CAN SLIM Daily Briefing

Today's Marching Orders

Uptrend Under Pressure

Be selective · tighten stops · smaller size

VIX

15

Rally Attempt

Day 9

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 MPC

Buy now

Buy Zone

$454–$478

Stop Loss

$438.82

02 VLO

Buy now

Buy Zone

$434–$457

Stop Loss

$419.94

03 NVDA

Alert $231

Buy Zone

$231–$243

Stop Loss

$212.71

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) 7

Market Trend UPTREND

Can Buy? YES

Rally Attempt Day 9

O'Neil Says

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

Rally Day

9

Started

2026-10-01

Dark-Pool Regime

Is smart money accumulating?

Context only · not a signal

NEUTRAL DIX at its 52nd percentile of the past year

DIX (5-day SMA)

above 0.45 · accumulation

0.455 (0.469)

1-year percentile

—

52nd

GEX

high · moves dampened

$8.04B (84th %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 2026-10-13 · 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 · 3 Laggards

Top 10 — best for buying

1 Oil & Gas E&P XOP

2 Energy XLE

3 Technology XLK

4 Semiconductors SMH

5 Software - Infrastructure IGV

6 Auto Manufacturers CARZ

7 Healthcare XLV

8 Oil & Gas Equipment & Services OIH

9 Copper COPX

10 Gold GDX

Bottom 5 — avoid

23 Consumer Cyclical 41

24 Utilities 41

25 Utilities - Renewable 39

26 Aerospace & Defense 25

27 Home Improvement Retail 24

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

The AI Focus List

Top 10 opportunities, ranked

RankTickerScoreSectorRSSignalsActionStop

1 MPC 9.6 Oil & Gas Refining & 85 EA NH BUY $439

2 VLO 9.4 Oil & Gas Refining & 85 EA NH WATCH $420

3 NVDA 9.3 Semiconductors 83 EA NH WATCH $213

4 MU 9.2 Semiconductors 83 EA BUY $1,097

5 XOM 9.1 Oil & Gas Integrated 85 EA NH BUY $160

6 PSX 9.1 Oil & Gas Refining & 85 EA NH WATCH $269

7 AMD 9.1 Semiconductors 83 EA NH BUY $576

8 TSM 9.1 Semiconductors 83 EA NH WATCH $426

9 FTNT 9.1 Software - Infrastru 80 EA NH WATCH $175

10 SMCI 9.0 Computer Hardware 83 EA BUY $49

Top 3 Deep Dive

The trade plan, ticket-ready

MPC Marathon Petroleum Corpor

Oil & Gas Refining & · RS 85 · Now

Score

9.6

Leading Sector Earnings Accelerating Near Breakout RS 85

Current

$476.98

52W High

$477.64

Buy Zone

$454–$478

Away

-4.9%

Entry

$476.98

Stop −8%

$438.82

Target +20%

$572.38

Buy trigger — all must be true

1 Price enters the buy zone $454–$478

2 Volume 50%+ above average on the move

3 Market turns GREEN or YELLOW

Do not buy if

× Price enters zone but reverses below $467.44

× Volume is weak / unconfirmed

× Market turns RED

Order ticket

BUY 20 MPC LMT 479.36
STOP LOSS: $438.82

Reverses below $467.44 = invalid. 0.1% below 52-week high.

VLO Valero Energy Corporation

Oil & Gas Refining & · RS 85 · Now

Score

9.4

Leading Sector Earnings Accelerating Near Breakout RS 85

Current

$456.46

52W High

$457.19

Buy Zone

$434–$457

Away

-4.8%

Entry

$456.46

Stop −8%

$419.94

Target +20%

$547.75

Buy trigger — all must be true

1 Price enters the buy zone $434–$457

2 Volume 50%+ above average on the move

3 Market turns GREEN or YELLOW

Do not buy if

× Price enters zone but reverses below $447.33

× Volume is weak / unconfirmed

× Market turns RED

Order ticket

BUY 21 VLO LMT 458.74
STOP LOSS: $419.94

Reverses below $447.33 = invalid. 0.2% below 52-week high.

NVDA NVIDIA Corporation

Semiconductors · RS 83 · Approaching

Score

9.3

Leading Sector Earnings Accelerating Near Breakout RS 83

Current

$228.52

52W High

$243.37

Buy Zone

$231–$243

Away

+1.2%

Entry

$231.20

Stop −8%

$212.71

Target +20%

$277.44

Buy trigger — all must be true

1 Price enters the buy zone $231–$243

2 Volume 50%+ above average on the move

3 Market turns GREEN or YELLOW

Do not buy if

× Price enters zone but reverses below $226.58

× Volume is weak / unconfirmed

× Market turns RED

Order ticket

BUY 43 NVDA LMT 232.36
STOP LOSS: $212.71

Reverses below $226.58 = invalid. 6.1% below 52-week high.

