Pullbacks in uptrend
Query: Pullbacks in an uptrend · data as of 2026-10-12
Built a "buy-the-dip in uptrend" screen: 14 US stocks with an intact 50D-above-150D uptrend that pulled back over the past month and now trade within 8% of their 150-day average (ranked by 1-year return). Note: requiring price above the 150D MA returned zero names (a dip to the average by definition often trades just below it), so the structure filter is 50D>150D alignment plus ta_uptrend, with a $500M market-cap / $10M turnover floor. Table includes sector/industry/theme, market cap, 1Y/1M/3M-6M returns, % from 150D/50D SMA, % from 52-week high, relative volume, RSI, momentum potential, days since earnings, technical pattern and sector-ETF context, with per-row commentary and a takeaway narrative.
14 stocks in a confirmed uptrend (50-day MA above the 150-day MA) that have pulled back over the past month and now sit within 8% of their 150-day average — the classic "buy the dip in an uptrend" setup — ranked by 1-year return. Data as of October 12, 2026.
Buy-the-Dip in Uptrend — Fresh Pullback to the 150-Day Average
| Symbol | Security Name | Sector | Industry | Theme | Market Cap | 1Y Return | 1M Return | 3M / 6M Return | % from 150D SMA | % from 50D SMA | % from 52W High | Rel Volume | RSI (14) | Momentum Potential | Days Since Earnings | Technical Pattern | Sector ETF | Sector 1M Return | Sector 1Y Return | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STX | Seagate Technology Holdings PLC | Information Technology | Computer Hardware | Data Storage Devices | 1.713e+11 | 241.76% | -9.19% | -14.2% / 47.0% | -1.56% | -11.66% | -31.15% | 0.8901 | 37.4314 | 89.1 | 75 | Uptrend | XLK | 4.75% | 36.02% | Highest-quality long-term trend on the list: HDD/heat-assisted media demand tied to AI data-center buildout keeps orders full into 2027. The pullback is a valuation reset from a parabolic run, not a demand break — watch whether the deep pullback inside a data-storage theme that has led the market for a year holds the 150-day line as support. |
| VSAT | ViaSat, Inc. | Information Technology | Communication Equipment | Satellite & Space-Based Services | 9.321e+09 | 90.48% | -8.95% | -3.1% / 19.6% | -0.79% | -9.34% | -24.66% | 1.1369 | 43.1989 | 67.4 | 68 | Sideways channel (3%), Uptrend | XLK | 4.75% | 36.02% | Satellite connectivity name where the fundamental story (direct-to-device and aviation broadband backlog) is improving faster than the stock price. It has already slipped below the 50-day and sits in a sideways channel near its longer average — a genuinely compressed base, but the leverage-heavy balance sheet makes it a higher-beta dip than the large caps here. |
| SITM | SiTime Corporation | Information Technology | Semiconductors | Semiconductor Capital Equipment | 1.708e+10 | 81.49% | -10.32% | -12.0% / 44.4% | -2.79% | -9.04% | -36.76% | 1.0656 | 39.0197 | 70.4 | 67 | Sideways channel (19%), Uptrend | XLK | 4.75% | 36.02% | Timing precision oscillators used in AI and data-center clocks; the AI-hardware supply chain was hit hardest in the latest de-grossing, so this is a supply-chain dip rather than a company-specific problem. Revenue growth is still running at a fast clip, making the reset a potential entry if the group stops bleeding. |
| TIGO | Millicom International Cellular | Communication Services | Telecom Services | Telecommunications Carriers | 1.346e+10 | 79.36% | -16.27% | -17.5% / -1.8% | -6.96% | -12.82% | -23.04% | 1.4556 | 32.353 | 58.8 | 67 | Uptrend, Break-below | XLC | -0.70% | -1.82% | Latin American mobile/telecom operator with heavy leverage — the highest volatility score on the list. The stock has broken below a level and is the only name here whose sector itself is in a downtrend, so the setup is a bet on convergence/consolidation value rather than a clean momentum dip. |
| ARM | Arm Holdings plc | Information Technology | Semiconductors | Enterprise AI & Automation | 2.726e+11 | 49.56% | -3.61% | -9.2% / 62.0% | -0.14% | -5.53% | -41.92% | 0.7161 | 40.6205 | 89.4 | 74 | Uptrend | XLK | 4.75% | 36.02% | The cleanest structural story in the table: CPU/IP licensing plus the migration toward Arm architecture in data centers and AI accelerators. The pullback is modest and the distance to the 150-day average is smallest here, so the trend has barely been dented — but the valuation is the richest on the list, leaving little room for a licensing-timing disappointment. |
| BNY | The Bank of New York Mellon Cor | Financials | Banks - Diversified | Asset Servicing & Custody Banks | 9.692e+10 | 36.06% | -12.18% | -7.2% / 11.5% | -0.21% | -8.34% | -13.34% | 0.6018 | 27.4431 | 76.5 | 89 | Uptrend | XLF | -3.50% | 4.87% | Custody and asset-servicing fee growth is benefiting from higher-for-longer rates and rising asset values, but the group's multiple has been de-rated as the market prices in eventual rate cuts. It has already dropped below the 50-day into a washout RSI — a value-flavored dip where the risk is further fee-compression narrative rather than earnings. |
| UMAC | Unusual Machines, Inc. Common Stock | Information Technology | Computer Hardware | Aerospace & Defense Components | 9.811e+08 | 28.79% | -14.42% | 5.1% / 40.3% | -4.21% | -19.96% | -42.34% | 0.6583 | 36.6456 | 32.1 | 67 | Upward channel (0%), Uptrend | XLK | 4.75% | 36.02% | Micro-cap drone/defense-components name — by far the smallest and the least liquid here, with extraordinary reported growth. Significantly below its 50-day after a sharp one-month slide and an upward channel that has collapsed to its floor; this is speculative and position-sizing matters far more than the trend signal. |
