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SIGNALS — Daily Post-Close Scan
2026-07-24  ·  published after the close  ·  8 setups cleared the screen
Market regime — read this first
Still an uptrend on paper — but the tape is telling you to be picky.
RegimeUPTREND UNDER PRESSURE
Distribution days7
Breadth54% above 50-day
The market's still up but showing cracks. Translation: be patient. Watch the list below, but this isn't a week to chase anything.
What "Contraction" means
One number does that measuring for you: Contraction compares how wide the stock's price swings are right now (the last few weeks) to how wide they were at the start of the base. A stock that's "tightened 69%" is trading in a range less than a third as wide as when the base began — the spring wound down to almost nothing, which is exactly the quiet this whole approach is built to catch. The higher that number, the tighter the coil.
BAC (Bank of America) NEAR BREAKOUT GRADE Cscore 60/100
Watch above (pivot)$62.12
ContractionTightened 32% vs. opening range
Current price$62.05
Volume0.6x the 50-day average
FundamentalsNot confirmed
The read. Tightened 32% vs. opening range, with volume running 0.6x the 50-day average. The setup clears 8 of 8 trend-template criteria and sits in the 71st percentile for relative strength. A move above $62.12 would confirm the setup is playing out; a drop back through the base's recent low would mean the setup is no longer valid.
MRK (Merck) NEAR BREAKOUT GRADE Cscore 59/100
Watch above (pivot)$131.74
ContractionTightened 32% vs. opening range
Current price$131.08
Volume0.4x the 50-day average
FundamentalsNot confirmed
The read. Tightened 32% vs. opening range, with volume running 0.4x the 50-day average. The setup clears 8 of 8 trend-template criteria and sits in the 86th percentile for relative strength. A move above $131.74 would confirm the setup is playing out; a drop back through the base's recent low would mean the setup is no longer valid.
AMGN NEAR BREAKOUT GRADE Cscore 62/100
Watch above (pivot)$378.54
ContractionTightened 50% vs. opening range
Current price$376.04
Volume0.6x the 50-day average
FundamentalsNot confirmed
The read. Tightened 50% vs. opening range, with volume running 0.6x the 50-day average. The setup clears 8 of 8 trend-template criteria and sits in the 64th percentile for relative strength. A move above $378.54 would confirm the setup is playing out; a drop back through the base's recent low would mean the setup is no longer valid.
USB (U.S. Bancorp) NEAR BREAKOUT GRADE Cscore 59/100
Watch above (pivot)$64.84
ContractionTightened 31% vs. opening range
Current price$63.98
Volume0.6x the 50-day average
FundamentalsNot confirmed
The read. Tightened 31% vs. opening range, with volume running 0.6x the 50-day average. The setup clears 8 of 8 trend-template criteria and sits in the 77th percentile for relative strength. A move above $64.84 would confirm the setup is playing out; a drop back through the base's recent low would mean the setup is no longer valid.
DE (John Deere) ACTIVE BASE GRADE Cscore 69/100
Watch above (pivot)$638.99
ContractionTightened 64% vs. opening range
Current price$628.32
Volume0.6x the 50-day average
FundamentalsNot confirmed
The read. Tightened 64% vs. opening range, with volume running 0.6x the 50-day average. The setup clears 8 of 8 trend-template criteria and sits in the 69th percentile for relative strength. A move above $638.99 would confirm the setup is playing out; a drop back through the base's recent low would mean the setup is no longer valid.
PNC (PNC Financial) ACTIVE BASE GRADE Cscore 66/100
Watch above (pivot)$256.49
ContractionTightened 55% vs. opening range
Current price$250.94
Volume0.4x the 50-day average
FundamentalsNot confirmed
The read. Tightened 55% vs. opening range, with volume running 0.4x the 50-day average. The setup clears 8 of 8 trend-template criteria and sits in the 69th percentile for relative strength. A move above $256.49 would confirm the setup is playing out; a drop back through the base's recent low would mean the setup is no longer valid.
EXEL ACTIVE BASE GRADE Cscore 59/100
Watch above (pivot)$57.57
ContractionTightened 37% vs. opening range
Current price$55.38
Volume0.4x the 50-day average
FundamentalsNot confirmed
The read. Tightened 37% vs. opening range, with volume running 0.4x the 50-day average. The setup clears 8 of 8 trend-template criteria and sits in the 70th percentile for relative strength. A move above $57.57 would confirm the setup is playing out; a drop back through the base's recent low would mean the setup is no longer valid.
ROIV (Roivant) ACTIVE BASE GRADE Bscore 80/100
Watch above (pivot)$37.00
ContractionTightened 69% vs. opening range
Current price$35.03
Volume0.5x the 50-day average
FundamentalsConfirmed
The read. Tightened 69% vs. opening range, with volume running 0.5x the 50-day average. The setup clears 8 of 8 trend-template criteria and sits in the 97th percentile for relative strength. A move above $37.00 would confirm the setup is playing out; a drop back through the base's recent low would mean the setup is no longer valid.
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