Stand aside — setup invalidated
Setup score 0, but distribution days reach 5 or more — stand aside until the condition resets.
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WMB · Williams Companies, Inc. (The)
$71.75 +0.07% Oct 26 close
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$WMB
Williams Companies, Inc. (The)Williams Companies, Inc. (The) is a large-cap Oil & Gas Pipelines company in the Industrial Services sector with a market cap of $88B.
Market Structure
Trend structure: range
Latest event: structure_shift
(bullish)
Resistance
72.51–73.29
· 8 touches · strong
Resistance
75.88–76.48
· 5 touches · strong
Resistance
71.79–72.14
· 4 touches · moderate
Support
69.60–70.02
· 4 touches · moderate
Support
70.67–71.08
· 3 touches · moderate
Historical 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 1.1 Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MA — Price $71.75, MA150 $72.99, MA200 $72.14
- Minervini 1.4 50-day MA > 150-day MA AND 200-day MA — MA50 $72.10, MA150 $72.99, MA200 $72.14
- O'Neil C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25% — -16.7% QoQ
- O'Neil L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership) — RS rank 52
- Weinstein Stage 2 (Advancing phase) confirmed — Stage 4 (Declining)
- Weinstein Price above 30-week MA (200-day proxy) — Price $71.75 vs MA200 $72.14
Minority view — the council disagrees here
- Minervini: avoid Trend-template read: fails Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MA.
- O'Neil: avoid CANSLIM read: fails C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.
- Weinstein: avoid Stage-analysis read: declining (Stage 4) is not an advancing Stage 2.
48
Weak
Legend Score · rates the stock
Weak (48/100) — 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%) 52
- Trend Template (25%) 50
- Institutional Footprint (20%) 66
- EPS Growth (15%) 30
- Quality (SMR-like) (15%) 32
RS rank 52: middle of the pack — no leadership yet. Trend template 4/8: mixed — some uptrend elements, some missing. Institutional score 66: mild accumulation. EPS -0% last quarter — no earnings momentum. Quality 32: weak fundamentals (sales growth 30, return on equity 41, leverage 20). Updated 2026-10-22.
Earnings
Pre-earnings setup
Next earnings
Monday, November 2, 2026
After market close
Exact clock time not supplied by source
Deterministic evidence
WMB+0.07%
Sector proxy · XLE+0.45%
Broad market · SPY+0.71%
CatalystPending
Stock reactionPositive
Sector reactionWeak
Opening surgePending
Event riskEarnings-driven
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+0.07%
From the open+0.28%
Range position64%
GapNo gap
QQQ confirmationConfirming (+1.11%)
SMH confirmationConfirming (+2.74%)
Short-term conviction -1 points.
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.
- A sourced earnings report is still pending inside the risk window; ordinary technical conviction is reduced until it is out.
Ask a Legend to interpret this evidence → Commentary only — never scanner evidence or a sizing recommendation.
More stats
52W Low
$56.19
Tight Wks
0
Base
B1
SMA 200
$72.14
RS Line vs High
-18.8%
RS Line Slope
+2.4% ▲
Group Rank
#19/66
ADR%
2.9%
ATR(14)
$2.18 (3.0%)
Vol Pace (live)
N/A
A/D Days
9A / 11D
A/D Rating
D
VDU Bars
0/10 d
Earnings
in 6d
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Technical Analysis Report Card
$WMB · $71.75 · as of 2026-10-26 · multi-factor read
34
/ 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$72.10 ↓
100-day$72.67 ↓
200-day$72.14 ↓
Death Cross (fresh)
RSI (14)
Reading50.6 · Neutral
Neutral — momentum is balanced between buyers and sellers.
MACD (12/26/9)
StateImproving
Histogram+0.045
Improving — MACD crossed above its signal line but still below zero. Histogram expanding.
Bollinger Bands (20,2)
%B / Width57% · 9.8%
Mid-band — no directional band edge in play.
Volume · Buyer vs Seller
Up/Down vol1.57 · Accumulation
Rel volume0.66×
Pocket pivots · 10d0
5d vs 50d vol97%
Heavy vol up / down0 / 1
Accumulation — volume is concentrated on up days; buyers dominate. Recent volume is expanding versus its baseline.
- 1 heavy-volume down day vs 0 up in the last 20 sessions — supply is showing.
Support & Resistance
R · $72.95swing level
R · $74.70swing level
R · $77.00swing level
Price · $71.75now
S · $69.90swing level
S · $67.38swing level
S · $56.1952-week low
Fibonacci · Downtrend swing
23.6%$70.38
38.2% ◄ price here$72.23
50.0%$73.73
61.8%$75.23
78.6%$77.36
Retracement resistance zones measured from the recent swing high down to the low.
