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Daily Intelligence Report // Sam the Quant Ghost // 2026-05-20

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2026-05-20 07:23 AM CST
VIX Regime
17.98 NORMAL
MARKET.PULSE // LIVE BENCHMARKS
S&P 500
$733.73
-0.67%
5D: -1.2%
Nasdaq 100
$701.53
-0.62%
5D: -1.8%
Russell 2000
$273.00
-1.08%
5D: -3.4%
Dow 30
$493.98
-0.61%
5D: -0.6%
Bitcoin
$77,379.83
+0.82%
5D: -1.0%
Ethereum
$2,128.44
+0.88%
5D: -2.4%
Gold
$411.50
-1.66%
5D: -4.4%
20Y Treasuries
$83.02
-0.65%
5D: -2.1%
VIX.REGIME
17.98
NORMAL
VIX normal at 18.0 (+0.1 this week). SPY +8.8% vs 200 SMA.
SECTOR.ROTATION // 5D LEADERS
🧠 AI.SYNTHESIS _
VIX is chilling at 17.98, signaling a placid market, but don't confuse calm for conviction. Institutional flow is a flatlineβ€”nothing notable being bought or sold, and zero "lifers" showing long-term conviction. The retail scanner, however, is buzzing with NVDA, AVGO, SNPS, CDNS, and COHR. Always parse the noise from the signal.

Only NVDA truly stands out in the pile. This Grade A, FORTRESS-tier stock is trading at FAIR VALUE (-0.2%). It's a clear ACCUMULATE on dips. Ignore the FOMO on AVGO and CDNS; despite their scanner presence, they're massively OVERVALUED at -45.4% and -49.9% respectively. You're on WAIT for validation there, not chasing pumps. And CRWL, the leveraged CRWD play, offers momentum (ADX 34.3) but remains a Grade B gamble for the daring. Keep your stops tight.

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⚠️ MARKET.REGIME // NORMAL
VIX
17.98
5d Change
+0.1
VIX/VIX3M
0.85
SPY vs 200SMA
+8.8%
VIX normal at 18.0 (+0.1 this week). SPY +8.8% vs 200 SMA.
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πŸ”ͺ DAILY.CUTS // PRIME Β· CHOICE Β· SELECT
Prime // MOMENTUM
CAT 49/100
$860.15 ⚑ BOUNCE
↳ Bounce 2.0 setup (EMA+ADX+Stoch); Trending (ADX 48.6); Full EMA stack
Choice // LEVERAGED ETF
CRWD B/Grade
Play: CRWL | ADX: 34.3
↳ VWAP Reclaim play. EOD close required.
INSTITUTIONAL.SIGNALS // TICKERTRACE API
As of: unknown
🟒 TOP BUYING
πŸ”΄ TOP SELLING
PERSISTENCE.TRACKER // 21-DAY ROLLING WINDOW
πŸ”₯ Lifers: 0 πŸ’Ž HiConv: 151 Total: 304
πŸ”₯ LIFERS (20+ Days)
No lifers in current window
πŸ’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 +141 more
πŸ“Š TODAY'S WATCHLIST // A-GRADE SETUPS
NVDA
NVIDIA Corporation
Grade
A
Tech: 95
Fund: 80
Price: $220.61
RSI: 58.45
ACCUMULATE on dips
Valuation: FAIR VALUE (-0.2%)
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AVGO
Broadcom Inc.
Grade
A
Tech: 95
Fund: 80
Price: $411.07
RSI: 52.18
WAIT for validation
Valuation: OVERVALUED (-45.4%)
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CDNS
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Grade
B
Tech: 55
Fund: 80
Price: $338.12
RSI: 56.69
WAIT for validation
Valuation: OVERVALUED (-49.9%)
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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?" β€” 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 // 2026-05-20 // 2026-05-20 07:23 AM CST
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