Kept & Counted

The raw record, kept verbatim as it shipped

Read № 75 · Monday, August 24, 2026

Keep Counting [Daily] — 2026-08-24 (Mon)

universe 1590 · latest daily bar 2026-08-24 (latest daily (today in-progress)) SETUP 3 · COILING 43 (cohering 28 / diverging 3) · FRESH_BREAK 2

🌐 REGIME — CORRECTION / DISTRIBUTION

beach-mode — most coils fail here; sit on hands or G/0R only today 15↑ / 77↓ (4%+ day-movers) · 5-bar balance -138 · T2108 50% above 40-d MA

⏫ What moved since last run (2026-08-21)

  • ⬆️ GRADUATED coil→setup: $VIRT, $FRO
  • 🆕 NEW setup: $BGC, $INCY
  • 🌀 new coil: $GEO, $GH, $OII, $EWTX, $SABR, $CRGY
  • ↩️ flipped diverging→cohering: $FIVE
  • ➖ dropped out: $INSW, $WEX, $CNK, $DAR, $IBKR, $NSP, $BFLY, $FCX, $EAT, $PAYC, $ACAD, $QNST, $TALO, $PBF, $CSW, $PTEN, $PRGS, $CVI, $HPQ, $ZBRA, $NEOG

🚦 Gate — CORRECTION / DISTRIBUTION

Beach-mode — longs HEAVILY suppressed: only the most decisive G/0R survive, and even those swim against the tide. Most coils FAIL here. Learn/watch tape, not a buy tape. regime gate suppressed 10 cohering coil(s) that weren’t decisive enough for this tape.

⚠️ Clearest fakes — decisive distribution at the highs (lead this regime)

  • $XYZ (-6.2% from high) — 1G/5R — supply leaving while 6% off the high; structure says coil, commitment says exit
  • $ETSY (-1.1% from high) — 4G/4R — supply leaving while glued to the high; structure says coil, commitment says exit
  • $AMN (-7.3% from high) — 2G/6R — supply leaving while 7% off the high; structure says coil, commitment says exit

⭐ Worth a real look (secondary — fakes lead this regime)

  • $VIRT (-3.5% from high, 4%/day, +26% 3mo) — inside-bar trigger cocked at the box top; 4G/2R decisive accumulation under a flat tape; pressed to the high
  • $SABR (-1.5% from high, 7%/day, +48% 3mo) — 4G/2R decisive accumulation under a flat tape; glued to the high; range contracting
  • $TFX (-4.6% from high, 3%/day, +4% 3mo) — 9G/5R decisive accumulation under a flat tape; pressed to the high

🎯 SETUP — act-ready (inside bar pressed to box top)

  • $VIRT -3.5% 3.9%/day 3mo +26% $ 76M 4G/2R accu COHERING
  • $INCY -3.5% 3.1%/day 3mo +32% $ 180M 1G/0R accu COHERING
  • $BGC -7.3% 3.0%/day 3mo +7% $ 32M 3G/2R accu COHERING

⚠️ DIVERGING — fake-coil risk (the don’t-buy list)

  • $ETSY -1.1% 3.4%/day 3mo +40% $ 222M 4G/4R dist DIVERGING
  • $XYZ -6.2% 3.0%/day 3mo +20% $ 353M 1G/5R dist DIVERGING
  • $AMN -7.3% 3.6%/day 3mo +25% $ 22M 2G/6R dist DIVERGING

🌀 COILING — cohering, near highs (top 40)

  • $CART -0.3% 3.4%/day 3mo +26% $ 184M 4G/3R accu COHERING
  • $FIVE -0.4% 3.4%/day 3mo +20% $ 210M 4G/3R accu COHERING
  • $EXPE -0.6% 3.8%/day 3mo +58% $ 479M 4G/2R accu COHERING
  • $IQV -0.6% 3.1%/day 3mo +55% $ 306M 2G/0R accu COHERING
  • $BIO -1.1% 3.3%/day 3mo +33% $ 93M 3G/0R accu COHERING
  • $SABR -1.5% 6.8%/day 3mo +48% $ 7M 4G/2R accu COHERING
  • $GPN -1.6% 3.1%/day 3mo +29% $ 260M 7G/2R accu COHERING
  • $LQDT -2.0% 3.2%/day 3mo +26% $ 8M 3G/3R accu COHERING
  • $CXW -2.9% 3.7%/day 3mo +57% $ 50M 9G/3R accu COHERING
  • $CRGY -3.1% 3.5%/day 3mo +5% $ 69M 3G/0R accu COHERING
  • $RGEN -3.8% 3.9%/day 3mo +58% $ 159M 3G/0R accu COHERING
  • $DBX -3.9% 3.5%/day 3mo +27% $ 140M 4G/3R accu COHERING
  • $ZD -4.0% 3.0%/day 3mo +28% $ 30M 5G/3R accu COHERING
  • $HCC -4.1% 3.7%/day 3mo +27% $ 63M 2G/1R accu COHERING
  • $ROIV -4.2% 3.4%/day 3mo +21% $ 203M 7G/3R accu COHERING
  • $NHC -4.6% 3.2%/day 3mo +17% $ 24M 5G/2R accu COHERING
  • $TFX -4.6% 3.1%/day 3mo +4% $ 83M 9G/5R accu COHERING
  • $SM -4.7% 3.6%/day 3mo +8% $ 113M 2G/0R accu COHERING
  • $EPC -5.3% 4.0%/day 3mo +61% $ 15M 3G/1R accu COHERING
  • $CHRD -5.4% 3.3%/day 3mo +0% $ 95M 1G/0R accu COHERING
  • $HP -5.6% 3.2%/day 3mo +7% $ 41M 3G/0R accu COHERING
  • $FTI -5.8% 3.4%/day 3mo +7% $ 233M 2G/0R accu COHERING
  • $LFST -6.2% 4.0%/day 3mo +65% $ 39M 3G/2R accu COHERING
  • $MLKN -6.3% 3.2%/day 3mo +50% $ 12M 4G/0R accu COHERING
  • $KTB -6.4% 3.0%/day 3mo +19% $ 50M 4G/3R accu COHERING
  • $GFF -6.6% 3.2%/day 3mo +19% $ 34M 3G/2R accu COHERING
  • $SBH -6.8% 3.7%/day 3mo +33% $ 21M 5G/3R accu COHERING
  • $NSIT -7.7% 3.7%/day 3mo +49% $ 55M 2G/0R accu COHERING

