Weekly structural research · NYSE · Healthcare

SYK Stage Analysis

Stryker Corporation

Week ending 9 Oct 2026Close USD 277.33Tenure NewBenchmark SPY

Screen this regime Supporting research Report data ↗

Executive diagnosis

What the Activity Line geometry says now

Structure, not prediction

Downward Expansion · Early contraction

The weekly architecture is expanding downward.

Trend and Activity show sustained negative alignment with weak price acceptance. Repair requires persistent improvement across the structure, not merely one strong observation.

The Trend gate is down within the current regime.
Fast Activity versus Slow Activity: weakening.
Activity structure: wide and expanding.

Direction -66−100 bearish to +100 bullish

Energy 78/100directional strength

Maturity 17/100lifecycle context

Confidence 84/100evidence agreement

Trend gate Downstructural direction

Activity structure Wideexpanding separation

Price acceptance -83.3%position within the Activity structure

Fair Value context -19.4%USD 343.92 · weakening

Trend Architecture map · 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 · 156 observations

Week	Close	Trend	Relative Strength	Volume	Regime	Direction	Energy
2026-10-09	277.33	313.56	-24.72	12565727	Downward Expansion	-66	78
2026-10-02	275.43	315.51	-24.99	12675268	Downward Expansion	-67	81
2026-09-25	271.49	318.45	-26.81	12474924	Downward Expansion	-74	82
2026-09-18	274.24	322.28	-25.74	16972637	Downward Expansion	-74	73
2026-09-11	274.68	325.78	-26.30	19023203	Balance	-73	51
2026-09-04	302.16	328.79	-20.25	11422741	Balance	-46	21
2026-08-28	329.64	330.63	-13.63	10047346	Balance	13	17
2026-08-21	329.45	331.93	-13.87	13050303	Balance	14	20
2026-08-14	339.21	332.75	-13.14	10194934	Balance	22	29
2026-08-07	339.03	333.54	-13.57	11488327	Balance	3	12
2026-07-31	325.70	334.46	-14.56	13985608	Balance	-9	11
2026-07-24	330.25	335.18	-12.99	10079652	Balance	-5	12
2026-07-17	319.87	335.91	-16.80	13758519	Balance	-11	16
2026-07-10	329.78	337.03	-16.15	11705932	Downward Expansion	-19	18
2026-07-03	326.54	337.78	-16.43	11293616	Downward Expansion	-31	20
2026-06-26	331.78	338.97	-13.86	15411091	Downward Expansion	-32	21
2026-06-19	306.94	340.22	-22.73	10557612	Downward Expansion	-46	36
2026-06-12	311.33	342.20	-21.53	11269888	Downward Expansion	-47	36
2026-06-05	304.81	343.83	-23.32	12734765	Downward Expansion	-60	44
2026-05-29	304.24	345.48	-25.98	15012913	Downward Expansion	-62	60
2026-05-22	315.60	347.15	-22.78	14868850	Downward Expansion	-63	75
2026-05-15	305.90	349.29	-25.10	16565014	Downward Expansion	-63	79
2026-05-08	284.67	351.51	-30.75	14363253	Downward Expansion	-85	83
2026-05-01	293.91	354.11	-27.55	14250911	Downward Expansion	-84	62
2026-04-24	327.51	356.60	-19.23	8101641	Downward Expansion	-65	41
2026-04-17	343.32	357.89	-15.46	11049298	Downward Expansion	-58	54
2026-04-10	339.15	358.92	-13.23	7851209	Downward Expansion	-62	69
2026-04-03	331.54	360.29	-12.59	7479486	Downward Expansion	-64	70
2026-03-27	326.57	362.22	-11.48	10887585	Downward Expansion	-71	60
2026-03-20	334.77	364.29	-11.69	13033139	Rotation Up	-63	42
2026-03-13	335.87	366.17	-13.40	13169522	Rotation Up	-50	20
2026-03-06	363.59	367.61	-8.11	8481068	Rotation Up	13	28
2026-02-27	386.43	367.99	-4.64	6956097	Balance	32	43
2026-02-20	379.21	367.60	-7.15	8277724	Balance	25	21
2026-02-13	365.07	368.31	-9.86	11200810	Balance	-13	8
2026-02-06	357.33	369.03	-13.18	12783849	Downward Expansion	-32	15
2026-01-30	368.57	370.00	-11.00	10681626	Downward Expansion	-21	16
