CAN SLIM Daily Briefing

Today's Marching Orders

Uptrend Under Pressure

Be selective · tighten stops · smaller size

VIX

15

Rally Attempt

Day 2

Support

$758.79

Distribution Days

Market Trend

UPTREND

Can Buy?

YES

Status

UPTREND UNDER PRESSURE

Action SELECTIVE BUY: Uptrend under pressure but above MA200 - buy only top leaders, tighten stops

Priority Setups

Buy zones & stops — armed, not triggered

01 TSM

Buy now

Buy Zone

$455–$479

Stop Loss

$434.96

02 AMD

Buy now

Buy Zone

$613–$645

Stop Loss

$583.20

03 MU

Alert $1,192

Buy Zone

$1,192–$1,255

Stop Loss

$1,096.87

How entry works: “NOW” = within 5% of 52-week high (already breaking out, buy at market). “WAIT” = needs to reach its 52-week high first — set an alert at that price.

Market Health Check

The General — is it safe to be long?

Market Status UPTREND UNDER PRESSURE

Distribution Days (5 wks) 10

Market Trend UPTREND

Can Buy? YES

Rally Attempt Day 2

O'Neil Says

“SELECTIVE BUY: Uptrend under pressure but above MA200 - buy only top leaders, tighten stops”

Rally Day

2

Started

2026-10-01

Dark-Pool Regime

Is smart money accumulating?

Context only · not a signal

ACCUMULATING DIX at its 97th percentile of the past year

DIX (5-day SMA)

above 0.45 · accumulation

0.497 (0.476)

1-year percentile

—

97th

GEX

high · moves dampened

$7.69B (81st %ile)

Mechanical regime

carried-forward (3-day persistence)

ACCUMULATION

Institutional accumulation read from dark-pool volume (SqueezeMetrics DIX). Context only — not a buy/sell signal; never overrides the Market Health Check, it adds confluence only.

as of 2026-10-02 · source: SqueezeMetrics (free public CSV)

Confluence Dark-pool signal is mixed — defer to the Market Health Check.

Sector Heatmap

Where the money is flowing

Breadth: 4 Leaders · 4 Strong · 4 Laggards

Top 10 — best for buying

1 Semiconductors SMH

2 Technology XLK

3 Oil & Gas E&P XOP

4 Energy XLE

5 Software - Infrastructure IGV

6 Auto Manufacturers CARZ

7 Copper COPX

8 Steel SLX

9 Biotechnology XBI

10 Oil & Gas Equipment & Services OIH

Bottom 5 — avoid

23 Utilities - Renewable 41

24 Medical Devices 39

25 Home Improvement Retail 39

26 Utilities 33

27 Aerospace & Defense 33

“37–50% of a stock's move comes from its industry group.”

The AI Focus List

Top 10 opportunities, ranked

RankTickerScoreSectorRSSignalsActionStop

1 TSM 9.9 Semiconductors 90 EA NH WATCH $435

2 AMD 9.5 Semiconductors 90 EA NH BUY $583

3 MU 9.5 Semiconductors 90 EA BUY $1,097

4 PSX 9.5 Oil & Gas Refining & 80 EA NH BUY $243

5 SMCI 9.4 Computer Hardware 87 EA BUY $51

6 NVDA 9.2 Semiconductors 90 EA NH WATCH $215

7 DELL 9.2 Computer Hardware 87 EA NH BUY $520

8 CRDO 9.2 Semiconductors 90 EA BUY $270

9 LRCX 9.1 Semiconductor Equipm 87 EA WATCH $383

10 MPC 9.1 Oil & Gas Refining & 80 EA NH BUY $389

Top 3 Deep Dive

The trade plan, ticket-ready

TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manu

Semiconductors · RS 90 · Now

Score

9.9

Leading Sector Earnings Accelerating Near Breakout RS 90

Current

$472.78

52W High

$479.00

Buy Zone

$455–$479

Away

-3.8%

Entry

$472.78

Stop −8%

$434.96

Target +20%

$567.34

Buy trigger — all must be true

1 Price enters the buy zone $455–$479

2 Volume 50%+ above average on the move

3 Market turns GREEN or YELLOW

Do not buy if

× Price enters zone but reverses below $463.32

× Volume is weak / unconfirmed

× Market turns RED

Order ticket

BUY 21 TSM LMT 475.14
STOP LOSS: $434.96

Reverses below $463.32 = invalid. 1.3% below 52-week high.

AMD Advanced Micro Devices, I

Semiconductors · RS 90 · Now

Score

9.5

Leading Sector Earnings Accelerating Near Breakout RS 90

Current

$633.91

52W High

$645.46

Buy Zone

$613–$645

Away

-3.3%

Entry

$633.91

Stop −8%

$583.20

Target +20%

$760.69

Buy trigger — all must be true

1 Price enters the buy zone $613–$645

2 Volume 50%+ above average on the move

3 Market turns GREEN or YELLOW

Do not buy if

× Price enters zone but reverses below $621.23

× Volume is weak / unconfirmed

× Market turns RED

Order ticket

BUY 15 AMD LMT 637.08
STOP LOSS: $583.20

Reverses below $621.23 = invalid. 1.8% below 52-week high.

MU Micron Technology, Inc.

Semiconductors · RS 90 · Approaching

Score

9.5

Leading Sector Earnings Accelerating RS 90

Current

$1,074.89

52W High

$1,255.00

Buy Zone

$1,192–$1,255

Away

+10.9%

Entry

$1,192.25

Stop −8%

$1,096.87

Target +20%

$1,430.70

Buy trigger — all must be true

1 Price enters the buy zone $1,192–$1,255

2 Volume 50%+ above average on the move

3 Market turns GREEN or YELLOW

Do not buy if

× Price enters zone but reverses below $1,168.40

× Volume is weak / unconfirmed

× Market turns RED

Order ticket

BUY 8 MU LMT 1198.21
STOP LOSS: $1,096.87

Reverses below $1,168.40 = invalid. 14.4% below 52-week high.

