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Midday Wave #107: Bullish Sentiment, Narrowing Breadth: The Midday Divergence – Friday 9/11/2026

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Episode summary

Breadth is contracting even as sentiment flips sharply bullish, creating a fragile setup where fewer stocks are driving the tape. The team breaks down SANM’s unconfirmed 7.2% move, fresh entries in ABTC and KR, a dilution-driven pullback in OKLO, and why PATX’s demand zone and Building-sector strength matter more than the broad sentiment swing.

Chapter by chapter

Breadth Contracts as Sentiment Flips Bullish

The 40-day and 20-day breadth readings decline even as the Bull/Bear 4% count swings sharply bullish.

SANM's Move Lacks Volume Confirmation

SANM rallies 7.2% to $217.87 but on below-average RVOL of 0.6, leaving the move unconfirmed.

New Entries: ABTC, KR, and OKLO's Pullback

ABTC and KR post fresh bullish entries on crypto legislation and an earnings beat, while OKLO slides on a dilutive offering.

PATX Demand Zone and Building Sector Strength

PATX tests an institutional demand zone while FIX, PWR, and STRL confirm broad strength in Building versus lagging Consumer Discretionary and Industrials.

Trusting Narrow Strength Into the Close

The team weighs conviction toward Building and Technology leadership while discounting the broad bullish sentiment flip as fragile.

Key points

  • Breadth is narrowing (40-day SMA down to 31.57%, 20-day down to 30%) even as sentiment swung sharply bullish (Bull 4% up to 130, Bear 4% down to 44).
  • SANM's 7.2% continuation move lacks volume confirmation (RVOL 0.6) — wait for RVOL above 1.0 before trusting it.
  • Building and Technology are the concentrated leadership zones as broader participation thins.
  • PATX at $11.04 is testing a key institutional demand zone between $10.75 and $10.49.
  • Broad bullish sentiment flips should be discounted when breadth is contracting — narrow strength is the more reliable signal.

Ticker charts

SANM

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Use left and right arrows to move through history, plus and minus to zoom, ] and [ to open the next and previous event, Escape to close its card, Enter to open SANM in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Sep 11, 2026.

ABTC

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Use left and right arrows to move through history, plus and minus to zoom, ] and [ to open the next and previous event, Escape to close its card, Enter to open ABTC in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Sep 11, 2026.

KR

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Use left and right arrows to move through history, plus and minus to zoom, ] and [ to open the next and previous event, Escape to close its card, Enter to open KR in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Sep 11, 2026.

OKLO

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Use left and right arrows to move through history, plus and minus to zoom, ] and [ to open the next and previous event, Escape to close its card, Enter to open OKLO in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Sep 11, 2026.

PATX

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Use left and right arrows to move through history, plus and minus to zoom, ] and [ to open the next and previous event, Escape to close its card, Enter to open PATX in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Sep 10, 2026.

FIX

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Use left and right arrows to move through history, plus and minus to zoom, ] and [ to open the next and previous event, Escape to close its card, Enter to open FIX in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Sep 11, 2026.

PWR

Open in app
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Use left and right arrows to move through history, plus and minus to zoom, ] and [ to open the next and previous event, Escape to close its card, Enter to open PWR in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Sep 11, 2026.

STRL

Open in app
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Use left and right arrows to move through history, plus and minus to zoom, ] and [ to open the next and previous event, Escape to close its card, Enter to open STRL in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Sep 11, 2026.

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