Weekly structural research ยท GER ยท Financial Services

EBO Stage Analysis

Erste Group Bank AG

Week ending 2 Oct 2026Close EUR 113.50Tenure EstablishedBenchmark ^GDAXI
Executive diagnosis

What the Activity Line geometry says now

Structure, not prediction
Upward Expansion ยท Established 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: compressed and contracting.
Direction 34โˆ’100 bearish to +100 bullish
Energy 24/100directional strength
Maturity 90/100lifecycle context
Confidence 87/100evidence agreement
Trend gate Upstructural direction
Activity structure Compressedcontracting separation
Price acceptance +33.3%position within the Activity structure
Fair Value context +64.7%EUR 68.93 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.
  • Upward ExpansionUptrend is established.
  • DecelerationUptrend is losing energy.
  • Rotation DownStructure is turning lower.
View chart values ยท 156 observations
WeekCloseTrendRelative StrengthVolumeRegimeDirectionEnergy
2026-10-02113.50109.196.995907Upward Expansion3424
2026-09-25123.10108.5515.734608Upward Expansion6956
2026-09-18118.60107.7812.643939Upward Expansion6358
2026-09-11122.10107.3315.392391Upward Expansion6774
2026-09-04123.80106.6215.551368Upward Expansion7386
2026-08-28123.00106.0613.25167Upward Expansion7588
2026-08-21121.50105.5914.40429Upward Expansion7279
2026-08-14123.10105.1315.24626Upward Expansion8474
2026-08-07119.70104.4713.15668Upward Expansion7859
2026-07-31113.10103.9210.34867Upward Expansion6154
2026-07-24115.10103.5715.25173Upward Expansion6577
2026-07-17112.20103.1014.34320Upward Expansion6784
2026-07-10117.80102.7219.72428Upward Expansion7490
2026-07-03118.50101.9918.08633Upward Expansion8390
2026-06-26115.80101.2121.55168Upward Expansion8184
2026-06-19115.80100.4621.08548Upward Expansion8277
2026-06-12108.4099.5415.922612Balance5954
2026-06-05102.3098.929.62899Balance3925
2026-05-29103.0098.469.507735Balance4017
2026-05-2298.5097.976.272502Balance149
2026-05-1597.5597.4210.015644Balance147
2026-05-0898.4096.889.889609Balance3221
2026-05-0196.0596.388.157694Balance2825
2026-04-2499.7096.0613.927219Balance3429
2026-04-17107.3195.5420.705630Balance5029
2026-04-10103.1494.7421.4111701Rotation Down1918
2026-04-0392.8294.0313.2415778Rotation Down-2442
2026-03-2791.1893.6316.4515346Deceleration-2640
2026-03-2089.3993.2814.5927172Deceleration-1836
2026-03-1391.1393.0812.2411480Deceleration-1024
2026-03-0694.5192.9616.4015894Deceleration1923
2026-02-2799.8792.6315.546805Upward Expansion4633
2026-02-20105.2391.9122.716215Upward Expansion6453
2026-02-13100.7690.9820.0511545Upward Expansion6660
2026-02-06107.0290.1529.415837Upward Expansion7067
2026-01-30108.8089.0233.824798Upward Expansion8481
2026-01-23107.7187.7431.954784Upward Expansion8680
2026-01-16103.3486.5125.756454Upward Expansion7486
2026-01-09103.2485.3826.803718Upward Expansion7891
2026-01-02102.5584.3030.631852Upward Expansion8292
2025-12-26100.9683.2930.755334Upward Expansion8291
2025-12-19100.9682.2632.103020Upward Expansion9094
2025-12-1295.7581.1226.865033Upward Expansion8086
2025-12-0595.2580.2127.987259Upward Expansion8587
2025-11-2893.1779.2527.303399Upward Expansion8386
2025-11-2188.3078.0325.636880Upward Expansion6475
2025-11-1489.7477.0824.487909Upward Expansion7571
2025-11-0788.4576.0525.207972Upward Expansion7554
2025-10-3188.2074.9423.7113999Upward Expansion7547
2025-10-2482.0073.8014.5113532Upward Expansion4636
2025-10-1781.4573.1416.457714Upward Expansion5946
2025-10-1083.4472.5618.036635Upward Expansion6254
2025-10-0386.4771.9222.467076Upward Expansion7661
2025-09-2683.9871.1823.074516Upward Expansion6956
2025-09-1983.2470.4223.446373Upward Expansion5851
2025-09-1281.9569.7422.1110381Upward Expansion6258
2025-09-0580.7169.1221.613403Upward Expansion6465
2025-08-2980.7168.3720.8311972Upward Expansion6786
2025-08-2283.5467.5723.464107Upward Expansion6888
2025-08-1587.3666.7830.008242Upward Expansion9397
2025-08-0884.6365.7927.978372Upward Expansion9296
2025-08-0178.5264.8823.397688Upward Expansion8088
2025-07-2577.0464.1117.883527Upward Expansion7882
2025-07-1875.8963.4116.394596Upward Expansion8076
2025-07-1173.2662.7413.096705Upward Expansion7355
2025-07-0470.4362.1811.392340Upward Expansion6149
2025-06-2770.7861.5611.262857Upward Expansion6458
2025-06-2069.4960.8512.954693Upward Expansion6470
2025-06-1370.6360.1814.594206Upward Expansion6877
2025-06-0672.3259.5114.189326Upward Expansion7682
2025-05-3070.1458.7912.7014993Upward Expansion7376
