Weekly structural research ยท NYSE ยท Energy

TRGP Stage Analysis

Targa Resources Inc

Week ending 9 Oct 2026Close USD 286.70Tenure ExtendedBenchmark SPY
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 42โˆ’100 bearish to +100 bullish
Energy 23/100directional strength
Maturity 100/100lifecycle context
Confidence 82/100evidence agreement
Trend gate Upstructural direction
Activity structure Compressedcontracting separation
Price acceptance +66.7%position within the Activity structure
Fair Value context +66.8%USD 171.91 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.
  • Downward ExpansionDowntrend is established.
View chart values ยท 156 observations
WeekCloseTrendRelative StrengthVolumeRegimeDirectionEnergy
2026-10-09286.70267.2412.405734906Upward Expansion4223
2026-10-02281.74265.6512.645922824Upward Expansion4226
2026-09-25277.84264.1311.665383764Upward Expansion5636
2026-09-18292.19262.6919.637480821Upward Expansion6357
2026-09-11290.25260.6319.713508474Upward Expansion6166
2026-09-04290.05258.3819.655458832Upward Expansion6263
2026-08-28287.82255.7219.795155623Upward Expansion6142
2026-08-21299.10252.8025.989447970Upward Expansion7442
2026-08-14275.79249.1515.573948856Upward Expansion5731
2026-08-07256.87246.078.517247070Upward Expansion4731
2026-07-31270.37243.3518.776311072Upward Expansion5742
2026-07-24280.04240.5025.175112714Upward Expansion6445
2026-07-17281.61237.2126.115749012Upward Expansion7147
2026-07-10272.09233.7220.814929446Upward Expansion6138
2026-07-03257.69230.7016.647186737Upward Expansion4434
2026-06-26271.36228.0826.077172731Upward Expansion6547
2026-06-19258.58224.8217.995967552Upward Expansion5744
2026-06-12272.60221.8326.054577755Upward Expansion7159
2026-06-05264.09218.4623.454827685Upward Expansion6463
2026-05-29255.07215.3316.885638178Upward Expansion6465
2026-05-22276.75211.9229.285375933Upward Expansion8387
2026-05-15271.99207.7329.016539044Upward Expansion8466
2026-05-08248.12203.5418.676476850Upward Expansion6452
2026-05-01254.28200.2724.966280487Upward Expansion7658
2026-04-24239.54197.1219.405363723Upward Expansion5951
2026-04-17234.37194.8517.606053182Upward Expansion6259
2026-04-10241.93192.4326.906367735Upward Expansion6564
2026-04-03243.22189.8232.677303857Upward Expansion6966
2026-03-27249.03187.0441.066725208Upward Expansion8272
2026-03-20236.27184.2431.238809940Upward Expansion6873
2026-03-13238.90181.7230.487192393Upward Expansion7790
2026-03-06236.07179.1127.249618469Upward Expansion7992
2026-02-27234.67176.6524.337573957Upward Expansion8695
2026-02-20230.24174.1721.457892844Upward Expansion9196
2026-02-13222.82171.9018.906992322Upward Expansion9296
2026-02-06210.43170.0510.816305154Upward Expansion8991
2026-01-30200.02168.644.947114549Upward Expansion8364
2026-01-23189.64167.63-0.345044237Upward Expansion7354
2026-01-16183.55166.99-4.295846672Upward Expansion6648
2026-01-09175.14166.44-9.546663920Upward Expansion6047
2026-01-02184.96166.30-3.443160166Upward Expansion7271
2025-12-26181.12165.58-6.662778661Upward Expansion6769
2025-12-19177.19164.69-7.5711391306Upward Expansion6267
2025-12-12181.41164.01-5.479364163Upward Expansion7372
2025-12-05178.98163.37-7.487304134Balance7269
2025-11-28173.61162.60-10.284669703Balance3738
2025-11-21168.88162.09-9.977562333Balance1825
2025-11-14171.42162.22-10.897395965Balance1114
2025-11-07170.39162.17-11.7312283618Downward Expansion-2921
2025-10-31152.54161.79-22.576626128Downward Expansion-5967
2025-10-24151.29161.93-22.976386507Downward Expansion-6166
2025-10-17146.28163.30-24.377666105Balance-7260
2025-10-10149.96164.82-21.388305628Balance-6737
2025-10-03159.69165.99-18.577425673Balance-3916
2025-09-26171.39166.56-11.816507947Balance-128
2025-09-19161.78167.39-16.9410058190Downward Expansion-3717
2025-09-12163.70168.49-15.026201491Downward Expansion-3819
2025-09-05159.74169.69-15.825095912Downward Expansion-5630
2025-08-29165.06170.89-12.836121952Downward Expansion-5028
2025-08-22160.63171.77-15.196987526Downward Expansion-5543
2025-08-15160.56173.16-14.998229220Balance-4641
2025-08-08162.43174.78-13.169046512Balance-4132
2025-08-01160.30175.60-12.146886978Balance-4629
2025-07-25161.96176.27-13.267266398Balance-4020
2025-07-18167.35176.60-8.906081950Balance-1813
2025-07-11168.12176.73-7.746220462Balance-1814
2025-07-04169.71177.08-6.916029829Downward Expansion-2821
2025-06-27170.55177.70-4.6210299068Downward Expansion-3220
2025-06-20166.91178.61-3.117450583Downward Expansion-3721
2025-06-13170.97179.74-0.539694683Downward Expansion-4328
2025-06-06163.43180.37-4.7910108153Downward Expansion-5739
2025-05-30154.46181.14-8.168482605Downward Expansion-6350
2025-05-23156.93181.32-4.758552437Downward Expansion-6151
2025-05-16162.05181.43-3.7510431964Downward Expansion-5643
