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Next Day Prep #342: Ten-to-One Washout: Why Only Defensives Held – Wednesday 10/14/2026

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Episode summary

Breadth collapsed from Cautious-Bearish to outright Bearish as the bull-bear gauge hit a brutal 65-to-664 reading, even as the Dow masked a sharp Nasdaq and semiconductor selloff. The hosts break down why Continuation signals clustered entirely in defensives, why a bullish-looking Darvas Box breakout count was actually a trap in tech, and lay out the...

Chapter by chapter

Breadth Flips to Bearish

Morning's Cautious-Bearish call is confirmed and worsened as breadth closes at 27.27% and the bull-bear gauge hits 65-to-664.

Index Divergence & Semi Unwind

A flat Dow hides a 1.88% Nasdaq drop, a 4.3% SOX decline, and a CoreWeave crash as the AI financing trade collides with a hot CPI print.

Defensives Hold the Line

All sixteen Continuation signals land in defensive names like Lilly and Costco as capital rotates into Health Care and Staples.

The Darvas Box Trap

Twenty-six Darvas Box breakout signals mislead on the surface — most fire in breaking-down tech names like AMD and Fortinet, exposing a collapse in momentum.

Two Tests Tomorrow: PPI & TSM

After-hours bank earnings get priced in instantly, setting up September PPI and TSM earnings as the two catalysts that decide tomorrow's direction.

Game Plan & Key Levels

Bullish and bearish scenarios are mapped out with specific levels on Costco, Lilly, Cardinal, and Walmart, landing on a Bearish-to-Cautious base case.

Key points

  • Breadth deteriorated faster than the morning call anticipated, closing at 27.27% above the 40-day with a 65-to-664 bull-bear ratio — a capitulation-level reading.
  • A flat Dow masked serious internal damage: Nasdaq down 1.88%, SOX down 4.3%, and nearly 3-to-1 decliners over advancers on the NYSE.
  • The selloff was driven by two separate forces — an unwinding AI financing trade and a hot CPI print — that happened to collide on the same day.
  • Every single Continuation signal (16 of 16) fired in defensive, low-beta names, while a high Darvas Box count was misleading since most fired in breaking-down tech stocks.
  • Tomorrow's regime hinges on two catalysts — September PPI and TSM earnings — with clear bullish (reclaim 7,706, breadth above 30%) and bearish (lose 7,700, breadth sub-20) thresholds.

Ticker charts

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 Oct 14, 2026.

COST

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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 COST in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Oct 14, 2026.

CAH

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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 CAH in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Oct 14, 2026.

AMGN

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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 AMGN in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Oct 14, 2026.

AMD

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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 AMD in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Oct 14, 2026.

FTNT

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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 FTNT in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Oct 14, 2026.

ENTG

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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 ENTG in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Oct 14, 2026.

BAC

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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 BAC in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Oct 14, 2026.

MS

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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 MS in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Oct 14, 2026.

ASML

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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 ASML in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Oct 14, 2026.

TSM

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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 TSM in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Oct 14, 2026.

WMT

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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 WMT in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Oct 14, 2026.

CRWV

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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 CRWV in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Oct 14, 2026.

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