Weekly structural research ยท JPX ยท Consumer Cyclical

7678 Stage Analysis

Asakuma Co.,Ltd

Week ending 2 Oct 2026Close JPY 3,740.00Tenure NewBenchmark ^N225
Executive diagnosis

What the Activity Line geometry says now

Structure, not prediction
Upward Expansion ยท Re-accelerating

The weekly architecture is expanding upward.

Trend and Activity show sustained positive alignment with constructive price acceptance. Directional energy remains positive; cooling within this regime can indicate that it is maturing.

  • The Trend gate is up within the current regime.
  • Fast Activity versus Slow Activity: improving.
  • Activity structure: wide and expanding.
Direction 78โˆ’100 bearish to +100 bullish
Energy 91/100directional strength
Maturity 25/100lifecycle context
Confidence 77/100evidence agreement
Trend gate Upstructural direction
Activity structure Wideexpanding separation
Price acceptance +100.0%position within the Activity structure
Fair Value context +81.1%JPY 2,064.66 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.
  • Upward ExpansionUptrend is established.
  • DecelerationUptrend is losing energy.
View chart values ยท 156 observations
WeekCloseTrendRelative StrengthVolumeRegimeDirectionEnergy
2026-10-023,740.003,080.5816.9049700Upward Expansion7891
2026-09-253,720.003,034.2520.0851500Upward Expansion8390
2026-09-183,840.002,989.2527.0299900Upward Expansion9187
2026-09-113,355.002,939.5813.3296300Upward Expansion6956
2026-09-043,260.002,907.928.6542200Deceleration5934
2026-08-283,220.002,878.425.105600Deceleration4424
2026-08-213,035.002,849.00-0.398600Deceleration3019
2026-08-143,125.002,829.00-1.626600Deceleration3518
2026-08-073,145.002,805.923.5528800Upward Expansion4024
2026-07-312,990.002,780.750.24355800Upward Expansion5435
2026-07-243,165.002,762.175.46103400Upward Expansion6051
2026-07-173,300.002,735.5010.63106400Upward Expansion6756
2026-07-103,300.002,705.503.37106200Deceleration6945
2026-07-033,240.002,674.17-0.53150000Deceleration5736
2026-06-263,090.002,641.33-4.95101400Upward Expansion4834
2026-06-192,945.002,614.25-12.17120600Upward Expansion6046
2026-06-122,995.002,590.42-4.20111400Upward Expansion6557
2026-06-053,230.002,564.671.9485400Upward Expansion7076
2026-05-293,385.002,529.836.91119600Upward Expansion8785
2026-05-223,145.002,489.003.83227000Upward Expansion8271
2026-05-153,085.002,456.424.75110200Upward Expansion8768
2026-05-082,890.002,425.25-4.1036600Upward Expansion7964
2026-05-012,760.002,400.00-3.8944800Upward Expansion6762
2026-04-242,715.002,379.33-6.13122000Upward Expansion6676
2026-04-172,810.002,359.17-1.24154200Upward Expansion8090
2026-04-102,745.002,335.08-1.2678600Upward Expansion8290
2026-04-032,690.002,313.333.25149000Upward Expansion8384
2026-03-272,710.002,295.173.30144200Deceleration8672
2026-03-202,427.502,274.92-7.5946200Deceleration5931
2026-03-132,360.002,264.92-11.1793000Deceleration3317
2026-03-062,350.002,256.83-14.7467400Deceleration3622
2026-02-272,370.002,249.25-19.0538400Deceleration4027
2026-02-202,350.002,240.58-17.2284200Deceleration4227
2026-02-132,405.002,234.17-15.6971800Upward Expansion5241
2026-02-062,375.002,226.50-12.9065400Upward Expansion5045
2026-01-302,337.502,220.25-13.06594200Upward Expansion6356
2026-01-232,435.002,215.33-10.5771600Upward Expansion7469
2026-01-162,432.502,207.08-11.0864400Upward Expansion7770
