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ROKU Stage Analysis

Roku Inc

Week ending 9 Oct 2026Close USD 152.85Tenure NewBenchmark QQQ
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: wide and contracting.
Direction 45โˆ’100 bearish to +100 bullish
Energy 44/100directional strength
Maturity 68/100lifecycle context
Confidence 92/100evidence agreement
Trend gate Upstructural direction
Activity structure Widecontracting separation
Price acceptance +0.0%position within the Activity structure
Fair Value context +69.1%USD 90.40 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.
  • Rotation DownStructure is turning lower.
  • Downward ExpansionDowntrend is established.
View chart values ยท 156 observations
WeekCloseTrendRelative StrengthVolumeRegimeDirectionEnergy
2026-10-09152.85134.8912.746386307Deceleration4544
2026-10-02152.39132.8513.227712564Upward Expansion4851
2026-09-25152.68131.1314.588339261Upward Expansion5256
2026-09-18153.64129.3219.5910984167Upward Expansion6477
2026-09-11154.93127.1622.2712468556Upward Expansion6786
2026-09-04155.59125.0022.8310606495Upward Expansion6781
2026-08-28157.68122.6825.6110667789Upward Expansion7286
2026-08-21157.49120.5926.689756709Upward Expansion7787
2026-08-14157.68118.8924.4210293871Upward Expansion8384
2026-08-07153.11117.0822.9517893477Upward Expansion8278
2026-07-31145.01115.6923.2914834431Upward Expansion6868
2026-07-24141.97114.4822.289583085Upward Expansion6465
2026-07-17144.43113.4823.0813429810Upward Expansion7274
2026-07-10140.69112.2915.4413310673Upward Expansion6569
2026-07-03142.43111.1919.4418966485Upward Expansion7374
2026-06-26135.40109.7815.0538058303Upward Expansion6356
2026-06-19138.07108.4912.4778784770Upward Expansion7259
2026-06-12143.66107.0020.6026741963Upward Expansion8462
2026-06-05122.26105.535.719837702Upward Expansion6453
2026-05-29130.18104.877.807764951Upward Expansion7482
2026-05-22125.55104.077.438978294Upward Expansion6980
2026-05-15124.02103.097.9110812744Upward Expansion6882
2026-05-08129.53102.1012.8413166479Upward Expansion8285
2026-05-01123.58100.8514.3520283736Balance7676
2026-04-24115.22100.199.0112193009Balance3946
2026-04-17116.1999.6712.8113274609Balance2823
2026-04-10102.4799.196.2511478040Balance-2311
2026-04-0397.6698.926.229530735Balance-4827
2026-03-2787.1598.84-1.0012218058Balance-6132
2026-03-2093.2799.162.5211890333Balance-4019
2026-03-1391.6599.19-1.2814929676Balance-2115
2026-03-06100.5799.147.4119288816Rotation Down-2119
2026-02-2798.4198.563.9418256936Rotation Down-3044
2026-02-2089.0697.95-6.2115891652Rotation Down-2852
2026-02-1390.0697.98-4.3536018806Upward Expansion-2636
2026-02-0685.8598.09-10.3721499045Upward Expansion-3432
2026-01-3095.2098.20-2.8313581014Upward Expansion1512
2026-01-23106.2397.978.2010402104Upward Expansion5029
2026-01-16103.6697.326.0515507689Upward Expansion5541
2026-01-09111.1796.5713.0416642578Upward Expansion6365
2026-01-02108.7295.3413.277842632Upward Expansion5963
2025-12-26112.0894.3415.147195695Upward Expansion6763
2025-12-19108.8293.0113.6218038317Upward Expansion6245
2025-12-12107.4791.6913.1215916446Upward Expansion6029
2025-12-05100.0990.483.5817747399Upward Expansion3716
2025-11-2896.7989.181.178000253Upward Expansion3317
2025-11-2193.3288.002.6213718355Upward Expansion4528
2025-11-1499.7787.086.6012654946Upward Expansion5235
2025-11-07102.3085.719.4820233963Deceleration5837
2025-10-31106.1384.3010.4129187015Deceleration6837
2025-10-2496.2982.612.5511412655Upward Expansion4227
2025-10-1794.2181.822.5610967372Upward Expansion4532
2025-10-1092.0281.282.5414276055Upward Expansion5946
2025-10-03103.8580.4813.0517450400Upward Expansion7465
2025-09-2699.6079.579.9513562951Upward Expansion6867
2025-09-19101.7879.0312.0516847223Upward Expansion7777
2025-09-1294.5278.606.4619781110Upward Expansion6267
2025-09-0595.2478.769.2913285420Upward Expansion6771
2025-08-2996.5678.4112.2013345550Upward Expansion7357
2025-08-2294.2277.959.5517498300Upward Expansion7042
2025-08-1590.2977.524.2717782478Upward Expansion5635
2025-08-0883.2177.04-3.0425707216Upward Expansion4736
2025-08-0179.9876.91-3.0535920398Upward Expansion6249
2025-07-2590.1276.827.1813971858Rotation Up6680
2025-07-1893.2976.3912.4112501792Rotation Up5376
2025-07-1188.9975.969.0712023572Rotation Up3968
2025-07-0488.2775.768.3111379839Rotation Up4164
2025-06-2786.9475.628.7318717844Rotation Up3951
2025-06-2080.9975.035.9521210684Balance2830
2025-06-1374.4174.63-2.1716090409Balance-718
2025-06-0678.5074.453.0018575139Downward Expansion-718
2025-05-3072.4674.29-2.6419269787Downward Expansion-2920
2025-05-2369.0174.07-5.3313486196Downward Expansion-3821
2025-05-1671.3774.28-4.2622148530Downward Expansion-4226
