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XEL · Xcel Energy Inc.

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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.

Neutral · 60 Utilities Electric Utilities stock Stage 2 · Advancing Base 1 Data 56m ago

$80.71 latest close

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Council read · 6 methods

Watch — evidence is building

0 buyable · 4 watch · 2 avoid. Review the observed passes and blockers before reading the chart.

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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%

Same completed session window ending 2026-07-27. XEL was +0.14 points vs XLU. -1.20 points vs SPY.

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.

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Price $80.71 Jul 27 close

52W High $84.23 -4.2%

52W Low $69.16

Wks Since High 20w

Base Depth -9.6%

Tight Wks 2

Base B1

SMA 50 $79.56

SMA 200 $79.09

Avg Vol 5,595,344

RS Rank 11

RS vs High -12.8%

RS Slope -1.3% ▼

Grp Rank #52/64

ADR% 1.9%

ATR(14) $1.52 (1.9%)

Rel Vol (today) 0.61×

Vol Pace N/A

U/D Vol 0.55

A/D Days 13A / 11D

A/D Rating B

VDU Bars 0/10 d

Power Trend 4d

Earnings 2d

$69.16

$84.23 77%

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Setup Quality D 1/7 signals

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✓ Stage 2 · Advancing ✗ Power Trend 4d ✗ RS New High ✗ Trend 5/8 ✗ No Pattern ✗ Gatekeeper Base #1 (A)

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Technical Analysis Report Card

$XEL · $80.71 · as of 2026-07-27 · multi-factor read

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Neutral

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.

Minervini

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

5/10 checks

Method → Playbook → Ask →

O'Neil

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

2/8 checks

Method → Playbook → Ask →

Weinstein

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

3/6 checks

Method → Playbook → Ask →

Livermore

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

3/6 checks

Method → Playbook → Ask →

Darvas

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

3/6 checks

Method → Playbook → Ask →

Wyckoff

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

3/6 checks

Method → Playbook → Ask →

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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 B

Minervini · Grade Card

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 Minervini EXACT LEVELS · PRO

Minervini O'Neil Livermore Weinstein Darvas Wyckoff

Minervini D · Avoid — The deterministic methodology check is Avoid; wait until the blocking criteria are resolved.

Pivot

Pro level

Published-method rule: Use the tight base's structural pivot; the setup must retain Trend Template leadership into the trigger.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.

Entry trigger

Pro level

Published-method rule: Require a decisive move through the pivot with volume confirmation, and do not initiate more than 5% above it.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.

Initial stop

Pro level

Published-method rule: Start at the tighter structural invalidation; the initial loss limit must not exceed roughly 7–8% from entry.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.

Trail

Rule-based

Published-method rule: Hold the initial stop until the trade proves itself; near +1R move to breakeven, then trail a higher low or rising 10/21-day average once well extended.
Evidence: Planned management rule; no stored stop or broker order is changed automatically.

Exit / invalidation

Pro level

Published-method rule: Exit when the structural stop or a meaningful higher-low/short-term trend violation fires; never widen the stop.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.

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Pattern Analysis

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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 11 — laggard

Why these seven? → The Universal Edge

Minervini Trend Template

5/8

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 $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

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.

XEL · NASDAQ · Utilities · Electric Utilities

$80.71latest close $50.4Bmarket cap 11RS rank 0setup score

Scan History

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