Watchlist Scan

54 stocks, scored on all 7 CAN SLIM tests

EA Earnings accel NH Near 52W high

TickerPriceScoreCAN SLIMVerdictSectorSignals

MPC $476.98 9.6 BUY Oil & Gas Refining & EA NH

VLO $456.46 9.4 WAIT-EARN Oil & Gas Refining & EA NH

NVDA $228.52 9.3 HOLD Semiconductors EA NH

MU $953.19 9.2 BUY Semiconductors EA

XOM $174.08 9.1 BUY Oil & Gas Integrated EA NH

PSX $292.73 9.1 WAIT-EARN Oil & Gas Refining & EA NH

AMD $605.53 9.1 BUY Semiconductors EA NH

TSM $445.12 9.1 WAIT-EARN Semiconductors EA NH

FTNT $190.76 9.1 WAIT-EARN Software - Infrastru EA NH

SMCI $39.07 9.0 BUY Computer Hardware EA

ANET $204.52 9.0 BUY Computer Hardware EA NH

DELL $572.47 8.9 WATCH Computer Hardware EA NH

OXY $61.65 8.7 HOLD Oil & Gas E&P EA NH

MSFT $543.45 8.6 WAIT-EARN Software - Infrastru NH

DVN $50.21 8.4 HOLD Oil & Gas E&P EA NH

AAPL $341.27 8.3 WATCH Consumer Electronics NH

CRM $238.01 8.3 HOLD Software - Applicati

CVX $217.73 8.2 WATCH Oil & Gas Integrated EA NH

COP $140.90 8.2 HOLD Oil & Gas E&P EA NH

EOG $153.17 8.2 HOLD Oil & Gas E&P EA NH

SM $38.54 8.1 WATCH Oil & Gas E&P EA NH

PR $24.26 8.0 WATCH Oil & Gas E&P EA NH

HPE $68.81 8.0 WATCH Communication Equipm EA NH

CRDO $198.31 8.0 HOLD Semiconductors EA

DDOG $283.34 7.9 HOLD Software - Applicati EA NH

FANG $198.18 7.7 HOLD Oil & Gas E&P EA NH

LRCX $301.11 7.6 WAIT-EARN Semiconductor Equipm EA

OVV $66.66 7.5 WATCH Oil & Gas E&P EA NH

INTC $102.81 7.5 WATCH Semiconductors

SNPS $494.51 7.2 WATCH Software - Infrastru EA NH

AVGO $357.31 7.1 WATCH Semiconductors EA

CHRD $146.51 6.9 WATCH Oil & Gas E&P NH

GEV $1,004.04 6.9 WAIT-EARN Specialty Industrial EA

AMAT $464.24 6.8 WATCH Semiconductor Equipm EA

CRWD $261.21 6.8 HOLD Software - Infrastru NH

ORCL $143.20 6.7 AVOID Software - Infrastru EA

PANW $397.03 6.7 HOLD Software - Infrastru NH

PWR $688.88 6.7 WATCH Engineering & Constr EA

MTDR $55.88 6.6 WAIT-EARN Oil & Gas E&P EA

MGY $25.11 6.5 AVOID Oil & Gas E&P EA

ZS $228.66 6.4 WATCH Software - Infrastru

CDNS $334.20 6.4 WAIT-EARN Software - Applicati EA

NOW $138.61 6.3 WAIT-EARN Software - Applicati

LITE $987.99 6.2 WATCH Communication Equipm

NBIS $206.86 6.0 AVOID Internet Content & I

VRT $237.29 5.7 WAIT-EARN Electrical Equipment EA

QCOM $176.86 5.5 AVOID Semiconductors

CRC $54.22 5.4 AVOID Oil & Gas E&P EA

COHR $289.98 5.4 AVOID Scientific & Technic

ADBE $236.28 5.3 AVOID Software - Applicati

KLAC $184.00 5.3 WAIT-EARN Semiconductor Equipm

HAL $32.79 3.6 WAIT-EARN Oil & Gas Equipment

CEG $295.79 3.6 AVOID Utilities - Independ

SLB $48.77 3.4 WAIT-EARN Oil & Gas Equipment

Charts — Top Picks

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

MPC BUY

9.6

VLO WAIT-EARN

9.4

NVDA HOLD

9.3

MU BUY

9.2

XOM BUY

9.1

PSX WAIT-EARN

9.1

AMD BUY

9.1

TSM WAIT-EARN

9.1

FTNT WAIT-EARN

9.1

SMCI BUY

9.0

Action Summary

Uptrend Under Pressure

Buy candidates

Waiting for market confirmation

MPC 9.6

MU 9.2

XOM 9.1

AMD 9.1

SMCI 9.0

Watch list

Not yet actionable

NVDA HOLD · 9.3

DELL WATCH · 8.9

OXY HOLD · 8.7

DVN HOLD · 8.4

AAPL WATCH · 8.3

Avoid

Failing CAN SLIM tests

ORCL MGY NBIS QCOM CRC

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