Weekly structural research ยท NASDAQ ยท Consumer Defensive

COKE Stage Analysis

Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc.

Week ending 9 Oct 2026Close USD 196.24Tenure DevelopingBenchmark QQQ
Executive diagnosis

What the Activity Line geometry says now

Structure, not prediction
Balance ยท Upper balance after advance

Directional pressure has compressed into balance.

Trend and Activity are compressed into balance, so neither side has durable control. Prior structure and the next directional change provide context; balance alone is not assumed to be a base.

  • The Trend gate is up within the current regime.
  • Fast Activity versus Slow Activity: stable.
  • Activity structure: compressed and expanding.
Direction 53โˆ’100 bearish to +100 bullish
Energy 29/100directional strength
Maturity 27/100lifecycle context
Confidence 71/100evidence agreement
Trend gate Upstructural direction
Activity structure Compressedexpanding separation
Price acceptance +50.0%position within the Activity structure
Fair Value context +49.3%USD 131.42 ยท improving
Trend Architecture map ยท Historical context

Weekly close, Activity, Trend and Fair Value

Follow price and Trend first, then add Activity Lines to inspect the structure. Subtle bands show the regime recognized at each completed observation; the dashed line marks current Fair Value, not a historical forecast.

CloseTrendCurrent Fair Value
Background stage key
  • BalanceDirection is contained.
  • Rotation UpStructure is turning higher.
  • Upward ExpansionUptrend is established.
  • DecelerationUptrend is losing energy.
  • Rotation DownStructure is turning lower.
  • Downward ExpansionDowntrend is established.
View chart values ยท 156 observations
WeekCloseTrendRelative StrengthVolumeRegimeDirectionEnergy
2026-10-09196.24188.31-2.842232220Balance5329
2026-10-02192.04188.99-4.362180121Balance108
2026-09-25190.29189.39-4.202360743Balance1710
2026-09-18192.08189.790.354387640Balance2018
2026-09-11192.61189.452.132066946Balance1418
2026-09-04189.33188.420.272051055Balance1321
2026-08-28198.49187.365.912298168Balance3337
2026-08-21189.10185.811.861847736Balance1823
2026-08-14189.11184.51-0.272310627Balance3425
2026-08-07192.99183.243.393207608Balance4119
2026-07-31187.90181.806.331920328Balance2210
2026-07-24184.70180.525.652342809Balance188
2026-07-17180.50179.702.072194069Deceleration2512
2026-07-10179.06179.21-2.534129176Deceleration2514
2026-07-03195.37178.758.622180997Deceleration4426
2026-06-26187.78177.825.812994121Deceleration3017
2026-06-19181.29176.98-1.972013491Deceleration2110
2026-06-12187.89176.304.652559290Deceleration1110
2026-06-05179.91175.342.962391254Deceleration417
2026-05-29173.26173.92-4.941774052Deceleration019
2026-05-22175.53172.48-0.793833608Deceleration614
2026-05-15170.27170.87-2.443944877Deceleration1512
2026-05-08174.31169.57-0.324714759Deceleration2816
2026-05-01203.92167.8823.121656139Deceleration6241
2026-04-24195.59165.0920.561771190Deceleration4334
2026-04-17189.94162.4019.722282715Upward Expansion4432
2026-04-10203.16159.8235.702031111Upward Expansion6849
2026-04-03194.44157.1035.961993013Upward Expansion6256
2026-03-27181.07154.6231.903536242Upward Expansion6665
2026-03-20201.19152.4842.273002911Upward Expansion6889
2026-03-13216.63149.7251.102248265Upward Expansion9397
2026-03-06204.13146.2541.972391614Upward Expansion9196
