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universe 1590 · latest daily bar 2026-08-26 (latest daily (today in-progress)) SETUP 3 · COILING 37 (cohering 25 / diverging 1) · FRESH_BREAK 1

🌐 REGIME — CORRECTION / DISTRIBUTION

beach-mode — most coils fail here; sit on hands or G/0R only today 35↑ / 19↓ (4%+ day-movers) · 5-bar balance -20 · T2108 50% above 40-d MA

⏫ What moved since last run (2026-08-25)

⬆️ GRADUATED coil→setup: $RCUS, $KYMR, $RGEN, $VIRT
🌀 new coil: $MLKN, $URBN, $NPK, $HPQ, $PBF, $CVI, $SBH, $ACAD, $ANET, $NOV
↩️ flipped diverging→cohering: $CNC
➖ dropped out: $IQV, $TDW, $FRO, $DBX, $GFF, $GPN, $ZD, $ROIV, $NEM

🚦 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 13 cohering coil(s) that weren’t decisive enough for this tape.

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

$ETSY (-7.1% from high) — 4G/4R — supply leaving while 7% off the high; structure says coil, commitment says exit

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

$VIRT (-4.3% from high, 4%/day, +32% 3mo) — inside-bar trigger cocked at the box top; 4G/2R decisive accumulation under a flat tape; pressed to the high
$TFX (-4.3% from high, 3%/day, +7% 3mo) — 9G/5R decisive accumulation under a flat tape; pressed to the high; range contracting
$SABR (-5.0% from high, 7%/day, +31% 3mo) — 4G/2R decisive accumulation under a flat tape; 5% off the high; range contracting

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

$RCUS -3.1% 4.0%/day 3mo +28% $ 29M 4G/3R accu COHERING
$VIRT -4.3% 4.2%/day 3mo +32% $ 76M 4G/2R accu COHERING
$RGEN -4.5% 3.7%/day 3mo +59% $ 153M 3G/0R accu COHERING

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

$ETSY -7.1% 3.6%/day 3mo +28% $ 223M 4G/4R dist DIVERGING

🌀 COILING — cohering, near highs (top 40)

$EXPE -2.4% 3.4%/day 3mo +47% $ 449M 4G/2R accu COHERING
$CART -2.5% 3.4%/day 3mo +26% $ 184M 4G/3R accu COHERING
$CXW -2.5% 3.6%/day 3mo +60% $ 56M 7G/2R accu COHERING
$TFX -4.3% 3.1%/day 3mo +7% $ 83M 9G/5R accu COHERING
$EPC -4.3% 4.0%/day 3mo +61% $ 16M 3G/2R accu COHERING
$ACAD -4.5% 3.2%/day 3mo +40% $ 42M 4G/1R accu COHERING
$CNK -4.8% 3.2%/day 3mo +36% $ 80M 5G/2R accu COHERING
$LQDT -5.0% 3.3%/day 3mo +16% $ 7M 3G/3R accu COHERING
$SABR -5.0% 6.8%/day 3mo +31% $ 7M 4G/2R accu COHERING
$HPQ -5.2% 3.8%/day 3mo +20% $ 365M 3G/2R accu COHERING
$HCC -5.4% 3.6%/day 3mo +9% $ 59M 2G/1R accu COHERING
$EAT -5.5% 3.8%/day 3mo +70% $ 188M 3G/3R accu COHERING
$MLKN -5.6% 3.1%/day 3mo +43% $ 12M 5G/0R accu COHERING
$CNC -5.6% 3.3%/day 3mo +11% $ 233M 3G/1R accu COHERING
$ANET -5.9% 4.1%/day 3mo +31% $ 1428M 5G/1R accu COHERING
$NHC -5.9% 3.2%/day 3mo +17% $ 24M 3G/1R accu COHERING
$FTI -6.0% 3.2%/day 3mo +12% $ 227M 2G/0R accu COHERING
$LFST -6.3% 3.7%/day 3mo +60% $ 43M 3G/3R accu COHERING
$CRGY -6.4% 3.4%/day 3mo +13% $ 66M 3G/0R accu COHERING
$NOV -6.6% 3.0%/day 3mo +0% $ 63M 5G/1R accu COHERING
$TGTX -7.2% 3.3%/day 3mo +40% $ 105M 2G/1R accu COHERING
$SBH -7.5% 3.4%/day 3mo +25% $ 20M 3G/3R accu COHERING
$SM -7.6% 3.5%/day 3mo +15% $ 116M 2G/0R accu COHERING
$PBF -7.9% 5.9%/day 3mo +80% $ 205M 4G/4R accu COHERING
$HP -8.0% 3.1%/day 3mo +8% $ 43M 2G/1R accu COHERING

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

$GH -3.2% 4.0%/day 3mo +34% $ 355M 4G/2R accu COHERING
$KYMR -3.5% 3.8%/day 3mo +54% $ 62M 3G/0R accu COHERING
$PGEN -3.8% 5.8%/day 3mo +69% $ 41M 8G/2R accu COHERING
$OSCR -6.9% 5.6%/day 3mo +42% $ 160M 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
$OABI — 5/5 days
$RCEL — 5/5 days
$HTFL — 5/5 days
$AMLX — 5/5 days
$USDE — 4/5 days
$MRNA — 4/5 days ⭐ also coiling
$ARCT — 4/5 days
$IPST — 4/5 days
$GDXU — 4/5 days
$CRCG — 4/5 days
$CRCA — 4/5 days
$PURR — 4/5 days
$TEMT — 4/5 days
$ABCL — 4/5 days
$NUGT — 4/5 days
$HHS — 4/5 days
$JNUG — 4/5 days
$BWET — 4/5 days
$SENS — 4/5 days
$SMJF — 4/5 days
$OMER — 4/5 days
$NIQ — 4/5 days
$WETO — 3/5 days
$BMNU — 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

⚖️ Decisive vs Thin — why the count matters — $CXW

A lopsided tally (e.g. 7G/0R) is decisive commitment; a 2G/2R or 1G/1R is NO read — not enough committed flow to validate either way. Trust decisive, skip thin. This name: 7G/2R net accumulation under a flat tape; pressed to the high; range contracting

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

KC_Focus_D_0826 (5)

VIRT,TFX,SABR,RCUS,RGEN

KC_Coils_D_0826 (25)

EXPE,CART,CXW,TFX,EPC,ACAD,CNK,LQDT,SABR,HPQ,HCC,EAT,MLKN,CNC,ANET,NHC,FTI,LFST,CRGY,NOV,TGTX,SBH,SM,PBF,HP

KC_Fakes_D_0826 (1)

ETSY

KC_OffIdx_D_0826 (4)

GH,KYMR,PGEN,OSCR

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

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