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As of close: 2026-05-18 SPY 3M: +8.5% Regime: Bull Quotes: connecting… 91 tickers scanned Generated: 2026-05-18

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Today's 5 best risk-tight setups

Auto-picked from Strong Uptrend: Risk to SMA21 between 0–7%, scored by tightness, quality, PEG, and relative strength. Refreshes every weekday at 2 PM PT.

#1 MRVL Chips - GPUs/Accelerators
Entry$168.93
Stop (SMA21)$164.80
Risk/share$4.13
Risk %2.4%
Q 4/4·PEG 2.00·RS +105%EPS in 8d
#2 COHR Networking & Optical
Entry$362.83
Stop (SMA21)$346.07
Risk/share$16.76
Risk %4.6%
Q 2/4·PEG 0.92·RS +56%
#3 PWR Power & Cooling Infra
Entry$723.03
Stop (SMA21)$707.32
Risk/share$15.71
Risk %2.2%
Q 2/4·PEG 2.04·RS +29%
#4 AAOI Networking & Optical
Entry$173.26
Stop (SMA21)$169.01
Risk/share$4.25
Risk %2.5%
Q 3/4·PEG 0.78·RS +286%
#5 WDC Memory & Storage
Entry$458.68
Stop (SMA21)$442.28
Risk/share$16.40
Risk %3.6%
Q 4/4·PEG 0.43·RS +53%

Sector heatmap

Sub-themes ranked by average 3-month relative strength vs SPY. Color = momentum tier.

Networking & Optical
RS 3M+66.6%
1M avg+7.0%
Strong4/9 (44%)
Below 2000/9
Memory & Storage
RS 3M+61.7%
1M avg+36.1%
Strong3/3 (100%)
Below 2000/3
Chips - GPUs/Accelerators
RS 3M+57.1%
1M avg+28.6%
Strong7/8 (88%)
Below 2000/8
Servers & DC Hardware
RS 3M+28.6%
1M avg+17.0%
Strong2/5 (40%)
Below 2001/5
Chips - Other
RS 3M+24.9%
1M avg+20.6%
Strong5/7 (71%)
Below 2000/7
Power Gen Equipment
RS 3M+21.3%
1M avg+6.5%
Strong1/3 (33%)
Below 2001/3
Hyperscalers / Cloud
RS 3M+17.4%
1M avg+11.1%
Strong3/8 (38%)
Below 2005/8
AI-adjacent Software / SaaS
RS 3M+11.2%
1M avg+28.3%
Strong0/8 (0%)
Below 2004/8
Power & Cooling Infra
RS 3M+2.6%
1M avg+4.4%
Strong4/11 (36%)
Below 2000/11
Chips - Equipment
RS 3M+1.6%
1M avg-3.5%
Strong2/6 (33%)
Below 2000/6
Data Center REITs
RS 3M-2.1%
1M avg-1.9%
Strong1/4 (25%)
Below 2001/4
Industrial Gases (fab)
RS 3M-2.2%
1M avg+2.1%
Strong1/2 (50%)
Below 2000/2
Utilities (AI power)
RS 3M-19.4%
1M avg-8.6%
Strong0/9 (0%)
Below 2006/9
Nuclear / SMR / Uranium
RS 3M-20.0%
1M avg-13.2%
Strong0/8 (0%)
Below 2006/8

Pick performance

Forward returns of past pick sets, computed against current prices. Newest first.

Overall (10 picks across 2 days): win rate 0%, avg -5.33%
Picks of 2026-05-15
Win 0% · Avg -5.04% · Best +-1.05% · Worst -9.01%
TickerEntryNowReturn
EME$913.11$877.19-3.93%
AVGO$425.19$420.71-1.05%
LRCX$284.72$277.96-2.37%
VICR$273.67$249.02-9.01%
LITE$970.70$884.98-8.83%
Picks of 2026-05-14
Win 0% · Avg -5.62% · Best +-2.97% · Worst -7.91%
TickerEntryNowReturn
MPWR$1613.97$1486.33-7.91%
KLAC$1892.94$1756.45-7.21%
EME$930.03$877.19-5.68%
IRM$127.75$123.96-2.97%
AVGO$439.79$420.71-4.34%

Strong Uptrend 33 candidates

Price > 21EMA > 50SMA > 200SMA, with 50SMA sloping up. Primary long candidates.