Watchlist Scan

54 stocks, scored on all 7 CAN SLIM tests

EA Earnings accel NH Near 52W high

TickerPriceScoreCAN SLIMVerdictSectorSignals

TSM $472.78 9.9 WAIT-EARN Semiconductors EA NH

AMD $633.91 9.5 BUY Semiconductors EA NH

MU $1,074.89 9.5 BUY Semiconductors EA

PSX $264.58 9.5 BUY Oil & Gas Refining & EA NH

SMCI $43.69 9.4 BUY Computer Hardware EA

NVDA $233.95 9.2 HOLD Semiconductors EA NH

DELL $562.52 9.2 BUY Computer Hardware EA NH

CRDO $218.64 9.2 BUY Semiconductors EA

LRCX $347.49 9.1 HOLD Semiconductor Equipm EA

MPC $422.33 9.1 BUY Oil & Gas Refining & EA NH

FTNT $180.95 9.1 BUY Software - Infrastru EA NH

VLO $406.30 9.0 BUY Oil & Gas Refining & EA NH

ANET $207.35 8.7 WATCH Computer Hardware EA NH

AMAT $540.04 8.5 HOLD Semiconductor Equipm EA

CVX $206.69 8.5 BUY Oil & Gas Integrated EA NH

XOM $164.01 8.4 HOLD Oil & Gas Integrated EA NH

AAPL $333.69 8.2 WATCH Consumer Electronics NH

MSFT $517.53 8.2 BUY Software - Infrastru NH

OXY $58.08 8.0 HOLD Oil & Gas E&P EA

HPE $69.33 8.0 WATCH Communication Equipm EA NH

CRM $234.69 7.8 HOLD Software - Applicati

PR $22.12 7.8 HOLD Oil & Gas E&P EA

SM $35.24 7.6 AVOID Oil & Gas E&P EA

INTC $119.33 7.5 WATCH Semiconductors

EOG $141.38 7.5 WATCH Oil & Gas E&P EA NH

AVGO $355.14 7.4 HOLD Semiconductors EA

COP $126.75 7.3 WATCH Oil & Gas E&P EA

DDOG $277.22 7.3 HOLD Software - Applicati EA NH

DVN $47.65 7.2 WATCH Oil & Gas E&P EA NH

FANG $184.71 7.2 HOLD Oil & Gas E&P EA

OVV $60.34 7.2 WATCH Oil & Gas E&P EA

SNPS $489.90 7.0 WATCH Software - Infrastru EA NH

GEV $988.70 6.9 HOLD Specialty Industrial EA

COHR $337.04 6.9 WATCH Scientific & Technic

CRWD $270.04 6.8 HOLD Software - Infrastru NH

MGY $24.07 6.7 AVOID Oil & Gas E&P EA

PANW $403.24 6.7 HOLD Software - Infrastru NH

PWR $676.56 6.7 WATCH Engineering & Constr EA

KLAC $206.89 6.6 AVOID Semiconductor Equipm

NBIS $242.81 6.4 AVOID Internet Content & I

ORCL $142.30 6.2 AVOID Software - Infrastru EA

MTDR $53.50 6.2 AVOID Oil & Gas E&P EA

CHRD $137.01 6.1 WATCH Oil & Gas E&P

LITE $1,085.42 6.0 WATCH Communication Equipm NH

QCOM $184.87 5.8 AVOID Semiconductors

VRT $252.18 5.8 WATCH Electrical Equipment EA

ZS $196.60 5.7 WATCH Software - Infrastru

CDNS $351.35 5.7 AVOID Software - Applicati EA

CRC $52.43 5.1 AVOID Oil & Gas E&P EA

NOW $134.38 5.1 AVOID Software - Applicati

ADBE $237.69 4.7 AVOID Software - Applicati

HAL $31.85 3.9 AVOID Oil & Gas Equipment

SLB $48.74 3.4 AVOID Oil & Gas Equipment

CEG $257.49 2.1 AVOID Utilities - Independ

Charts — Top Picks

Daily candles · EMA 20/50/150 · volume · MACD · RSI

TSM WAIT-EARN

9.9

AMD BUY

9.5

MU BUY

9.5

PSX BUY

9.5

SMCI BUY

9.4

NVDA HOLD

9.2

DELL BUY

9.2

CRDO BUY

9.2

LRCX HOLD

9.1

MPC BUY

9.1

Action Summary

Uptrend Under Pressure

Buy candidates

Waiting for market confirmation

AMD 9.5

MU 9.5

PSX 9.5

SMCI 9.4

DELL 9.2

Watch list

Not yet actionable

NVDA HOLD · 9.2

LRCX HOLD · 9.1

ANET WATCH · 8.7

AMAT HOLD · 8.5

XOM HOLD · 8.4

Avoid

Failing CAN SLIM tests

SM MGY KLAC NBIS ORCL

O'Neil's Daily Checklist

Check market status before any trades

Focus only on stocks in the Top 40 industry groups

Wait for breakouts on 40%+ above-average volume

Set an 8% stop loss on any new position

Take partial profits at 20–25% gains

Morning Action Plan

1 Check Market YELLOW — selective

2 Review Charts Open TradingView for top picks

3 Set Alerts Price alerts at breakout levels

4 Position Size Max 2 positions, $50K each

5 Set Stops −8% from entry, always