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XEL · Xcel Energy Inc.
$80.71 latest stored close
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$XEL
Xcel Energy Inc.Xcel Energy Inc. is a large-cap Electric Utilities company in the Utilities sector with a market cap of $50B.
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
Pre-earnings setup
Thursday, July 30, 2026
Time not confirmed
No sourced report session or clock time
Ordinary position sizing suppressed.
Earnings are less than three full trading sessions away; treat the gap as event risk, not ordinary stop-distance risk.
Deterministic evidence
XEL-1.18%
Sector proxy · XLU-1.32%
Broad market · SPY+0.02%
CatalystUnavailable
Stock reactionNegative
Sector reactionWeak
Opening surgeUnavailable
Event riskEarnings-driven
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.
AI interpretation (optional)
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Setup Quality
D
1/7 signals
Score trend
✓
Stage 2 · Advancing
✗
Power Trend 4d
✗ RS New High
✗ Trend 5/8
✗
No Pattern
✗ Gatekeeper
Base #1 (A)
Technical Analysis Report Card
$XEL · $80.71 · as of 2026-07-27 · multi-factor read
60
/ 100
Trend · Daily / Weekly / Monthly
Daily
▲ Uptrend
Weekly
▬ Sideways / consolidating
Monthly
▬ Sideways / consolidating
Moving Averages
50-day$79.56 ↑
100-day$79.92 ↑
200-day$79.09 ↑
Bullish (50 > 200)
RSI (14)
Reading53.5 · Neutral
Neutral — momentum is balanced between buyers and sellers.
MACD (12/26/9)
StateBullish
Histogram+0.110
Bullish — MACD above its signal line and above zero. Histogram expanding.
Bollinger Bands (20,2)
%B / Width64% · 5.0%
Squeeze — volatility compressing
Mid-band — no directional band edge in play. Bands are squeezing — volatility is compressing, often a precursor to a sharp move.
Volume · Buyer vs Seller
Up/Down vol0.55 · Distribution
Rel volume0.61×
Distribution — volume is concentrated on down days; sellers dominate. Recent volume is easing versus its baseline.
Support & Resistance
R · $81.50swing level
R · $83.8252-week high
Price · $80.71now
S · $78.68swing level
S · $77.24swing level
S · $74.23swing level
Fibonacci · Uptrend swing
23.6% ◄ price here$81.84
38.2% ◄ price here$80.36
50.0%$79.17
61.8%$77.98
78.6%$76.28
Retracement support zones measured from the recent swing low up to the high.
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Daily uptrendAbove 200-day MA50/200 bullishVolume distributionRS 11 (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 150-day MA > 200-day MA.
Passing evidence
1.1 Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAPrice $80.71, MA150 $78.93, MA200 $79.09
1.4 50-day MA > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAMA50 $79.56, MA150 $78.93, MA200 $79.09
Failing evidence
1.2 150-day MA > 200-day MAMA150 $78.93 vs MA200 $79.09
1.8 RS rank ≥ 70 (prefer ≥ 85)RS rank 11
Avoid
O'Neil D
CANSLIM read: fails C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.
Passing evidence
N: Near 52-week high or RS line new high4.2% below high | RS line new high: False
S: Base tightness (ATR% ≤ 4.5%)ATR% 1.88%
Failing evidence
C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%-4.2% QoQ
L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership)RS rank 11
Watch
Weinstein D
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 $80.71 vs MA200 $79.09
Failing evidence
Stage 1→2 breakout on expanding volume0.61x on the fresh 30-week MA breakout — needs ≥1.4x to confirm
Relative strength ≥ 60RS 11
Watch
Livermore B
Pivotal-point read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$80.71
Distance from 52-week high4.2% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 11
Volume vs average0.61x
Watch
Darvas B
Box-theory read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$80.71
Distance from 52-week high4.2% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 11
Volume vs average0.61x
Watch
Wyckoff B
Supply-and-demand read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$80.71
Distance from 52-week high4.2% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 11
Volume vs average0.61x
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
▼ Falling
Accumulation / Distribution
last 65 sessions · green = acc on high vol · red = dist on high vol
Net +1
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
-4%
Revenue growth ≥20% YoY
+1%
Gross margin ≥30%
40%
ROE ≥17%
9%
RS rating ≥80 (leadership)
11
Stage 2 uptrend (Weinstein)
Stage 2
Within 25% of 52W high
-4.2%
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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Pattern Analysis
0.0
score
RS Score
11
Trend
5/8 ✗
Why This Setup?
watchlist_candidate
Near-miss 5/8 — needs: sma150 above sma200, price above 30pct of 52w low, rs score above 70
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 0.6× average — light
- Clear of earnings in 2 days — event risk
- A relative-strength leader RS 10 — 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
$80.71 vs SMA150 $78.93 / SMA200 $79.09
SMA 150 above SMA 200
SMA150 $78.93 vs SMA200 $79.09
SMA 200 trending up
Slope +0.40 over 20 days
SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200
SMA50 $79.56
Price above SMA 50
$80.71 vs SMA50 $79.56
30%+ above 52W low
+16.7% from $69.16
Within 25% of 52W high
-4.2% from $84.23
RS score above 70
RS 11
Fundamentals
52W Range
77%
Mkt Cap SEC
50.4B
EPS QoQ
-4%
Rev YoY
+1%
ROE
9%
Gross Margin
40%
D/E
1.49
EPS TTM
$3.42
P/E TTM
23.6x
Float
624M
Insider
No Buy
Company
Legend AI snapshot
Xcel Energy Inc.
$80.71latest close
$50.4Bmarket cap
10RS rank
0setup score
Scan History
20× streakJul 28
watchlist_candidate
0
Jul 27
watchlist_candidate
0
0.0%
Jul 24
watchlist_candidate
0
-1.2%
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