Pullbacks to the 150-Day Moving Average (October 16, 2026)
Query: stocks pullback to 150d moving avg · data as of 2026-10-16
Rebuilt the uptrend-pullback-to-150D-MA screen with 45 US stocks (0-10% above the 150-day SMA, 50D above 150D), ranked by momentum potential, plus a sector distribution table and two fresh narratives/comments.
As of October 16, 2026, 45 US stocks sit in an established uptrend but within ~10% of their 150-day moving average — the classic pullback-to-core-support zone. Ranked by momentum potential, the list is led by AI-infrastructure and mega-cap tech names (NVDA, ANET, APH, MU, ALAB) whose shallow washouts come against 150-day averages that are themselves still rising. The sector distribution is telling: Financials dominate the raw count of intact-trend pullbacks, while Information Technology carries by far the highest average momentum potential — quality growth absorbing a liquidity-driven de-risking rather than a fundamental repricing.
Pullbacks to the 150-Day Moving Average — Uptrend Intact
| Symbol | Company | Sector | Industry | Theme | Price | 1D Return | 1M Return | 6M Return | % from 150D SMA | % from 50D SMA | % from 52W High | RSI (14) | Momentum Potential | Volatility Potential | Technical Pattern | Days to Earnings | P/E (TTM) | Rev Growth YoY | FCF Yield | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVDA | NVIDIA Corporation | Information Technology | Semiconductors | Enterprise AI & Automation | 214.13 | -1.43% | -2.38% | 6.42% | 2.68% | -3.96% | -10.50% | 37.5323 | 99.9 | 47.9 | Uptrend | 32 | 32.79 | 65.47% | 1.96% | Best-in-class AI compute franchise sitting on a still-rising 150-day line while its supply chain sells off harder. The pullback is valuation- and duration-driven, not order-driven; sovereign AI deals keep the pipeline intact. Deepest liquidity in the list makes it the first place money returns on a risk-on turn. |
| ANET | Arista Networks, Inc. | Information Technology | Computer Hardware | Data Center & Enterprise Networking | 176.98 | -4.63% | -11.30% | 7.76% | 2.93% | -10.81% | -18.34% | 31.5953 | 99.8 | 49 | Uptrend | 18 | 55.83 | 28.60% | 1.86% | Data-center networking bellwether caught up in the AI-credit narrative even though it is asset-light with net cash. Hyperscaler Ethernet share gains are the structural story; a violent reset below the 50-day makes this one of the higher-beta pivots on the list. |
| WT | WisdomTree, Inc. | Financials | Asset Management | Asset Management | 21.39 | -1.02% | -3.82% | 22.87% | 8.99% | -8.38% | -14.58% | 34.9537 | 99.7 | 36.3 | Uptrend | 14 | 38.89 | 15.43% | 4.51% | ETF issuer leveraged to crypto-linked product flows and asset-gathering. High operating leverage to AUM means the recent digital-asset drawdown hits both revenue and sentiment; the 150-day line is the line in the sand for the re-rating. |
| APH | Amphenol Corporation | Information Technology | Electronic Components | Power & Electronic Components | 79.35 | -2.63% | 1.41% | 5.38% | 4.46% | -3.42% | -10.46% | 38.9441 | 99.5 | 41.4 | Uptrend | 12 | 19.79 | 51.71% | 2.18% | Interconnect supplier with content in nearly every AI rack, telecom network build and defense program — one of the broadest growth exposures on the list. Even a moderate AI capex digestion cycle gets absorbed by its diversified end markets. |
| FTK | Flotek Industries, Inc. | Energy | Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | Fuel & Oilfield Specialty Chemicals | 24.06 | -2.71% | -21.37% | 53.35% | 4.53% | -14.24% | -38.02% | 36.7825 | 99.4 | 57.9 | Uptrend | 18 | 23.82 | 26.86% | 0.76% | Oilfield specialty chemistry play whose revenue tracks frack activity and completion intensity. With crude firm and energy the only sector with an active bid, this is a high-beta way to express the late-cycle energy handoff — but micro-cap liquidity cuts both ways. |