2025-05-2366.7658.089.448130Upward Expansion6264
2025-05-1668.4757.4112.0719162Balance6856
2025-05-0966.5256.7210.6147527Balance5026
2025-05-0256.3556.06-4.1530481Balance212
2025-04-2559.8255.725.7910782Balance1018
2025-04-1858.8355.289.5420768Upward Expansion2123
2025-04-1155.1754.857.4233175Upward Expansion1317
2025-04-0454.1954.534.6223757Upward Expansion2117
2025-03-2862.1154.2410.688448Upward Expansion6253
2025-03-2164.0953.7412.729879Upward Expansion6860
2025-03-1464.1753.1313.1126201Upward Expansion7264
2025-03-0764.3852.4914.1316586Upward Expansion7767
2025-02-2861.1451.7911.3915398Upward Expansion6562
2025-02-2162.7651.1716.4519184Upward Expansion8170
2025-02-1463.2950.5816.998805Upward Expansion9174
2025-02-0758.4149.9412.237528Upward Expansion6965
2025-01-3156.6449.479.6413979Upward Expansion6666
2025-01-2459.7649.0417.954055Upward Expansion8674
2025-01-1757.6548.4517.126533Upward Expansion7871
2025-01-1057.2547.9120.9010520Upward Expansion7987
2025-01-0355.4647.3319.672932Upward Expansion6788
2024-12-2756.1546.9121.413907Upward Expansion8093
2024-12-2055.8646.4722.2715916Upward Expansion8794
2024-12-1356.3046.0120.9710389Upward Expansion9485
2024-12-0651.9345.5612.485209Upward Expansion8372
2024-11-2949.5945.1912.125776Upward Expansion6477
2024-11-2249.3844.8613.878412Upward Expansion6683
2024-11-1550.3744.5417.386389Upward Expansion8090
2024-11-0850.6544.1418.634196Upward Expansion8889
2024-11-0149.0243.7115.227771Upward Expansion8168
2024-10-2546.5043.338.621811Upward Expansion6046
2024-10-1847.7843.0110.893387Upward Expansion7355
2024-10-1146.8542.6210.791227Upward Expansion6549
2024-10-0446.0842.2110.893173Upward Expansion5846
2024-09-2746.5941.8010.564101Upward Expansion6750
2024-09-2045.9341.3613.861774Upward Expansion6353
2024-09-1345.7141.0114.033733Upward Expansion6264
2024-09-0645.4540.6616.497109Upward Expansion6265
2024-08-3046.9740.3317.214202Upward Expansion8163
2024-08-2345.8339.9616.726228Upward Expansion7554
2024-08-1644.9339.6216.981006Upward Expansion7252
2024-08-0943.3739.2917.334548Upward Expansion6049
2024-08-0242.5239.0115.997701Upward Expansion6559
2024-07-2645.2838.7218.971888Upward Expansion8290
2024-07-1943.9838.3117.742759Upward Expansion7179
2024-07-1244.2137.9215.27429Upward Expansion8167
2024-07-0543.9637.5216.898326Upward Expansion8258
2024-06-2842.0837.1613.961889Upward Expansion5849
2024-06-2141.2036.8712.551910Upward Expansion5453
2024-06-1439.9536.5710.693146Upward Expansion6764
2024-06-0742.8336.3015.651994Upward Expansion7488
2024-05-3142.8535.8816.685925Upward Expansion8192
2024-05-2442.2135.4814.376318Upward Expansion7990
2024-05-1742.8135.0516.539389Upward Expansion9396
2024-05-1040.7534.5911.193508Upward Expansion8591
2024-05-0339.8834.2114.068670Upward Expansion8290
2024-04-2639.6033.8612.805607Upward Expansion8794
2024-04-1938.3233.5212.236349Upward Expansion8091
2024-04-1237.9933.2110.541474Upward Expansion8290
2024-04-0537.4332.927.8910778Upward Expansion8279
2024-03-2936.9532.635.082301Deceleration8055
2024-03-2235.9432.384.207816Deceleration5932
2024-03-1534.7932.162.773930Deceleration3826
2024-03-0833.7331.990.574898Deceleration3927
2024-03-0133.4531.880.2018727Upward Expansion4741
2024-02-2335.2931.807.501383Upward Expansion6363
2024-02-1635.3231.669.623652Upward Expansion6673
2024-02-0935.3531.5111.067153Upward Expansion6884
2024-02-0235.8831.3112.936879Upward Expansion8092
2024-01-2635.7331.0712.4011427Upward Expansion8393
2024-01-1935.0630.8413.285473Upward Expansion8190
2024-01-1235.0530.5912.537323Upward Expansion8879
2024-01-0533.8830.379.833376Upward Expansion8163
2023-12-2932.8230.185.59618Upward Expansion6858
2023-12-2232.2330.034.163842Upward Expansion6574
2023-12-1532.2729.864.1321874Upward Expansion6784
2023-12-0833.0229.706.7510971Upward Expansion7791
2023-12-0133.4529.4810.856937Upward Expansion8991
2023-11-2432.1729.289.466923Upward Expansion7982
2023-11-1732.1029.1410.317518Deceleration8075
2023-11-1030.1728.998.715391Deceleration5241
2023-11-0330.7628.8811.4821094Deceleration5330
2023-10-2729.4128.7310.567455Deceleration2512
2023-10-2028.9528.618.496510Deceleration107
2023-10-1329.2328.437.115747Deceleration2612
Price vs TrendAbove+4.0%
Trend directionRising+5.4%
Price vs current Fair ValuePremium+64.7%
Fair Value directionMoving away-28.0%
Relative Strength vs benchmarkLeading+7.0%
Relative strength directionWeakening-11.1%
Price momentumPositive+22.3%
Volume balanceSupply-led0.53ร—
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

