Weekly structural research ยท GER ยท Financial Services

DBK Stage Analysis

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft

Week ending 9 Oct 2026Close EUR 29.92Tenure NewBenchmark ^GDAXI
Executive diagnosis

What the Activity Line geometry says now

Structure, not prediction
Deceleration ยท Recompressing

The upward structure remains, but its energy is decelerating.

Trend remains positive, but Activity or price acceptance is losing strength. This can become a healthy recompression, a re-acceleration, or a Rotation Down.

  • The Trend gate is up within the current regime.
  • Fast Activity versus Slow Activity: weakening.
  • Activity structure: compressed and contracting.
Direction 3โˆ’100 bearish to +100 bullish
Energy 24/100directional strength
Maturity 58/100lifecycle context
Confidence 86/100evidence agreement
Trend gate Upstructural direction
Activity structure Compressedcontracting separation
Price acceptance +0.0%position within the Activity structure
Fair Value context +40.6%EUR 21.28 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
2026-10-0929.9229.64-1.0324276238Deceleration324
2026-10-0230.9429.461.7527748260Upward Expansion3425
2026-09-2531.7629.293.7629732765Upward Expansion5147
2026-09-1833.0529.218.4434145373Upward Expansion6666
2026-09-1134.8429.1113.2119025084Upward Expansion7182
2026-09-0435.5728.9013.603026417Upward Expansion8691
2026-08-2834.9028.729.534454124Upward Expansion8691
2026-08-2132.3828.623.453706111Upward Expansion6481
2026-08-1433.3828.605.422990805Upward Expansion8185
2026-08-0732.8928.574.383883792Upward Expansion8176
2026-07-3131.8828.543.904625165Rotation Up7372
2026-07-2430.5928.551.962387279Rotation Up3866
2026-07-1730.8328.604.035029649Rotation Up3969
2026-07-1031.3528.645.144273927Rotation Up4774
2026-07-0331.8328.614.205287155Rotation Up4871
2026-06-2629.6328.551.763758791Rotation Up2958
2026-06-1931.1228.545.8012064119Balance4458
2026-06-1228.7428.45-0.498313018Balance721
2026-06-0527.5328.52-4.862978993Downward Expansion-1515
2026-05-2927.8628.60-4.8430693958Downward Expansion-2715
2026-05-2227.1728.67-6.1825686353Downward Expansion-3925
2026-05-1525.7628.69-7.4121374853Downward Expansion-4531
2026-05-0826.2128.76-7.1625718821Downward Expansion-3924
2026-05-0125.5728.85-9.0922825462Downward Expansion-4324
2026-04-2426.1128.97-6.3920749325Downward Expansion-4226
2026-04-1727.8929.08-2.1032686880Downward Expansion-4736
2026-04-1026.7329.15-2.2731519313Downward Expansion-6457
2026-04-0324.7729.27-6.6025968017Downward Expansion-6784
2026-03-2724.0429.41-5.5035388882Downward Expansion-7790
2026-03-2023.8929.57-6.1847877235Downward Expansion-8791
2026-03-1324.5929.79-7.5745403131Balance-8986
2026-03-0625.9829.98-2.7246186954Balance-4861
2026-02-2729.2330.112.4825756119Balance-2330
2026-02-2029.9630.045.6629562412Balance-116
2026-02-1328.5629.952.7533969792Upward Expansion413
2026-02-0630.1529.839.9837586702Upward Expansion3422
2026-01-3032.1329.6518.9339766199Upward Expansion5941
2026-01-2331.7329.3616.7428426464Upward Expansion5944
2026-01-1632.3729.1418.1528048770Upward Expansion6669
2026-01-0931.8928.8317.5022094817Upward Expansion6371
2026-01-0232.3828.5423.8510753732Upward Expansion7275
2025-12-2632.1328.2525.075538351Upward Expansion7370
2025-12-1931.8027.9725.3126750499Upward Expansion7355
2025-12-1230.4827.6821.8118300169Upward Expansion5831
2025-12-0530.0227.4421.8417380427Upward Expansion5633
2025-11-2829.5327.2021.9124274526Upward Expansion5033
2025-11-2128.3526.9521.8933957481Upward Expansion5136
2025-11-1430.7526.7129.0223035444Deceleration6846
2025-11-0729.9926.3328.7321548217Deceleration6133
2025-10-3129.8425.9427.2828551421Deceleration4724
2025-10-2427.9825.5319.0627606267Deceleration3423
2025-10-1727.6425.2920.6028203144Deceleration4026
2025-10-1029.0225.0725.4419326035Upward Expansion4740
2025-10-0329.2124.7926.5923224795Upward Expansion5047
2025-09-2629.4724.5132.3226159185Upward Expansion6153
2025-09-1929.8324.1735.8573463051Upward Expansion6457
2025-09-1230.4423.7939.7527377972Upward Expansion7567
2025-09-0528.8223.3834.4020040699Upward Expansion6666
2025-08-2928.9723.0034.7329372391Upward Expansion6885
2025-08-2230.5822.6340.9821018738Upward Expansion8394
2025-08-1530.1422.2140.5423246717Upward Expansion8895
2025-08-0829.9621.7842.4127095580Upward Expansion9396
2025-08-0127.1121.3234.5126507886Upward Expansion8289
2025-07-2527.3620.9432.6939879973Upward Expansion8886
2025-07-1824.9420.5521.7026247680Upward Expansion7173
2025-07-1124.4920.2320.3428243182Upward Expansion6959
2025-07-0423.6219.9419.0031709347Upward Expansion6051
2025-06-2725.0819.6825.6733671033Upward Expansion7859
2025-06-2023.1519.3520.1437321203Upward Expansion6252
2025-06-1323.0419.0719.4035222703Upward Expansion6559