| HRMY | Harmony Biosciences Holdings, I | Health Care | Biotechnology | Neurology & Rare Diseases | 37.95 | -0.84% | -11.21% | 26.54% | 8.92% | -5.08% | -11.46% | 40.5771 | 99.4 | 54.1 | Uptrend | 18 | 12.28 | 21.51% | 15.61% | Rare-disease biotech (narcolepsy) with a niche product ramping toward label expansion. Single-molecule risk dominates: any competitor readout or payer pushback can overwhelm the technical setup, so the 150-day line matters less than the catalyst calendar. |
| GLBE | Global-E Online Ltd. | Consumer Discretionary | Internet Retail | Enterprise Cloud Applications | 38.82 | -3.50% | 1.15% | 14.48% | 9.70% | -1.56% | -8.36% | 47.9191 | 99.3 | 50.5 | Uptrend | 33 | 44.11 | 27.82% | 4.15% | Cross-border e-commerce enablement for global brands; growth is tied to international merchant adoption and GMV. Consumer discretionary resilience and a favourable dollar backdrop are tailwinds, but the name is sentiment-sensitive to global trade friction. |
| ATEX | Anterix Inc. - Common Stock | Communication Services | Telecom Services | Telecommunications Carriers | 80.48 | -4.73% | 3.95% | 90.76% | 9.85% | -5.98% | -25.62% | 45.28 | 99.3 | 50.3 | Uptrend | 26 | 23.06 | 7.79% | 0.33% | Spectrum holder monetizing 900 MHz licenses with a regulated-utility-style cash-flow profile bolted onto a small-cap equity. The move has been driven by spectrum disposition and tax-loss carryforwards; thin trading makes technical levels less meaningful than the deal pipeline. |
| XYZ | Block, Inc. | Information Technology | Software - Infrastructure | Fintech & Digital Payments | 77.89 | -2.43% | 1.86% | 14.59% | 5.82% | -1.01% | -8.20% | 52.2804 | 98.9 | 57 | Uptrend | 18 | 139.09 | 0.30% | 5.06% | Payments and lending platform taking margin credit from cost discipline and a healthier consumer-credit backdrop. Trades at a premium on forward earnings, so the setup needs the fintech multiple to hold while consumer spending stays resilient. |
| PGY | Pagaya Technologies Ltd. | Information Technology | Software - Infrastructure | Fintech & Digital Payments | 17.23 | -3.80% | -16.20% | 14.94% | 3.73% | -14.24% | -41.63% | 40.8178 | 98.8 | 67.2 | Uptrend | 13 | 12.22 | 26.07% | 15.04% | AI-driven consumer credit underwriting network; revenue growth remains robust but the stock carries long-duration growth characteristics that are penalized by a higher cost of capital. Earnings execution on funding costs is the swing factor. |
| DJCO | Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.) - Common Stock | Information Technology | Software - Application | Paper & Pulp Products | 602.99 | -5.58% | -9.52% | 11.31% | 6.62% | -4.41% | -12.31% | 35.3624 | 98.6 | 52.9 | Upward channel (0%), Uptrend | 74 | 7.41 | 25.41% | 1.47% | Charlie Munger-legacy holding company: essentially a concentrated portfolio of marketable securities (notably a large Korean bank stake) plus a small software business. Move reflects Korean financials more than anything industrial; trading volume is minimal, so treat technical levels with skepticism. |
| MU | Micron Technology, Inc. | Information Technology | Semiconductors | Semiconductor Capital Equipment | 878.84 | -5.63% | -10.08% | 93.18% | 6.19% | -10.59% | -27.58% | 34.029 | 98.3 | 29.3 | Uptrend | 68 | 19.87 | 48.85% | 0.16% | Memory oligopolist in the middle of an HBM supply-demand supercycle; contract pricing for AI memory has been the earnings engine. The pullback is a valuation washout after a parabolic run — memory cycle lead time matters more than the moving average here. |
| IDCC | InterDigital, Inc. | Information Technology | Software - Application | Technology Licensing & Mobile Platforms | 319.3 | -2.67% | -0.60% | -13.99% | 3.86% | -4.56% | -19.48% | 42.171 | 98.3 | 36.7 | Uptrend | 13 | 37.61 | -3.97% | 6.24% | Patent licensing annuity with High Court and device-maker renewals as the recurring catalyst. Operating margins are exceptional because the model is pure royalty; revenue has been lumpy with one-time catch-up payments, which makes the fundamental trend harder to read than the price trend. |
