Weekly structural research ยท NYSE ยท Financial Services

SHG Stage Analysis

Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd

Week ending 9 Oct 2026Close USD 75.52Tenure DevelopingBenchmark SPY
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: weakening.
  • Activity structure: moderate and contracting.
Direction 43โˆ’100 bearish to +100 bullish
Energy 31/100directional strength
Maturity 72/100lifecycle context
Confidence 88/100evidence agreement
Trend gate Upstructural direction
Activity structure Moderatecontracting separation
Price acceptance +33.3%position within the Activity structure
Fair Value context +65.7%USD 45.58 ยท weakening
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
2026-10-0975.5270.526.71813792Upward Expansion4331
2026-10-0278.0369.9612.031411504Upward Expansion6049
2026-09-2580.9569.3516.59668638Upward Expansion6472
2026-09-1880.1468.8817.65778564Upward Expansion6676
2026-09-1184.0668.6024.09579318Upward Expansion8183
2026-09-0482.2868.1321.43939795Upward Expansion8079
2026-08-2879.1567.5617.81649018Upward Expansion7670
2026-08-2174.6366.8612.33657389Upward Expansion6358
2026-08-1475.3666.3212.40904445Upward Expansion7066
2026-08-0775.8165.6013.721071227Upward Expansion7567
2026-07-3169.9364.879.031245468Upward Expansion5763
2026-07-2471.4964.3413.111245971Upward Expansion6465
2026-07-1770.7663.7511.711191530Deceleration6247
2026-07-1073.2863.1714.331217608Deceleration7237
2026-07-0366.8862.506.191188368Deceleration3012
2026-06-2660.2862.08-1.872006102Deceleration23
2026-06-1966.6561.876.171180914Deceleration4826
2026-06-1267.3061.418.611383485Deceleration4221
2026-06-0567.1761.009.471424933Deceleration4122
2026-05-2963.0960.530.691118792Upward Expansion3417
2026-05-2264.3160.154.451171178Upward Expansion4329
2026-05-1564.1359.735.491266739Upward Expansion5740
2026-05-0868.5459.3413.61964839Upward Expansion6465
2026-05-0168.3558.7016.75861109Upward Expansion6462
2026-04-2466.3858.1115.271479065Upward Expansion5747
2026-04-1769.1157.5321.541495406Deceleration6946
2026-04-1067.3156.8824.75953134Deceleration5633
2026-04-0362.1656.2820.491018376Deceleration3223
2026-03-2760.8355.7722.981872277Deceleration3229
2026-03-2061.7255.3123.182006431Upward Expansion3925
2026-03-1358.7954.8916.321777415Upward Expansion5042
2026-03-0659.7354.5917.362991181Upward Expansion6667
2026-02-2766.8154.2729.801179235Upward Expansion6888
2026-02-2071.7253.6240.22840967Upward Expansion9297
2026-02-1369.8352.9239.821888751Upward Expansion9497
2026-02-0665.1652.2230.441363994Upward Expansion9391
2026-01-3058.3351.6817.77951629Upward Expansion7771
2026-01-2358.2551.2718.941169920Upward Expansion7958
2026-01-1653.8550.7910.401372242Upward Expansion5233
2026-01-0953.9450.4210.84907700Upward Expansion5432
2026-01-0254.0250.0613.43498556Upward Expansion5633
2025-12-2653.9649.6812.88516084Upward Expansion5636
2025-12-1953.3149.2513.85925543Upward Expansion5539
2025-12-1253.0848.7914.21833258Upward Expansion5842
2025-12-0554.2548.2516.75895596Upward Expansion6551
2025-11-2854.0947.6417.49930386Upward Expansion6754
2025-11-2152.7747.0519.41830345Upward Expansion6353
2025-11-1454.9746.4222.52869271Upward Expansion8071
2025-11-0753.2545.6819.471011285Upward Expansion7562
2025-10-3151.6944.9714.511509376Upward Expansion6654
2025-10-2451.5944.2515.381304363Upward Expansion6857
2025-10-1752.3743.5719.611416638Upward Expansion7756
2025-10-1049.3342.8914.941897384Upward Expansion6049
2025-10-0350.6442.2915.25665948Upward Expansion7053
2025-09-2648.9341.6412.761041699Deceleration5843
2025-09-1949.6441.0514.071641236Deceleration5642
2025-09-1249.3740.5014.951046248Deceleration5543
2025-09-0546.8139.9510.77715880Upward Expansion4846
2025-08-2947.2339.4812.04683411Upward Expansion5355
2025-08-2248.9839.0316.14633216Upward Expansion6563
2025-08-1549.9238.5418.61628293Upward Expansion7267
2025-08-0850.1537.9920.51702436Upward Expansion7670
2025-08-0147.2737.4016.621015086Upward Expansion6868
2025-07-2550.4736.9021.561028788Upward Expansion8693
2025-07-1848.8736.2919.631735093Upward Expansion8593
2025-07-1149.1635.7621.522021883Upward Expansion9494
2025-07-0445.8935.2513.58538811Upward Expansion8792
2025-06-2743.9434.8910.791082267Upward Expansion7989
2025-06-2042.8434.6712.07664005Upward Expansion7590
2025-06-1343.0134.5312.74815101Upward Expansion8494
2025-06-0642.5334.3311.49959090Rotation Up9096
2025-05-3041.1034.229.85698315Rotation Up6587
2025-05-2339.5634.117.831069752Rotation Up6282
2025-05-1636.9534.13-1.70780688Rotation Up4266
