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TECHNICAL TRADING SCORECARD

FFIV

F5 Inc
$331.15
Tue, Nov 3, 2026 close (weekly items: Fri, Oct 30)
Duquesne 13F holding · entry card
WAITWait: no confirmed weekly breakout (Oct 30 close $338.34 vs prior-week level $483.30). Breakout Buy Level now $337.39.

Action levels

Buy zone (breakout retest)——no confirmed breakout, so no retest zone
Profit-Taking Zone$346.00–355.92+4.5% to +7.5%wk high ’25-10-10, 61.8% retr.
Trading stop · daily closebelow $308.41-6.9%trading downgrade
Trend stop · Friday closebelow $298.54-9.8%trend downgrade one state
Breakout Buy Levelclose above $337.39+1.9%top of R1 (wk high ’25-08-01, wk high ’25-09-12)

Trend at a glance

Trend Score (8–16 wk)
● Up
Score 32/100. Lags S&P and sector; below rising 40-wk. Raw Down this Friday, needs a 2nd to confirm.
Trading (10–20 day)
● Established Down
Below 50-day; daily RS vs S&P Est. Down.
Sluymer's view: No recent call: not named in the 15 reports reviewed (Aug 18 – Oct 13, 2026).
Watch this week: Fri Nov 6: breakout entry on a close above $337.39 (+1.9%); a Friday close below $298.54 (-9.8%) invalidates.
Rule-based demo inspired by Robert Sluymer's published framework; not RBC research or advice. Data: Yahoo Finance; levels computed from price data. Prepared Nov 3, 2026, 2:51 PM PT. Appendix on page 2.
APPENDIX · FFIV · TECHNICAL TRADING SCORECARD

Scores · Trend 31.7

RS vs S&P (20) + sector (10)0.0 + 0.0 = 0.0 / 30
Structure (6 checks)19 / 30
Score = (RS + structure) × 100/6031.7 / 100
Raw state (Up ≥ 60 · Down < 45)Down
Confirmation (2 consecutive Fridays)confirmed Up; Down pending 1/2
Trend (confirmed)Up
✖ Fri close above 40-wk SMA 0/6 · ✔ 40-wk SMA rising (4 wks) 4/4 · ✔ No lower high vs cycle high 5/5 · ✖ Fri close above 20-wk SMA 0/5 · ✔ Fri close above 200-wk (4-yr) SMA 5/5 · ✔ 4-mo SMA > 13-mo SMA (completed months, to Sep) 5/5
Weekly raw states: 09-25 Up → 10-02 Up → 10-09 Up → 10-16 Up → 10-23 Up → 10-30 Down. Coppock, band position, breadth and modifiers no longer enter the Trend score (Coppock chart below is reference only).

Scores · Trading 20.3

RS (S&P 20 + sector 10)0.0 + 0.0 / 30
Structure11 / 25
Coppock (daily) — negative & falling2.5 / 25
Band position6.8 / 20
Raw20.3 (Established Down)
Modifiers (10-yr > 5% rising −3, seasonal −2)+0
Final20.3 Established Down
✖ Close above 50-day SMA 0/5 · ✔ 50-day SMA rising (10 d) 3/3 · ✖ Close above 100-day SMA 0/4 · ✖ Close above 200-day SMA 0/5 · ✔ 200-day SMA rising (20 d) 3/3 · ✔ No daily lower high (last two swing highs) 5/5

Relative state (weekly RS vs 16-wk SMA + 2-wk slope; daily RS vs 15-d SMA + 3-d slope; Neutral ±0.25%; phase price = next Fri / next close, benchmark flat)

Horizon · benchmarkStateRS vs SMARS chgPhase-transition price (FFIV close needed)
Trend · S&P5 Established Down (−) ↓-17.58%-22.66%Early Up ≥ 411.25 · Est. Down < 409.06
Trend · XLK5 Established Down (−) ↓-15.31%-21.77%Early Up ≥ 399.33 · Est. Down < 397.20
Trading · S&P5 Established Down (−) ↓-19.64%-7.07%Early Up ≥ 410.58 · Est. Down < 408.39
Trading · XLK5 Established Down (−) ↓-16.89%-2.58%Early Up ≥ 397.72 · Est. Down < 395.60

