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Next Day Prep #310: Flat Tape, Thinning Breadth: NVDA’s Verdict Looms – Wednesday 8/26/2026

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Episode summary

The S&P closed nearly flat, but breadth quietly slipped from Cautious at 55.8% to 51.48%, revealing soft participation beneath the surface. Energy and industrials showed real conviction while health care and tech faded, setting up a coiled tape ahead of NVDA’s earnings print that will decide tomorrow’s regime.

Chapter by chapter

Regime Call Drifts to 51.48%

Morning breadth of 55.8% Cautious drifts down 4.3 points into the close despite a flat index.

Flat Surface, Soft Underneath

Equal-weight S&P outperforms cap-weight, Nasdaq breadth lags NYSE, and a muted PCE print reinforces a wait-and-see market.

Continuation Signals Collapse

2LYNCH, D9M, and Reversal Bullish scans plunge, with signals concentrated narrowly in energy and medical.

Energy And Industrials Hold

Refiners like PBF, CVI, and DINO rip higher on firm oil prices, while CHRW and ITT hold on courier demand.

Health Care Fades, ANF Pops

MRNA, LLY, and NKE drift with no catalyst, while ANF's earnings-driven surge is flagged as episodic, not technical.

NVDA Into The Print

NVDA enters earnings down 1.46%, reporting alongside CrowdStrike and Salesforce as the market's central focus.

Bull And Bear Levels

Bull case reclaims 7686 with breadth above 55%; bear case breaks Nasdaq's range with breadth under 40%.

Watchlist And Close

ALAB, ARM, CRWD, and refiner swing names round out the plan as traders wait for NVDA's reaction.

Key points

  • Breadth quietly deteriorated from 55.8% to 51.48% even though the S&P was nearly flat, showing softening participation beneath the surface.
  • Equal-weight S&P outperforming cap-weight signaled broad but shallow strength with no leadership from mega-caps.
  • Continuation signals collapsed (2LYNCH 22→3-range) and concentrated narrowly in energy and industrials, where oil near $82.25 backed the moves with real fundamentals.
  • Health care names faded on no catalyst, reinforcing that technical signals need a fundamental trigger to hold.
  • NVDA's earnings print is the single deciding factor for tomorrow's regime, with clear bull (7686 reclaim, breadth above 55%) and bear (breadth under 40%) levels mapped out.

Ticker charts

PBF

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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 PBF in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 26, 2026.

CVI

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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 CVI in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 26, 2026.

DINO

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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 DINO in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 26, 2026.

CHRW

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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 CHRW in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 26, 2026.

ITT

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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 ITT in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 26, 2026.

MRNA

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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 MRNA in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 26, 2026.

LLY

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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 LLY in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 26, 2026.

NKE

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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 NKE in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 26, 2026.

ANF

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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 ANF in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 26, 2026.

DKS

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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 DKS in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 26, 2026.

NVDA

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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 NVDA in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 26, 2026.

CRWD

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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 CRWD in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 26, 2026.

ALAB

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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 ALAB in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 26, 2026.

ARM

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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 ARM in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 26, 2026.

LSCC

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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 LSCC in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 26, 2026.

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