2026-01-23	354.09	370.80	-14.48	7533233	Downward Expansion	-42	22
2026-01-16	362.81	371.99	-13.06	9410733	Downward Expansion	-38	22
2026-01-09	366.56	372.29	-12.79	10076704	Downward Expansion	-52	35
2026-01-02	347.25	372.53	-16.34	5588664	Downward Expansion	-68	65
2025-12-26	352.39	373.63	-16.25	4640672	Downward Expansion	-61	52
2025-12-19	353.37	374.52	-15.10	11190188	Downward Expansion	-60	36
2025-12-12	352.26	375.17	-15.52	8524405	Downward Expansion	-63	33
2025-12-05	362.14	376.45	-13.92	7182587	Downward Expansion	-44	24
2025-11-28	369.26	376.95	-12.22	5964912	Downward Expansion	-50	31
2025-11-21	366.37	377.13	-10.00	8317904	Downward Expansion	-54	52
2025-11-14	360.35	376.97	-13.41	10277735	Downward Expansion	-56	46
2025-11-07	354.19	376.40	-15.11	10028233	Rotation Down	-67	47
2025-10-31	354.40	376.16	-16.70	8475306	Rotation Down	-44	36
2025-10-24	379.82	375.76	-10.42	6764814	Rotation Down	-20	18
2025-10-17	372.49	375.11	-10.58	6168007	Rotation Down	-29	45
2025-10-10	362.72	374.92	-11.60	7957758	Rotation Down	-28	46
2025-10-03	368.59	375.00	-12.50	9004754	Deceleration	-20	28
2025-09-26	366.28	375.21	-12.24	8362722	Deceleration	-4	14
2025-09-19	374.03	375.72	-10.83	6499831	Deceleration	11	6
2025-09-12	380.50	375.86	-8.38	4657511	Deceleration	46	27
2025-09-05	389.40	375.87	-4.99	4160770	Deceleration	51	33
2025-08-29	388.51	375.78	-5.06	4382687	Deceleration	40	20
2025-08-22	391.30	375.72	-4.52	6280526	Upward Expansion	41	23
2025-08-15	379.08	375.66	-7.28	6289627	Upward Expansion	30	15
2025-08-08	374.78	375.66	-7.49	6047154	Upward Expansion	31	18
2025-08-01	374.99	375.21	-5.20	8292553	Upward Expansion	49	32
2025-07-25	400.54	374.62	-1.24	5948140	Upward Expansion	74	70
2025-07-18	386.51	373.34	-3.19	6522877	Upward Expansion	56	57
2025-07-11	386.57	372.43	-2.56	5370438	Upward Expansion	57	52
2025-07-04	392.35	371.86	-1.33	4022590	Balance	63	42
2025-06-27	389.80	371.44	-0.24	8633698	Balance	60	30
2025-06-20	371.98	371.33	-1.46	5172393	Balance	-0	6
2025-06-13	373.71	371.58	-1.17	4442105	Balance	12	13
2025-06-06	380.24	371.94	0.18	4405005	Balance	17	29
2025-05-30	379.00	371.62	1.46	5090784	Balance	15	24
2025-05-23	373.03	371.06	1.64	6208283	Balance	4	20
2025-05-16	390.46	370.22	3.73	5568147	Balance	17	25
2025-05-09	377.29	369.35	5.63	6584172	Balance	-18	14
2025-05-02	374.62	368.46	4.55	9926967	Rotation Down	-32	20
2025-04-25	361.58	367.51	3.94	7153298	Rotation Down	-59	55
2025-04-18	343.20	367.27	3.20	5641084	Rotation Down	-42	61
2025-04-11	346.95	367.80	2.85	13816927	Rotation Down	-39	54
2025-04-04	342.51	368.37	7.24	12170027	Balance	-37	46
2025-03-28	360.22	368.73	2.57	6060026	Balance	-21	23
2025-03-21	366.75	368.54	2.79	8447570	Balance	16	15
2025-03-14	365.19	367.90	2.81	9123449	Upward Expansion	17	12
2025-03-07	374.84	366.81	3.02	7255802	Upward Expansion	38	20
2025-02-28	381.65	365.06	1.54	7703210	Upward Expansion	53	33
2025-02-21	378.28	363.21	-0.45	4364296	Upward Expansion	56	46
2025-02-14	380.65	361.48	-1.62	5562406	Upward Expansion	59	65
2025-02-07	386.80	359.97	1.25	5282338	Upward Expansion	62	68
2025-01-31	386.69	358.21	0.94	10131064	Upward Expansion	64	59
2025-01-24	389.68	356.38	0.56	6820428	Deceleration	68	38
2025-01-17	378.91	354.54	-0.50	7348328	Deceleration	44	21
2025-01-10	361.36	353.12	-2.35	6050093	Deceleration	21	22
2025-01-03	357.27	352.36	-5.41	3299729	Deceleration	20	22
2024-12-27	361.95	351.88	-4.73	3438729	Upward Expansion	35	21
2024-12-20	359.48	350.98	-4.81	9174395	Upward Expansion	44	31
2024-12-13	369.34	349.97	-4.03	5022703	Upward Expansion	61	49