2025-05-09156.05181.26-2.0212848297Rotation Down-6655
2025-05-02158.31181.38-0.5912654349Rotation Down-3750
2025-04-25172.71181.1912.139515907Rotation Down-2751
2025-04-18169.74180.1516.018557004Rotation Down-2649
2025-04-11159.04179.407.9320392119Balance-3242
2025-04-04156.73178.8613.0316012687Balance-3226
2025-03-28192.35178.3626.986543745Upward Expansion3119
2025-03-21191.94176.6726.097076484Upward Expansion3119
2025-03-14185.04174.9023.369964429Upward Expansion2918
2025-03-07176.88173.3116.3111356634Upward Expansion2316
2025-02-28196.14171.7826.0410145431Upward Expansion5539
2025-02-21194.82169.4425.308753822Upward Expansion5743
2025-02-14199.68167.1527.716644891Upward Expansion6554
2025-02-07195.85164.8528.475824285Upward Expansion6269
2025-01-31191.36162.6426.827284160Upward Expansion6262
2025-01-24202.51160.5034.415902814Upward Expansion7467
2025-01-17208.96157.8642.898266486Deceleration8459
2025-01-10187.24154.9033.766526171Deceleration5031
2025-01-03180.33152.4627.904627818Deceleration3830
2024-12-27171.80150.2222.504253006Upward Expansion4231
2024-12-20171.25148.2824.0516556115Upward Expansion5150
2024-12-13178.83146.2228.377721803Upward Expansion6666
2024-12-06188.25144.0235.717863383Upward Expansion6885
2024-11-29197.89141.3645.497993829Upward Expansion8193
2024-11-22200.81138.3651.187974415Upward Expansion9598
2024-11-15189.89135.3847.276738074Upward Expansion9597
2024-11-08186.25132.6343.2110516039Upward Expansion9794
2024-11-01160.09130.0730.416780107Upward Expansion7179
2024-10-25160.04128.4229.569129220Upward Expansion7680
2024-10-18156.94126.6426.766771299Upward Expansion7568
2024-10-11159.84124.9331.089870997Upward Expansion8873
2024-10-04152.38122.9727.366999507Upward Expansion8369
2024-09-27141.56121.1919.579424777Upward Expansion6663
2024-09-20147.38119.6225.859859101Upward Expansion8282
2024-09-13142.90117.7924.608816551Upward Expansion7481
2024-09-06141.51116.1129.229202783Upward Expansion7485
2024-08-30141.66114.1624.937067244Upward Expansion8177
2024-08-23138.99112.1723.705870270Upward Expansion8270
2024-08-16137.38110.2724.759789746Upward Expansion8367
2024-08-09130.85108.3024.3313346746Upward Expansion7362
2024-08-02125.92106.5920.417966410Upward Expansion6666
2024-07-26126.18105.1018.806831541Upward Expansion6884
2024-07-19130.78103.6422.886123629Upward Expansion8293
2024-07-12129.51102.0220.124752499Upward Expansion8794
2024-07-05127.06100.4019.774808040Upward Expansion8989
2024-06-28123.5098.8919.399996541Upward Expansion8679
2024-06-21119.9797.6216.678695978Upward Expansion8570
2024-06-14114.1296.4012.466677531Upward Expansion7063
2024-06-07113.1795.3114.016669881Upward Expansion6964
2024-05-31113.3894.2116.335744221Upward Expansion7365
2024-05-24109.5993.2112.675424748Upward Expansion6159
2024-05-17112.8492.2116.626241126Upward Expansion7768
2024-05-10108.5691.1714.706382247Upward Expansion6362
2024-05-03107.7090.2916.509231216Upward Expansion6664
2024-04-26111.3689.2521.757595492Upward Expansion7771
2024-04-19107.6088.2321.379362650Upward Expansion6874
2024-04-12109.2987.3020.0510772235Upward Expansion7790
2024-04-05110.5186.3120.086761561Upward Expansion8996
2024-03-29106.7285.3115.446357365Upward Expansion8795
2024-03-22105.6884.5015.178282573Upward Expansion9297
2024-03-15100.9883.6313.036592348Upward Expansion8895
2024-03-0898.9482.9211.108860680Upward Expansion9196
2024-03-0194.6682.296.226741979Upward Expansion8791
2024-02-2392.4681.724.7711704731Upward Expansion8483
2024-02-1692.3781.176.4414773951Upward Expansion8270
2024-02-0982.9980.61-4.568299911Balance3917
2024-02-0281.9380.28-4.596718582Balance2012
2024-01-2682.2579.96-2.886883284Balance1914
2024-01-1978.1679.59-6.826512134Balance010
2024-01-1279.4279.17-4.368113417Balance1710
2024-01-0581.2878.76-0.415680265Upward Expansion3314
2023-12-2982.3178.26-0.763449964Upward Expansion3617
2023-12-2282.1577.75-0.675602123Upward Expansion4827
2023-12-1580.9277.17-1.339341365Upward Expansion5031
2023-12-0882.0176.662.408332178Upward Expansion5436
2023-12-0185.4276.117.0810086706Upward Expansion6743
2023-11-2483.2275.505.344784070Upward Expansion6139
2023-11-1781.5075.094.329012288Upward Expansion5433
2023-11-1080.1274.715.0310039907Upward Expansion5336
2023-11-0383.4974.4611.0713151333Upward Expansion6947
2023-10-2779.4874.0012.127139132Upward Expansion5334
2023-10-2081.6573.6112.695871020Deceleration6342
Price vs TrendAbove+7.3%
Trend directionRising+9.8%
Price vs current Fair ValuePremium+66.8%
Fair Value directionMoving away-8.8%
Relative Strength vs benchmarkLeading+12.4%
Relative strength directionWeakening-8.4%
Price momentumPositive+18.5%
Volume balanceDemand-led1.62ร—
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