2025-05-0935.8934.240.46653118Rotation Up3543
2025-05-0236.3734.421.35948943Downward Expansion1929
2025-04-2533.9634.55-2.63946672Downward Expansion-1912
2025-04-1832.6934.81-2.03861720Downward Expansion-4432
2025-04-1131.8235.06-5.911711062Downward Expansion-5944
2025-04-0430.2435.35-5.421252142Downward Expansion-7760
2025-03-2831.2435.69-11.19910866Downward Expansion-6961
2025-03-2131.9436.01-10.791185062Downward Expansion-6676
2025-03-1431.3236.40-12.381350214Downward Expansion-7380
2025-03-0731.1436.68-15.232123424Downward Expansion-7981
2025-02-2831.3236.92-17.601868403Downward Expansion-8065
2025-02-2132.9737.18-14.292290757Downward Expansion-6150
2025-02-1432.8237.43-16.181591578Downward Expansion-5346
2025-02-0732.6837.54-15.49719023Downward Expansion-5545
2025-01-3133.9537.66-12.55879206Downward Expansion-4945
2025-01-2434.0937.75-13.28750318Downward Expansion-6154
2025-01-1733.4937.73-13.351148138Downward Expansion-6580
2025-01-1032.6037.69-13.12624651Downward Expansion-6887
2025-01-0332.2737.68-15.63682563Rotation Down-7590
2024-12-2732.1737.68-16.35638043Rotation Down-5481
2024-12-2032.8137.70-14.291288341Rotation Down-5574
2024-12-1333.8737.71-13.261009776Rotation Down-5265
2024-12-0635.0637.71-10.781209314Deceleration-3951
2024-11-2937.4037.65-3.96642166Deceleration-324
2024-11-2238.5437.490.26563396Deceleration618
2024-11-1537.0537.29-1.81565627Deceleration-315
2024-11-0839.3137.022.21788175Deceleration1714
2024-11-0137.9136.663.52826617Deceleration2514
2024-10-2540.0636.448.17456701Deceleration4026
2024-10-1840.2536.238.04635838Deceleration4332
2024-10-1141.3036.0612.191213060Deceleration5739
2024-10-0440.0935.8510.66477073Deceleration4435
2024-09-2741.8635.6016.291236019Deceleration6445
2024-09-2040.2435.2112.98554356Upward Expansion5745
2024-09-1340.5534.8815.86530718Upward Expansion6156
2024-09-0640.3534.5520.40417361Upward Expansion6360
2024-08-3040.7834.2217.37511752Upward Expansion6562
2024-08-2343.7333.9026.89589219Upward Expansion9179
2024-08-1639.7433.3617.73775549Upward Expansion7583
2024-08-0938.2632.8918.52558706Upward Expansion6784
2024-08-0239.3532.4722.62630881Upward Expansion8192
2024-07-2640.2532.0223.50508512Upward Expansion9497
2024-07-1936.1931.6210.77476569Upward Expansion7181
2024-07-1236.1731.348.97588699Upward Expansion7678
2024-07-0536.8131.0412.30458181Upward Expansion8062
2024-06-2833.4430.674.44555020Upward Expansion4423
2024-06-2132.2330.420.86438471Upward Expansion3417
2024-06-1432.3030.211.88522636Upward Expansion4726
2024-06-0732.3429.993.79406548Upward Expansion5235
2024-05-3132.6829.736.29398689Upward Expansion5647
2024-05-2433.2529.467.87570748Upward Expansion5756
2024-05-1733.7829.129.81272596Upward Expansion6556
2024-05-1033.2428.8010.09395814Deceleration6136
2024-05-0332.7828.4910.83379213Deceleration4127
2024-04-2632.4528.2110.58790114Deceleration3629
2024-04-1928.9727.941.54517431Deceleration2324
2024-04-1228.5027.82-3.161300331Upward Expansion3430
2024-04-0531.3527.734.83674325Upward Expansion6360
2024-03-2933.7227.4911.84887170Upward Expansion6675
2024-03-2235.2127.1817.39713632Upward Expansion8680
2024-03-1534.7626.8218.80596016Upward Expansion9177
2024-03-0832.6326.4411.82601356Upward Expansion8679
2024-03-0130.3226.153.74443056Upward Expansion6784
2024-02-2330.3925.954.84329211Upward Expansion6988
2024-02-1630.5425.776.91442374Upward Expansion7791
2024-02-0930.4525.556.07735890Upward Expansion8387
2024-02-0231.0925.359.431192622Deceleration8859
2024-01-2627.5525.08-1.98675247Deceleration5628
2024-01-1925.6024.95-8.68639770Upward Expansion4226
2024-01-1225.7124.87-7.97639258Upward Expansion5946
2024-01-0525.9424.82-6.04623442Upward Expansion6472
2023-12-2928.2724.780.21273580Upward Expansion8489
2023-12-2227.8224.65-1.22839893Upward Expansion8584
2023-12-1526.9624.50-3.65723165Upward Expansion7978
2023-12-0825.7524.39-5.99505022Upward Expansion6269
2023-12-0126.0724.30-4.85435458Upward Expansion6970
2023-11-2425.9024.23-4.84290390Balance6958
2023-11-1725.6524.15-4.94710004Balance6136
2023-11-1024.5324.09-7.04548576Balance2011
2023-11-0324.7224.07-5.24996363Balance211
2023-10-2723.0824.03-6.42490653Balance-2927
2023-10-2024.1724.06-4.52538162Balance2417
Price vs TrendAbove+7.1%
Trend directionRising+8.7%
Price vs current Fair ValuePremium+65.7%
Fair Value directionMoving away-12.1%
Relative Strength vs benchmarkLeading+6.7%
Relative strength directionWeakening-7.6%
Price momentumPositive+12.2%
Volume balanceSupply-led0.74ร—
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