2026-02-27202.14143.2339.653208534Upward Expansion9496
2026-02-20181.99140.2225.972428600Deceleration8878
2026-02-13161.70138.1013.561939390Deceleration6743
2026-02-06157.54136.469.302380421Deceleration4627
2026-01-30151.87134.983.271605694Deceleration3325
2026-01-23150.02133.821.741376950Deceleration3429
2026-01-16151.04132.502.652122711Deceleration4029
2026-01-09149.91131.020.832346372Upward Expansion4739
2026-01-02149.40129.612.652613797Upward Expansion5453
2025-12-26160.16128.238.061418524Upward Expansion6766
2025-12-19165.69126.6913.384682369Upward Expansion7185
2025-12-12165.29124.9514.092534266Upward Expansion7289
2025-12-05167.59123.3313.771820658Upward Expansion8494
2025-11-28162.47121.5611.632016803Upward Expansion8594
2025-11-21161.04119.9316.192384610Upward Expansion9296
2025-11-14159.07119.1011.463623134Upward Expansion9694
2025-11-07137.38118.47-3.731690869Upward Expansion8384
2025-10-31130.00118.51-11.792573548Rotation Up7076
2025-10-24127.29118.49-12.131827882Rotation Up3762
2025-10-17131.04118.64-7.902330227Balance4955
2025-10-10123.87118.57-11.112867707Balance3418
2025-10-03120.06118.80-16.132393494Balance-35
2025-09-26114.83119.17-19.232821808Balance-149
2025-09-19112.67120.02-21.565404041Downward Expansion-1915
2025-09-12121.38120.84-14.162489344Downward Expansion519
2025-09-05120.22121.44-13.861888903Downward Expansion-111
2025-08-29116.67121.97-16.141994465Downward Expansion-2012
2025-08-22118.65122.60-15.462195368Downward Expansion-1915
2025-08-15112.50122.91-21.031566989Downward Expansion-4124
2025-08-08113.55123.73-20.332025376Downward Expansion-3723
2025-08-01111.86124.08-19.093032766Downward Expansion-4124
2025-07-25118.22124.72-16.894362759Downward Expansion-3522
2025-07-18112.57124.84-20.342587553Downward Expansion-4228
2025-07-11113.15125.05-19.073078540Downward Expansion-4737
2025-07-04116.89125.47-16.792905984Downward Expansion-6046
2025-06-27110.67125.83-20.084160967Downward Expansion-6564
2025-06-20106.39126.44-20.123570197Downward Expansion-7375
2025-06-13107.86127.05-19.062499127Downward Expansion-7478
2025-06-06107.90127.45-19.503567274Downward Expansion-7779
2025-05-30113.85127.89-13.393018573Rotation Down-6675
2025-05-23113.56127.83-11.92261743Rotation Down-4267
2025-05-16116.77128.17-11.51356129Rotation Down-3757
2025-05-09114.45128.51-7.18444437Rotation Down-3445
2025-05-02113.70128.92-7.80457688Rotation Down-1110
2025-04-25135.95129.3814.36220371Balance4536
2025-04-18140.36129.1126.59151271Balance5532
2025-04-11138.29128.6023.04344462Balance3916
2025-04-04129.46128.2524.99270495Balance2216
2025-03-28131.85128.3215.83204024Upward Expansion2819
2025-03-21128.92128.3411.42314563Upward Expansion3016
2025-03-14130.69128.4813.90264067Upward Expansion4022
2025-03-07131.21128.2812.28292131Upward Expansion5636
2025-02-28140.47128.0517.09223109Upward Expansion6659
2025-02-21137.07127.5611.20178476Upward Expansion6058
2025-02-14139.62126.7111.39175289Upward Expansion6660
2025-02-07135.95125.6312.22176834Upward Expansion6262
2025-01-31135.56124.6612.62180095Deceleration6054
2025-01-24128.07123.695.35142398Deceleration4541
2025-01-17137.15122.9914.96238285Deceleration6345
2025-01-10124.08121.697.57144237Deceleration2610
2025-01-03130.78120.8611.16191198Deceleration5522
2024-12-27121.93119.863.1098696Deceleration146
2024-12-20118.97119.021.64202450Deceleration2016