Ticker Group Mkt Cap Price 1D SMA10 stop SMA21 stop Risk to SMA10 Risk to SMA21 Quality PEG SMA50 1M 3M RS 3M % 52wH 50slope Vol 10/50
AAOINetworking & Optical$17.9B173.26182.91169.01-5.6%2.5%3/40.78137.06+8.7%+294.6%+286.1%-22.3%+48.8%1.09
INTCChips - GPUs/Accelerators$604.6B108.17115.8998.08-7.1%9.3%2/41.3670.79+57.9%+134.2%+125.8%-16.4%+44.5%1.26
DOCNHyperscalers / Cloud$16.6B147.43156.65125.50-6.3%14.9%2/41.5499.13+72.2%+117.9%+109.4%-10.1%+37.7%1.04
MRVLChips - GPUs/Accelerators$155.6B168.93171.27164.80-1.4%2.4%4/42.00129.76+20.9%+113.9%+105.4%-7.5%+38.0%0.98
AMDChips - GPUs/Accelerators$726.4B420.99428.77374.06-1.8%11.1%3/41.09283.78+51.2%+107.3%+98.8%-8.2%+33.8%1.17
DELLServers & DC Hardware$158.6B238.03240.36224.80-1.0%5.6%2/41.08192.01+21.5%+105.7%+97.2%-8.6%+27.1%0.94
STXMemory & Storage$183.3B740.84790.77700.88-6.7%5.4%3/40.54547.21+35.3%+78.4%+70.0%-11.2%+29.8%1.08
BEPower Gen Equipment$82.4B258.71279.28263.91-8.0%-2.0%2/41.39202.09+24.5%+78.0%+69.6%-14.7%+29.6%0.94
MUMemory & Storage$906.3B681.54724.80609.28-6.3%10.6%4/40.26492.41+49.8%+70.6%+62.1%-15.2%+21.2%1.21
ARMChips - GPUs/Accelerators$235.4B215.12216.73209.28-0.7%2.7%3/42.39169.83+29.0%+69.5%+61.1%-9.3%+26.6%1.35
COHRNetworking & Optical$79.0B362.83364.25346.07-0.4%4.6%2/40.92300.60+5.2%+65.0%+56.5%-10.4%+16.7%1.01
WDCMemory & Storage$170.3B458.68482.08442.28-5.1%3.6%4/40.43362.81+23.1%+61.5%+53.1%-11.1%+24.1%0.92
CSCONetworking & Optical$402.4B118.88102.7295.8413.6%19.4%3/41.4986.57+37.8%+55.5%+47.1%0.0%+8.5%1.40
ONChips - Other$45.3B109.43108.02101.621.3%7.1%2/40.3479.72+31.8%+52.1%+43.6%-7.6%+22.2%1.46
HPEServers & DC Hardware$42.6B33.0031.4829.854.6%9.5%3/40.8526.16+24.8%+51.2%+42.7%-3.3%+14.9%1.00
FNNetworking & Optical$24.9B700.26673.57681.173.8%2.7%3/4617.30+1.5%+41.0%+32.5%-6.2%+11.9%1.44
VRTPower & Cooling Infra$142.1B339.73357.19336.69-5.1%0.9%4/41.70298.60+10.5%+39.5%+31.1%-9.7%+16.2%0.70
PWRPower & Cooling Infra$116.1B723.03764.66707.32-5.8%2.2%2/42.04627.44+20.1%+37.7%+29.2%-7.9%+12.7%1.15
TXNChips - Other$278.8B300.60295.43278.511.7%7.3%4/41.60232.51+31.5%+33.9%+25.4%-2.5%+13.1%1.05
AMZNHyperscalers / Cloud$2.91T264.86269.35264.54-1.7%0.1%3/41.89237.74+5.7%+31.7%+23.2%-3.7%+11.0%0.84
GOOGLHyperscalers / Cloud$4.88T396.94395.87374.040.3%5.8%4/41.58334.71+16.2%+31.5%+23.1%-1.4%+8.7%0.92
AVGOChips - GPUs/Accelerators$1.97T420.71424.56418.64-0.9%0.5%4/40.94371.07+3.5%+26.8%+18.3%-4.3%+11.4%0.84
ADIChips - Other$211.1B418.58418.31404.110.1%3.5%2/41.04358.44+12.7%+24.4%+15.9%-3.2%+8.2%1.09
NVDAChips - GPUs/Accelerators$5.47T222.32218.05210.871.9%5.1%3/40.68193.96+10.2%+20.2%+11.7%-5.7%+5.8%0.98
NXPIChips - Other$75.3B291.68295.69273.80-1.4%6.1%2/40.75230.08+35.0%+19.6%+11.2%-4.7%+9.0%1.26
LRCXChips - Equipment$369.5B277.96289.61273.43-4.2%1.6%4/41.72249.44+3.9%+18.1%+9.7%-7.1%+7.7%0.99
MCHPChips - Other$52.3B92.7697.9292.69-5.6%0.1%1/41.2377.80+17.8%+18.2%+9.7%-9.9%+10.5%1.31
AMATChips - Equipment$346.5B413.57428.77411.50-3.7%0.5%4/42.07382.58+4.2%+15.3%+6.8%-6.8%+6.8%1.35
IRMData Center REITs$37.5B123.96127.85123.21-3.1%0.6%2/42.70113.21+5.0%+14.9%+6.4%-6.1%+7.3%0.99
TSMChips - GPUs/Accelerators$2.07T395.95405.94397.75-2.5%-0.5%4/41.28368.62+6.9%+9.0%+0.6%-5.6%+4.2%1.08
GNRCPower & Cooling Infra$15.7B253.05266.87248.51-5.5%1.8%3/41.12221.79+19.3%+8.4%-0.1%-8.5%+6.4%0.83
LINIndustrial Gases (fab)$237.3B510.86503.93503.511.4%1.4%4/42.30497.66+3.8%+6.3%-2.2%-0.5%+1.7%0.86
CARRPower & Cooling Infra$54.5B64.5165.9164.27-2.2%0.4%2/41.6160.60+5.6%-2.5%-11.0%-19.2%+0.7%0.79