43 / ยฑ100

-37.7 points since 2026-09-11

Energy

31 /100

-52.1 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
Balance35
Rotation Up34
Upward Expansion64
Deceleration88
Rotation Down27
Downward Expansion16

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 4%Rotation Up 3%Upward Expansion 60%Deceleration 20%Rotation Down 3%Downward Expansion 11%
Recent Trend Architecture ledger
RegimeRecognizedLast observationTenureMove inside regime
Upward Expansion2026-07-242026-10-09Developing+5.6%
Deceleration2026-06-052026-07-17Developing+5.3%
Upward Expansion2026-04-242026-05-29Developing-5.0%
Deceleration2026-03-272026-04-17New+13.6%
Upward Expansion2025-10-032026-03-20Established+21.9%
Deceleration2025-09-122025-09-26New-0.9%
Upward Expansion2025-06-132025-09-05Established+8.8%
Rotation Up2025-05-092025-06-06Developing+18.5%
Downward Expansion2025-01-102025-05-02Established+11.6%
Rotation Down2024-12-132025-01-03New-4.7%
Deceleration2024-09-272024-12-06Developing-16.2%
Upward Expansion2024-05-172024-09-20Established+19.1%
Deceleration2024-04-192024-05-10New+14.8%
Upward Expansion2024-02-092024-04-12Developing-6.4%
Classic Stage Analysis comparison
Stage 1 ยท Basing5
Stage 2 ยท Advancing97
Stage 3 ยท Distribution70
Stage 4 ยท Declining3

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 SPY

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
68/100
Current Relative Strength
6.71
Relative Strength direction
Weakening
Price momentum
+12.2%
Excess performance vs benchmark
-2.7%
Financial Services regime cohort
70th percentile47 in cohort
Participation and structure

Is demand confirming the architecture?

Volume cannot overrule geometry
Relative volume0.75ร—

Latest completed volume relative to typical participation.

Up/down volume0.74ร—

Participation balance between advancing and declining observations.

Accumulation / distribution1 / 3

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+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 USD 78.46falling
Slow Activity USD 73.67rising
Trend Reference USD 70.52+7.1% close margin
Current Fair Value USD 45.58+65.7% close margin
Structural low USD 59.78shock / 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 +6.7%
Annualized volatility +34.5%
From structural high -11.7%
From structural low +60.5%
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 SPY Regime survived Read
Near term29+3.6%-17.6% to +23.1%+58.6%+58.6%+1.0%+72.4%Usable descriptive sample
Intermediate11+7.7%-23.5% to +26.5%+63.6%+63.6%+3.9%+54.5%Usable descriptive sample
Extended7+14.3%-20.6% to +39.6%+57.1%+57.1%+4.6%+42.9%Usable descriptive sample
Full cycle4+38.7%-14.2% to +59.5%+75.0%+75.0%+15.4%+50.0%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