| ALAB | Astera Labs, Inc. | Information Technology | Semiconductors | Data Center & Enterprise Networking | 285.82 | -5.35% | -2.64% | 64.22% | 0.80% | -9.36% | -40.83% | 37.4422 | 98.1 | 50.6 | Uptrend | 18 | 140.8 | 115.13% | 0.54% | Connectivity silicon for AI racks and inference clusters — the purest small/mid-cap play on scale-up fabric. Extreme multiple and high volatility potential mean a break of the 150-day line can cascade quickly; it is a conviction, not a defensive, pullback. |
| TOST | Toast, Inc. | Information Technology | Software - Infrastructure | Restaurant Technology | 31.62 | -1.86% | 3.16% | 8.73% | 8.53% | -2.99% | -18.96% | 53.1863 | 98 | 100 | Uptrend | 18 | 40.03 | 24.05% | 3.46% | Restaurant point-of-sale platform still burning cash on growth while pushing into larger enterprise accounts. Restaurant-tech spending is discretionary for operators — a slowdown in casual dining traffic is the direct risk to seat expansion. |
| SHG | Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd | Financials | Banks - Regional | Latin American Banks | 70.31 | -1.43% | -14.90% | 2.97% | 0.35% | -9.86% | -16.76% | 30.3614 | 97.9 | 11.5 | Uptrend | 11 | 9.13 | 20.76% | 0.01% | Korean bank ADR offering a deep-value relative to US peers, with capital-return policy (buybacks and dividends) as the main re-rating lever. Korean equities have been volatile on flows and currency; the valuation gap is the thesis, the FX is the noise. |
| DCTH | Delcath Systems, Inc. - Common Stock | Health Care | Medical Devices | Oncology Therapeutics | 14.08 | -4.93% | -13.35% | 29.65% | 9.13% | -12.58% | -18.89% | 33.9848 | 97.8 | 22.4 | Uptrend | 18 | — | 129.08% | 4.08% | Interventional oncology device name with a targeted liver-cancer therapy platform; revenue growth is strong but the company is pre-profit and dependent on single-product adoption and reimbursement coverage. Micro-cap biotech-medtech hybrid with shallow liquidity. |
| SMTC | Semtech Corporation | Information Technology | Semiconductors | Data Center & Enterprise Networking | 136.73 | -5.19% | -23.27% | 26.94% | 1.46% | -12.80% | -30.66% | 34.3529 | 97.7 | 70.7 | Uptrend | 38 | — | 15.47% | 1.27% | Analog/mixed-signal chip maker gaining data-center and active-copper content via recent acquisitions. Integration and margin mix are the debate; the AI-networking label adds beta it may not fully deserve. |
| PAY | Paymentus Holdings, Inc. | Information Technology | Software - Infrastructure | Fintech & Digital Payments | 31.54 | -1.84% | -12.70% | 10.32% | 7.62% | -10.43% | -29.28% | 44.6358 | 97.4 | 32.4 | Uptrend | 17 | 47.79 | 37.25% | 4.00% | Utility and municipal bill-payment software with sticky, high-retention contracts. Lower volatility than the rest of the list, but the consumer-discretionary hardware bolt-on and mid-teens growth keep it cyclical enough to be sensitive to enterprise software budgets. |
| GCMG | GCM Grosvenor Inc. | Financials | Asset Management | Asset Management | 12.56 | -2.33% | -2.86% | 17.13% | 5.98% | -4.78% | -10.60% | 41.1213 | 97.4 | 100 | Uptrend | 20 | 24.15 | 8.47% | 22.27% | Alternative-asset manager with strong fund-raising in private equity and infrastructure; the stock is a proxy for LP appetite and carried-interest realization. High free-cash-flow conversion supports the payout but redemption risk rises if institutional allocations slow. |
| MDB | MongoDB, Inc. | Information Technology | Software - Infrastructure | Enterprise Cloud Applications | 337.57 | -7.89% | -14.20% | 28.17% | 0.88% | -14.54% | -28.52% | 39.2523 | 97.3 | 17.4 | Upward channel (0%), Uptrend | 46 | — | 22.79% | 1.70% | Document database leader monetizing enterprise AI application builds; the setup depends on re-acceleration of Atlas consumption growth. The company is still unprofitable on a GAAP basis, making it one of the more duration-sensitive names in the pullback set. |