2024-12-06	379.61	348.61	-1.94	5217069	Upward Expansion	65	75
2024-11-29	386.64	346.77	0.76	4846651	Upward Expansion	75	83
2024-11-22	379.44	344.63	0.05	6883040	Upward Expansion	73	78
2024-11-15	384.60	342.96	3.09	8972132	Upward Expansion	82	74
2024-11-08	370.68	340.79	-2.64	5319190	Upward Expansion	71	58
2024-11-01	361.99	339.62	-0.38	8628809	Upward Expansion	61	37
2024-10-25	347.86	339.04	-5.58	5066027	Upward Expansion	40	24
2024-10-18	364.37	339.15	-2.13	4880811	Upward Expansion	68	38
2024-10-11	350.60	338.52	-5.02	4409659	Upward Expansion	53	32
2024-10-04	346.29	338.33	-5.07	3887380	Upward Expansion	59	46
2024-09-27	354.42	338.47	-2.60	5097853	Upward Expansion	63	70
2024-09-20	358.89	338.18	-0.85	5993707	Upward Expansion	66	76
2024-09-13	364.24	337.81	1.98	6105545	Balance	77	79
2024-09-06	353.10	337.07	2.82	3881702	Balance	38	53
2024-08-30	354.57	336.46	-0.99	5936542	Balance	29	34
2024-08-23	347.56	335.81	-2.66	4610653	Balance	2	2
2024-08-16	332.41	334.39	-5.61	4694382	Balance	-49	41
2024-08-09	322.51	333.59	-4.84	8044915	Balance	-59	50
2024-08-02	326.18	333.05	-3.80	11058901	Balance	-26	28
2024-07-26	326.29	331.82	-5.85	7238794	Deceleration	-17	12
2024-07-19	335.42	330.72	-4.05	7288346	Deceleration	19	8
2024-07-12	333.86	329.23	-6.47	3793577	Deceleration	27	10
2024-07-05	331.78	327.54	-6.35	3153351	Deceleration	38	18
2024-06-28	334.73	325.90	-3.90	5691420	Deceleration	38	26
2024-06-21	336.29	324.43	-3.69	5163814	Deceleration	39	29
2024-06-14	338.59	322.78	-2.58	4548197	Deceleration	40	30
2024-06-07	342.85	320.88	0.16	5967413	Deceleration	46	28
2024-05-31	334.77	318.36	-0.97	7313952	Deceleration	25	14
2024-05-24	329.32	316.20	-2.98	6259794	Deceleration	7	13
2024-05-17	328.48	313.75	-3.28	7420334	Deceleration	6	17
2024-05-10	324.45	311.45	-3.04	6555895	Deceleration	4	22
2024-05-03	322.36	309.03	-2.04	10212280	Deceleration	7	23
2024-04-26	329.39	306.94	0.54	7313972	Deceleration	31	27
2024-04-19	319.40	304.85	-0.12	7420972	Upward Expansion	33	26
2024-04-12	335.71	303.47	1.52	4225106	Upward Expansion	50	49
2024-04-05	344.51	301.78	2.53	4161734	Upward Expansion	62	59
2024-03-29	351.24	299.70	3.52	4057755	Upward Expansion	72	66
2024-03-22	345.31	297.23	2.09	5828142	Upward Expansion	66	65
2024-03-15	344.93	294.75	4.18	5926488	Upward Expansion	68	71
2024-03-08	350.45	292.27	5.73	4121868	Upward Expansion	77	89
2024-03-01	345.90	289.75	4.16	7101258	Upward Expansion	74	90
2024-02-23	347.67	287.43	5.77	4357910	Upward Expansion	85	94
2024-02-16	342.06	285.03	5.90	7156780	Upward Expansion	87	95
2024-02-09	334.87	283.22	3.48	6526072	Upward Expansion	87	94
2024-02-02	334.96	281.88	5.04	11529805	Upward Expansion	93	95
2024-01-26	304.91	280.27	-3.02	6732259	Upward Expansion	68	77
2024-01-19	308.52	280.01	-0.83	6444448	Upward Expansion	77	79
2024-01-12	306.42	279.37	-0.31	6339000	Rotation Up	78	71
2024-01-05	289.21	278.69	-4.14	4560644	Rotation Up	29	36
2023-12-29	293.25	278.14	-4.40	3507979	Rotation Up	38	39
2023-12-22	290.56	277.38	-4.98	6127046	Rotation Up	27	39
2023-12-15	283.38	276.52	-6.50	9456527	Rotation Up	19	38
2023-12-08	282.35	276.32	-4.63	6675291	Rotation Up	19	34
2023-12-01	290.84	276.15	-1.52	5730152	Rotation Up	28	32
2023-11-24	286.79	275.68	-1.95	3061115	Downward Expansion	13	21
2023-11-17	281.65	275.82	-2.56	7813837	Downward Expansion	-18	13
2023-11-10	267.24	276.26	-5.21	7174584	Downward Expansion	-53	31
2023-11-03	269.78	276.81	-2.85	11839998	Downward Expansion	-59	53
2023-10-27	255.80	277.13	-2.29	12634412	Downward Expansion	-67	73
2023-10-20	259.49	277.85	-3.22	8911203	Downward Expansion	-61	69

