# Buy-the-Dip in Uptrend: Pullbacks to the 150-Day Average
**Query:** Pullbacks in an uptrend
**Data as of:** 2026-10-12

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 |
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| 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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