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TECHNICAL TRADING SCORECARD

PANW

Palo Alto Networks
$350.20
Tue, Nov 3, 2026 close (weekly items: Fri, Oct 30)
Duquesne 13F holding · entry card
WAITWait: no confirmed weekly breakout (Oct 30 close $365.87 vs prior-week level $398.88). Breakout Buy Level now $398.88.

Action levels

Buy zone (breakout retest)——no confirmed breakout, so no retest zone
Profit-Taking Zone$432.33–432.33+23.5% to +23.5%ATH (no 2-tool band above the Breakout)
Trading stop · daily closebelow $302.95-13.5%trading downgrade
Trend stop · Friday closebelow $271.45-22.5%trend downgrade one state
Breakout Buy Levelclose above $398.88+13.9%top of R1 (wk high 08-28, wk high 08-14)

Trend at a glance

Trend Score (8–16 wk)
● Up
Score 100/100. Leads S&P and sector; above rising 40-wk.
Trading (10–20 day)
● Established Down
Below 50-day; daily RS vs S&P Est. Down.
Sluymer's view: Breaking out of Q3 range; next extension 443: “PANW’s Q3 consolidation is resolving to the upside with 443 the next extension level.” (Chartbook, Sep 29, 2026).
Watch this week: Fri Nov 6: breakout entry on a close above $398.88 (+13.9%); a Friday close below $271.45 (-22.5%) 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, 2:50 PM PT. Appendix on page 2.
APPENDIX · PANW · TECHNICAL TRADING SCORECARD

Scores · Trend 100.0

RS vs S&P (20) + sector (10)20.0 + 10.0 = 30.0 / 30
Structure (6 checks)30 / 30
Score = (RS + structure) × 100/60100.0 / 100
Raw state (Up ≥ 60 · Down < 45)Up
Confirmation (2 consecutive Fridays)confirmed Up
Trend (confirmed)Up
✔ Fri close above 40-wk SMA 6/6 · ✔ 40-wk SMA rising (4 wks) 4/4 · ✔ No lower high vs cycle high 5/5 · ✔ Fri close above 20-wk SMA 5/5 · ✔ 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 Neutral → 10-23 Up → 10-30 Up. Coppock, band position, breadth and modifiers no longer enter the Trend score (Coppock chart below is reference only).

Scores · Trading 26.0

RS (S&P 20 + sector 10)0.0 + 4.0 / 30
Structure8 / 25
Coppock (daily) — BOUNCE tag — oversold & turning up inside a down structure (no boost)2.5 / 25
Band position11.5 / 20
Raw26.0 (Established Down)
Modifiers (10-yr > 5% rising −3, seasonal −2)+0
Final26.0 Established Down
✖ Close above 50-day SMA 0/5 · ✖ 50-day SMA rising (10 d) 0/3 · ✖ Close above 100-day SMA 0/4 · ✔ Close above 200-day SMA 5/5 · ✔ 200-day SMA rising (20 d) 3/3 · ✖ No daily lower high (last two swing highs) 0/5

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 (PANW close needed)
Trend · S&P1 Established Up (+) →+1.87%+8.10%Est. Up ≥ 359.75 (+2.7%) · Est. Down < 324.81
Trend · XLK1 Established Up (+) →+4.66%+9.34%Est. Up ≥ 349.39 (-0.2%) · Est. Down < 315.73
Trading · S&P5 Established Down (−) ↓-3.01%-6.14%Est. Up ≥ 441.05 (+25.9%) · Early Up ≥ 361.57 · Est. Down < 359.63
Trading · XLK3 Neutral (−) ↓+0.22%-1.60%Est. Up ≥ 361.13 (+3.1%) · Early Up ≥ 350.50 · Est. Down < 348.63

Full bands (cluster rule: 2 or more tools within 3%; Δ vs 350.20)

BandRangeDistanceTools in the cluster
R1387.33–398.88+10.6% to +13.9%wk high 08-28 387.33 · wk high 08-14 398.88
S1302.95–308.54-11.9% to -13.5%wk low 07-31 308.54 · wk high 06-05 302.95
S2271.45–272.61-22.2% to -22.5%40-wk SMA 272.61 · 200-day SMA 271.45
S3251.15–253.83-27.5% to -28.3%61.8% 253.83 · wk low 06-12 251.15
ATH432.33+23.5%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 < 302.95 (-13.5%): trading downgrades one state, re-anchor to S2 271.45–272.61.
  • Tier 2 (trend stop = Trend Breakdown / invalidation): Friday close < 271.45 (-22.5%): trend downgrades one state, re-anchor to S3 251.15–253.83.
  • Trend vs S&P: Est. Up ≥ 359.75 (+2.7%) · above its 16-wk avg ≥ 359.75 · Est. Down < 324.81 (-7.3%) (next Friday, benchmark flat).
  • Trading vs S&P: Est. Up ≥ 441.05 · Early Up ≥ 361.57 · Est. Down < 359.63.

Sluymer context

  • 2026-09-08 chartbook: “PANW is consolidating near resistance coinciding with its 262% extension around 360 with 300 first support.”
  • 2026-09-22 chartbook: “PANW consolidating to support at its rising 20-week ma while CRWD is rebounds taking hold from key support near 40-week resolving its summer consolidation to the upside. mas.”
  • 2026-09-22 chartbook: “PANW Q3 consolidation continues above key support and stop loss level at its 100-day ma near 300 with the next extension level above the recent highs near 400 at 495.”
  • 2026-09-29 chartbook: “PANW’s Q3 consolidation is resolving to the upside with 443 the next extension level.”

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 0.76% 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).