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Aug 17 market close
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Sector RotationRotation underway

Technology has led the market over the past 30 days. Money is rotating into Utilities — +2.5% this week, even after lagging earlier in the month. Basic Materials is cooling off — 0.0% this week after a strong month.

On relative strength, money is rotating out of Basic Materials & Healthcare and into Utilities & Real Estate — a ranking shift, not a measured dollar transfer.

What to watch

If Utilities holds this week's pace, the rotation is real; watch for Basic Materials to keep cooling.

Market Internalsas of 2026-08-17
20D Breadth73%% of names above their 20-day avg
50D Breadth66%% of names above their 50-day avg
200D Trend70%% of names above their 200-day avg
7D Adv / Dec661 / 406participation this week
RSI Pressure61 overbought / 4 oversoldRSI above 70 vs below 30

Today's Board

· desk-read ✓

Confirmed-breakout entries for 6–48 month holds. Buy-side rows signal timing, not valuation; sell-side rows flag weakening names.

Buy side · entries

MPC+11.9% desk caution in trend day 3

breaking out 1.4% off its 52-week high after a +11.9% week — a +39% three-month run, not a one-week pop

trend-hold
PSX+11.6% desk caution in trend

breaking out at a fresh 52-week high after a +11.6% week — a +34% three-month run, not a one-week pop

EQIX+5.2% desk ✓ coming into play

breaking out 2.4% off its 52-week high after a +5.2% week

GLD+0.7% desk ✓ coming into play day 13

coming into play — 20.4% off its 52-week high with the tape turning up (+0.7% this week)

CEG+2.9% just flippeddesk ✓ retreating day 15

coming into play — 32.3% off its 52-week high with the tape turning up (+2.9% this week)

trend-hold

Sell side · what's weak

NKE-7.2% desk ✓ retreating

breaking down — -7.2% this week, 49.9% off its 52-week high and still falling

APP-8.0% desk ✓ retreating day 12

breaking down — -8.0% this week, 58.2% off its 52-week high and still falling

FSLR-8.9% desk ✓ coming into play

breaking down — -8.9% this week, 32.1% off its 52-week high and still falling

Departed: COGT (was a fresh setup, Aug 15 ) · CRS (was a fresh setup, Aug 15 ) · PANW (was breaking out, Aug 15 ) · ZS (was a fresh setup, Aug 15 ) · EWZ (was breaking down, Aug 14 ) · LITE (was in its buy zone, Aug 14 ) · TTD (was breaking down, Aug 14 ) · ANET (was breaking out, Aug 13 )

More entries (31)
CME+1.6% $280 just flippeddesk ✓ coming into play day 5

coming into play — 16.2% off its 52-week high with the tape turning up (+1.6% this week) · in its $280 buy zone

CBRS+9.3% $221.30 already randesk caution day 14

watch-grade call — 3 of 5 bells lit (research, trigger, tape); trigger at $221.30