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Weekly downtrendBelow 200-day MA50/200 bearishVolume accumulation
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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:
5 of 9 legends are Watching — building, not yet a confirmed buy.
Minervini
Avoid
D
Trend-template read: fails Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MA.
Passing evidence
1.2 150-day MA > 200-day MAMA150 $72.99 vs MA200 $72.14
1.7 Price within 25% of 52-week high10.4% below 52-week high
Failing evidence
1.1 Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAPrice $71.75, MA150 $72.99, MA200 $72.14
1.4 50-day MA > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAMA50 $72.10, MA150 $72.99, MA200 $72.14
O'Neil
Avoid
D
CANSLIM read: fails C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.
Passing evidence
A: Annual earnings & revenue qualityRev +13.8% | ROE 22.0%
N: Near 52-week high or RS line new high10.4% below high | RS line new high: False
Failing evidence
C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%-16.7% QoQ
L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership)RS rank 52
Weinstein
Avoid
D
Stage-analysis read: declining (Stage 4) is not an advancing Stage 2.
Passing evidence
Not extended from 52-week high (≤ 30% below)10.4% below 52-week high
Failing evidence
Stage 2 (Advancing phase) confirmedStage 4 (Declining)
Price above 30-week MA (200-day proxy)Price $71.75 vs MA200 $72.14
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 $67.38
Volatility-unit sizing (1N ≈ 1% of equity)1N = $2.04 (2.85% 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 $82.51-$86.10; trail the rest
Trail on the 10/20-day MA10-day MA $71.55 · 20-day MA $71.28 — 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 33.5x — 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)-16.7% 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$71.75
Distance from 52-week high10.4% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 52
Volume vs average0.66x
Darvas
Watch
B
Box-theory read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$71.75
Distance from 52-week high10.4% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 52
Volume vs average0.66x
Wyckoff
Watch
B
Supply-and-demand read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$71.75
Distance from 52-week high10.4% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 52
Volume vs average0.66x
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 -1
Fundamentals & leadership quality — Minervini’s published criteria · 3/7 met
C
3/7 criteria
Separate score from the Minervini Trend Template (3/8): 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%
82%
ROE ≥17%
22%
RS rating ≥80 (leadership)
52
Stage 2 uptrend (Weinstein)
Stage 4
Within 25% of 52W high
-10.4%
Method Playbook
Trade it like O'Neil
EXACT LEVELS · PRO
O'Neil D · Avoid — The deterministic methodology check is Avoid; wait until the blocking criteria are resolved.
Pivot
Pro levelPublished-method rule: Use the proper base pivot or handle high after CANSLIM leadership and market-direction checks are satisfied.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Entry trigger
Pro levelPublished-method rule: Require a breakout through the pivot on volume at least 40% above average; the valid buy zone ends 5% above the pivot.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Initial stop
Pro levelPublished-method rule: Use the setup's structural stop with a hard 7–8% maximum-loss ceiling from the actual entry.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Trail
Rule-basedPublished-method rule: Protect progress under constructive support such as the 21-day or 10-week line; a stop may ratchet higher but never lower.
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 on the hard loss limit, a decisive support break, or a rule-based climax/distribution signal; a normal 20–25% advance is reviewed rather than assumed permanent.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
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Pattern Analysis (historical)
0
setup score
RS Score
52
Trend template
3/8
Why This Setup?
watchlist_candidate · schematic
Near-miss 4/8 — needs: price above sma150 200, sma50 above sma150 200, 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.
0/7
universals met
- A relative-strength leader — not met RS rank 15 — laggard
- Clear of earnings — not met in 6 days — event risk
- In a confirmed uptrend — not met Stage 4 · Trend template 3/8 — no uptrend; don't bottom-fish
- 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 1.1× average — light
Minervini Trend Template
3/8Grades 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
$71.75 vs SMA150 $72.99 / SMA200 $72.14
SMA 150 above SMA 200
SMA150 $72.99 vs SMA200 $72.14
SMA 200 trending up
Slope +1.15 over 20 days
SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200
SMA50 $72.10
Price above SMA 50
$71.75 vs SMA50 $72.10
30%+ above 52-week low
+27.7% from $56.19
Within 25% of 52-week high
-10.4% from $80.07
RS score above 70
RS 52
Fundamentals
52W Range
65%
Mkt Cap SEC
87.8B
EPS QoQ
-17%
Rev YoY
+14%
ROE
22%
Gross Margin
82%
D/E
2.29
EPS TTM
$2.14
P/E TTM
33.5x
Float
1.2B
Insider
No Buy
Company
Company profile
Williams Companies, Inc. (The)
Scan History
Oct 22
watchlist_candidate
0
Oct 21
Partial Move
50
-1.4%
Oct 15
watchlist_candidate
0
+3.7%
Oct 14
Basing
✓ Gate
55
-1.4%
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