Full bands (cluster rule: 2 or more tools within 3%; Δ vs 331.15)

BandRangeDistanceTools in the cluster
R3363.83–374.40+9.9% to +13.1%200-day SMA 363.83 · 40-wk SMA 364.57 · wk low 07-31 366.93 · wk low 06-19 374.40
R2346.00–355.92+4.5% to +7.5%wk high ’25-10-10 346.00 · 61.8% 355.92
R1334.00–337.39+0.9% to +1.9%wk high ’25-08-01 334.00 · wk high ’25-09-12 337.39
S1308.41–317.66-4.1% to -6.9%wk low ’25-10-03 317.66 · wk high 04-10 315.34 · wk high ’25-02-21 313.00 · wk low ’25-08-22 308.41
S2298.54–307.00-7.3% to -9.8%wk high ’25-07-18 307.00 · wk high 01-30 303.98 · wk low ’25-09-05 303.61 · wk high ’25-03-07 298.54
S3288.76–297.00-10.3% to -12.8%wk high ’25-06-13 297.00 · wk low ’25-08-01 294.89 · wk low 05-01 290.60 · wk high ’25-05-23 290.34 · wk low ’25-07-18 288.76
ATH483.30+45.9%all-time high; Profit-Taking fallback when no 2-tool band sits above the Breakout (extensions no longer used)

Coppock, breadth and RS (reference only; not in the Trend score)

Stops & phase transitions

  • Tier 1 (trading stop): daily close < 308.41 (-6.9%): trading downgrades one state, re-anchor to S2 298.54–307.00.
  • Tier 2 (trend stop = Trend Breakdown / invalidation): Friday close < 298.54 (-9.8%): trend downgrades one state, re-anchor to S3 288.76–297.00.
  • Trend vs S&P: above its 16-wk avg ≥ 411.25 · Est. Down < 409.06 (+23.5%) (next Friday, benchmark flat).
  • Trading vs S&P: Early Up ≥ 410.58 · Est. Down < 408.39.

Sluymer context

  • Not named in the 15 reports reviewed (Aug 18 – Oct 13, 2026).

Notes & caveats

Duquesne Family Office (13F) holding, entry card (treated like the US Watchlist). Holdings: SEC 13F-HR for the quarter ended Tue, Jun 30, 2026, filed Fri, Aug 14, 2026 (SEC EDGAR 13F-HR 0001536411-26-000006 (period 2026-06-30, filed 2026-08-14); https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=1536411&type=13F); weight 0.18% of the reported 13F portfolio value (incl. option lines). Benchmarks: S&P 500 (20 pts) and XLK (10 pts). Trading items and bands use the Tue, Nov 3, 2026 close; trend uses the Fri, Oct 30 week. Entry levels: Buy Zone = breakout retest zone (BUY names only: from the broken level down to the floor of the resistance band it came from, or level −2%, whichever is tighter; a weekly close below = failed breakout); Breakout Buy Level = top of R1; Trend Breakdown (invalidation) = S2 floor on a Friday close; Profit-Taking = next resistance band above the breakout. Verdict: AVOID = Trend Down (confirmed on two Fridays) or Friday close below a falling 40-wk SMA; BUY = a weekly close above a Breakout Buy Level fixed from the prior week's data with ≥2 tools within 3% (most recent such breakout in the last 4 weeks), every Friday close since and the latest close still at or above it, and Trend not Down; WAIT = otherwise. Buy Zone is reference only. Coppock = 10-bar WMA of ROC(14)+ROC(11), standard settings used as a placeholder because his are unpublished; DAS is omitted. Zone = sign + 3-yr percentile; direction = 2 bars. SMAs are simple; swings are 5-bar extremes; the channel is a 2-yr log regression ±2σ. The breadth proxy is the % of 500 current S&P 500 members with a rising weekly Coppock; it has survivorship bias, is a regime input only, and no other stock was scored. Weights are our choices (playbook §10); the state rule matched 86% / 83% of his sector states in-sample. Data: Yahoo Finance (unadjusted); weight from the Portfolio Dashboard (PIM 11/2 EOD, read-only).