2024-12-13125.62118.325.02127835Deceleration4132
2024-12-06127.69117.217.87165223Deceleration4329
2024-11-29129.03116.0912.99164641Deceleration4525
2024-11-22124.64114.6010.68140356Deceleration1317
2024-11-15119.77113.158.94182234Deceleration919
2024-11-08121.15111.847.00235787Deceleration1318
2024-11-01112.22110.495.11271521Deceleration714
2024-10-25123.55109.4814.45161513Deceleration4030
2024-10-18127.12108.1418.69147227Deceleration4336
2024-10-11126.66106.7819.45142573Deceleration4539
2024-10-04127.57105.2922.80170452Upward Expansion4845
2024-09-27127.95103.7524.33213362Upward Expansion5251
2024-09-20124.82102.2123.55500064Upward Expansion6461
2024-09-13128.05100.7829.60309412Upward Expansion6766
2024-09-06131.3099.2942.11232509Upward Expansion7179
2024-08-30132.5497.7636.69217385Upward Expansion7991
2024-08-23133.2996.3337.78243131Upward Expansion8895
2024-08-16124.5094.6631.19154982Upward Expansion7890
2024-08-09124.3493.2739.17237422Upward Expansion8691
2024-08-02125.8192.0642.42295340Upward Expansion9484
2024-07-26111.6390.7923.68215130Upward Expansion7873
2024-07-19107.1390.0716.48190766Upward Expansion7074
2024-07-12106.8789.4312.27183487Upward Expansion7472
2024-07-05106.3488.6312.02272220Upward Expansion7767
2024-06-28107.0887.6817.36934349Upward Expansion8677
2024-06-2198.2386.468.20260003Upward Expansion6673
2024-06-1499.0885.529.70309071Upward Expansion7186
2024-06-07100.7684.5115.86315183Upward Expansion8391
2024-05-3196.8283.3414.76258290Upward Expansion7687
2024-05-2497.9682.2214.58315410Upward Expansion8486
2024-05-1792.4781.009.93246384Upward Expansion7371
2024-05-1093.9679.9214.31453629Deceleration7550
2024-05-0384.2278.794.26209038Deceleration2113
2024-04-2681.1778.051.48161210Deceleration914
2024-04-1980.6077.404.86171800Deceleration710
2024-04-1280.5776.82-0.57200140Deceleration1614
2024-04-0581.8776.210.75198998Deceleration3424
2024-03-2983.4875.592.16167687Deceleration3625
2024-03-2286.2374.965.26224264Deceleration4024
2024-03-1581.9174.323.30284763Deceleration3022
2024-03-0881.3873.831.76216591Deceleration3424
2024-03-0181.8673.510.95247852Deceleration3925
2024-02-2381.7973.022.95264733Deceleration4538
2024-02-1683.4572.416.55299040Upward Expansion4945
2024-02-0985.3171.697.58183861Upward Expansion5148
2024-02-0289.7070.8715.63186013Upward Expansion7965
2024-01-2683.1369.928.99236235Upward Expansion6562
2024-01-1983.0669.209.96220495Upward Expansion6867
2024-01-1288.0068.5320.23207473Upward Expansion7089
2024-01-0587.7567.7124.36174923Upward Expansion7491
2023-12-2989.8066.9323.86164349Upward Expansion9297
2023-12-2288.0366.1722.27303747Upward Expansion9698
2023-12-1582.8065.4016.44333323Upward Expansion9698
2023-12-0877.9964.7813.71231788Upward Expansion9494
2023-12-0170.2864.213.21241901Upward Expansion7581
2023-11-2470.1363.983.25132840Balance7671
2023-11-1768.6863.542.23216135Balance6041
2023-11-1065.7863.030.11187224Balance129
2023-11-0363.1662.56-0.89199059Rotation Down-2522
2023-10-2761.3362.162.40116305Rotation Down-2730
2023-10-2060.1861.83-2.06170368Deceleration-2431
Price vs TrendAbove+4.2%
Trend directionRising+3.6%
Price vs current Fair ValuePremium+49.3%
Fair Value directionClosing upward+1.2%
Relative Strength vs benchmarkLagging-2.8%
Relative strength directionWeakening-0.3%
Price momentumNegative-3.4%
Volume balanceDemand-led1.42ร—
Beyond the current label