| LB | LandBridge Company LLC | Energy | Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | Oil & Gas Royalty & Land | 81.57 | 0.39% | -5.07% | 21.69% | 8.20% | -3.16% | -9.07% | 43.2446 | 97.2 | 81.7 | Uptrend | 19 | 72.83 | 81.07% | — | Permian land and royalty owner monetizing surface acres for data centers, power and infrastructure — a genuine AI/energy crossover story. Revenue accretion is deal-driven and lumpy, and the valuation already embeds aggressive land-sale assumptions. |
| NDSN | Nordson Corporation | Industrials | Specialty Industrial Machinery | Dispensing & Fluid Application Systems | 322.31 | -1.97% | 3.39% | 15.01% | 9.11% | 0.56% | -3.70% | 46.3847 | 97 | 36.8 | Uptrend | 54 | 34.4 | 3.78% | 3.61% | Precision dispensing and coating equipment supplier with recurring aftermarket revenue and exposure to electronics assembly and medical devices. Higher revenue concentration in the list points to active accumulation; industrial capex softening is the main risk. |
| HAFC | Hanmi Financial Corporation | Financials | Banks - Regional | US Regional & Community Banks | 31.12 | 0.58% | -3.44% | 12.78% | 2.79% | -1.42% | -6.57% | 46.7778 | 97 | 12.9 | Uptrend | 12 | 10.48 | 15.28% | 22.05% | Korean-American regional bank with a strong deposit franchise serving Korean-American communities; net interest margin is the key lever. Credit quality in commercial real estate remains the sector-wide overhang. |
| AMZN | Amazon.com, Inc. | Consumer Discretionary | Internet Retail | Online Retail Marketplaces | 250 | -1.87% | -0.47% | -0.22% | 0.32% | -2.75% | -11.98% | 44.9931 | 96.7 | 24.6 | Uptrend | 14 | 20.11 | 12.38% | 4.83% | Megacap hyperscaler in the middle of its own AI capex cycle, with AWS re-acceleration and advertising margin as the twin catalysts. Dividend-payer status makes it less exposed to the duration penalty hitting zero-yield growth names. |
| GSL | Global Ship Lease Inc New | Industrials | Marine Shipping | Marine Transportation & Shipping | 41.32 | -1.62% | -10.43% | 9.30% | 1.92% | -6.54% | -10.95% | 32.0374 | 96.7 | 37 | Upward channel (0%), Uptrend | 24 | 4.03 | 7.79% | 31.36% | Containership lessor with multi-year charter coverage and high free-cash-flow yield; the thesis is dividend paydown and charter renewal rates rather than spot freight. Very high cash yield and a dividend payer profile fit the current bid for cash. |
| ATLC | Atlanticus Holdings Corporation | Financials | Credit Services | Consumer Financial Services | 92.02 | -1.62% | -3.33% | 29.68% | 6.34% | -1.67% | -17.68% | 48.3274 | 96.5 | 20 | Uptrend | 24 | 11.95 | 50.09% | 44.91% | Private-label consumer lender and point-of-sale finance platform; earnings hinge on credit losses among subprime borrowers and cost of funds. High free-cash-flow yield and a value multiple are attractive only if the consumer credit cycle holds. |
| TECK | Teck Resources Ltd | Materials | Copper | Gold & Silver Mining | 64.62 | -1.70% | -0.92% | 9.12% | 4.91% | -3.30% | -10.21% | 44.8346 | 96.4 | 36.2 | Uptrend | 13 | 17.61 | 5.49% | — | Copper producer levered to electrification and data-center power demand; copper prices have been firm. The pending separation of its base metals and energy businesses is the structural re-rating catalyst. |
| ALNT | Allient Inc. | Information Technology | Electronic Components | Motion & Fluid Control Technologies | 92.64 | -4.48% | -6.53% | 24.64% | 6.75% | -10.51% | -21.91% | 33.9658 | 96.1 | 21.4 | Uptrend | 19 | 54.49 | 4.62% | 3.01% | Small-cap motion control and power electronics supplier with exposure to robotics, medical and defense end markets. Thin liquidity plus an elevated multiple make it a high-conviction, high-risk rotational name. |