Emerging Trend 6 candidates

Recent golden cross (50SMA crossed above 200SMA) or price reclaimed 50SMA. Early entries.

Ticker Group Mkt Cap Price 1D SMA10 stop SMA21 stop Risk to SMA10 Risk to SMA21 Quality PEG SMA50 1M 3M RS 3M % 52wH 50slope Vol 10/50
CRDONetworking & Optical$34.9B156.27187.98184.21-20.3%-17.9%3/4143.68-2.8%+25.2%+16.7%-25.7%+23.9%0.91
APDIndustrial Gases (fab)$68.2B293.31299.74299.91-2.2%-2.3%2/42.39293.20+0.5%+6.3%-2.2%-4.2%+3.1%0.84
ASMLChips - Equipment$609.6B1,472.391,532.331,477.40-4.1%-0.3%3/42.361,418.85+1.1%+3.9%-4.5%-7.5%+1.7%1.05
DUtilities (AI power)$55.2B67.5662.8662.737.0%7.2%2/42.7362.43+8.2%+4.0%-4.5%0.0%-0.5%1.61
CWPower & Cooling Infra$27.7B710.34731.43723.30-3.0%-1.8%3/42.00708.18-3.4%+3.3%-5.2%-5.4%+2.4%1.00
TTPower & Cooling Infra$104.1B460.42472.55478.22-2.6%-3.9%3/41.98453.00-3.3%-1.9%-10.4%-6.5%+2.1%1.00

Pullback in Uptrend 9 candidates

Uptrending stock pulled back to its 21EMA. Often the highest-quality entries.

Ticker Group Mkt Cap Price 1D SMA10 stop SMA21 stop Risk to SMA10 Risk to SMA21 Quality PEG SMA50 1M 3M RS 3M % 52wH 50slope Vol 10/50
CIENNetworking & Optical$81.7B524.53561.55534.15-7.1%-1.8%2/42.29465.38+3.4%+73.5%+65.0%-11.3%+24.6%0.75
VICRChips - Other$14.1B249.02279.22267.83-12.1%-7.6%4/4214.86+14.2%+58.3%+49.9%-20.4%+22.3%1.11
LITENetworking & Optical$80.2B884.98966.85920.98-9.3%-4.1%2/40.63825.50-1.0%+47.4%+38.9%-16.0%+17.3%1.10
POWLPower & Cooling Infra$11.0B266.80301.77278.10-13.1%-4.2%3/44.14228.53+10.7%+42.6%+34.1%-17.2%+21.5%1.21
MPWRChips - Other$81.1B1,486.331,597.861,577.78-7.5%-6.2%4/42.101,336.58+1.2%+26.9%+18.5%-10.5%+15.2%1.12
GEVPower Gen Equipment$285.5B1,012.251,065.961,074.28-5.3%-6.1%3/41.80970.88+0.9%+23.6%+15.2%-11.9%+12.0%0.88
KLACChips - Equipment$241.6B1,756.451,814.161,809.99-3.3%-3.0%3/41.981,661.39-2.0%+19.5%+11.0%-9.2%+9.6%1.11
EQIXData Center REITs$106.2B1,062.621,075.111,084.86-1.2%-2.1%1/43.521,033.22-2.4%+12.2%+3.8%-4.7%+7.0%0.87
EMEPower & Cooling Infra$41.1B877.19922.25894.41-5.1%-2.0%4/41.08812.76+8.8%+10.0%+1.6%-7.1%+6.9%1.04

Above 200SMA — Weak Setup 19 candidates

Above long-term trend but lacking confirmation. Watch list only.

