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PFG

Financial Services · Insurance
111.96
-0.25% · 2026-10-02
Avoid
Trade priority
not ranked
Data coverage
55%
Setup
no setup · 2026-10-02
News
neutral
Next catalyst
Earnings in 15 sessions

Trade plan

PRE_BREAKOUT_SWING_V1_1 · valid until close of 2026-10-05, a material event, or strategy invalidation · shared by every portfolio profile

No trade plan: the strategy has no valid setup for this symbol (trend or relative-strength condition fails (intermediate_trend, relative_strength_20)).

Your portfolio · San

profile-specific: quantity, risk budget, exposure, cash impact
Profile
Sanequity 2,000.00 USD · whole shares
Current holding
noneno open position in this profile
Recommended quantity
—no pending entry to size
Risk budget
10.000.5% of 2,000.00
Portfolio risk
0.00 opencap 2%
Exposure
0 / 3 positionsFinancial Services: 0 / 2 · 0.00 of 1,000.00 cap
Cash impact
2,000.00derived from the ledger
Eligibility
AVOIDsame as the strategy view

Entry, stop, targets and R:R are strategy-owned and identical for every profile; only this portfolio's quantity, risk, exposure and cash differ. Manage profiles · record a fill

Why this action

Technical

  • trend or relative-strength condition fails (intermediate_trend, relative_strength_20)
  • RS20 vs SPY -5.1%, vs QQQ -10.0%

Options

  • volume 0.08× the 20D baseline (activity_fading) · selected contracts only, delayed

News and events

  • news context neutral (10 canonical items in window)
  • earnings 2026-10-26 (15 sessions, finnhub); event risk low
  • earnings · low · neutral: Principal® to Announce Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results
  • dividend · low · positive: Why Principal Financial (PFG) is a Top Dividend Stock for Your Portfolio
  • insider · low · unknown: PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC: 4 filed
  • other · low · unknown: PFG vs. ALIZY: Which Stock Is the Better Value Option?

Market and risk

  • regime RISK ON: SPY: trend UP, volatility NORMAL; QQQ: trend UP, volatility NORMAL

Chart

252 sessions · EMA20 / SMA50 / SMA150 / SMA200 default · strategy levels drawn when a plan exists
2026-10-02O 112.24H 112.37L 111.53C 111.96 -0.25%Vol 1,097,317RVOL20 0.72SMA50 113.74SMA150 104.83SMA200 101.61EMA20 114.01RSI14 42.7MACD -0.242 / 0.297 / -0.539ATR14 2.40RS20 SPY -5.1% · QQQ -10.0%

Indicator history is derived from the stored bars with the accepted M3 functions (WORKSTATION_SERIES_V1); the scanner’s persisted values remain authoritative. Reconciliation at the scan session: 8 match.

Trade priority

operational attention ranking, not a forecast

Not ranked: only valid setups and gated setups enter the trade-priority ranking.

  • technical readinessn/a
  • structure quality6/10
  • relative strength-2/15
  • participation4/10
  • risk rewardn/a
  • news context8/10
  • event risk5/5
  • urgency1/5

operational attention priority not a return forecast. Missing inputs lower coverage, never the score.

Setup evidence · PRE_BREAKOUT_V1

Setup state
NO_SETUP
Resistance
112.26
Distance
0.27%
Close
111.96
SMA50
113.74
SMA150 / SMA200
104.83 / 101.61
RSI14
42.7
EMA20 extension
-0.85 ATR
RS20 vs SPY
-5.1%
RS20 vs QQQ
-10.0%

Hard requirements · 5/8 passed

  • PASS
    Confirmed resistance
    resistance=112.2575 exists eligible=true
  • PASS
    Distance to resistance
    distance_pct=0.265 · resistance=112.2575 · close=111.96 inclusive_between min=0 · max=3
  • FAIL
    Close above SMA50
    close=111.96 · sma50=113.7375 > right_operand=sma50
  • PASS
    SMA150 ≥ SMA200
    sma150=104.826 · sma200=101.6127 >= right_operand=sma200
  • FAIL
    RSI14 band
    rsi14=42.7079 inclusive_between min=50 · max=70
  • PASS
    EMA20 extension (ATR)
    extension_atr=-0.855 · close=111.96 · ema20=114.0149 · atr14=2.4035 <= max=1.5
  • FAIL
    RS20 vs SPY or QQQ
    SPY=-0.0507 · QQQ=-0.0997 OR > SPY=0 · QQQ=0
  • PASS
    Resistance quality
    distinct_touches=2 policy_and_minimum_touches min=2

Supporting evidence · 3/6 passed

  • PASS
    ATR compression
    current_atr_pct=0.0215 · median_previous_60_atr_pct=0.0216 · ratio=0.9953 < right_operand=median_previous_60_atr_pct
  • PASS
    Volume contraction
    recent_volume=1,204,474.2856 · baseline_volume=1,547,212.0123 · ratio=0.7785 < max=0.85
  • FAIL
    Higher lows
    low_1=108.65 · low_2=113.2 · low_3=111.57 low_3 > low_2 > low_1 required_pivots=3
  • PASS
    Full MA alignment
    sma50=113.7375 · sma150=104.826 · sma200=101.6127 sma50 > sma150 > sma200
  • FAIL
    RS20 vs SPY positive
    SPY=-0.0507 > min=0
  • FAIL
    RS20 vs QQQ positive
    QQQ=-0.0997 > min=0

PRE_BREAKOUT_V1 · scan run 415 · session 2026-10-02 · evaluated as of 2026-10-04T13:23:03.152588Z. Supporting evidence never changes the trigger; UNKNOWN is never collapsed into false.