| DLO | DLocal Limited | Information Technology | Software - Infrastructure | Fintech & Digital Payments | 14.67 | -2.85% | 2.16% | 9.04% | 7.94% | 0.51% | -7.03% | 51.1174 | 95.9 | 43.3 | Uptrend | 26 | 21.57 | 46.60% | — | Latin American cross-border payment rails operator; growth is strong but take-rate compression and Argentina/Brazil FX are persistent risks. An ADR with policy-driven volatility that technical levels can mask. |
| JCAP | Jefferson Capital, Inc. | Financials | Credit Services | Consumer Financial Services | 20.53 | -1.01% | 0.29% | -1.10% | 6.05% | -1.45% | -14.46% | 54.66 | 95 | 59.4 | Uptrend | 31 | 3.64 | 41.53% | — | Debt-buyer in the charged-off receivables market; earnings are sensitive to consumer delinquency trends and portfolio pricing. Very low multiple reflects cyclicality rather than weakness — a value setup inside a rising 150-day line. |
| FSM | Fortuna Mining Corp. | Materials | Gold | Gold & Silver Mining | 10.71 | 1.61% | -10.15% | -1.38% | 6.39% | -6.52% | -21.60% | 45.3339 | 95 | 100 | Uptrend | 19 | 9 | 39.84% | — | Latin American gold/silver miner; the leverage story runs through precious-metal prices, which have been soft recently. Operating delivery at Séguéla and mine-cost control matter more than the technical setup for a micro-cap producer. |
| ATI | ATI Inc. | Industrials | Metal Fabrication | Steel Production | 185.59 | -1.97% | 1.06% | 12.71% | 1.95% | -7.86% | -19.93% | 42.2753 | 94.9 | 70.3 | Uptrend | 11 | 54.27 | 5.16% | — | Aerospace and defense titanium specialist with a major share of jet-engine and airframe program content; commercial aerospace spares recovery is the earnings driver. Market-cap strength keeps it institutionally liquid, an advantage in a de-risking tape. |
| BTSG | BrightSpring Health Services, I | Health Care | Health Information Services | Home Health & Post-Acute Care | 60.87 | -2.39% | 7.54% | 28.77% | 4.61% | 1.85% | -16.51% | 50.5137 | 94.8 | 77.8 | Uptrend | 14 | 54.35 | 28.18% | 3.20% | Home- and community-based pharmacy and provider services with fast growth and meaningful leverage. Deleveraging from a highly indebted starting point is the key re-rating question, and high volatility potential reflects that balance-sheet risk. |
| ASML | ASML Holding N.V. - New York Re | Information Technology | Semiconductor Equipment & Materials | Semiconductor Capital Equipment | 1,642 | -0.96% | 0.73% | 12.84% | -0.18% | -5.64% | -17.49% | 37.6654 | 94.7 | 19.8 | Uptrend | 103 | 55.85 | 15.58% | 1.67% | EUV monopoly and the single most levered large-cap to AI lithography demand. Sitting almost exactly on its 150-day average makes this a textbook trend-test; hyperscaler capex guidance is the catalyst that decides whether support holds. |
| NEM | Newmont Corporation | Materials | Gold | Gold & Silver Mining | 118.6 | 2.43% | -4.65% | 2.25% | 7.81% | -2.51% | -12.24% | 51.0015 | 94.5 | 53.2 | Uptrend | 7 | 14.96 | 21.34% | — | Largest gold producer and a core inflation/portfolio hedge; recent softness in bullion drags on the earnings outlook. All-in sustaining costs are the key lever, and the dividend ties it into the current bid for cash returns. |
| TAL | TAL Education Group | Consumer Staples | Education & Training Services | Education Services | 12 | -4.31% | 2.56% | -5.06% | 8.10% | -0.06% | -7.05% | 46.1334 | 94.5 | 52.1 | Uptrend | 13 | 7.5 | 33.72% | 7.31% | Chinese education provider with materially improved margins post-regulatory reset and a big net-cash position. Growth depends on AI learning devices and non-academic tutoring; Chinese ADR sentiment and policy remain the dominant variable. |
| ADI | Analog Devices, Inc. | Information Technology | Semiconductors | Semiconductor Capital Equipment | 395.44 | -2.11% | 9.04% | 7.08% | 3.85% | 3.27% | -11.23% | 49.6698 | 94.4 | 21 | Uptrend | 39 | 59.02 | 16.89% | 2.19% | Analog chip leader with a cyclical industrial/auto trough that appears to be turning; pricing and utilization are recovering. Exposure to semiconductor test/automation makes it a quality cyclical in a rising 150-day line. |