trend-hold
LEU-2.9% $177 desk ✓ retreating day 15

watch-grade call — 3 of 5 bells lit (research, trigger, tape); trigger at $177

trend-hold
AOSL-10.1% $30.00–34.50 desk ✓ coming into play day 3

in its $30.00–34.50 buy zone

BESIY+8.1% $260–280 desk ✓ coming into play day 5

in its $260–280 buy zone

IBIT+0.5% $42 desk caution retreating

in its $42 buy zone

NOC-1.3% $550–580 desk ✓ coming into play day 5

in its $550–580 buy zone

URA+1.9% $52 desk ✓ retreating day 5

in its $52 buy zone

DRAM+21.7% $60.39 desk ✓

vwap reclaim — new this week

AAPL-0.8% desk ✓ coming into play

no setup today — drifting down, -0.8% this week, 11.2% off its 52-week high

AMZN-6.0% desk ✓ in trend

no setup today — still in trend, -6.0% this week, 9.0% off its 52-week high

ARGX+14.1% desk ✓ in trend

no setup today — still in trend, +14.1% this week, 1.4% off its 52-week high

ARM+1.4% desk ✓ coming into play

no setup today — drifting down, +1.4% this week, 40.0% off its 52-week high

trend-hold
ARQQ+8.9% coming into play

no setup today — moving sideways, +8.9% this week, 60.7% off its 52-week high

GOOGL-3.8% desk ✓ coming into play

no setup today — drifting down, -3.8% this week, 15.8% off its 52-week high

no setup today — moving sideways, +32.5% this week, 62.7% off its 52-week high

ILMN+0.7% desk ✓ in trend

no setup today — still in trend, +0.7% this week, 6.7% off its 52-week high

INFQ+14.4% retreating

no setup today — drifting up, +14.4% this week, 51.2% off its 52-week high

IONQ+10.2% retreating

no setup today — still in trend, +10.2% this week, 44.7% off its 52-week high

LAES+13.2% retreating

no setup today — drifting up, +13.2% this week, 66.7% off its 52-week high

MSFT-5.0% desk ✓ in trend

no setup today — moving sideways, -5.0% this week, 12.7% off its 52-week high

trend-hold
MU+17.5% desk ✓ coming into play

no setup today — still in trend, +17.5% this week, 19.4% off its 52-week high

NET-1.1% desk ✓ in trend

no setup today — still in trend, -1.1% this week, 7.6% off its 52-week high

OUST+14.4% desk caution coming into play

no setup today — still in trend, +14.4% this week, 24.6% off its 52-week high

PL+5.6% desk caution retreating

no setup today — under pressure, +5.6% this week, 52.9% off its 52-week high

trend-hold
QBTS+3.4% retreating

no setup today — under pressure, +3.4% this week, 55.4% off its 52-week high

QUBT+1.0% retreating

no setup today — drifting up, +1.0% this week, 65.0% off its 52-week high

RGTI+5.8% retreating

no setup today — drifting up, +5.8% this week, 67.9% off its 52-week high

SNDK+44.3% desk ✓ coming into play

no setup today — still in trend, +44.3% this week, 24.1% off its 52-week high

TSLA+2.5% desk caution retreating

no setup today — under pressure, +2.5% this week, 32.0% off its 52-week high

XNDU+6.7% retreating

no setup today — under pressure, +6.7% this week, 73.5% off its 52-week high

Filtered by the desk read (3) — in range, judged not worth your attention
  • ABCL Summary confirms RSI 81.4 in a parabolic regime after a +169.23% three-month run, with price already ~33% past the $8.45 trigger — a pump-shaped chase, not a breakout confirmation.
  • HIVE Summary confirms the $3.07 level and a +17.24% weekly pop, but the stock is still -60.84% off its 52-week high in a weak-down trend with no flag or breakout — a pump-shaped bounce in a bitcoin miner.
  • KEEL Summary confirms the $3.77 level and a +11.21% weekly pop, but it's still -48.85% off its 52-week high in a weak-down trend with no confirmation — the same pump-shaped bottom-pop pattern in a low-priced speculative name.
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Pinned Market Brief Aug 17

Memory Gets Paid, Activewear Gets Marked Down

The index went nowhere and everything under it moved — and Monday extended the pattern rather than breaking it. SPY closed Monday at $772.67, down 0.47% on the day and off 0.05% over seven sessions, RSI 61.6, still tagged breakout on the regime feed. Underneath that flat surface, last week produced exactly two moves that came with evidence: energy's sector-wide vault, and memory's synchronized run behind Sandisk's SEC-filed quarter and $14 billion repurchase authorization. Both kept going Monday. The energy fund added another 1.08% to a 69.7 RSI — confirmation stretching toward exhaustion — and memory refused to rest: Sandisk rose another 8.88% to $1,786.85 (a +44.29% seven-session move), Micron closed through the thousand-dollar line at $1,011.75, and the DRAM basket's week reached +21.7%.