Intelligence timeline

10 canonical of 30 items in window · duplicates collapsed

canonical items of the last 10 sessions; analyst/industry/macro commentary and social sources excluded from the direction tally; gating uses tier 1-3 HIGH items within 3 (negative) / 2 (unknown direction) sessions

Catalysts and filings

EventDateInMaterialitySource
Earnings (after the close)2026-10-2615 sessionshighfinnhub · Tier 3 · provider

Options activity

AVAILABLE_DELAYED · session 2026-09-28 · selected contracts, delayed
Session volume
3
5D baseline
26
20D baseline
37
Volume / 20D
0.08x
Call / put volume
2 / 1
Call / put ratio
2
Top-3 contract share
100%
Top expiration
2026-10-16 100%

Activity trend · last 25 sessions

2026-08-20: 22026-08-21: 122026-08-24: 22026-08-25: 12026-08-27: 202026-08-28: 102026-08-31: 262026-09-01: 302026-09-02: 142026-09-03: 1092026-09-04: 722026-09-08: 132026-09-10: 32026-09-11: 372026-09-14: 142026-09-15: 152026-09-16: 732026-09-17: 72026-09-18: 1642026-09-21: 512026-09-22: 552026-09-23: 92026-09-24: 22026-09-25: 142026-09-28: 308-2009-1009-28164 · line: 20D baseline
SessionVolume5D20D/ 20D
2026-09-225562341.63x
2026-09-23970360.25x
2026-09-24257360.06x
2026-09-251456360.39x
2026-09-28326370.08x

Call vs put volume

2026-08-20: 0 / 22026-08-21: 6 / 62026-08-24: 1 / 12026-08-25: 0 / 12026-08-27: 1 / 192026-08-28: 0 / 102026-08-31: 14 / 122026-09-01: 30 / 02026-09-02: 10 / 42026-09-03: 92 / 172026-09-04: 20 / 522026-09-08: 13 / 02026-09-10: 0 / 32026-09-11: 36 / 12026-09-14: 5 / 92026-09-15: 5 / 102026-09-16: 8 / 652026-09-17: 3 / 42026-09-18: 161 / 32026-09-21: 51 / 02026-09-22: 39 / 162026-09-23: 8 / 12026-09-24: 0 / 22026-09-25: 12 / 22026-09-28: 2 / 108-2009-1009-28164
calls 67%puts 33%

Expiration concentration

  • 2026-10-163 · 100%

Contract concentration

  • O:PFG261016C001300002 · 67%
  • O:PFG261016P001150001 · 33%

Top contracts · session 2026-09-28

ContractTypeStrikeExpirationDTEVolume5D avg20D avg/ 20DReturnMoneyness
O:PFG261016C00130000CALL1302026-10-161828insufficient historyinsufficient history120.0%OTM (-11.8%)
O:PFG261016P00115000PUT1152026-10-1618117insufficient historyinsufficient history0.0%ATM (-0.3%)

OPTIONS_SELECTION_M9_V1 selected contracts only · provider capability DELAYED · delayed · Top 15 selected contracts by session volume; 5D/20D averages use strictly prior sessions (M10), INSUFFICIENT_HISTORY is shown, never zero.

M13 observations for this session
  • Technical setup present (PRE_BREAKOUT_V1): FALSE
  • Technical and options context share a session: FALSE
  • Activity above its own 20-session baseline: FALSE
  • Activity below its own 20-session baseline: TRUE
  • Recent 5-session baseline above 20-session baseline: FALSE
  • Recent 5-session baseline below 20-session baseline: TRUE
  • Volume concentrated in top 3 contracts: TRUE
  • Volume concentrated in one expiration: TRUE
  • Calls carry most session volume: TRUE
  • Puts carry most session volume: FALSE
  • Call and put volume roughly balanced: FALSE
  • Enrichment data (snapshot/OI/IV/Greeks) available: FALSE
  • Enrichment data unavailable: TRUE
  • Real flow data unavailable: TRUE
  • Flow events present in replay window: NOT_EVALUABLE

Flow

Flow events—
Clusters—
Sweep candidates—
Block candidates—
Aggressor candidates—
Premium coverage—

Flow engine is ready. Trades and Quotes are not available with the current provider capabilities; this area populates automatically from the same M11 engine when real persisted facts exist. Synthetic fixture flow is never shown.

Evidence alerts

3 · ALERT_POLICY_V1
CategoryAlertPreviousCurrentSessionsWorkflowActions
FadingOptions activity vs 20D baseline fell0.390.082026-09-25 → 2026-09-28New
ChangedCall / put volume mix changed0.860.672026-09-25 → 2026-09-28New
Data qualityData freshness changedTECHNICAL=CURRENT_SESSION; OPTIONS_ACTIVITY=STALE; FLOW=MISSING; ACTIVITY_PROVIDER=DELAYEDTECHNICAL=CURRENT_SESSION; OPTIONS_ACTIVITY=DELAYED; FLOW=MISSING; ACTIVITY_PROVIDER=DELAYED2026-10-01 → 2026-10-02New

Decision trace

PRE_BREAKOUT_SWING_V1_1 · generated 2026-10-04 16:39 UTC · strategy 073b221a9cd0…
  1. setup_eligibleFAILNO_SETUP: failed intermediate_trend, relative_strength_20, rsi_bandfailed_conditions=intermediate_trend, relative_strength_20, rsi_band
  2. finalPASSAVOID

Actions are generated from the configured trading strategy and current available market/intelligence data. They are not guarantees of future performance.