2026-01-092,390.002,198.42-9.58125200Upward Expansion6871
2026-01-022,432.502,191.00-5.3339200Upward Expansion8995
2025-12-262,365.002,180.75-8.9968200Upward Expansion7690
2025-12-192,400.002,172.33-5.6044800Upward Expansion9698
2025-12-122,360.002,162.75-9.7667400Upward Expansion9798
2025-12-052,255.002,153.42-13.3528200Upward Expansion7489
2025-11-282,277.502,148.75-12.2629800Upward Expansion9193
2025-11-212,230.002,141.50-11.3922800Upward Expansion8182
2025-11-142,222.502,135.08-14.9135000Upward Expansion8479
2025-11-072,185.002,127.42-16.3629400Upward Expansion7367
2025-10-312,160.002,120.42-20.8614800Deceleration5949
2025-10-242,167.502,112.08-15.8816200Deceleration5336
2025-10-172,150.002,106.67-13.7311800Deceleration4226
2025-10-102,132.502,101.67-15.4824400Deceleration2813
2025-10-032,140.002,097.08-10.9930200Deceleration2518
2025-09-262,110.002,089.92-11.4930600Deceleration514
2025-09-192,087.502,083.08-11.8129200Deceleration-617
2025-09-122,092.502,076.08-11.09125400Deceleration-311
2025-09-052,145.002,072.58-5.1829800Deceleration2016
2025-08-292,102.502,068.75-6.3043400Deceleration718
2025-08-222,127.502,066.17-4.9244400Deceleration2630
2025-08-152,117.502,066.08-6.9748600Deceleration3132
2025-08-082,122.502,064.83-3.2377000Deceleration3930
2025-08-012,110.002,064.58-1.43365200Upward Expansion4739
2025-07-252,157.502,069.75-0.63113000Upward Expansion6480
2025-07-182,175.002,070.834.2889400Upward Expansion6785
2025-07-112,187.502,066.755.7174400Upward Expansion7188
2025-07-042,190.002,061.585.4383400Upward Expansion7385
2025-06-272,187.502,054.584.7238200Upward Expansion7476
2025-06-202,172.502,045.928.8623200Upward Expansion7373
2025-06-132,167.502,038.1710.6071000Upward Expansion7671
2025-06-062,125.002,030.589.2512600Upward Expansion6764
2025-05-302,112.502,024.758.5513600Upward Expansion5764
2025-05-232,112.502,019.0011.5315000Upward Expansion5762
2025-05-162,080.002,011.508.8023600Upward Expansion4850
2025-05-092,115.002,007.0812.1732400Balance5445
2025-05-022,060.001,999.2512.1224400Balance1615
2025-04-252,037.501,993.1715.2330600Balance64
2025-04-181,992.501,985.7516.8216800Balance-66
2025-04-111,975.001,979.3320.8055200Balance-86
2025-04-041,910.001,971.3317.5051800Balance-107
2025-03-282,005.001,964.4213.5434000Deceleration1911
2025-03-212,000.001,958.0812.7739400Deceleration411
2025-03-141,995.001,954.5015.5656600Deceleration-1926
2025-03-071,925.001,948.4213.1322800Deceleration-2130
2025-02-281,905.001,944.4212.1834600Deceleration-2431
2025-02-211,877.501,937.176.9466000Deceleration-321
2025-02-141,987.501,940.5013.0529000Deceleration2522
2025-02-072,030.001,941.4217.65111200Deceleration3623
2025-01-312,025.001,941.0016.05359400Upward Expansion4431
2025-01-242,125.001,937.8321.62127400Upward Expansion6358
2025-01-172,080.001,934.6724.51114600Upward Expansion6677
2025-01-102,115.001,926.8325.18157400Upward Expansion6887
2025-01-032,265.001,913.0032.9133000Upward Expansion9598
2024-12-272,190.001,891.4228.64102800Upward Expansion9393
2024-12-202,052.501,870.6726.8146600Upward Expansion8181
2024-12-132,032.501,853.0024.4788200Upward Expansion8068
2024-12-061,980.001,832.3523.6644400Upward Expansion6946
2024-11-291,927.501,812.2024.3023000Upward Expansion5846
2024-11-221,940.001,795.2326.0928200Upward Expansion6155
2024-11-151,940.001,775.7026.2818800Upward Expansion6154
2024-11-081,950.001,754.3225.5432400Upward Expansion6664
