Premises: 1 Sep18 DSX3.11 exceeds prior252 high3.10 with volume2.18448x, RSI74.30 and ATR20 .104765; NEO19.91 exceeds19.89 with2.53688x; MTW22.35 exceeds22 with2.06605x. 2 Moving averages, RSI and breakout are correlated summaries of the same prices, not three independent confirmations. 3 Volume can be caused by financing: HALO issuer explicitly describes convertible hedge flows; TH secondary recently closed. Conclusion: require cause review before applying historical breakout tails. DSX has an operating charter improvement and contemporaneous warrant exercises; neither alone proves the marginal buyer or a bearish reversal. Strong counterexample: high RSI can persist during a durable rerating. DSX nine-event downside asymmetry is a measured conditional historical result, not proof that overbought means sell. Raw and adjusted current DSX both clear prior high; issuer52weekhigh3.20 includes current session and does not contradict priorhigh3.10. Broad screen4537 liquid names/4266 sufficient histories yields20 flags; mechanical cash/defined-outcome ETFs do not supply independent corporate catalysts. Sources https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars ; https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1159036/000115903626000126/ex-991xhaloxpricingpressre.htm . Facts end at observed prices, volume and financing disclosures; causal attribution remains unresolved.
screened4537
sufficient4266
flags20
DSX_volume2.18
DSX_RSI74.3
DSX_ATR0.1
R92100 price, momentum and volume cannot repair an option payoff mismatch
Premises: RSInear30 andbelow50DMA summarize overlapping prices, not independentbearishvotes. CALMvolume2.09x withlowRSI can represent capitulation or continuedselling; both stories fit. LWpre11absmedian2.0675% versusearningsmedian10.0174% demonstrates why similar-looking technicalsignals cannot transfer event payoff into the earlier exit window. Startwithverifiedcatalyst/cleanbreakout, theninclusiveeventdistribution, actualstrikepremium, liquidity, integer sizing and mandatedexit. No conditionalregime subset chosen to convert LW intohold-through. Strongcounterargument is earlyIVrepricing; testactualquotes instead of asserting independencefromtechnicalindicators. Data31073–79/31128 https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars .
LW_RSI32.7
CALM_RSI30.16
LEVI_RSI32.43
LW_event_median_pct10.02
LW_pre11_median_pct2.07
R92008 indicator combination and rejection hierarchy
Premises: indicators describe overlapping price information, not independent votes. NKE RSI32.79 and price35.51 below50DMA40.13/200DMA49.30 jointly identify weak regime; volume1.82x does not turn weakness into qualified 52-week upside breakout. MLKN volume3.02x coexists with price20.66 between50DMA22.34 and200DMA18.68; earnings timing is separately issuer-confirmed. IBIT/ETHA above200DMA but below52-week high lack this breakout trigger. Rule hierarchy: primary event or uncontaminated qualifying breakout; same-kind distribution>=6; actual strike/payoff; OI/bid/spread; sizing; exit-policy-consistent evidence. Reversing hierarchy by using oversoldRSI to excuse NKE3.501x or high volume to excuse MLKN OI1–9 is invalid. Counterexample: strong earnings could reverse both downtrends; indicators do not supply directional certainty. Source https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars ; measured rows30918–32 and technical3727. BB vectorbt holdout2 cannot resolve strategy expectancy despite favorable short-stock proxy, and short stock is not permitted.
NKE_RSI32.79
MLKN_volume_multiple3.02
NKE_P80_multiple3.5
BB_holdout_sample2
R92006 indicator interplay: small conditional samples and redundant trend signals
Premises: use only pre2026 event rows for exploration; leave 2026 untouched by fit. LW N9 corr(|eventmove|,RSI)=-.60275, corr(|move|,RV20)=.16977; corr(RSI,aboveSMA50)=.68186. BelowSMA50 N5 median|move|19.3708%, above N4 2.3249%. SFIX N8 corresponding correlations .22626,.27716,.91293; belowSMA50 N3median21.0366%,aboveN5median16.4894%. The LW regime split would make the current15.3203% hurdle appear covered, but is selected on nine observations and has no independent calibration. Keep unconditional11-event10.0174%median as hold-through rule; do not substitute attractive subset after seeing the contract. Strongest counterargument: true downside-regime asymmetry may exist; a prospective series of predeclared signals could validate it, not two held-out events. No causal inference from correlations. Source https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars ; event date URLs recorded in observations30507–30527.