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TECHNICAL TRADING SCORECARD

TXN

Texas Instruments
$312.49
Tue, Nov 3, 2026 close (weekly items: Fri, Oct 30)
US Watchlist · entry card
BUYConfirmed breakout (wk of 10-30 above $289.62). Buy the $287.83–289.62 retest; weekly close below $287.83 = failed.

Action levels

Buy zone (breakout retest)$287.83–289.62-7.3% to -7.9%retest of the 289.62 breakout (wk of 10-30); weekly close below 287.83 = failed breakout
Profit-Taking Zone$334.03–334.03+6.9% to +6.9%none: blue sky above the Breakout (trail the stop)
Trading stop · daily closebelow $287.83-7.9%trading downgrade
Trend stop · Friday closebelow $272.01-13.0%trend downgrade one state
Breakout Buy Levelclose above $334.03+6.9%top of R1 (wk high 05-29, ATH 06-22)

Trend at a glance

Trend Score (8–16 wk)
● Up
Score 80/100. Leads S&P and sector; above rising 40-wk.
Trading (10–20 day)
● Established Up
Above 50-day; daily RS vs S&P Est. Up.
Sluymer's view: No recent call: not named in the 15 reports reviewed (Aug 18 – Oct 13, 2026).
Watch this week: Fri Nov 6: retest entry $287.83–289.62; a Friday close below $287.83 = failed breakout.
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 · TXN · TECHNICAL TRADING SCORECARD

Scores · Trend 80.2

RS vs S&P (20) + sector (10)15.4 + 7.7 = 23.1 / 30
Structure (6 checks)25 / 30
Score = (RS + structure) × 100/6080.2 / 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 0/5 · ✔ 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 Down → 10-02 Up → 10-09 Down → 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 91.3

RS (S&P 20 + sector 10)20.0 + 10.0 / 30
Structure25 / 25
Coppock (daily) — positive & rising25.0 / 25
Band position11.3 / 20
Raw91.3 (Established Up)
Modifiers (10-yr > 5% rising −3, seasonal −2)+0
Final91.3 Established 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) 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 (TXN close needed)
Trend · S&P2 Early Up (+) →+9.44%+9.95%Est. Up ≥ 299.50 (-4.2%) · Early Up ≥ 274.70 · Est. Down < 273.24
Trend · XLK2 Early Up (+) →+12.30%+11.21%Est. Up ≥ 290.47 (-7.0%) · Early Up ≥ 267.10 · Est. Down < 265.68
Trading · S&P1 Established Up (+) →+8.39%+1.85%Est. Up ≥ 290.01 (-7.2%) · Est. Down < 218.74
Trading · XLK1 Established Up (+) →+11.93%+6.78%Est. Up ≥ 281.30 (-10.0%) · Est. Down < 218.74

Full bands (cluster rule: 2 or more tools within 3%; Δ vs 312.49)

BandRangeDistanceTools in the cluster
R1331.51–334.03+6.1% to +6.9%wk high 05-29 331.51 · ATH 06-22 334.03
S1287.83–289.62-7.3% to -7.9%wk high 08-14 289.62 · wk high 04-24 287.83
S2272.01–275.78-11.7% to -13.0%wk low 07-03 275.78 · wk low 06-12 273.88 · wk high 09-11 273.33 · wk low 10-23 272.01
S3260.83–264.74-15.3% to -16.5%wk low 08-07 264.74 · 40-wk SMA 262.45 · 200-day SMA 260.83
ATH334.03+6.9%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 < 287.83 (-7.9%): trading downgrades one state, re-anchor to S2 272.01–275.78.
  • Tier 2 (trend stop = Trend Breakdown / invalidation): Friday close < 272.01 (-13.0%): trend downgrades one state, re-anchor to S3 260.83–264.74.
  • Trend vs S&P: Est. Up ≥ 299.50 (-4.2%) · above its 16-wk avg ≥ 274.70 · Est. Down < 273.24 (-12.6%) (next Friday, benchmark flat).
  • Trading vs S&P: Est. Up ≥ 290.01 · Est. Down < 218.74.

Sluymer context

  • 2026-09-15 chartbook: “TXN – Analog semis were relatively resilient during this week’s semiconductor volatility with TXN oversold intermediate- term (weekly) and showing early signs of bottoming near its 50-62% retracement band above its 200-day ma.”
  • 2026-09-22 chartbook: “TXN, similar to AMAT, is oversold with early signs of bottoming at key support near its rising 200-day ma.”
  • 2026-10-06 chartbook: “TXN’s weekly momentum is also early in an upturn suggesting near-term pullbacks will be short lived.”

Notes & caveats

US Watchlist entry card. Universe: Quant + Fund Scorecard US Watchlist (/home/box/hq-fundamentals-scorecard/latest.json, read-only). 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).