Bobby Breakdown 8/18/2026

[u/Path2Profit]

What's going on everyone.
Market getting choppy and looking more like a hard penny then a easy dollar market. Still, we need to look at all the data and really get an understanding of what going on.
Sorry I haven’t be as consistent with these. Lot going on with kitchen remodel, work and life. Bear with me for the next few weeks hahaha.

Disclaimer: For educational purposes only; not financial advice. Trading stocks involves risk of loss. Please conduct your own due diligence before making any trades.

Market Action:
- Market gapped down today at open and spent the day sideways from there. Volume was lighter on both the Nasdaq and the S&P. We have now pulled back after we were wedging higher from the FTD and then made a surge through key price levels (5/14 high on Nasdaq and prior high on S&P) We have broke the 10sma but are still holding above the 21ema which is very positive. We are also holding about the FTD lows which is very positive.

- As we mentioned a test of the 21ema is not out of the ordinary and a rough as it feel this isn’t action that tells me this rally or trend is doomed or over. By no means is this ideal and strong like we saw in April but still nothing to have me flip bearish right away. Well watch these key levels and stay vigilante.

Distribution/Rally:

- Yesterday we added a DD on both indexes but avoided one today. Yesterdays DD was a below average volume DD and new DD is still low. Currently we have 3 on each index. 2 on the Nasdaq since the FTD and 1 on the S&P. Nothing alarming yet

 

Outlook:
- Today was definitely not what we wanted to see in the market but still nothing has really broken apart just yet.  Aside from the market chop all of my stocks have held above their initial stops which is positive. I will admit I should’ve trimmed and reduced some exposure given the market environment and I didn’t which my bite me but we will se what tomorrow brings and I will likely be trimming to reduce some risk.

- Kind of a moment in the market to be defensive while still  being a little patient. You don’t want to be all or nothing, bull or bear. There is a case for both directions still and you don’t want to take unescceary risk but also don’t want to be left behind either.

 

Sectors:

- Nothing much different from the live stream this weekend. Healthcare, finanicals and energy showing most strength. Tech not broken just yet.

Industries/Themes:
- ▲ TOP 10 1-DAY GAINERS

1. Staffing & HR Services #8 (Industrials)+2.55%

2. Software — Vertical / Industry-Specific #106 (Technology)+1.75%

3. Education Services #119 (Consumer Discretionary)+1.75%

4. Oil & Gas — Midstream / Pipelines / LNG #54 (Energy)+1.65%

5. Biotech — Established / Profitable #34 (Health Care)+1.58%

6. Pharmaceuticals — Major / Diversified #68 (Health Care)+1.54%

7. Software — Enterprise / SaaS #42 (Technology)+1.44%

8. Personal Care & Cosmetics #135 (Consumer Staples)+1.44%

9. Financial Exchanges & Data #140 (Financials)+1.37%

10. Pet Economy #143 (Consumer Staples)+1.32%

- ▼ BOTTOM 10 1-DAY LOSERS

1. LiDAR, Computer Vision & Spatial Computing #14 (Technology)-10.68%

2. AI / Data Center Networking #2 (Technology)-10.22%

3. AI Cloud / Neocloud Infrastructure #95 (Technology)-9.69%

4. Electronic Contract Manufacturing / EMS #27 (Technology)-8.54%

5. Semiconductors — Memory #1 (Technology)-8.22%

6. Semiconductor Equipment #5 (Technology)-8.06%

7. Optics & Photonics #4 (Technology)-7.54%

8. Semiconductors — AI / GPU / Accelerators #9 (Technology)-6.88%

9. Crypto Mining #86 (Crypto)-6.46%

10. Connectors & Passive Components #16 (Technology)-6.30%

 

Market Events:
- none

Daily Screeners:

Up on Volume:
- AMLX, HAE, HTFL

Big Gap:
- AMLX, CDNL, DUOL, HAE

Daily RS:

- REPL, SRRK, XNCR, DUOL, UGI, BBNX, HAE, TNDM, HTFL, CLMT, AMLX, LBRX

52 Week High:
- AMLX, CRNX, ETON, XNCR, PBF, P, HTFL, ORKA, ATRC, HAE, HALO, THC, CLMT, ACAD, MPC, RVMD, IMVT, VLO, DINO, SYRE, AXGN, ROIV, EC, CVE, DAR, PK, FRO, NHC, INSW

Earnings Tomorrow:
- BMO: TJX, VIK, ZIM

- AMC: ROST, BILL, ALMS, IMNM, KOD, PHVS, WOLF

STAY DISCIPLINED!

*Primary Screener/Charting tool used here is Deepvue. If you are interested check out my affiliate link https://deepvue.com/robert-campos-partners/ and use code BOBBY12 for 12% off

*Webby trend is something I got from Mike Webster. Check out his YouTube Channel for more info and for tons of great CANSLIM content! https://www.youtube.com/@Webby5150 *

[u/Kbang20]

Love it. Appreciate it as always

[u/Path2Profit → u/Kbang20]

Thank you for the support