2025-06-0623.8318.8020.1328225374Upward Expansion7280
2025-05-3023.5018.4920.5825895518Upward Expansion7180
2025-05-2323.2418.2021.6734818406Upward Expansion7081
2025-05-1623.4217.9222.4632342439Upward Expansion7783
2025-05-0922.6817.6520.5727695388Upward Expansion7473
2025-05-0222.0617.4019.9341072573Deceleration7347
2025-04-2521.1117.1619.6325742987Deceleration5527
2025-04-1819.4116.9415.6928903322Deceleration3722
2025-04-1118.1216.7712.8493691950Upward Expansion4228
2025-04-0417.6416.628.7864811297Upward Expansion6049
2025-03-2820.8216.4918.3435470219Upward Expansion7172
2025-03-2120.9116.2617.2148193981Upward Expansion7887
2025-03-1420.7016.0216.1350257222Upward Expansion8184
2025-03-0720.7415.7716.8383101411Upward Expansion9086
2025-02-2819.4515.4912.5055933009Upward Expansion8783
2025-02-2118.4415.268.4743386866Upward Expansion7879
2025-02-1418.0715.105.6934140369Upward Expansion7586
2025-02-0717.4514.965.9543320791Upward Expansion6785
2025-01-3117.7814.868.6951431904Upward Expansion7787
2025-01-2417.8814.7611.4029543370Upward Expansion8687
2025-01-1717.3814.6311.3643969981Upward Expansion8472
2025-01-1016.0514.506.8239050077Upward Expansion6545
2025-01-0315.9314.428.0413654277Upward Expansion6658
2024-12-2715.5214.365.157042477Upward Expansion5861
2024-12-2015.2514.324.1631665914Upward Expansion5960
2024-12-1316.0214.316.8322705878Upward Expansion7468
2024-12-0615.8214.265.9840800574Deceleration7149
2024-11-2915.0914.225.3533602412Deceleration4626
2024-11-2214.6014.183.8831035485Upward Expansion4024
2024-11-1515.0814.198.2530361874Upward Expansion5933
2024-11-0814.5714.155.0041631202Upward Expansion5434
2024-11-0114.8514.117.1427122123Upward Expansion6058
2024-10-2514.7114.065.4236020535Upward Expansion6265
2024-10-1815.2114.028.2533322863Upward Expansion6869
2024-10-1115.2613.9410.7332043353Upward Expansion7367
2024-10-0414.8113.859.4233201500Balance5752
2024-09-2714.6013.746.4325905332Balance5436
2024-09-2014.2413.648.3533666994Balance1919
2024-09-1313.7313.545.0935382306Balance513
2024-09-0613.7713.458.1028346220Balance2015
2024-08-3013.8413.345.7815385575Rotation Down1312
2024-08-2313.8013.277.4323553096Rotation Down-1531
2024-08-1613.1813.184.8320395456Rotation Down-2143
2024-08-0912.4813.103.0133868085Deceleration-3346
2024-08-0212.3713.052.8334019426Deceleration-1520
2024-07-2613.5313.028.3051189695Deceleration2119
2024-07-1914.0912.9414.8420086617Deceleration5034
2024-07-1214.3712.8514.1423152754Deceleration5433
2024-07-0514.7012.7419.3126710552Deceleration5127
2024-06-2813.9912.6115.8921518547Deceleration3523
2024-06-2113.5712.4913.6040266366Deceleration3924
2024-06-1413.5312.3714.9941731493Upward Expansion4738
2024-06-0714.3612.2619.1529585523Upward Expansion6154
2024-05-3114.2912.1019.7334809190Upward Expansion6460
2024-05-2414.7611.9523.1326140071Upward Expansion7266
2024-05-1714.6811.7823.2432485563Upward Expansion7469
2024-05-1014.4811.5822.0231496386Upward Expansion7469
2024-05-0313.9211.4023.1755945030Upward Expansion6766
2024-04-2615.0811.2433.2670364615Upward Expansion9390
2024-04-1913.6411.0524.4842358469Upward Expansion7688
2024-04-1213.4910.9122.6143932311Upward Expansion7691
2024-04-0513.4610.7721.4930935980Upward Expansion8393
2024-03-2913.3010.6118.7230035942Upward Expansion8894
2024-03-2212.9310.4817.9644101974Upward Expansion8890
2024-03-1512.4310.3515.8570432286Upward Expansion8478
2024-03-0811.6810.2310.0742392196Deceleration7149
2024-03-0111.4610.158.6635527296Deceleration6439
2024-02-2311.3010.079.0331850827Deceleration5337
2024-02-1610.9310.007.2734496626Deceleration4233
2024-02-0910.589.954.8951238446Upward Expansion4534
2024-02-0211.709.8915.9265453659Upward Expansion8059
2024-01-2611.029.789.0229379679Upward Expansion5249
2024-01-1910.779.708.9729206781Upward Expansion6458
2024-01-1210.999.629.9848685578Upward Expansion6774
2024-01-0511.469.5415.3735851895Upward Expansion7991
2023-12-2911.289.4612.3910203075Upward Expansion7790
2023-12-2211.299.3912.8536660519Upward Expansion8392
2023-12-1511.049.319.9959563267Upward Expansion8390
2023-12-0810.789.237.5343372648Upward Expansion8386
2023-12-0110.519.167.1439933513Upward Expansion8080
2023-11-2410.139.095.7330744530Upward Expansion7074
2023-11-1710.199.057.1462881242Upward Expansion7672
2023-11-109.579.005.2334768163Upward Expansion5641
2023-11-039.728.977.1745052674Balance6331
2023-10-279.498.938.2079777198Balance4619
2023-10-208.698.89-1.7054476761Balance168
Price vs TrendAbove+1.0%
Trend directionRising+3.9%
Price vs current Fair ValuePremium+40.6%
Fair Value directionMoving away-21.6%
Relative Strength vs benchmarkLagging-1.0%
Relative strength directionWeakening-6.2%
Price momentumPositive+11.9%
Volume balanceSupply-led0.13ร—
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