| VRTX | Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorpor | Health Care | Biotechnology | Neurology & Rare Diseases, Pharmaceuticals | 499.74 | -1.77% | -3.21% | 13.27% | 4.54% | -4.36% | -10.43% | 43.8196 | 94.3 | 36.8 | Uptrend | 17 | 29.11 | 8.90% | 2.48% | Cystic fibrosis and pain franchise with a deep pipeline; valuation already prices in significant pipeline optionality. Health Care is the sector with the strongest current sector flow, but the weakest 1-month average in this pullback pool — so this is a relative-strength test. |
| HOOD | Robinhood Markets, Inc. | Financials | Capital Markets | Asset Management | 98.87 | -4.92% | -9.96% | 8.95% | 4.87% | -8.98% | -32.78% | 36.7901 | 94.2 | 50.3 | Uptrend | 12 | 43.75 | 51.58% | — | Retail brokerage and crypto-adjacent trading platform, so its beta now runs through digital-asset volumes as well as equity activity. The correlation to the crypto-credit complex makes the 150-day line fragile if risk appetite keeps fading. |
| WASH | Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. | Financials | Banks - Regional | US Regional & Community Banks | 37.06 | -0.03% | -4.53% | 6.20% | 5.48% | -3.64% | -7.95% | 37.864 | 93.9 | 22.8 | Uptrend | 4 | 12.82 | 127.57% | 11.07% | New England community bank with a fee-rich wealth management arm; a dividend payer that fits the current bid for yield. Rate sensitivity and commercial real estate exposure are the sector-wide risks. |
| MELI | MercadoLibre, Inc. | Consumer Discretionary | Internet Retail | Online Retail Marketplaces | 1,834 | -1.24% | 0.48% | -1.18% | 3.19% | -1.40% | -22.31% | 49.6096 | 93.8 | 79 | Uptrend | 19 | 49.8 | 34.34% | 12.33% | Latin American e-commerce and fintech powerhouse with robust growth and strong free-cash-flow conversion; weakness reflects EM and duration exposure rather than fundamentals. Extreme multiple makes it sensitive to a weak macro tape. |
| WTS | Watts Water Technologies, Inc. | Industrials | Specialty Industrial Machinery | Water Infrastructure & Flow Control | 356.7 | 0.46% | 1.77% | 18.38% | 6.92% | -1.58% | -9.06% | 51.1364 | 93.7 | 42.7 | Uptrend | 19 | 31.13 | 8.27% | 3.01% | Water infrastructure valve and control manufacturer exposed to municipal and data-center cooling buildouts. Relatively defensive end markets with acquisition integration as the execution risk; elevated relative volume suggests institutional repositioning. |
| KB | KB Financial Group Inc | Financials | Banks - Regional | Latin American Banks | 118.81 | 0.79% | -8.48% | 5.90% | 4.77% | -3.96% | -10.59% | 39.6752 | 93.6 | 3.9 | Upward channel (3%), Uptrend | 13 | 9.97 | 17.77% | 0.01% | Korean bank holding company with buyback and cancellation policy as the re-rating lever. Same deep-value, dividend-paying, FX-driven framework as the other Korean financials — a rate-cycle beneficiary if the yield curve holds. |
| SNX | TD SYNNEX Corporation | Information Technology | Electronics & Computer Distribution | IT Services & Consulting | 246.75 | -3.29% | -6.68% | 21.06% | 2.62% | -5.72% | -14.95% | 37.9228 | 93.6 | 18.1 | Uptrend | 83 | 17.69 | 6.94% | 7.20% | IT distribution giant with thin margins but strong cash conversion and growing AI-hardware mix in its product line. Low-multiple, cash-generative profile fits the current market preference for cash over duration. |
Screen Logic: Uptrend Meets 150-Day Support
What the screen asks for. A stock must still have an intact primary uptrend — flagged as trending higher, with the 50-day average already sitting above the 150-day — and must have pulled back to rest on the 150-day moving average, currently within 0% to +10% of it. This is the decision zone where a healthy correction in a bull leg meets a bid, versus the place where a trend quietly stops working.