2024-11-011,940.001,728.2831.0531800Upward Expansion6155
2024-10-251,887.501,700.0229.4640600Upward Expansion5342
2024-10-181,947.501,674.8531.3244600Deceleration5444
2024-10-111,880.001,648.3526.2028800Deceleration4531
2024-10-041,877.501,624.0530.5580200Deceleration4123
2024-09-271,815.001,601.3023.7530200Deceleration1914
2024-09-201,800.001,579.4830.8452400Deceleration1915
2024-09-131,735.001,557.4531.55140200Deceleration2214
2024-09-061,702.501,536.6031.3173000Deceleration3521
2024-08-301,815.001,519.3533.3068200Deceleration4028
2024-08-231,892.501,499.0841.68106000Deceleration4329
2024-08-161,812.501,480.3738.5556000Deceleration4231
2024-08-091,805.001,464.0251.78221400Upward Expansion4944
2024-08-021,687.501,443.3740.51420800Upward Expansion6562
2024-07-261,977.501,424.1558.96280800Upward Expansion6873
2024-07-192,015.001,393.1554.78170200Upward Expansion7590
2024-07-122,017.501,358.6753.01230200Upward Expansion8290
2024-07-051,930.001,324.5049.53268800Upward Expansion7890
2024-06-282,030.001,293.8564.79240800Upward Expansion9698
2024-06-211,845.001,259.3556.21158800Upward Expansion9496
2024-06-141,700.001,229.4845.27226400Upward Expansion9095
2024-06-071,617.501,203.8240.4997600Upward Expansion8793
2024-05-311,567.501,179.7338.37100800Upward Expansion8893
2024-05-241,522.501,156.9535.2279200Upward Expansion8995
2024-05-171,413.001,135.5326.1846400Upward Expansion7691
2024-05-101,375.501,117.2825.5172800Upward Expansion7187
2024-05-031,418.501,100.6330.20117000Upward Expansion8690
2024-04-261,354.001,082.0526.11205400Upward Expansion7871
2024-04-191,298.501,065.7524.46573000Deceleration6937
2024-04-121,169.001,050.655.6157400Deceleration2413
2024-04-051,092.001,040.020.1349200Deceleration1412
2024-03-291,132.501,031.950.2450400Deceleration3521
2024-03-221,152.501,022.050.6919800Deceleration3825
2024-03-151,151.001,011.076.10121800Deceleration3925
2024-03-081,195.00999.927.4348600Deceleration4125
2024-03-011,160.50987.253.8256000Deceleration3925
2024-02-231,139.00975.654.0245400Upward Expansion4331
2024-02-161,109.50964.802.9289000Upward Expansion6152
2024-02-091,185.00954.9014.64162400Upward Expansion6666
2024-02-021,207.00942.3719.42687200Upward Expansion6868
2024-01-261,331.00929.0533.55709400Upward Expansion9096
2024-01-191,322.00911.4832.60579200Upward Expansion9695
2024-01-121,185.50894.0020.76186000Upward Expansion9582
2024-01-051,111.00881.0320.8778800Upward Expansion9376
2023-12-291,047.50870.5813.9063000Upward Expansion8773
2023-12-22980.50862.157.6463800Upward Expansion6868
2023-12-15992.50855.979.5969200Upward Expansion7379
2023-12-081,010.50849.3814.0181000Upward Expansion9295
2023-12-01995.00842.128.7449200Upward Expansion9695
2023-11-24949.00835.353.2448200Upward Expansion9180
2023-11-17930.00830.221.3735800Upward Expansion9479
2023-11-10895.00825.600.6120800Upward Expansion8372
2023-11-03884.00822.121.3216400Upward Expansion7970
2023-10-27880.00819.103.9413400Upward Expansion8171
2023-10-20865.50816.301.3519200Upward Expansion6867
2023-10-13876.00814.77-0.8316000Upward Expansion8975
Price vs TrendAbove+21.4%
Trend directionRising+11.5%
Price vs current Fair ValuePremium+81.1%
Fair Value directionClosing upward+6.7%
Relative Strength vs benchmarkLeading+16.9%
Relative strength directionImproving+17.4%
Price momentumPositive+39.0%
Volume balanceSupply-led0.82ร—
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

