CAN SLIM Daily Briefing

Today's Marching Orders

Uptrend Under Pressure

Be selective · tighten stops · smaller size

VIX

15

Rally Attempt

Day 6

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

Alert $463

Buy Zone

$463–$487

Stop Loss

$426.05

02 MPC

Buy now

Buy Zone

$444–$468

Stop Loss

$426.27

03 FTNT

Buy now

Buy Zone

$183–$192

Stop Loss

$173.97

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) 8

Market Trend UPTREND

Can Buy? YES

Rally Attempt Day 6

O'Neil Says

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

Rally Day

6

Started

2026-10-01

Dark-Pool Regime

Is smart money accumulating?

Context only · not a signal

ACCUMULATING DIX at its 91st percentile of the past year

DIX (5-day SMA)

above 0.45 · accumulation

0.484 (0.484)

1-year percentile

—

91st

GEX

mid-range

$6.54B (62nd %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 2026-10-08 · 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: 5 Leaders · 1 Strong · 4 Laggards

Top 10 — best for buying

1 Semiconductors SMH

2 Oil & Gas E&P XOP

3 Technology XLK

4 Energy XLE

5 Software - Infrastructure IGV

6 Auto Manufacturers CARZ

7 Healthcare XLV

8 Biotechnology XBI

9 Copper COPX

10 Oil & Gas Midstream AMLP

Bottom 5 — avoid

23 Medical Devices 40

24 Utilities - Renewable 39

25 Utilities 36

26 Home Improvement Retail 32

27 Aerospace & Defense 28

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

The AI Focus List

Top 10 opportunities, ranked

RankTickerScoreSectorRSSignalsActionStop

1 TSM 9.6 Semiconductors 87 EA NH WATCH $426

2 MPC 9.6 Oil & Gas Refining & 83 EA NH BUY $426

3 FTNT 9.6 Software - Infrastru 83 EA NH BUY $174

4 VLO 9.4 Oil & Gas Refining & 83 EA NH WATCH $408

5 SMCI 9.4 Computer Hardware 85 EA BUY $51

6 NVDA 9.3 Semiconductors 87 EA NH WATCH $213

7 MU 9.2 Semiconductors 87 EA BUY $1,097

8 AMD 9.1 Semiconductors 87 EA NH BUY $576

9 XOM 9.1 Oil & Gas Integrated 83 EA NH BUY $155

10 PSX 9.1 Oil & Gas Refining & 83 EA NH WATCH $259

Top 3 Deep Dive

The trade plan, ticket-ready

TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manu

Semiconductors · RS 87 · Approaching

Score

9.6

Leading Sector Earnings Accelerating Near Breakout RS 87

Current

$457.99

52W High

$487.47

Buy Zone

$463–$487

Away

+1.1%

Entry

$463.10

Stop −8%

$426.05

Target +20%

$555.72

Buy trigger — all must be true

1 Price enters the buy zone $463–$487

2 Volume 50%+ above average on the move

3 Market turns GREEN or YELLOW

Do not buy if

× Price enters zone but reverses below $453.83

× Volume is weak / unconfirmed

× Market turns RED

Order ticket

BUY 21 TSM LMT 465.41
STOP LOSS: $426.05

Reverses below $453.83 = invalid. 6.0% below 52-week high.

MPC Marathon Petroleum Corpor

Oil & Gas Refining & · RS 83 · Now

Score

9.6

Leading Sector Earnings Accelerating Near Breakout RS 83

Current

$463.34

52W High

$467.77

Buy Zone

$444–$468

Away

-4.1%

Entry

$463.34

Stop −8%

$426.27

Target +20%

$556.01

Buy trigger — all must be true

1 Price enters the buy zone $444–$468

2 Volume 50%+ above average on the move

3 Market turns GREEN or YELLOW

Do not buy if

× Price enters zone but reverses below $454.07

× Volume is weak / unconfirmed

× Market turns RED

Order ticket

BUY 21 MPC LMT 465.66
STOP LOSS: $426.27

Reverses below $454.07 = invalid. 0.9% below 52-week high.

FTNT Fortinet, Inc.

