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VZ · Verizon Communications Inc.
$47.32 latest stored close
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$VZ
Verizon Communications Inc.Verizon Communications Inc. is a large-cap Wireless Telecommunications company in the Communications sector with a market cap of $198B.
Council read · 6 methods
Watch — evidence is building
0 buyable · 4 watch · 2 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
VZ+2.03%
Broad market · SPY+0.02%
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Setup Quality
D
2/7 signals
Score trend
✓
Stage 2 · Advancing
✗
Power Trend
✗ RS New High
✗ Trend 5/8
✗
No Pattern
✓ CANSLIM 67.2 (B)
✗ Gatekeeper
Base #1 (A)
Technical Analysis Report Card
$VZ · $47.32 · as of 2026-07-27 · multi-factor read
64
/ 100
Trend · Daily / Weekly / Monthly
Daily
▬ Sideways / consolidating
Weekly
▬ Sideways / consolidating
Monthly
▬ Sideways / consolidating
Moving Averages
50-day$45.46 ↑
100-day$47.00 ↑
200-day$44.49 ↑
Bullish (50 > 200)
RSI (14)
Reading66.2 · Bullish
Bullish momentum — comfortably in buyer territory.
MACD (12/26/9)
StateBullish
Histogram+0.580
Bullish — MACD above its signal line and above zero. Histogram expanding.
Bollinger Bands (20,2)
%B / Width120% · 13.0%
Riding the upper band — strong momentum, but stretched.
Volume · Buyer vs Seller
Up/Down vol0.78 · Neutral
Rel volume1.07×
Balanced — up/down volume is roughly even; no clear hand. Recent volume is easing versus its baseline.
Support & Resistance
R · $48.70swing level
R · $50.36swing level
R · $51.6152-week high
Price · $47.32now
S · $45.81swing level
S · $44.28swing level
S · $40.76swing level
Fibonacci · Downtrend swing
23.6%$43.34
38.2%$44.93
50.0%$46.22
61.8% ◄ price here$47.51
78.6%$49.34
Retracement resistance zones measured from the recent swing high down to the low.
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Above 200-day MA50/200 bullishRS 35 (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.
Council consensus:
🟡 4 of 6 legends are Watching — building, not yet a confirmed buy.
Avoid
Minervini D
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 $47.32, MA150 $45.86, MA200 $44.49
1.2 150-day MA > 200-day MAMA150 $45.86 vs MA200 $44.49
Failing evidence
1.4 50-day MA > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAMA50 $45.46, MA150 $45.86, MA200 $44.49
1.8 RS rank ≥ 70 (prefer ≥ 85)RS rank 35
Avoid
O'Neil D
CANSLIM read: fails C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.
Passing evidence
N: Near 52-week high or RS line new high8.4% below high | RS line new high: False
S: Base tightness (ATR% ≤ 4.5%)ATR% 2.42%
Failing evidence
C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%+1.6% QoQ
L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership)RS rank 35
Watch
Weinstein C
Stage-analysis read: Stage 2 is present; 3 supporting checks need improvement.
Passing evidence
Stage 2 (Advancing phase) confirmedStage 2 (Advancing)
Price above 30-week MA (200-day proxy)Price $47.32 vs MA200 $44.49
Failing evidence
Volume expansion above averageVolume ratio 1.07x
Relative strength ≥ 60RS 35
Watch
Livermore B
Pivotal-point read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$47.32
Distance from 52-week high8.4% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 35
Volume vs average1.07x
Watch
Darvas B
Box-theory read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$47.32
Distance from 52-week high8.4% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 35
Volume vs average1.07x
Watch
Wyckoff B
Supply-and-demand read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$47.32
Distance from 52-week high8.4% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 35
Volume vs average1.07x
Breakout Health
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 SEPA criteria · 3/7 met
C
3/7 SEPA
Separate score from the 8-point Trend Template (5/8): 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
+2%
Revenue growth ≥20% YoY
+3%
Gross margin ≥30%
59%
ROE ≥17%
17%
RS rating ≥80 (leadership)
35
Stage 2 uptrend (Weinstein)
Stage 2
Within 25% of 52W high
-8.4%
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 levelPublished-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.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Entry trigger
Pro levelPublished-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.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Initial stop
Pro levelPublished-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.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Trail
Rule-basedPublished-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.