Is the structure strengthening or losing force?

Direction and energy measure different things

Direction shows the upward or downward lean. Energy shows the force behind the structural move: high energy can accompany a strong decline as well as an advance.

Direction

53 / ยฑ100

+39.9 points since 2026-09-11

Energy

29 /100

+11.0 points since 2026-09-11

Recent change compares the latest reading with four observations earlier. Missing readings remain unavailable. Use the chart values above to inspect individual observations.

Comparative structural evidence

Why this architecture regime won

Every regime is evaluated
Balance50
Rotation Up44
Upward Expansion74
Deceleration58
Rotation Down20
Downward Expansion3

The winning regime is the state most consistent with the complete SM evidence set. Direction, energy, maturity and confidence describe different aspects of the current structure, while contradictory evidence remains visible rather than being averaged into false certainty.

Time spent in each state

The context behind todayโ€™s regime

2023-10-20 to 2026-10-09 ยท 156 classified observations out of 156 shown.

Balance 15%Rotation Up 1%Upward Expansion 38%Deceleration 31%Rotation Down 5%Downward Expansion 10%
Recent Trend Architecture ledger
RegimeRecognizedLast observationTenureMove inside regime
Balance2026-07-242026-10-09Developing+6.2%
Deceleration2026-04-242026-07-17Established-7.7%
Upward Expansion2026-02-272026-04-17Developing-6.0%
Deceleration2026-01-162026-02-20Developing+20.5%
Upward Expansion2025-11-072026-01-09Developing+9.1%
Rotation Up2025-10-242025-10-31New+2.1%
Balance2025-09-262025-10-17New+14.1%
Downward Expansion2025-06-062025-09-19Established+4.4%
Rotation Down2025-05-022025-05-30Developing+0.1%
Balance2025-04-042025-04-25New+5.0%
Upward Expansion2025-02-072025-03-28Developing-3.0%
Deceleration2024-10-112025-01-31Established+7.0%
Upward Expansion2024-05-172024-10-04Established+38.0%
Deceleration2024-02-232024-05-10Developing+14.9%
Classic Stage Analysis comparison
Stage 1 ยท Basing29
Stage 2 ยท Advancing73
Stage 3 ยท Distribution60
Stage 4 ยท Declining27

Legacy result: Stage 3 ยท Stage 3A ยท Churning. It remains visible while the experimental architecture is validated rather than being silently discarded.

Leadership versus QQQ

Is relative performance confirming the geometry?

Confirmation, not classification

Relative Strength

The security is compared with its market benchmark on the SM scale. Above zero indicates relative leadership; direction shows whether that leadership is improving or weakening.

Confirmation evidence

Lagging benchmark

Architecture confirmation
45/100
Current Relative Strength
-2.84
Relative Strength direction
Weakening
Price momentum
-3.4%
Excess performance vs benchmark
-26.3%
Consumer Defensive regime cohort
65th percentile20 in cohort
Participation and structure

Is demand confirming the architecture?

Volume cannot overrule geometry
Relative volume0.90ร—

Latest completed volume relative to typical participation.

Up/down volume1.42ร—

Participation balance between advancing and declining observations.

Accumulation / distribution1 / 1

Recent participation evidence classified by demand and supply.

Activity alignment+100.0%

Current positive alignment across Activity and Trend.

Fast/slow rotationStable

Current relationship between Fast Activity and Slow Activity.

Structure stability+62.5%

Whether recent Activity evidence is stable or remains in balance.

Weekly volume with architecture context

Bars show completed weekly volume; the dashed line provides typical-volume context. Both measures use the same scale.

Decision architecture

References that would change the structural read

Evidence levels, not orders
Fast Activity USD 193.13rising
Slow Activity USD 188.77rising
Trend Reference USD 188.31+4.2% close margin
Current Fair Value USD 131.42+49.3% close margin
Structural low USD 161.00shock / repair context
What changes the read?

Persistent fast/slow separation and fan expansion would end Balance; direction determines whether it becomes Rotation Up or Rotation Down.

Range context +6.0%
Annualized volatility +33.4%
From structural high -10.5%
From structural low +59.8%
Point-in-time evidence

What followed this architecture in this market?

Descriptive history, never a forecast

Historical comparisons use only the structural read that would have been available at each completed observation. Independent observations are used where possible, with benchmark comparison beginning after each recognized state.

Outcome horizon Samples Median movePositive periodsDirectional follow-through Median excess vs QQQ Regime survived Read
Near term11+0.8%-12.2% to +18.6%+63.6%+63.6%+0.5%+36.4%Usable descriptive sample
Intermediate6+3.1%-12.5% to +39.5%+50.0%+50.0%+5.0%+16.7%Usable descriptive sample
Extended5+37.3%-15.0% to +62.0%+60.0%+60.0%+15.6%+20.0%Usable descriptive sample
Full cycle3+50.2%+20.1% to +84.2%+100.0%+100.0%+11.1%+0.0%Too little matched history
Evidence framework

What the analysis measures and where its limits lie

Trend Architecture

Trend Architecture brings Price, Fast Activity, Slow Activity and Trend into one structural read. It identifies balance, rotation, expansion, deceleration and contraction while requiring persistent evidence for confirmed regime changes.

Evidence roles

Trend, Activity, relative strength, volume and Fair Value each have a defined role in the SM evidence framework. No single reading is treated as sufficient on its own, and conflicting evidence remains visible.

Fair Value and RS

Current Fair Value provides a long-term price anchor and shows whether price is trading above, below or repairing toward that reference. Relative Strength compares the security with its benchmark and shows whether leadership is improving or weakening.

Known limitations

Weekly structure recognizes conditions after they develop. Event gaps can bypass smooth transitions, sideways markets can rotate repeatedly, and historical samples for a particular regime can be thin.

Independent market research for education. Not investment advice, a recommendation, a forecast, a target, or an execution instruction. Historical regime behaviour does not establish what happens next.

Evidence context