⊕ Off-index operator radar — watch / learn (outside the indexes)

  • $FRO -2.5% 3.2%/day 3mo +19% $ 81M 4G/0R accu COHERING
  • $PGEN -4.4% 6.0%/day 3mo +69% $ 36M 7G/2R accu COHERING
  • $KYMR -6.9% 3.9%/day 3mo +53% $ 61M 2G/0R accu COHERING
  • $GH -7.6% 4.2%/day 3mo +37% $ 365M 4G/2R accu COHERING
  • $EWTX -7.6% 4.8%/day 3mo +37% $ 47M 5G/2R accu COHERING
  • $OSCR -5.2% 5.2%/day 3mo +41% $ 172M 2G/2R dist DIVERGING

🔥 Stockbee momentum — persistent bursts (3+ of last 5 days)

different pattern (1–5 day burst, not a coil) — watch/learn; ⭐ = also coiling in the cockpit

  • $XHLD — 5/5 days
  • $RCEL — 5/5 days
  • $OABI — 5/5 days
  • $HTFL — 5/5 days
  • $ABCL — 5/5 days
  • $SMJF — 5/5 days
  • $STKH — 5/5 days
  • $TEAM — 5/5 days
  • $OMER — 5/5 days
  • $QMCO — 5/5 days
  • $ARX — 5/5 days
  • $VREX — 5/5 days
  • $FGI — 4/5 days
  • $BWET — 4/5 days
  • $BOXL — 4/5 days
  • $NIQ — 4/5 days
  • $LUNL — 4/5 days
  • $STIM — 4/5 days
  • $BWMN — 4/5 days
  • $XHG — 3/5 days
  • $USDE — 3/5 days
  • $AMLX — 3/5 days
  • $GDXU — 3/5 days
  • $SENS — 3/5 days
  • $FDMT — 3/5 days

📚 Pattern lesson — learn by example

one clean live instance of each archetype; charts saved to the Pattern Guide Plates library

📈 Cohering Coil — real accumulation — $VIRT

Tight box pressed to the high with green caps dominating: institutions buying INTO the pause. Structure (coil) and commitment (caps) AGREE → the roof is being validated. This name: inside-bar trigger cocked at the box top; 4G/2R decisive accumulation under a flat tape; pressed to the high

🎭 Fake-Coil — distribution in disguise — $ETSY

Looks identical to a real coil on price — tight, near the high — but the caps under it are RED. Supply leaving while price hovers. Structure says coil, commitment says exit. The trap. This name: 4G/4R — supply leaving while glued to the high; structure says coil, commitment says exit

🚫 Extended — what we do NOT chase — $SAFT

Already ran far from the 40-MA (high ATR-extension): the obvious move everyone sees, edge gone, prone to the pullback. We surface the pre-obvious coil, not this. This name: +91.5 ATR above the 200d — -0.0% off high but already extended

📋 ThinkOrSwim watchlists — copy/paste (create a new watchlist, paste the line)

KC_Focus_D_0824 (5)

VIRT,SABR,TFX,INCY,BGC

KC_Coils_D_0824 (28)

CART,FIVE,EXPE,IQV,BIO,SABR,GPN,LQDT,CXW,CRGY,RGEN,DBX,ZD,HCC,ROIV,NHC,TFX,SM,EPC,CHRD,HP,FTI,LFST,MLKN,KTB,GFF,SBH,NSIT

KC_Fakes_D_0824 (3)

ETSY,XYZ,AMN

KC_OffIdx_D_0824 (6)

FRO,PGEN,KYMR,GH,EWTX,OSCR

aG/bR = green vs red caps in the box (commitment). COHERING = structure + commitment agree · DIVERGING = distribution under a coil near highs.