Evidence: Planned management rule; no stored stop or broker order is changed automatically.
Exit / invalidation
Pro levelPublished-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.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
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Forming Patterns (predictive — not confirmed)
Cup & Handle
bullish
early
60%
built
Cup base building — 60% of the 21%-deep cup recovered. Watch for the right side to reach ~51.68, then a handle.
Confirms above
51.68
Invalidates at
46.22
Rim
51.68
Cup Low
40.76
Pivot
51.68
Mid Cup
46.22
Cup depth 21%, recovery 60%, handle=not yet
Predictive pattern recognition is educational — most forming structures never confirm. Wait for the confirmation level before treating this as a setup.
Pattern Analysis
67.6
score
RS Score
35
Trend
5/8 ✗
CANSLIM
67.2* (B)
box top: 46.85
box bottom: 40.76
box height pct: 0.149
vol ratio: 1.069
is breakout: ✓
pct from 52w high: 0.08
validation reason: valid generic setup
multi tf evaluated: ✓
multi tf reason: weekly: within 15% of 52-week high (Darvas box territory)
Why This Setup?
Darvas Box
Box: top=46.85, bottom=40.76, height=14.9%, breakout=yes, vol_ratio=1.1x, 8% from 52w high | Moderate trend (5/8) | High-confidence pattern (85%) | Stage 2 | Readiness 71/100 (watch) | CANSLIM 67.2 (B)
The Universal Edge Check
The panel is uneasy
Too many universals unmet — this leans closer to a guess than a trade.
1/7
universals met
- In a confirmed uptrend Stage 2 · Trend 5/8
- 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 37 — laggard
Minervini Trend Template
5/8Grades 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
$47.32 vs SMA150 $45.86 / SMA200 $44.49
SMA 150 above SMA 200
SMA150 $45.86 vs SMA200 $44.49
SMA 200 trending up
Slope -0.01 over 20 days
SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200
SMA50 $45.46
Price above SMA 50
$47.32 vs SMA50 $45.46
30%+ above 52W low
+346.4% from $10.60
Within 25% of 52W high
-8.4% from $51.68
RS score above 70
RS 35
Fundamentals
52W Range
89%
Mkt Cap SEC
197.6B
EPS QoQ
+2%
Rev YoY
+3%
ROE
17%
Gross Margin
59%
D/E
1.51
EPS TTM
$4.06
P/E TTM
11.7x
Float
4.2B
Insider
No Buy
Company
Legend AI snapshot
Verizon Communications Inc.
$47.32latest close
$197.6Bmarket cap
37RS rank
68setup score
CANSLIM — current EPS, annual EPS, new highs, supply, leader RS, inst. sponsorship, market
B
67.2* CANSLIM
* disqualified on C, M
C · Curr. EPS
57
A · Annual EPS
68
N · New Highs
100
S · Supply/Demand
100
L · Leader RS
35
I · Inst. Spons.
96
M · Market
30
Weekly Context
Multi-timeframe signals from weekly barsW. Trend
6/8
W. RS
53
W. Support
$39.19
W. Resist
$51.68
Weekly Structure
Trend
Neutral
Tight Weeks
1
Confirmation
Neutral
Scan History
18× streakJul 28
Darvas Box
68
Jul 28
Darvas Box
66
Jul 27
Darvas Box
64
0.0%
Jul 27
Darvas Box
63
0.0%
Jul 24
Darvas Box
45
+2.0%
Jul 24
Darvas Box
45
+2.0%
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