Reading the columns. % from 150D SMA measures remaining cushion: +1% to +3% means the line is literally under the price, while +8% to +10% means the pullback is still developing. A negative % from 50D SMA is the norm in this set — the short-term trend has already reset lower, which is exactly what pushes price down toward the 150-day test. Momentum Potential (0-100) is the ranking score combining trend structure with cash-flow quality, so a high score near the bottom of the zone means the setup has more room before sentiment repairs. Volatility Potential is structural, driven by earnings variability and leverage — treat it as a sizing tool, not a signal.
Why the 150-day line matters now. With the average stock under pressure and breadth deteriorating, a moving average that captures roughly seven months of trading is where dip-buyers typically draw the line between correcting and breaking.
Where the Pullbacks Are: Sector Distribution
| Sector | # in Pullback Zone | Avg % from 150D SMA | Avg 1M Return | Avg Momentum Potential |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financials | 179 | 4.31% | -2.89% | 57.6 |
| Industrials | 63 | 5.49% | -1.42% | 65.5 |
| Information Technology | 57 | 4.79% | -1.83% | 83.8 |
| Health Care | 51 | 5.42% | -8.69% | 58.7 |
| Consumer Discretionary | 22 | 5.42% | 0.07% | 69.7 |
| Materials | 20 | 5.76% | -1.87% | 62.5 |
| Communication Services | 19 | 3.82% | -3.34% | 59.1 |
| Energy | 14 | 5.95% | -3.81% | 50 |
| Real Estate | 14 | 4.64% | 1.69% | 66.1 |
| Consumer Staples | 8 | 4.94% | -0.44% | 59.6 |
| Utilities | 6 | 3.21% | -0.83% | 41.7 |
| — | 1 | 1.48% | -3.47% | 0 |
Reading the Setup
Where the setup is concentrated. Regional banks and consumer lenders supply the largest raw population of intact-trend pullbacks — a group that pays dividends and therefore dodges the duration penalty currently being imposed on no-yield growth. But Information Technology carries the highest average momentum potential by a wide margin: the AI-infrastructure franchises are pulling back inside 150-day averages that are themselves still rising, i.e. the correction is a washout, not a rollover.
Where to be careful. Health Care shows the weakest average one-month performance in this pool, which means its pullbacks are more likely to be trend cracks than pauses, even though the sector has the strongest near-term flow. The same caution applies to micro-caps and pre-profit growth: the de-risking is liquidity-shaped, so the smallest, most speculative names can slice through the 150-day line before the setup ever resolves.
Practical checklist. Prefer names where the 150-day average still slopes up steeply, where price is closer to the line than to the 50-day, and where the pullback came on quieter volume than the prior advance. Watch the earnings calendar: a report inside two to three weeks can gap a stock through support regardless of how clean the chart looks. And because this is a momentum-potential ranking rather than a quality ranking, the low-priced, levered and single-product names in the lower half should be treated as trading vehicles, not core holdings.
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