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Daily Intelligence Report // Sam the Quant Ghost // 2026-08-21
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2026-08-21 05:28 AM CST
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MARKET.MOOD
Risk-On // NORMAL
VIX 15.68
· SPY -0.84%
Last 10 Days
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👵 GRANDMA.MODE // PLAIN ENGLISH
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🙂 Just an ordinary day out there. Nothing's on fire, nothing's a party. Business as usual. The overall market is down a bit today. (The fear gauge sits at 16 — low and relaxed.)
⭐ Sam's favorite today is KO — she scored it 68 out of 100. That just means it looked the strongest of the bunch, not a promise it'll go up.
In Other Words
- VIX:
- Wall Street's 'fear gauge.' Low number = calm, high number = scared. Above 30 means people are sweating.
- SPY:
- A single basket holding the 500 biggest US companies. When people say 'the market,' they usually mean this.
- momentum:
- Buying what's already going up and betting it keeps going — like a snowball rolling downhill.
This is plain-English education, not financial advice. When in doubt, ask someone you trust.
MARKET.PULSE // LIVE BENCHMARKS
S&P 500
$762.60
-0.84%
5D: -1.8%
Nasdaq 100
$710.93
-0.72%
5D: -2.8%
Russell 2000
$297.67
-1.34%
5D: -2.4%
Dow 30
$527.51
-1.27%
5D: -1.7%
Bitcoin
$77,997.60
+6.80%
5D: +20.9%
Ethereum
$2,404.13
+3.34%
5D: +25.7%
Gold
$415.26
+0.34%
5D: +3.4%
20Y Treasuries
$82.34
-0.82%
5D: +0.4%
VIX.REGIME
15.68
NORMAL
VIX normal at 15.7 (+1.4 this week). SPY +8.2% vs 200 SMA.
SECTOR.ROTATION // 5D LEADERS
🧠 AI.SYNTHESIS _
Market's a bit sleepy with VIX at 15.68, no immediate panic. However, smart money is rotating hard. Institutions are loading up AVGO, NET, and MCD, while aggressively dumping AMD and RBLX. That's a clear signal on tech — watch those rotational plays.
Our scanner is flashing bullish on PANW, SHW, and KO, but don't get caught chasing. Dossiers show SHW and KO are massively overvalued by ~48%. Hold those bids. The real play here is XOM; it's a Grade B, technically strong, and 24.6% *undervalued* according to our models. That's a clear "ACCUMULATE on dips." For the true degenerates, GMEU (leveraged GME) is flashing a Nuclear Option with ADX 35.1 — high momentum, but only a B-grade setup.
— Ghost out. 👻
🌤️ MARKET.WEATHER // CONTANGO
Calm contango, VIX 15.7. Green light.
🎯 TODAY'S.WATCHLIST // 6 CONVERGENCES
UBER
2 legs
trend · Ghost Alpha V2 (score 0.9)
triangle · triangle_breakout (score 59)
DIS
2 legs
trend · Ghost Alpha V2 (score 0.8)
triangle · triangle_breakout (score 66)
CVX
2 legs
trend · Ghost Alpha V2 (score 0.8)
institutional · 13F buying
LLY
2 legs
trend · Ghost Alpha V2 (score 0.7)
institutional · 13F buying
NET
2 legs
trend · Ghost Alpha V2 (score 0.7)
institutional · 13F buying
AVGO
2 legs
trend · Core Watchlist (score 0.5)
institutional · 13F buying
Independent legs: trend · triangle · flow · 13F. Bullish agreement adds; bearish/short-dated flagged amber.
🔼 MIGRATION // 78 MATURATION EVENTS
⭐ Migration of the Day
EOG — matured triangle_breakout → momentum (streak 2d)
EOG
triangle_breakout → momentum
streak 2d
OXY
triangle_breakout → momentum
streak 2d
PFE
triangle_breakout → momentum
streak 2d
UBER
triangle_breakout → momentum
streak 2d
FCX
triangle_breakout → momentum
streak 1d
COIN
new → high_conviction
streak 16d
GS
new → high_conviction
streak 16d
HOOD
new → high_conviction
streak 16d
⚠️ MARKET.REGIME // NORMAL
VIX normal at 15.7 (+1.4 this week). SPY +8.2% vs 200 SMA.
→ HEALTHY: Standard position sizing, focus on high-quality momentum.
🔪 DAILY.CUTS // PRIME · CHOICE · SELECT
Prime // MOMENTUM
$90.35
↳ RSI momentum at 61.2; Strong trend (ADX 32.3); Full EMA alignment
Choice // LEVERAGED ETF
Play: GMEU | ADX: 35.1
↳ VWAP Reclaim play. EOD close required.
INSTITUTIONAL.SIGNALS
// TICKERTRACE API
As of: 2026-08-20
Funds: 71
Tickers: 2279
Options: 526
P/C: 0.72
🟢 TOP BUYING
AVGO
BROADCOM INC
ARKW, ARKQ, ARKK
5.786
CBRS
CEREBRAS SYSTEMS INC - A
ARKW, ARKK
3.571
NET
CLOUDFLARE INC - CLASS A
ARKW, ARKK
3.412
ARKY
ARK ACTIVE AUTOCALL INC E
ARKK
2.209
MCD
McDonald's Corp
DIVO
2.02
HD
Home Depot Inc/The
DIVO
1.906
LLY
ELI LILLY + CO COMMON STO
AVLV
0.996
CAT
CATERPILLAR INC COMMON ST
AVLV
0.968
🔴 TOP SELLING
TXG
10X GENOMICS INC-CLASS A
ARKG, ARKK
3.082
MPC
MARATHON PETROLEUM CORP C
DIVO, AVLV
4.121
XLY
State Street Consumer Dis
DIVO
2.689
AMD
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES
ARKW, ARKQ
2.319
RBLX
ROBLOX CORP -CLASS A
ARKK
2.054
TRLV
Trulieve Cannabis Corp
CNBS
1.632
CURA
Curaleaf Holdings Inc
CNBS
1.191
TWST
TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORP
ARKK
1.16
⚡ CROSS-FUND
DIVERGENCES
TWST
↑ ARKG
↓ ARKK
RKLB
↑ ARKK
↓ ULTI
Sector Flow →
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY (+0.8577)
HEALTH CARE (-5.4054)
FINANCIALS (-5.3755)
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (-0.297)
INDUSTRIALS (-0.1579)
PERSISTENCE.TRACKER // 21-DAY ROLLING WINDOW
🔥 Lifers: 0
💎 HiConv: 132
Total: 282
🔥 LIFERS (20+ Days)
No lifers in current window
💎 HIGH CONVICTION (10-19D)
PLTR 16d
NVDA 16d
GOOGL 16d
AVGO 16d
V 16d
MA 16d
XOM 16d
MSFT 16d
META 16d
TSLA 16d
+122 more
📊 TODAY'S WATCHLIST // A-GRADE SETUPS
SHW
The Sherwin-Williams Company
Tech: 95
Fund: 80
Price: $346.91
RSI: 53.48
WAIT for validation
Valuation: OVERVALUED (-48.9%)
View Deep Dive →
Tech: 85
Fund: 70
Price: $166.15
RSI: 71.84
ACCUMULATE on dips
Valuation: UNDERVALUED (+24.6%)
View Deep Dive →
Tech: 100
Fund: 80
Price: $90.5
RSI: 69.22
WAIT for validation
Valuation: OVERVALUED (-47.6%)
View Deep Dive →
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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?" — 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 // 2026-08-21 // 2026-08-21 05:28 AM CST