2025-05-0960.9374.57-12.6518979669Downward Expansion-5940
2025-05-0261.5575.15-11.9935783168Downward Expansion-5948
2025-04-2565.7175.63-2.9517865183Downward Expansion-6166
2025-04-1858.4675.92-8.0311732102Downward Expansion-6972
2025-04-1160.2276.50-7.4933683070Balance-6968
2025-04-0455.2876.98-8.7724495184Balance-4454
2025-03-2872.4977.297.7514096009Balance-2027
2025-03-2178.2977.1313.7623075488Balance-117
2025-03-1467.7876.83-1.0119318752Balance212
2025-03-0776.6776.529.1120866497Upward Expansion4329
2025-02-2883.5175.8015.1416525685Upward Expansion5855
2025-02-2188.8674.7918.6916827641Upward Expansion6168
2025-02-1499.0773.7929.7142211770Upward Expansion8576
2025-02-0785.0072.5814.7813735745Upward Expansion6446
2025-01-3182.7671.7911.0210502371Upward Expansion5933
2025-01-2481.2971.106.7412694361Upward Expansion4625
2025-01-1775.8970.390.3812200714Upward Expansion3820
2025-01-1079.1969.676.8715317535Upward Expansion5332
2025-01-0377.3868.851.398474688Upward Expansion5446
2024-12-2777.0368.18-0.836730224Upward Expansion5761
2024-12-2080.5967.523.6514165145Upward Expansion6061
2024-12-1382.9966.733.4312321095Deceleration6751
2024-12-0684.1266.014.5633220293Deceleration6632
2024-11-2969.0365.14-12.5411833667Deceleration2516
2024-11-2269.2064.81-13.0722880187Deceleration2722
2024-11-1568.8764.38-13.0317248896Deceleration3222
2024-11-0873.8263.98-11.0823717540Upward Expansion4025
2024-11-0165.7063.52-17.2439970496Upward Expansion4131
2024-10-2575.2763.32-7.7512966401Upward Expansion6456
2024-10-1880.0762.98-1.8413831540Upward Expansion7574
2024-10-1178.3762.43-3.8012010947Upward Expansion7277
2024-10-0475.8961.95-5.9411157649Upward Expansion7079
2024-09-2774.4161.57-8.1215492639Upward Expansion6977
2024-09-2076.0261.21-5.6619400602Upward Expansion7679
2024-09-1374.6960.82-6.3319880559Balance7775
2024-09-0664.3760.73-14.9612759482Balance2439
2024-08-3067.7761.78-16.4419273630Balance2734
2024-08-2369.1462.55-16.1220235545Balance97
2024-08-1658.5863.22-28.7413996992Balance-3829
2024-08-0955.1064.17-30.0822308436Balance-5433
2024-08-0253.1465.20-33.0322538981Balance-5225
2024-07-2659.0466.40-28.7719201142Balance-1416
2024-07-1962.5567.49-27.3218098622Downward Expansion-1118
2024-07-1261.3268.45-32.0415428105Downward Expansion-3519
2024-07-0562.0869.60-31.9113658206Downward Expansion-4431
2024-06-2859.9370.98-32.2717825492Downward Expansion-6045
2024-06-2154.4072.43-38.8712711531Downward Expansion-6957
2024-06-1454.5173.78-39.0018124774Downward Expansion-7459
2024-06-0757.3575.07-34.1112778911Downward Expansion-6454
2024-05-3157.4075.86-32.7710400425Downward Expansion-6657
2024-05-2456.7676.78-34.8514212206Downward Expansion-7163
2024-05-1761.4476.76-28.7922048733Downward Expansion-6364
2024-05-1057.9176.71-31.5612521271Downward Expansion-6561
2024-05-0359.1176.98-29.3326781086Downward Expansion-6464
2024-04-2656.3577.40-32.1839361915Downward Expansion-7274
2024-04-1956.9077.88-29.1316453589Downward Expansion-7566
2024-04-1259.9078.29-29.7415216984Downward Expansion-7161
2024-04-0559.8378.84-30.5818953752Downward Expansion-7469
2024-03-2965.1779.62-25.4712249594Downward Expansion-6675
2024-03-2263.5880.18-28.1021507165Rotation Down-6984
2024-03-1563.9980.62-25.8319488277Rotation Down-4175
2024-03-0864.5081.13-26.5727851302Rotation Down-3470
2024-03-0163.3581.62-29.3729836689Rotation Down-4267
2024-02-2364.4882.39-27.2053790764Deceleration-3946
2024-02-1672.0083.23-18.0777093117Deceleration-89
2024-02-0995.8083.286.6825920431Deceleration5931
2024-02-0291.0382.553.6018802596Deceleration3520
2024-01-2689.0081.612.5925310652Deceleration3020
2024-01-1987.0780.781.1819429672Deceleration3221
2024-01-1286.0579.963.0229010260Deceleration3622
2024-01-0589.2979.4510.6519547890Upward Expansion4329
2023-12-2991.6678.7910.6919045920Upward Expansion5945
2023-12-2291.3477.7411.4132817374Upward Expansion6466
2023-12-1595.9376.5618.8930501423Upward Expansion6782
2023-12-08103.3675.1233.2821330033Upward Expansion7988
2023-12-01103.5473.4635.3149462116Upward Expansion8285
2023-11-2494.9371.8424.8916880061Upward Expansion7563
2023-11-1792.9770.5523.9933868599Balance6243
2023-11-1081.3169.3911.1142967537Balance4017
2023-11-0384.7568.7419.1892487537Rotation Down2525
2023-10-2756.3568.05-15.2628886872Rotation Down-4260
2023-10-2059.8068.36-12.7130492676Deceleration-3539
Price vs TrendAbove+13.3%
Trend directionRising+16.6%
Price vs current Fair ValuePremium+69.1%
Fair Value directionClosing upward+1.9%
Relative Strength vs benchmarkLeading+12.7%
Relative strength directionWeakening-2.7%
Price momentumPositive+49.2%
Volume balanceDemand-led1.06ร—
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