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The Prints Aug 13
  1. CBRSbeatReported the quarter ending 2026-06-30: revenue $180M, diluted EPS -$2.98, net income -$451M (SEC filing).
  2. JDbeatReported EPS $6.29 versus analyst consensus of $5.61 (+12.0%).
  3. LUNRmissReported EPS $-0.16 versus analyst consensus of $-0.07 (-129.0%).
  4. EATmissReported EPS $3.07 versus analyst consensus of $3.09 (-0.5%).
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  1. LQDAmissReported EPS $0.74 versus analyst consensus of $0.84 (-11.5%).
  2. MSGSbeatReported EPS $1.16 versus analyst consensus of $0.63 (+84.1%).
  3. TEinlineReported EPS $-0.10 versus analyst consensus of $-0.10 (+1.4%).
  4. MRXbeatReported EPS $1.64 versus analyst consensus of $1.36 (+20.4%).
  5. WYFIbeatReported EPS $-0.17 versus analyst consensus of $-0.40 (+56.2%).
  6. ALTinlineReported EPS $-0.12 versus analyst consensus of $-0.12 (+4.0%).

14 more reported, not yet written up — view full slate →

Conditions Aug 17
VolatilityVIX15.19CALM1d +6.6%no fire-sale trigger
Rotation35 in/15 outExpandCollapse
Rotating inRS vs SPY
  1. Government Compute+20.4
    No ETF in watchlist
  2. Optical Supply Chain+18.5
    Tracked ETFsLAZR
  3. Web Cloud+15.3
    Tracked ETFsSKYY
  4. Space+14.0
    Tracked ETFsARKX
  5. Copper+13.8
    Tracked ETFsCOPXCPER
Rotating outRS vs SPY
  1. Cultural Thesis-11.9
    No ETF in watchlist
  2. Food Security-7.2
    Tracked ETFsMOO
  3. Peptide Economy-7.2
    Tracked ETFsHRTS
  4. Consumer-5.2
    Tracked ETFsXLY
  5. Livestock Disease-4.9
    No ETF in watchlist

Each side counts the desk's tracked theme watchlists (70 ranked) by 30-day median relative strength vs SPY — shown in RS points.

Frozen snapshot · as of 2026-08-17Full strip →

Scan Aug 17

Washout Turn Scan

69 washout turns across 82 watchlists — deep-drawdown names (≥25% off the 52wk high, under 5% vs SMA200) with both trailing windows positive. …

Reading

69 washout turns across 82 watchlists — deep-drawdown names (≥25% off the 52wk high, under 5% vs SMA200) with both…

@SemiAnalysis_ Aug 17 Open ↗

Over the years, Google has been improving its original 2D Torus Inter-Chip-Interconnect (ICI) network topology introduced with TPUv2, later extended to a 3D Torus starting with TPUv4 and v5p. (8-part thread.)

Same-day technical thread on the TPU interconnect lineage - the physical-layer detail behind the custom-silicon vs GPU debate, and context for the optical/ai-infra lane's read on where scale-up networks go next.

@ParadisLabs Aug 17 Open ↗

Consolidating some recent bullish points for memory: 1. All 2027 DRAM & HBM capacity at Samsung, SK hynix & Micron sold out; Kioxia can only fill 40-50% of demand per FundaAI, with hyperscalers 'begging' for supply (Digitimes). 2. SNDK investor day NAND commentary. (Thread; 176 likes.)

A tidy consolidation of the memory-supercycle case the week after Sandisk's +35% filed-buyback week: sold-out 2027 capacity claims across all three DRAM makers. Attributed to FundaAI/Digitimes - claims to verify against primary sources, but squarely on the desk's #1 lane.

@KobeissiLetter Aug 17 Open ↗

Demand for Chinese chips is skyrocketing: Chinese integrated circuit industry revenue jumped +22% YoY in 2025, to a record $245 billion. Since 2020, Chinese chip industry sales have nearly doubled. As a result, China now accounts for ~6% of the global semiconductor market.

The cartographer number of the day: domestic Chinese IC revenue nearly doubled since 2020. Context for every export-control debate and for the China-baskets selloff the desk has been tracking without a driver - the domestic substitution engine is not slowing.

@amitisinvesting Aug 17 Open ↗

APP: talked to a former AppLovin employee over the weekend - notes on how the ad model compares to Meta and Google and where the moat actually sits. (Thread; 680 likes.)

Qualitative channel check on a consider-board name from a followed account: former-employee color on whether AppLovin's targeting edge survives Meta/Google competition. Use the ping, verify the claims - it is one person's view of a former employer.

