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TECHNICAL TRADING SCORECARD

VST

Vistra Corp.
$139.59
Tue, Nov 3, 2026 close (weekly items: Fri, Oct 30)
GRNY holding · entry card
AVOIDAvoid for now: Trend Down and Friday close below a falling 40-wk SMA ($152.72). Re-check when the trend repairs.

Action levels

Buy zone (breakout retest)——no confirmed breakout, so no retest zone
Profit-Taking Zone$144.83–148.50+3.8% to +6.4%wk low 03-20, wk low 07-17, wk low 07-03
Trading stop · daily closebelow $134.75-3.5%trading downgrade
Trend stop · Friday closebelow $131.64-5.7%trend downgrade one state
Breakout Buy Levelclose above $143.87+3.1%top of R1 (61.8% retr., wk low 04-03)

Trend at a glance

Trend Score (8–16 wk)
● Down
Score 8/100. Lags S&P and sector; below falling 40-wk.
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 $143.87 (+3.1%); a Friday close below $131.64 (-5.7%) 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, 2:48 PM PT. Appendix on page 2.
APPENDIX · VST · TECHNICAL TRADING SCORECARD

Scores · Trend 8.3

RS vs S&P (20) + sector (10)0.0 + 0.0 = 0.0 / 30
Structure (6 checks)5 / 30
Score = (RS + structure) × 100/608.3 / 100
Raw state (Up ≥ 60 · Down < 45)Down
Confirmation (2 consecutive Fridays)confirmed Down
Trend (confirmed)Down
✖ Fri close above 40-wk SMA 0/6 · ✖ 40-wk SMA rising (4 wks) 0/4 · ✖ No lower high vs cycle high 0/5 · ✖ 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) 0/5
Weekly raw states: 09-25 Down → 10-02 Down → 10-09 Up → 10-16 Neutral → 10-23 Down → 10-30 Down. Coppock, band position, breadth and modifiers no longer enter the Trend score (Coppock chart below is reference only).

Scores · Trading 12.9

RS (S&P 20 + sector 10)2.0 + 0.0 / 30
Structure0 / 25
Coppock (daily) — negative & falling2.5 / 25
Band position8.4 / 20
Raw12.9 (Established Down)
Modifiers (10-yr > 5% rising −3, seasonal −2)+0
Final12.9 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 0/5 · ✖ 200-day SMA rising (20 d) 0/3 · ✖ 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 (VST close needed)
Trend · S&P5 Established Down (−) →-4.43%-8.03%Est. Up ≥ 178.58 (+27.9%) · Early Up ≥ 144.30 · Est. Down < 143.53
Trend · XLU5 Established Down (−) ↓-6.74%-11.54%Est. Up ≥ 163.02 (+16.8%) · Early Up ≥ 148.70 · Est. Down < 147.91
Trading · S&P5 Established Down (+) →-2.58%+1.02%Est. Up ≥ 184.90 (+32.5%) · Early Up ≥ 143.27 · Est. Down < 142.51
Trading · XLU5 Established Down (−) →-6.01%-1.60%Early Up ≥ 148.25 · Est. Down < 147.46

Full bands (cluster rule: 2 or more tools within 3%; Δ vs 139.59)

BandRangeDistanceTools in the cluster
R3149.19–153.24+6.9% to +9.8%wk low 01-09 149.19 · 40-wk SMA 152.72 · wk low 03-06 152.98 · 200-day SMA 153.24
R2144.83–148.50+3.8% to +6.4%wk low 03-20 144.83 · wk low 07-17 148.14 · wk low 07-03 148.50
R1139.91–143.87+0.2% to +3.1%61.8% 139.91 · wk low 04-03 142.34 · wk high 2024-10-11 143.87
S1134.75–138.74-0.6% to -3.5%wk high ’25-03-28 138.74 · wk low 02-06 138.53 · wk low 06-12 137.91 · wk low ’25-01-03 134.86 · wk low 08-07 134.75
S2131.64–134.50-3.6% to -5.7%wk low 08-28 134.50 · wk low 10-02 133.44 · wk low 05-22 132.66 · wk low ’25-01-31 132.59 · wk low 2024-12-20 131.64
S3111.50–114.50-18.0% to -20.1%wk low 2024-10-11 114.50 · wk low 2024-11-08 111.50
ATH219.82+57.5%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 < 134.75 (-3.5%): trading downgrades one state, re-anchor to S2 131.64–134.50.
  • Tier 2 (trend stop = Trend Breakdown / invalidation): Friday close < 131.64 (-5.7%): trend downgrades one state, re-anchor to S3 111.50–114.50.
  • Trend vs S&P: Est. Up ≥ 178.58 (+27.9%) · above its 16-wk avg ≥ 144.30 · Est. Down < 143.53 (+2.8%) (next Friday, benchmark flat).
  • Trading vs S&P: Est. Up ≥ 184.90 · Early Up ≥ 143.27 · Est. Down < 142.51.

Sluymer context

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

Notes & caveats

Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap ETF (GRNY) holding, entry card (treated like the US Watchlist). Holdings: issuer file as of 2026-11-03 (https://grannyshots.com/fundstrat-granny-shots-us-large-cap-etf/grny-holdings/ (official; "Holdings as of November 3, 2026")); ETF weight 2.37%. Benchmarks: S&P 500 (20 pts) and XLU (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).