| FFBC | First Financial Bancorp. | Financials | Banks - Regional | US Regional & Community Banks | 3.272e+09 | 26.42% | -4.28% | -8.4% / 7.2% | -0.10% | -4.23% | -14.01% | 0.6889 | 41.0502 | 66.2 | 83 | Uptrend | XLF | -3.50% | 4.87% | Regional bank and one of the strongest small-cap structures on the list, sitting essentially on its 150-day average with a robust free-cash-flow yield. The setup is a rate-driven sentiment dip in a group the market still distrusts; net interest margin commentary at the next report is the key swing factor. |
| FULT | Fulton Financial Corporation | Financials | Banks - Regional | US Regional & Community Banks | 4.233e+09 | 25.31% | -5.26% | -7.6% / 4.2% | -0.58% | -5.05% | -11.99% | 0.7306 | 34.6356 | 45.6 | 81 | Uptrend | XLF | -3.50% | 4.87% | Regional bank trading at a modest multiple with an intact 50-over-150 alignment. Deposit costs and loan growth will decide whether this is the end of the pullback or an early leg lower — the sector is a clear contrarian position with the sector ETF in a confirmed uptrend despite the recent softness. |
| CNOB | ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. | Financials | Banks - Regional | US Regional & Community Banks | 1.632e+09 | 17.84% | -5.16% | -5.4% / 7.6% | -0.22% | -4.79% | -11.58% | 0.6426 | 40.0732 | 81.4 | 81 | Uptrend | XLF | -3.50% | 4.87% | Small regional bank whose earnings have been more resilient than peers, giving it the highest momentum-potential score in the financial group here. The dip tracks the sector's de-rating, so idiosyncratic execution rather than the macro should drive the next move. |
| LYV | Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. | Communication Services | Entertainment | Professional Sports Teams | 3.952e+10 | 11.06% | -0.30% | -6.6% / 2.4% | -0.05% | -3.69% | -9.99% | 0.8935 | 44.1723 | 31.7 | 73 | Uptrend | XLC | -0.70% | -1.82% | Live events and ticketing powerhouse with a defensive, cash-generative profile that has been a quiet compounder rather than a momentum name. The shallowest pullback in the table and the smallest distance to the 150-day average — a low-drama continuation setup, though ticket-pricing antitrust scrutiny remains the structural overhang. |
| UCB | United Community Banks, Inc. | Financials | Banks - Regional | US Regional & Community Banks | 4.022e+09 | 8.14% | -4.14% | -5.0% / -0.3% | -0.08% | -3.52% | -9.46% | 0.9161 | 42.0982 | 60.6 | 83 | Uptrend | XLF | -3.50% | 4.87% | Southeast regional bank with strong capital returns and a solid free-cash-flow yield; the structure has held above the 150-day line even as the group sold off. Watch merger integration and credit quality, the two variables that separate the outperformers among regional banks. |
| KFY | Korn Ferry | Industrials | Staffing & Employment Services | IT Services & Consulting | 3.971e+09 | 3.89% | -7.88% | -2.8% / 13.9% | -0.73% | -10.15% | -17.76% | 0.8172 | 33.6929 | 57.8 | 33 | Uptrend | XLI | -1.60% | 11.61% | Staffing and executive-search cyclical — the only Industrials name here, and one whose business leads the hiring cycle. The pullback coincides with soft white-collar labor demand, so the debate is whether the cycle is bottoming; the dividend and buyback provide a cushion if it takes longer. |
| GRPN | Groupon, Inc. | Communication Services | Internet Content & Information | Ad-Tech & Digital Advertising | 7.507e+08 | -14.62% | -1.44% | -27.9% / 53.3% | -1.26% | -9.60% | -35.41% | 0.5053 | 41.8553 | 55.1 | 66 | Uptrend | XLC | -0.70% | -1.82% | Highest-momentum score in the table but the most opportunistic: Groupon's improvement is real yet the stock has trailed over a year and sits well below its 50-day. A high-risk, high-reward bounce candidate rather than a clean dip-buy in a durable uptrend. |
Table 0
Buy-the-Dip in Uptrend: Pullbacks to the 150-Day Average
The setup. Every name here still has an intact uptrend structure — the 50-day average remains above the 150-day average — but has given back ground over the past month and now trades within 8% of (and typically right at or just under) its 150-day average. That is the classic dip-buy geometry: the long-term trend has not broken, the intermediate trend has cooled, and price is pressing into a widely watched support line.
How to read the list. The tech names (STX, SITM, ARM, VSAT) sit inside sectors that are still in confirmed uptrends, so their pullbacks have the most support from the tape — an important distinction in the current two-tier market, which is punishing crowded, high-capex AI-supply-chain names while rewarding cash-generative quality. The regional-bank cluster (FFBC, FULT, CNOB, UCB, plus diversified BNY) is the inverse: their sector is soft on rate-cut expectations, so these are contrarian value dips that need credit and margin delivery to work.
Watch items. Small distance to the 150-day average is the feature to prioritize for fresh entries, but a close decisively below that line with expanding volume would invalidate the setup — several names here are already trading just underneath the average. Relative volume is subdued across the board (none above 1.3x), which suggests the selling is orderly rather than panic-driven, and low single-digit RSI readings on BNY, TIGO and KFY mark at least partial washouts. Position sizing should scale with volatility: TIGO, LYV, GRPN and the micro-cap UMAC carry the highest structural risk, while ARM and STX carry valuation risk instead.
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