78 / ยฑ100

+19.0 points since 2026-09-04

Energy

91 /100

+57.6 points since 2026-09-04

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
Balance6
Rotation Up86
Upward Expansion100
Deceleration39
Rotation Down8
Downward Expansion22

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

2023-10-13 to 2026-10-02 ยท 156 classified observations out of 156 shown.

Balance 4%Upward Expansion 64%Deceleration 33%
Recent Trend Architecture ledger
RegimeRecognizedLast observationTenureMove inside regime
Upward Expansion2026-09-112026-10-02New+11.5%
Deceleration2026-08-142026-09-04New+4.3%
Upward Expansion2026-07-172026-08-07New-4.7%
Deceleration2026-07-032026-07-10New+1.9%
Upward Expansion2026-04-032026-06-26Established+14.9%
Deceleration2026-02-202026-03-27Developing+15.3%
Upward Expansion2025-11-072026-02-13Established+10.1%
Deceleration2025-08-082025-10-31Established+1.8%
Upward Expansion2025-05-162025-08-01Developing+1.4%
Balance2025-04-042025-05-09Developing+10.7%
Deceleration2025-02-072025-03-28Developing-1.2%
Upward Expansion2024-10-252025-01-31Established+7.3%
Deceleration2024-08-162024-10-18Developing+7.4%
Upward Expansion2024-04-262024-08-09Established+33.3%
Classic Stage Analysis comparison
Stage 1 ยท Basing17
Stage 2 ยท Advancing100
Stage 3 ยท Distribution54
Stage 4 ยท Declining0

Legacy result: Stage 2 ยท Stage 2B ยท Advancing. It remains visible while the experimental architecture is validated rather than being silently discarded.

Leadership versus ^N225

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

Leading benchmark

Architecture confirmation
80/100
Current Relative Strength
16.90
Relative Strength direction
Improving
Price momentum
+39.0%
Excess performance vs benchmark
+10.4%
Consumer Cyclical regime cohort
89th percentile151 in cohort
Participation and structure

Is demand confirming the architecture?

Volume cannot overrule geometry
Relative volume0.50ร—

Latest completed volume relative to typical participation.

Up/down volume0.82ร—

Participation balance between advancing and declining observations.

Accumulation / distribution2 / 2

Recent participation evidence classified by demand and supply.

Activity alignment+100.0%

Current positive alignment across Activity and Trend.

Fast/slow rotationImproving

Current relationship between Fast Activity and Slow Activity.

Structure stability+12.5%

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 JPY 3,671.33rising
Slow Activity JPY 3,243.02rising
Trend Reference JPY 3,080.58+21.4% close margin
Current Fair Value JPY 2,064.66+81.1% close margin
Structural low JPY 2,660.00shock / repair context
What changes the read?

Sustained fan recompression, a fast-line rollover or repeated closes inside/below the fan move the read toward Deceleration or Rotation Down.

Range context +5.1%
Annualized volatility +33.4%
From structural high -4.0%
From structural low +76.2%
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 ^N225 Regime survived Read
Near term37+1.5%-10.0% to +22.6%+73.0%+73.0%+1.7%+78.4%Usable descriptive sample
Intermediate14+6.7%-4.6% to +51.2%+71.4%+71.4%+4.1%+71.4%Usable descriptive sample
Extended8+10.2%-2.5% to +63.6%+87.5%+87.5%-0.4%+75.0%Usable descriptive sample
Full cycle4+32.5%+3.2% to +67.8%+100.0%+100.0%+10.5%+100.0%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