TECHNICAL TRADING SCORECARD
MCK
McKesson Corp. · held position
Last Price $999.62
Unrealized G/L +30.6% (+$19,658)
Tue, Nov 3, 2026 close (weekly items: Fri, Oct 30)
Portfolio weight 2.29% (US)
HOLDKeep the full position: trend Up, Friday close above the 40-wk SMA ($864.67). Profit-Taking is reference only.
Trend health
Trend Score (8–16 wk)
● Up
Score 98/100. Leads S&P and sector; above rising 40-wk.
Opportunity cost (relative strength, weekly)
Leading the S&P 500 for 16 weeks (+23.3% relative)
Leading health care (XLV) for 5 weeks (+6.0% relative)
Key levels for holders
Breakout Level confirms hold | Friday close above $1030.27 | +3.1% | top of R1 (ATH 10-20) |
Profit-Taking Zone (ref.) reference · rebalance if overweight | — | blue sky | none: blue sky above the Breakout |
Trade Breakdown review thesis, no trade | Friday close below $864.67 | -13.5% | 40-wk SMA 864.67 |
Trend Breakdown (ref.) reference · no verdict impact | Friday close below $909.77 | -9.0% | trend stop; next support $876.98–895.58 |
If broken, then…
Trade Breakdown (40-wk SMA; Friday close < $864.67): review the thesis (earnings, estimates, guidance). No trade yet.
Trend Breakdown (reference only) (Friday close < $909.77): no verdict impact; reassess if the story has also weakened. Next support $876.98–895.58.
Sluymer's view: No direct call. Not named in the 15 reports. Sector: XLV is Early Up / Early Up vs the S&P, “challenging the 2022-2026 downtrend” (CB Oct 13).
Watch this week: Fri Nov 6: a Friday close ≥ $896.30 (-10.3%) keeps RS vs the S&P at Est. Up or better; a Friday close below the 40-wk SMA $864.67 is the Trade Breakdown.
APPENDIX · MCK · TECHNICAL TRADING SCORECARDHeld-card Trade Breakdown level = 40-wk SMA 864.67.
For adding / new entries (not used for held-position decisions)
| Level | Price | From close | Note |
| Buy zone | $971.93–999.00 | -0.1% to -2.8% | wk high 03-06, wk high 02-06 |
| Trading stop · daily close | below $971.93 | -2.8% | trading downgrade one state; re-anchor to S2 909.77–929.95 |
| Breakout Buy Level | close above $1030.27 | +3.1% | top of R1 (ATH 10-20) |
| Trading (10–20 day) state | Early Up: Above 50-day; daily RS vs S&P Est. Up. |
Scores · Trend 98.3
| RS vs S&P (20) + sector (10) | 20.0 + 9.0 = 29.0 / 30 |
| Structure (6 checks) | 30 / 30 |
| Score = (RS + structure) × 100/60 | 98.3 / 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 Up → 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 73.2
| RS (S&P 20 + sector 10) | 20.0 + 1.0 / 30 |
| Structure | 20 / 25 |
| Coppock (daily) — positive but decelerating | 12.5 / 25 |
| Band position | 19.7 / 20 |
| Raw | 73.2 (Early Up) |
| Modifiers (10-yr > 5% rising −3, seasonal −2) | +0 |
| Final | 73.2 Early Up |
| ✔ Close above 50-day SMA 5/5 · ✔ 50-day SMA rising (10 d) 3/3 · ✔ Close above 100-day SMA 4/4 · ✔ 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 · benchmark | State | RS vs SMA | RS chg | Phase-transition price (MCK close needed) |
|---|
| Trend · S&P | 1 Established Up (+) → | +11.56% | +0.02% | Est. Up ≥ 896.30 (-10.3%) · Est. Down < 699.73 |
| Trend · XLV | 1 Established Up (−) → | +1.61% | -5.39% | Est. Up ≥ 982.32 (-1.7%) · Est. Down < 897.39 |
| Trading · S&P | 1 Established Up (+) ↑ | +1.74% | +3.95% | Est. Up ≥ 986.97 (-1.3%) · Est. Down < 815.27 |
| Trading · XLV | 5 Established Down (+) ↓ | -1.93% | +1.92% | Est. Up ≥ 1104.09 (+10.5%) · Early Up ≥ 1021.08 · Est. Down < 1015.62 |
Full bands (cluster rule: 2 or more tools within 3%; Δ vs 999.62)
| Band | Range | Distance | Tools in the cluster |
|---|
| R1 | 1030.27–1030.27 | +3.1% to +3.1% | ATH 10-20 1030.27 |
| S1 | 971.93–999.00 | -0.1% to -2.8% | wk high 03-06 999.00 · wk high 02-06 971.93 |
| S2 | 909.77–929.95 | -7.0% to -9.0% | wk high 09-04 929.95 · wk high 08-07 912.50 · wk high 09-18 912.00 · wk low 03-06 909.77 |
| S3 | 876.98–895.58 | -10.4% to -12.3% | wk high ’25-11-28 895.58 · 50% 876.98 |
| ATH | 1030.27 | +3.1% | 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 < 971.93 (-2.8%): trading downgrades one state, re-anchor to S2 909.77–929.95.
- Trend Breakdown (reference, S2 floor): Friday close < 909.77 (-9.0%): information only, no verdict impact. Next support S3 876.98–895.58.
- Trend vs S&P: Est. Up ≥ 896.30 (-10.3%) · above its 16-wk avg ≥ 896.30 · Est. Down < 699.73 (-30.0%) (next Friday, benchmark flat).
- Trading vs S&P: Est. Up ≥ 986.97 · Est. Down < 815.27.
Sluymer context
- CB Oct 13: Healthcare: “ABT, ISRG and BSX reviewed.”
- CB Oct 13 sector table: XLV relative to the S&P is Early Up / Early Up (tactical / trading).
- CB Oct 13: semis pulling back but “premature to conclude… the beginning of a bear market”; the Weekly Quadrant Balance “is moving toward oversold levels with early signs of bottoming”.
- CB Oct 13: rising rates remain “the second obvious risk”; key S&P support 7508, resistance 7817 then 8053; US 10-yr “beginning to stall at its next extension level at 5.35%”.
Notes & caveats
Benchmarks: S&P 500 (20 pts) and XLV (10 pts). Trading items and bands use the Tue, Nov 3, 2026 close; trend uses the Fri, Oct 30 week. Holder levels (simple S/R: 40-wk SMA, 200-day SMA, 50%/61.8% retracements, 2-yr weekly swings and prior breakouts, ATH; ≥2 tools within 3% per band): Breakout = top of R1; Profit-Taking = next band above it, else the ATH, else none (blue sky); Trade Breakdown = the 40-wk SMA (Friday close below it = flag, verdict REVIEW); Trend Breakdown (S2 floor) and Profit-Taking are reference only and do not change the verdict. Trend Score (8–16 wk) = relative strength (30 pts) + structure (30 pts) rescaled to 100: Up ≥ 60, Neutral 45–59, Down < 45, confirmed after two consecutive Friday closes; descriptive, not a forecast. 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).