Price vs TrendBelow-11.6%

Trend directionFalling-6.2%

Price vs current Fair ValueBelow anchor-19.4%

Fair Value directionMoving away-16.0%

Relative Strength vs benchmarkLagging-24.7%

Relative strength directionWeakening-8.6%

Price momentumNegative-18.2%

Volume balanceSupply-led0.67×

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

-66 / ±100

+7.4 points since 2026-09-11

Energy

78 /100

+27.5 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.

SYK Directional State ↗ SYK Momentum Intelligence ↗

Comparative structural evidence

Why this architecture regime won

Every regime is evaluated

Balance11

Rotation Up9

Upward Expansion18

Deceleration37

Rotation Down78

Downward Expansion94

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 today’s regime

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

Balance 20%Rotation Up 6%Upward Expansion 28%Deceleration 15%Rotation Down 6%Downward Expansion 25%

Recent Trend Architecture ledger

Regime	Recognized	Last observation	Tenure	Move inside regime
Downward Expansion	2026-09-18	2026-10-09	New	+1.1%
Balance	2026-07-17	2026-09-11	Developing	-14.1%
Downward Expansion	2026-03-27	2026-07-10	Established	+1.0%
Rotation Up	2026-03-06	2026-03-20	New	-7.9%
Balance	2026-02-13	2026-02-27	New	+5.8%
Downward Expansion	2025-11-14	2026-02-06	Established	-0.8%
Rotation Down	2025-10-10	2025-11-07	Developing	-2.4%
Deceleration	2025-08-29	2025-10-03	Developing	-5.1%
Upward Expansion	2025-07-11	2025-08-22	Developing	+1.2%
Balance	2025-05-09	2025-07-04	Developing	+4.0%
Rotation Down	2025-04-11	2025-05-02	New	+8.0%
Balance	2025-03-21	2025-04-04	New	-6.6%
Upward Expansion	2025-01-31	2025-03-14	Developing	-5.6%
Deceleration	2025-01-03	2025-01-24	New	+9.1%

