Weekly structural research ยท JPX ยท Basic Materials

1515 Stage Analysis

Nittetsu Mining Co., Ltd.

Week ending 25 Sep 2026Close JPY 3,245.00Tenure NewBenchmark ^N225
Executive diagnosis

What the Activity Line geometry says now

Structure, not prediction
Upward Expansion ยท Early expansion

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: weakening.
  • Activity structure: moderate and contracting.
Direction 45โˆ’100 bearish to +100 bullish
Energy 35/100directional strength
Maturity 62/100lifecycle context
Confidence 89/100evidence agreement
Trend gate Upstructural direction
Activity structure Moderatecontracting separation
Price acceptance +33.3%position within the Activity structure
Fair Value context +104.9%JPY 1,583.92 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.
  • Downward ExpansionDowntrend is established.
View chart values ยท 156 observations
WeekCloseTrendRelative StrengthVolumeRegimeDirectionEnergy
2026-09-253,245.002,819.057.06880600Upward Expansion4535
2026-09-183,485.002,847.8517.892630100Upward Expansion6255
2026-09-113,340.002,851.6415.653316700Rotation Up6572
2026-09-043,360.002,880.5515.346426200Rotation Up4177
2026-08-283,985.002,897.8334.623891200Rotation Up6888
2026-08-213,625.002,883.8024.33600200Rotation Up6285
2026-08-143,365.002,866.3911.76673400Rotation Up4771
2026-08-073,175.002,854.3811.11846200Balance4153
2026-07-313,025.002,834.428.51838100Balance1728
2026-07-242,780.002,806.81-0.16383500Downward Expansion-413
2026-07-172,637.002,787.62-4.34970900Downward Expansion-3723
2026-07-102,417.002,765.83-17.78391800Downward Expansion-5132
2026-07-032,463.002,756.68-17.68457800Downward Expansion-5435
2026-06-262,285.002,738.53-23.23599900Downward Expansion-6650
2026-06-192,566.002,722.09-16.21584800Downward Expansion-2935
2026-06-122,330.002,690.96-17.951019100Downward Expansion-3751
2026-06-052,414.002,665.56-15.82458200Deceleration-3137
2026-05-292,397.002,640.66-16.164245200Deceleration-3126
2026-05-222,358.002,616.11-13.625416600Deceleration-2528
2026-05-152,608.002,595.90-1.447609500Deceleration-1724
2026-05-082,515.002,565.91-6.681555100Deceleration-1929
2026-05-012,422.002,537.69-5.013213100Deceleration-2431
2026-04-242,451.002,514.49-3.863541000Deceleration-619
2026-04-172,722.002,490.489.415239100Deceleration320
2026-04-102,645.002,453.119.773728500Deceleration323
2026-04-032,603.002,418.3616.474102100Deceleration1226
2026-03-272,600.002,388.7016.564635500Deceleration1628
2026-03-202,648.112,356.9519.454170700Deceleration3224
2026-03-132,928.932,321.0731.888398500Upward Expansion4738
2026-03-063,176.362,274.6739.8210160000Upward Expansion6460
2026-02-274,109.142,218.7273.127678300Upward Expansion7871
2026-02-203,598.562,130.0760.067140100Upward Expansion6868
2026-02-134,207.332,061.2990.0410455800Upward Expansion9397
2026-02-063,878.401,968.5988.2910541700Upward Expansion9498
2026-01-303,564.201,887.5080.1813251900Upward Expansion9698
2026-01-233,102.721,816.4358.955222300Upward Expansion9397
2026-01-163,004.531,761.9156.647175200Upward Expansion9798
2026-01-092,576.441,709.8242.066398000Upward Expansion9495
2026-01-022,196.451,672.0026.901304100Upward Expansion7889
2025-12-262,204.311,646.7927.922458500Upward Expansion8387
2025-12-191,983.381,618.6019.501893200Upward Expansion6577
2025-12-122,142.451,598.0327.102487200Upward Expansion8581
2025-12-051,918.581,572.4816.081314100Upward Expansion7044
2025-11-281,791.921,550.3210.08914400Upward Expansion5023
2025-11-211,631.871,530.974.521299600Upward Expansion3017
2025-11-141,568.051,516.30-2.332292100Upward Expansion2916
2025-11-071,667.221,504.804.711701600Upward Expansion4330
2025-10-311,660.351,486.300.731981000Upward Expansion5638
2025-10-241,751.661,469.8513.68970800Upward Expansion6649
2025-10-171,708.461,455.1915.89903000Upward Expansion6148
2025-10-101,668.201,442.9012.951708300Upward Expansion5947
2025-10-031,726.131,427.4423.822096700Upward Expansion7155
2025-09-261,730.651,407.3326.541208000Upward Expansion8064
2025-09-191,600.801,386.6919.13757000Upward Expansion6465
2025-09-121,602.741,369.1621.171304000Upward Expansion6780
2025-09-051,713.211,350.2536.081243500Upward Expansion8893
2025-08-291,647.311,327.0733.361480000Upward Expansion8483
2025-08-221,571.731,302.3328.96849500Upward Expansion7457
2025-08-151,536.851,278.9525.25699000Upward Expansion7154
2025-08-081,498.091,256.1127.821260500Upward Expansion6246
2025-08-011,449.641,234.7228.00846500Upward Expansion5846
2025-07-251,534.911,214.7234.58838500Upward Expansion7757
2025-07-181,426.381,192.0031.49663000Upward Expansion6251
2025-07-111,445.761,171.4835.38878000Upward Expansion6456
2025-07-041,432.191,149.7134.62537000Upward Expansion6564
2025-06-271,467.081,128.2337.97992500Upward Expansion7271
2025-06-201,441.891,105.9743.071001000Upward Expansion7070
2025-06-131,441.891,084.9946.641096500Upward Expansion7372
2025-06-061,439.951,063.5048.221790500Upward Expansion7776