Ticker Group Mkt Cap Price 1D SMA10 stop SMA21 stop Risk to SMA10 Risk to SMA21 Quality PEG SMA50 1M 3M RS 3M % 52wH 50slope Vol 10/50
ALABNetworking & Optical$38.4B215.58213.78204.070.8%5.3%4/4160.67+23.9%+74.3%+65.8%-14.4%+22.5%1.15
DDOGAI-adjacent Software / SaaS$73.1B208.82190.55160.558.7%23.1%2/41.50137.73+64.9%+70.4%+61.9%0.0%+15.3%1.57
PANWAI-adjacent Software / SaaS$184.7B247.55215.77196.4612.8%20.6%3/43.49177.25+47.5%+51.4%+42.9%0.0%+10.6%1.16
CRWDAI-adjacent Software / SaaS$143.2B618.83542.20495.1212.4%20.0%2/44.35446.33+46.0%+49.4%+40.9%0.0%+10.1%1.01
QCOMChips - GPUs/Accelerators$224.7B203.64206.70178.10-1.5%12.5%4/40.94150.34+49.5%+43.7%+35.2%-14.3%+12.0%1.75
NTAPServers & DC Hardware$23.5B120.60116.99113.133.0%6.2%3/41.34105.77+15.4%+19.9%+11.5%-3.2%+5.2%1.15
PSTGServers & DC Hardware$22.4B77.0780.0475.21-3.9%2.4%3/41.7667.91+15.1%+6.0%-2.4%-21.9%+4.0%1.37
DLRData Center REITs$69.1B188.50194.11196.80-3.0%-4.4%2/413.17188.62-7.4%+5.5%-3.0%-7.6%+5.0%0.98
TERChips - Equipment$56.9B321.05355.74363.41-10.8%-13.2%4/41.42338.06-15.6%+5.1%-3.4%-23.2%+6.8%1.14
BWXTNuclear / SMR / Uranium$18.9B201.94207.86213.67-2.9%-5.8%3/41.67213.26-14.4%+0.6%-7.9%-15.3%+2.4%1.08
ANETNetworking & Optical$177.2B141.71145.19159.21-2.5%-12.3%2/41.82146.35-13.7%-0.6%-9.1%-20.3%+7.5%1.92
AEPUtilities (AI power)$69.6B127.68130.06131.92-1.9%-3.3%2/42.40131.47-3.8%-1.3%-9.7%-6.2%+1.4%1.58
ENTGChips - Equipment$22.1B127.21144.10145.84-13.3%-14.6%2/41.83131.58-12.8%-1.7%-10.2%-18.6%+5.5%1.11
ETNPower & Cooling Infra$158.0B381.87404.64411.19-6.0%-7.7%3/43.04387.07-5.7%-1.9%-10.3%-11.6%+4.6%1.25
JCIPower & Cooling Infra$87.7B137.31141.88142.13-3.3%-3.5%2/42.29137.86-2.5%-3.1%-11.6%-6.0%+0.7%1.19
NEEUtilities (AI power)$197.8B89.0494.0494.31-5.6%-5.9%1/42.0593.05-3.2%-3.3%-11.8%-9.0%+1.2%1.16
MDBAI-adjacent Software / SaaS$24.4B330.00297.65278.249.8%15.7%2/41.67263.84+25.3%-6.9%-15.3%-25.1%-7.2%1.14
CCJNuclear / SMR / Uranium$50.3B105.14115.13118.08-9.5%-12.3%2/41.92114.42-12.9%-6.9%-15.4%-21.6%+0.3%1.04
HUBBPower & Cooling Infra$25.6B470.87488.86515.39-3.8%-9.5%3/42.38505.53-12.1%-9.9%-18.4%-15.6%+0.5%1.15

Not in uptrend (24)

Below their 200-day SMA — not eligible for long entries on this scan.

ORCL · MSFT · NET · SMCI · PLTR · ZS · CRM · NOW · NNE · META · SNOW · AMT · EXC · PCG · GE · UEC · LEU · CEG · OKLO · UUUU · TLN · VST · SMR · NRG