Software - Infrastru · RS 83 · Now

Score

9.6

Leading Sector Earnings Accelerating Near Breakout RS 83

Current

$189.10

52W High

$192.41

Buy Zone

$183–$192

Away

-3.3%

Entry

$189.10

Stop −8%

$173.97

Target +20%

$226.92

Buy trigger — all must be true

1 Price enters the buy zone $183–$192

2 Volume 50%+ above average on the move

3 Market turns GREEN or YELLOW

Do not buy if

× Price enters zone but reverses below $185.32

× Volume is weak / unconfirmed

× Market turns RED

Order ticket

BUY 52 FTNT LMT 190.05
STOP LOSS: $173.97

Reverses below $185.32 = invalid. 1.7% 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 $457.99 9.6 WAIT-EARN Semiconductors EA NH

MPC $463.34 9.6 BUY Oil & Gas Refining & EA NH

FTNT $189.10 9.6 BUY Software - Infrastru EA NH

VLO $443.80 9.4 WAIT-EARN Oil & Gas Refining & EA NH

SMCI $42.77 9.4 BUY Computer Hardware EA

NVDA $230.48 9.3 HOLD Semiconductors EA NH

MU $1,035.84 9.2 BUY Semiconductors EA

AMD $620.68 9.1 BUY Semiconductors EA NH

XOM $168.50 9.1 BUY Oil & Gas Integrated EA NH

PSX $281.60 9.1 HOLD Oil & Gas Refining & EA NH

DELL $574.55 8.9 WATCH Computer Hardware EA NH

CRDO $211.86 8.8 BUY Semiconductors EA

AAPL $340.42 8.7 HOLD Consumer Electronics NH

ANET $210.97 8.7 WATCH Computer Hardware EA NH

LRCX $320.59 8.6 WAIT-EARN Semiconductor Equipm EA

MSFT $522.61 8.6 HOLD Software - Infrastru NH

COP $134.19 8.5 BUY Oil & Gas E&P EA NH

OXY $60.28 8.4 HOLD Oil & Gas E&P EA

CVX $211.55 8.2 WATCH Oil & Gas Integrated EA NH

PR $22.84 8.1 HOLD Oil & Gas E&P EA NH

EOG $148.51 8.1 WATCH Oil & Gas E&P EA NH

HPE $71.00 8.1 WATCH Communication Equipm EA NH

AMAT $509.57 7.9 HOLD Semiconductor Equipm EA

OVV $63.37 7.9 HOLD Oil & Gas E&P EA NH

SM $37.08 7.9 HOLD Oil & Gas E&P EA

CRM $227.80 7.9 WATCH Software - Applicati

DDOG $273.80 7.9 HOLD Software - Applicati EA NH

INTC $107.08 7.5 WATCH Semiconductors

AVGO $360.14 7.4 HOLD Semiconductors EA

DVN $48.92 7.2 WATCH Oil & Gas E&P EA NH

FANG $191.68 7.1 HOLD Oil & Gas E&P EA

CHRD $142.34 7.0 WATCH Oil & Gas E&P NH

SNPS $497.75 7.0 WATCH Software - Infrastru EA NH

GEV $999.35 6.9 HOLD Specialty Industrial EA

ORCL $135.69 6.8 AVOID Software - Infrastru EA

CRWD $263.01 6.8 HOLD Software - Infrastru NH

PANW $398.50 6.7 HOLD Software - Infrastru NH

PWR $685.33 6.7 WATCH Engineering & Constr EA

MGY $24.48 6.6 AVOID Oil & Gas E&P EA

ZS $216.81 6.5 WATCH Software - Infrastru

LITE $1,048.60 6.4 WATCH Communication Equipm NH

NBIS $219.71 6.4 AVOID Internet Content & I

NOW $139.75 6.3 AVOID Software - Applicati

MTDR $54.48 6.2 AVOID Oil & Gas E&P EA

CDNS $348.84 6.1 AVOID Software - Applicati EA

COHR $302.35 5.8 AVOID Scientific & Technic

KLAC $196.72 5.7 AVOID Semiconductor Equipm

VRT $243.73 5.6 WAIT-EARN Electrical Equipment EA

ADBE $241.05 5.2 AVOID Software - Applicati

CRC $53.05 5.1 AVOID Oil & Gas E&P EA

QCOM $176.01 5.0 AVOID Semiconductors

HAL $32.57 3.7 WAIT-EARN Oil & Gas Equipment

SLB $48.98 3.4 WAIT-EARN Oil & Gas Equipment

CEG $285.07 2.5 AVOID Utilities - Independ

Charts — Top Picks

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

TSM WAIT-EARN

9.6

MPC BUY

9.6

FTNT BUY

9.6

VLO WAIT-EARN

9.4

SMCI BUY

9.4

NVDA HOLD

9.3

MU BUY

9.2

AMD BUY

9.1

XOM BUY

9.1

PSX HOLD

9.1

Action Summary

Uptrend Under Pressure

Buy candidates

Waiting for market confirmation

MPC 9.6

FTNT 9.6

SMCI 9.4

MU 9.2

AMD 9.1

Watch list

Not yet actionable

NVDA HOLD · 9.3

PSX HOLD · 9.1

DELL WATCH · 8.9

AAPL HOLD · 8.7

ANET WATCH · 8.7

Avoid

Failing CAN SLIM tests

ORCL MGY NBIS NOW MTDR

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