2025-05-301,358.551,044.2440.361574500Upward Expansion6870
2025-05-231,366.301,026.1645.332368000Upward Expansion7569
2025-05-161,375.991,007.7445.333709500Upward Expansion8057
2025-05-091,253.90990.2634.561053000Deceleration6647
2025-05-021,211.26976.8533.381406500Deceleration4735
2025-04-251,191.88964.7336.371350000Upward Expansion4635
2025-04-181,222.89953.1944.951272500Upward Expansion6651
2025-04-111,112.42938.5937.603168000Upward Expansion6560
2025-04-041,166.69927.3344.542160500Upward Expansion6868
2025-03-281,312.04914.6049.203557000Upward Expansion8586
2025-03-211,339.66898.5551.621894500Upward Expansion9797
2025-03-141,204.55881.0640.061926000Upward Expansion9195
2025-03-071,122.72868.7132.051124500Upward Expansion8394
2025-02-281,111.31856.8930.51971500Upward Expansion9096
2025-02-211,075.15847.0021.681696500Upward Expansion9297
2025-02-141,035.19840.0616.381250500Upward Expansion9597
2025-02-071,018.06835.8215.743337000Upward Expansion9693
2025-01-31904.84833.081.02808000Rotation Up8074
2025-01-24870.59834.98-3.99875500Rotation Up3952
2025-01-17851.56837.59-2.86523000Balance2831
2025-01-10856.32840.59-4.57829000Balance2125
2025-01-03849.66844.67-7.44145500Downward Expansion-1313
2024-12-27853.46849.03-8.46859500Downward Expansion-2013
2024-12-20810.65853.46-10.06991000Downward Expansion-5438
2024-12-13792.57859.00-14.34937000Downward Expansion-5750
2024-12-06787.81864.15-14.60854500Downward Expansion-6352
2024-11-29799.23867.87-11.99562000Downward Expansion-4730
2024-11-22812.55871.25-11.43467000Downward Expansion-4226
2024-11-15797.32874.14-14.541180000Downward Expansion-5030
2024-11-08862.02876.96-10.211705000Downward Expansion-1711
2024-11-01816.35879.67-12.18771500Downward Expansion-4020
2024-10-25813.50883.53-12.53637000Downward Expansion-3822
2024-10-18851.56887.33-11.35507000Downward Expansion-3024
2024-10-11851.56890.28-13.12632000Downward Expansion-3721
2024-10-04847.75893.12-11.671102500Downward Expansion-4431
2024-09-27845.85895.95-14.82813500Downward Expansion-5845
2024-09-20784.86898.55-17.03614500Downward Expansion-6454
2024-09-13774.60904.03-16.15661000Downward Expansion-7264
2024-09-06784.86909.37-15.11806500Downward Expansion-7263
2024-08-30830.53912.65-15.95579000Downward Expansion-6374
2024-08-23814.68917.10-17.45521000Downward Expansion-6581
2024-08-16834.26921.53-15.111201000Downward Expansion-6577
2024-08-09768.08926.35-15.322159000Downward Expansion-8383
2024-08-02814.68933.67-12.67942000Balance-8074
2024-07-26866.88938.16-11.681202000Balance-5844
2024-07-19907.90941.10-13.281000500Balance-1514
2024-07-12935.86942.78-13.32710500Balance16
2024-07-05961.96942.68-10.49649500Balance3918
2024-06-28948.91941.84-8.88477500Balance2215
2024-06-21941.45944.78-7.31840000Rotation Up2734
2024-06-14978.74947.74-4.07890500Rotation Up2140
2024-06-07980.60947.55-3.37766500Balance2028
2024-05-31986.20945.59-2.041003000Balance2123
2024-05-24976.87941.16-3.053415000Downward Expansion-1110
2024-05-17947.05936.70-6.122294500Downward Expansion-3822
2024-05-10899.51933.69-9.43799500Downward Expansion-5656
2024-05-03900.44932.15-9.30960500Balance-2839
2024-04-26899.51929.56-8.681820000Balance-2835
2024-04-19881.80930.19-8.331618500Balance-3730
2024-04-12943.32933.13-7.941147500Balance168
2024-04-05932.13934.33-7.702008500Balance13
2024-03-29927.47935.89-11.211803500Balance14
2024-03-22940.21937.20-11.13953000Balance56
2024-03-15936.54933.48-6.431216500Deceleration138
2024-03-08932.87929.52-8.99945500Deceleration1216
2024-03-01923.71926.61-10.381227500Deceleration714
2024-02-23949.37924.61-5.99487500Deceleration1514
2024-02-16934.71922.39-5.87848500Deceleration1415
2024-02-09883.39920.12-7.071827000Deceleration79
2024-02-02964.03918.323.63599000Deceleration4726
2024-01-26947.54913.813.28690000Deceleration4726
2024-01-19978.69909.126.32487000Deceleration5331
2024-01-12987.86901.508.81478500Deceleration4828
2024-01-05949.37893.8811.90325500Deceleration3620
2023-12-29954.87885.1712.85766500Upward Expansion3820
2023-12-22958.53875.7014.92567500Upward Expansion5436
2023-12-15932.87866.2913.22854000Upward Expansion5959
2023-12-08936.54858.7616.78947500Upward Expansion6273
2023-12-011,037.34849.8725.941587500Upward Expansion7884
2023-11-241,030.01838.1625.43970500Deceleration7770
2023-11-17973.20825.8619.651320500Deceleration5734
2023-11-10921.88814.8817.772447000Deceleration3015
2023-11-03853.15805.5511.921462500Deceleration1017
2023-10-27843.07797.8414.69921000Deceleration1725
2023-10-20856.82791.2616.33730500Deceleration2828
2023-10-13853.15782.9112.83907000Upward Expansion3723
2023-10-06822.91774.9814.171440000Upward Expansion4338
Price vs TrendAbove+15.1%
Trend directionRising+1.1%
Price vs current Fair ValuePremium+104.9%
Fair Value directionClosing upward+41.2%
Relative Strength vs benchmarkLeading+7.1%
Relative strength directionImproving+30.3%
Price momentumPositive+24.8%
Volume balanceDemand-led1.03ร—
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