Classic Stage Analysis comparison

Stage 1 · Basing49

Stage 2 · Advancing0

Stage 3 · Distribution24

Stage 4 · Declining100

Legacy result: Stage 4 · Stage 4B · Declining. 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

Lagging benchmark

Architecture confirmation: 93/100
Current Relative Strength: -24.72
Relative Strength direction: Weakening
Price momentum: -18.2%
Excess performance vs benchmark: -33.1%
Healthcare regime cohort: 52th percentile23 in cohort

Test SYK trend persistence

Participation and structure

Is demand confirming the architecture?

Volume cannot overrule geometry

Relative volume0.98×

Latest completed volume relative to typical participation.

Up/down volume0.67×

Participation balance between advancing and declining observations.

Accumulation / distribution0 / 5

Recent participation evidence classified by demand and supply.

Activity alignment+0.0%

Current positive alignment across Activity and Trend.

Fast/slow rotationWeakening

Current relationship between Fast Activity and Slow Activity.

Structure stability+25.0%

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.

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Decision architecture

References that would change the structural read

Evidence levels, not orders

Fast Activity USD 275.07falling

Slow Activity USD 307.63falling

Trend Reference USD 313.56-11.6% close margin

Current Fair Value USD 343.92-19.4% close margin

Structural low USD 266.15shock / repair context

What changes the read?

Fan contraction and a persistent upward fast/slow rotation are required before the declining structure is considered repaired.

Range context +7.5%

Annualized volatility +31.5%

From structural high -29.0%

From structural low +4.2%

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 move	Positive periods	Directional follow-through	Median excess vs SPY	Regime survived	Read
Near term	17	-0.3%-7.2% to +7.7%	+47.1%	+52.9%	-0.3%	+70.6%	Usable descriptive sample
Intermediate	7	+1.3%-18.2% to +21.7%	+57.1%	+42.9%	-0.4%	+57.1%	Usable descriptive sample
Extended	4	+4.9%-15.1% to +33.3%	+50.0%	+50.0%	+2.3%	+50.0%	Too little matched history
Full cycle	2	+23.3%+7.4% to +39.2%	+100.0%	+0.0%	+7.6%	+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.

SYK Stage Analysis

What the Activity Line geometry says now

The weekly architecture is expanding downward.

Weekly close, Activity, Trend and Fair Value

Is the structure strengthening or losing force?

Direction

Energy

Why this architecture regime won

The context behind today’s regime

Is relative performance confirming the geometry?

Relative Strength

Lagging benchmark

Is demand confirming the architecture?

Weekly volume with architecture context

References that would change the structural read

What followed this architecture in this market?

What the analysis measures and where its limits lie

Trend Architecture

Evidence roles

Fair Value and RS

Known limitations

Send a message

Evidence context

What the Activity Line geometry says now

The weekly architecture is expanding downward.

Weekly close, Activity, Trend and Fair Value

Is the structure strengthening or losing force?

Direction

Energy

Why this architecture regime won

The context behind today’s regime

Is relative performance confirming the geometry?

Relative Strength ?

Lagging benchmark

Is demand confirming the architecture?

Weekly volume with architecture context

References that would change the structural read

What followed this architecture in this market?

Test the structure from another angle

Trend Persistence ↗

Directional State ↗

Momentum Intelligence ↗

Volume & Price ↗

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RMI Reversal Map ↗

What the analysis measures and where its limits lie

Trend Architecture

Evidence roles

Fair Value and RS

Known limitations

Relative Strength

Trend Persistence

Directional State

Momentum Intelligence

Volume & Price

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RMI Reversal Map