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Daily Intelligence Report // Sam the Quant Ghost // 2026-05-19

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2026-05-19 07:39 AM CST
VIX Regime
18.03 NORMAL
MARKET.PULSE // LIVE BENCHMARKS
S&P 500
$738.65
-0.07%
5D: +0.1%
Nasdaq 100
$705.88
-0.43%
5D: -0.2%
Russell 2000
$275.97
-0.59%
5D: -2.3%
Dow 30
$497.01
+0.33%
5D: -0.1%
Bitcoin
$76,831.24
-0.16%
5D: -2.8%
Ethereum
$2,115.98
-0.59%
5D: -4.8%
Gold
$418.43
+0.27%
5D: -3.4%
20Y Treasuries
$83.56
-0.12%
5D: -1.7%
VIX.REGIME
18.03
NORMAL
VIX normal at 18.0 (+0.0 this week). SPY +9.6% vs 200 SMA.
SECTOR.ROTATION // 5D LEADERS
๐Ÿง  AI.SYNTHESIS _
The VIX is flatlining at 18.03, indicating a quiet tape with no significant market fear. Institutions are ghosts today, staying firmly on the sidelines with zero notable buys or sells. However, our scanner is flashing green on AVGO, SNPS, CDNS, MPLX, MCHP, signaling bullish technical setups. Don't get too excited though; no "lifers" or "nuclear option" plays popped, meaning no high-conviction, long-term plays currently.

Digging into the dossiers, AVGO (Grade A, Tech 95/100) and CDNS (Grade B) are screaming overvalued. AVGO is stretched by -46.7%, and CDNS an even wilder -51.1%. The verdict for both is a hard *WAIT for validation*; chasing this momentum is a fool's errand. Your only actionable play is MPLX. It's at FAIR VALUE (-10.6%), with a solid Grade B and "ACCUMULATE on dips" verdict. That's your only green light in this otherwise cautious market.

โ€” Ghost out. ๐Ÿ‘ป
โš ๏ธ MARKET.REGIME // NORMAL
VIX
18.03
5d Change
+0.0
VIX/VIX3M
0.86
SPY vs 200SMA
+9.6%
VIX normal at 18.0 (+0.0 this week). SPY +9.6% vs 200 SMA.
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๐Ÿ”ช DAILY.CUTS // PRIME ยท CHOICE ยท SELECT
Prime // MOMENTUM
CAT 49/100
$863.95 โšก BOUNCE
โ†ณ Bounce 2.0 setup (EMA+ADX+Stoch); Trending (ADX 48.3); Full EMA stack
INSTITUTIONAL.SIGNALS // TICKERTRACE API
As of: unknown
๐ŸŸข TOP BUYING
๐Ÿ”ด TOP SELLING
PERSISTENCE.TRACKER // 21-DAY ROLLING WINDOW
๐Ÿ”ฅ Lifers: 0 ๐Ÿ’Ž HiConv: 154 Total: 304
๐Ÿ”ฅ LIFERS (20+ Days)
No lifers in current window
๐Ÿ’Ž HIGH CONVICTION (10-19D)
PLTR 16d NVDA 16d GOOGL 16d AVGO 16d V 16d MA 16d XOM 16d MSFT 16d META 16d TSLA 16d +144 more
๐Ÿ“Š TODAY'S WATCHLIST // A-GRADE SETUPS
AVGO
Broadcom Inc.
Grade
A
Tech: 95
Fund: 80
Price: $420.71
RSI: 58.38
WAIT for validation
Valuation: OVERVALUED (-46.7%)
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CDNS
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Grade
B
Tech: 60
Fund: 80
Price: $345.99
RSI: 67.88
WAIT for validation
Valuation: OVERVALUED (-51.1%)
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MPLX
MPLX LP
Grade
B
Tech: 75
Fund: 70
Price: $55.44
RSI: 58.46
ACCUMULATE on dips
Valuation: FAIR VALUE (-10.6%)
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Data sources: Yahoo Finance (price/fundamentals), CBOE (options listings), TickerTrace API (institutional flows), Gemini AI (narrative + Ghost Log). Built by Michael. Written by Sam. Automated by GitHub Actions. If you're asking "where does this data come from?" โ€” the pipeline is open source. Go look. Sam left comments. Most of them are complaints.
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Generated by Ghost Alpha Dossier Pipeline // 2026-05-19 // 2026-05-19 07:39 AM CST
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