@IPONewsroom_ Aug 17 Open ↗

JUST IN: ANTHROPIC'S REVENUE RUN-RATE HAS PASSED $65 BILLION AHEAD OF ITS IPO. The company hit that figure by the end of July, up more than sevenfold from where it ended last year, and shared it with investors as part of a regular update, per Bloomberg.

The single loudest AI-demand datapoint of the day: a $65B run-rate hit by end of July, shared with investors ahead of the IPO. Direct fuel for the ai-mega-ipo liquidity-regime thesis - the listing everyone is positioning around now has a revenue base to price.

Deep Dive Aug 17

NKE

Thesis: Franchise in decline, not yet a turn: FY26 revenue flat, margins compressed, and the tape at multi-year lows below the $40 volume floor - quarantine until price reclaims the $42.40 POC/50-day cluster on volume. …

NKE
Scan Aug 17

Monster Scan

482 stocks found across 82 watchlists (48 parabolic, 80 monster, 76 strong, 182 secular, 96 climbers)

Reading

482 stocks found across 82 watchlists (48 parabolic, 80 monster, 76 strong, 182 secular, 96 climbers) Parabolic (60%+…

Deep Dive Aug 17

LULU

Thesis: The market is pricing a broken premium-growth model: 9x trailing with guided-flat revenue, Q1 operating margin halved by tariffs and markdowns, and a founder proxy fight — closer to a washout turn than NKE, but confirmation, not cheapness, is the entry. …

Scan Aug 17

Lazarus Scan

Fallen-quality WATCH list graded 0-5 on the reversal signal. Watch only — entry on confirmation (>=3/5 waking, buy zone = stage-2), never on cheapness.

Reading

Fallen-quality WATCH list graded 0-5 on the reversal signal. Watch only — entry on confirmation (>=3/5 waking, buy zone…

Desk Move Aug 15

EPD — swing-kid buy

Rationale: 20-day reclaim +2.31% on 1.53x volume, strong-up, golden cross, stacked over 20/50/200, RSI 62.6, 30d +5.22% vs SPY +2.85%; stop 5% under, trail to breakeven at +3% Price: 38.90 Shares: 89.974293 Sources - Tape/price authority:.

EPD
Conditions Aug 15
VolatilityVIX14.25CALM1d -2.6%no fire-sale trigger
Rotation24 in/23 outExpandCollapse
Rotating inRS vs SPY
  1. Government Compute+26.8
    No ETF in watchlist
  2. Web Cloud+17.8
    Tracked ETFsSKYY
  3. Cloud SAAS+15.3
    Tracked ETFsCLOUSKYY
  4. Cloud ETFS+14.8
    Tracked ETFsIGVCLOUSKYY
  5. Alt Managers+10.9
    Tracked ETFsPSP
Rotating outRS vs SPY
  1. Faang-9.4
    No ETF in watchlist
  2. Watchlist-9.4
    No ETF in watchlist
  3. AI Power-8.4
    Tracked ETFsWGMI
  4. Peptide Economy-7.1
    Tracked ETFsHRTS
  5. EV Clean Energy-6.7
    Tracked ETFsLITDRIVKARSTANICLN

Each side counts the desk's tracked theme watchlists (70 ranked) by 30-day median relative strength vs SPY — shown in RS points.

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Pick Aug 15

CME and Silicon Data will list GPU-rental futures on October 5

NYMEX-listed, cash-settled against Silicon Data's H100/B200 hourly rental indexes: one contract per month of rental expense, pending regulatory review. If these get liquidity, AI compute gets a public reference price, and every neocloud contract gets a benchmark to trade against.

Deep Dive Aug 14

VRT Deep Dive

Editorial Note: VRT at $318.86 RSI 50.6 has given back part of the reclaim flagged at the 06/22 refresh, but the larger drawdown has actually narrowed. At 06/22 (data 06-18), VRT was $333.05 RSI 56.6, +6.2% above SMA20 and +3.6% above SMA50, having just resolved the soft…

VRT
Target Aug 14

UMAC — buy zone a pullback that bases in the $21-$24 band rather than slicing through it — where the value-area high · now $34.06 · ⏳ watching