRS 36 (laggard)
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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 (0/100, 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 Price > 50-day MA.
Passing evidence
1.1 Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAPrice $74.83, MA150 $74.28, MA200 $73.71
1.2 150-day MA > 200-day MAMA150 $74.28 vs MA200 $73.71
Failing evidence
1.5 Price > 50-day MAPrice $74.83 vs MA50 $75.32
1.8 RS rank ≥ 70 (prefer ≥ 85)RS rank 36
O'Neil
Avoid
D
CANSLIM read: fails C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.
Passing evidence
A: Annual earnings & revenue qualityRev +20.5% | ROE 21.4%
S: Base tightness (ATR% ≤ 4.5%)ATR% 2.67%
Failing evidence
C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%+11.3% QoQ
L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership)RS rank 36
Weinstein
Watch
D
Stage-analysis read: Stage 2 is present; 3 supporting checks need improvement.
partialStage 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 $74.83 vs MA200 $73.71
Failing evidence
Relative strength ≥ 60RS 36
Stage 1→2 breakout on expanding volumeNot confirmed
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 $69.40
Volatility-unit sizing (1N ≈ 1% of equity)1N = $1.94 (2.59% 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 $86.05-$89.80; trail the rest
Trail on the 10/20-day MA10-day MA $73.83 · 20-day MA $73.02 — exit the remainder on a close below the trail
Failing evidence
Named Zanger pattern onlywatchlist_candidate is not one of Zanger's six
Not extended (≤5% above the breakout point)Data unavailable
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 8.1x — no PEG or forward P/E stored
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)+11.3% 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$74.83
Distance from 52-week high15.7% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 36
Volume vs average0.94x
Darvas
Watch
B
Box-theory read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$74.83
Distance from 52-week high15.7% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 36
Volume vs average0.94x
Wyckoff
Watch
B
Supply-and-demand read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$74.83
Distance from 52-week high15.7% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 36
Volume vs average0.94x
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 -3
Fundamentals & leadership quality — Minervini’s published criteria · 4/7 met
B
4/7 criteria
Separate score from the Minervini Trend Template (4/8): 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
+11%
Revenue growth ≥20% YoY
+20%
Gross margin ≥30%
—
ROE ≥17%
21%
RS rating ≥80 (leadership)
36
Stage 2 uptrend (Weinstein)
Stage 2
Within 25% of 52W high
-15.7%
Method Playbook
Trade it like Livermore
EXACT LEVELS · PRO
Livermore 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: Treat the resistance break as a pivotal point only while the primary trend and relative strength remain aligned.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Entry trigger
Pro levelPublished-method rule: Wait for price and volume to confirm the pivotal-point break; anticipation below the line is not confirmation.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Initial stop
Pro levelPublished-method rule: Place the initial stop below the pivotal line or the reaction low that would prove the breakout false.
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 higher reaction lows as the trend advances; never move a protective line farther away.
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 price fails the pivotal line, breaks the latest meaningful reaction low, or shows abnormal reversal action.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
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Pattern Analysis
0
setup score
RS Score
36
Trend template
4/8
Why This Setup?
watchlist_candidate · schematic
Near-miss 4/8 — needs: sma200 trending up, price above sma50, price above 30pct of 52w low, rs score above 70
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 3 — laggard
- Clear of earnings — not met in -6 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 0.9× average — light
- In a confirmed uptrend — met Stage 2 · Trend template 4/8
Minervini Trend Template
4/8Grades 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
$74.83 vs SMA150 $74.28 / SMA200 $73.71
SMA 150 above SMA 200
SMA150 $74.28 vs SMA200 $73.71
SMA 200 trending up
Slope -1.22 over 20 days
SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200
SMA50 $75.32
Price above SMA 50
$74.83 vs SMA50 $75.32
30%+ above 52-week low
+18.6% from $63.08
Within 25% of 52-week high
-15.7% from $88.77
RS score above 70
RS 36
Fundamentals
52W Range
46%
Mkt Cap SEC
23.3B
EPS QoQ
+11%
Rev YoY
+20%
ROE
21%
D/E
0.91
EPS TTM
$9.28
P/E TTM
8.1x
Float
311M
Insider
No Buy
Company
Company profile
Synchrony Financial
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