-21.7 points since 2026-09-11

Energy

44 /100

-42.4 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
Balance30
Rotation Up31
Upward Expansion64
Deceleration94
Rotation Down28
Downward Expansion21

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 16%Rotation Up 3%Upward Expansion 49%Deceleration 10%Rotation Down 6%Downward Expansion 16%
Recent Trend Architecture ledger
RegimeRecognizedLast observationTenureMove inside regime
Deceleration2026-10-092026-10-09New+0.0%
Upward Expansion2026-05-082026-10-02Established+17.6%
Balance2026-03-132026-05-01Developing+34.8%
Rotation Down2026-02-202026-03-06New+12.9%
Upward Expansion2025-11-142026-02-13Established-9.7%
Deceleration2025-10-312025-11-07New-3.6%
Upward Expansion2025-08-012025-10-24Established+20.4%
Rotation Up2025-06-272025-07-25Developing+3.7%
Balance2025-06-132025-06-20New+8.8%
Downward Expansion2025-04-182025-06-06Developing+34.3%
Balance2025-03-142025-04-11Developing-11.2%
Upward Expansion2024-12-202025-03-07Developing-4.9%
Deceleration2024-11-152024-12-13Developing+20.5%
Upward Expansion2024-09-202024-11-08Developing-2.9%
Classic Stage Analysis comparison
Stage 1 ยท Basing6
Stage 2 ยท Advancing100
Stage 3 ยท Distribution64
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 QQQ

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
83/100
Current Relative Strength
12.74
Relative Strength direction
Weakening
Price momentum
+49.2%
Excess performance vs benchmark
+26.2%
Communication Services regime cohort
95th percentile22 in cohort
Participation and structure

Is demand confirming the architecture?

Volume cannot overrule geometry
Relative volume0.38ร—

Latest completed volume relative to typical participation.

Up/down volume1.06ร—

Participation balance between advancing and declining observations.

Accumulation / distribution1 / 0

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 152.94falling
Slow Activity USD 145.27rising
Trend Reference USD 134.89+13.3% close margin
Current Fair Value USD 90.40+69.1% close margin
Structural low USD 100.11shock / 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 +3.0%
Annualized volatility +34.7%
From structural high -4.4%
From structural low +94.6%
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 QQQ Regime survived Read
Near term8-6.4%-32.7% to +55.5%+37.5%+37.5%-1.5%+37.5%Usable descriptive sample
Intermediate5-10.3%-39.9% to +43.9%+40.0%+40.0%-9.3%+0.0%Usable descriptive sample
Extended4-2.3%-64.5% to +16.4%+50.0%+50.0%-17.6%+0.0%Too little matched history
Full cycle3+9.7%-80.7% to +44.9%+66.7%+66.7%-25.8%+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.

Evidence context