45 / ยฑ100

-22.4 points since 2026-08-28

Energy

35 /100

-53.4 points since 2026-08-28

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
Balance37
Rotation Up36
Upward Expansion65
Deceleration88
Rotation Down26
Downward Expansion18

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

2023-10-06 to 2026-09-25 ยท 156 classified observations out of 156 shown.

Balance 12%Rotation Up 6%Upward Expansion 42%Deceleration 20%Downward Expansion 21%
Recent Trend Architecture ledger
RegimeRecognizedLast observationTenureMove inside regime
Upward Expansion2026-09-182026-09-25New-6.9%
Rotation Up2026-08-142026-09-11Developing-0.7%
Balance2026-07-312026-08-07New+5.0%
Downward Expansion2026-06-122026-07-24Developing+19.3%
Deceleration2026-03-202026-06-05Developing-8.8%
Upward Expansion2025-05-162026-03-13Extended+112.9%
Deceleration2025-05-022025-05-09New+3.5%
Upward Expansion2025-02-072025-04-25Developing+17.1%
Rotation Up2025-01-242025-01-31New+3.9%
Balance2025-01-102025-01-17New-0.6%
Downward Expansion2024-08-092025-01-03Established+10.6%
Balance2024-06-282024-08-02Developing-14.1%
Rotation Up2024-06-142024-06-21New-3.8%
Balance2024-05-312024-06-07New-0.6%
Classic Stage Analysis comparison
Stage 1 ยท Basing45
Stage 2 ยท Advancing91
Stage 3 ยท Distribution55
Stage 4 ยท Declining9

Legacy result: Stage 2 ยท Stage 2A ยท Early advance. 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
75/100
Current Relative Strength
7.06
Relative Strength direction
Improving
Price momentum
+24.8%
Excess performance vs benchmark
+0.5%
Basic Materials regime cohort
35th percentile101 in cohort
Participation and structure

Is demand confirming the architecture?

Volume cannot overrule geometry
Relative volume0.42ร—

Latest completed volume relative to typical participation.

Up/down volume1.03ร—

Participation balance between advancing and declining observations.

Accumulation / distribution2 / 2

Recent participation evidence classified by demand and supply.

Activity alignment+75.0%

Current positive alignment across Activity and Trend.

Fast/slow rotationWeakening

Current relationship between Fast Activity and Slow Activity.

Structure stability+37.5%

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 3,392.67falling
Slow Activity JPY 2,961.87rising
Trend Reference JPY 2,819.05+15.1% close margin
Current Fair Value JPY 1,583.92+104.9% close margin
Structural low JPY 2,074.00shock / 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 +10.6%
Annualized volatility +50.5%
From structural high -27.1%
From structural low +110.6%
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 term32+3.7%-26.4% to +40.8%+59.4%+59.4%-2.1%+81.2%Usable descriptive sample
Intermediate12+12.7%-38.0% to +168.3%+66.7%+66.7%+3.5%+50.0%Usable descriptive sample
Extended8+16.0%-18.1% to +158.9%+62.5%+62.5%+14.3%+50.0%Usable descriptive sample
Full cycle4+37.4%-23.0% to +281.0%+50.0%+50.0%+30.3%+25.0%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