34 / ยฑ100

-39.4 points since 2026-09-04

Energy

24 /100

-62.5 points since 2026-09-04

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 Up30
Upward Expansion62
Deceleration85
Rotation Down30
Downward Expansion23

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

2023-10-13 to 2026-10-02 ยท 156 classified observations out of 156 shown.

Balance 8%Upward Expansion 81%Deceleration 9%Rotation Down 1%
Recent Trend Architecture ledger
RegimeRecognizedLast observationTenureMove inside regime
Upward Expansion2026-06-192026-10-02Established-2.0%
Balance2026-04-172026-06-12Developing+1.0%
Rotation Down2026-04-032026-04-10New+11.1%
Deceleration2026-03-062026-03-27New-3.5%
Upward Expansion2025-05-232026-02-27Extended+49.6%
Balance2025-04-252025-05-16New+14.5%
Upward Expansion2024-04-052025-04-18Extended+57.2%
Deceleration2024-03-082024-03-29New+9.5%
Upward Expansion2023-11-242024-03-01Established+4.0%
Deceleration2023-09-082023-11-17Developing+12.0%
Upward Expansion2023-07-072023-09-01Developing+3.8%
Balance2023-06-232023-06-30New+5.5%
Deceleration2023-03-242023-06-16Established+19.6%
Upward Expansion2022-12-092023-03-17Established+3.9%
Classic Stage Analysis comparison
Stage 1 ยท Basing6
Stage 2 ยท Advancing93
Stage 3 ยท Distribution77
Stage 4 ยท Declining7

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 ^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

Leading benchmark

Architecture confirmation
64/100
Current Relative Strength
6.99
Relative Strength direction
Weakening
Price momentum
+22.3%
Excess performance vs benchmark
+13.4%
Financial Services regime cohort
30th percentile27 in cohort
Participation and structure

Is demand confirming the architecture?

Volume cannot overrule geometry
Relative volume3.19ร—

Latest completed volume relative to typical participation.

Up/down volume0.53ร—

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 EUR 118.91falling
Slow Activity EUR 114.77rising
Trend Reference EUR 109.19+4.0% close margin
Current Fair Value EUR 68.93+64.7% close margin
Structural low EUR 92.55shock / 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 +4.5%
Annualized volatility +30.2%
From structural high -10.3%
From structural low +40.0%
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 term46+4.1%-35.2% to +15.1%+71.7%+71.7%+3.4%+87.0%Usable descriptive sample
Intermediate17+7.7%-26.6% to +27.1%+82.4%+82.4%+8.9%+76.5%Usable descriptive sample
Extended9+25.9%-39.1% to +45.6%+88.9%+88.9%+12.5%+77.8%Usable descriptive sample
Full cycle4+46.7%-23.3% to +83.4%+75.0%+75.0%+27.6%+75.0%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