3 / ยฑ100

-67.7 points since 2026-09-11

Energy

24 /100

-58.0 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 Up18
Upward Expansion58
Deceleration88
Rotation Down46
Downward Expansion24

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 9%Rotation Up 4%Upward Expansion 63%Deceleration 15%Rotation Down 2%Downward Expansion 8%
Recent Trend Architecture ledger
RegimeRecognizedLast observationTenureMove inside regime
Deceleration2026-10-092026-10-09New+0.0%
Upward Expansion2026-08-072026-10-02Developing-5.9%
Rotation Up2026-06-262026-07-31Developing+7.6%
Balance2026-06-122026-06-19New+8.3%
Downward Expansion2026-03-202026-06-05Developing+15.2%
Balance2026-02-202026-03-13New-17.9%
Upward Expansion2025-11-212026-02-13Established+0.7%
Deceleration2025-10-172025-11-14Developing+11.2%
Upward Expansion2025-05-092025-10-10Established+27.9%
Deceleration2025-04-182025-05-02New+13.7%
Upward Expansion2024-12-132025-04-11Established+13.1%
Deceleration2024-11-292024-12-06New+4.9%
Upward Expansion2024-10-112024-11-22Developing-4.3%
Balance2024-09-062024-10-04Developing+7.6%
Classic Stage Analysis comparison
Stage 1 ยท Basing21
Stage 2 ยท Advancing66
Stage 3 ยท Distribution77
Stage 4 ยท Declining34

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

Leadership versus ^GDAXI

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
61/100
Current Relative Strength
-1.03
Relative Strength direction
Weakening
Price momentum
+11.9%
Excess performance vs benchmark
+6.5%
Financial Services regime cohort
50th percentile30 in cohort
Participation and structure

Is demand confirming the architecture?

Volume cannot overrule geometry
Relative volume2.09ร—

Latest completed volume relative to typical participation.

Up/down volume0.13ร—

Participation balance between advancing and declining observations.

Accumulation / distribution0 / 5

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 EUR 31.31falling
Slow Activity EUR 31.24rising
Trend Reference EUR 29.64+1.0% close margin
Current Fair Value EUR 21.28+40.6% close margin
Structural low EUR 24.89shock / repair context
What changes the read?

Renewed positive order and expanding width produce re-acceleration; fast/slow failure with downside acceptance produces Rotation Down.

Range context +5.4%
Annualized volatility +29.5%
From structural high -16.5%
From structural low +30.2%
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 ^GDAXI Regime survived Read
Near term13+2.4%-19.8% to +20.7%+61.5%+61.5%+1.3%+30.8%Usable descriptive sample
Intermediate8+13.0%-12.9% to +34.3%+75.0%+75.0%+11.5%+0.0%Usable descriptive sample
Extended6+9.3%-16.0% to +55.8%+66.7%+66.7%+5.4%+0.0%Usable descriptive sample
Full cycle4+27.4%-20.2% to +69.7%+75.0%+75.0%+12.3%+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