42 / ยฑ100

-19.0 points since 2026-09-11

Energy

23 /100

-42.5 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.

Comparative structural evidence

Why this architecture regime won

Every regime is evaluated
Balance35
Rotation Up38
Upward Expansion66
Deceleration81
Rotation Down25
Downward Expansion14

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 14%Upward Expansion 71%Deceleration 3%Rotation Down 3%Downward Expansion 10%
Recent Trend Architecture ledger
RegimeRecognizedLast observationTenureMove inside regime
Upward Expansion2025-12-122026-10-09Extended+58.0%
Balance2025-11-142025-12-05New+4.4%
Downward Expansion2025-10-242025-11-07New+12.6%
Balance2025-09-262025-10-17New-14.7%
Downward Expansion2025-08-222025-09-19Developing+0.7%
Balance2025-07-112025-08-15Developing-4.5%
Downward Expansion2025-05-162025-07-04Developing+4.7%
Rotation Down2025-04-182025-05-09New-8.1%
Balance2025-04-042025-04-11New+1.5%
Upward Expansion2025-01-242025-03-28Developing-5.0%
Deceleration2025-01-032025-01-17New+15.9%
Upward Expansion2024-02-162024-12-27Extended+86.0%
Balance2024-01-122024-02-09Developing+4.5%
Upward Expansion2023-10-272024-01-05Developing+2.3%
Classic Stage Analysis comparison
Stage 1 ยท Basing2
Stage 2 ยท Advancing100
Stage 3 ยท Distribution72
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 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
91/100
Current Relative Strength
12.40
Relative Strength direction
Weakening
Price momentum
+18.5%
Excess performance vs benchmark
+3.6%
Energy regime cohort
25th percentile59 in cohort
Participation and structure

Is demand confirming the architecture?

Volume cannot overrule geometry
Relative volume0.98ร—

Latest completed volume relative to typical participation.

Up/down volume1.62ร—

Participation balance between advancing and declining observations.

Accumulation / distribution3 / 2

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 284.57falling
Slow Activity USD 275.83rising
Trend Reference USD 267.24+7.3% close margin
Current Fair Value USD 171.91+66.8% close margin
Structural low USD 229.28shock / 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 +5.9%
Annualized volatility +32.9%
From structural high -6.9%
From structural low +102.2%
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 SPY Regime survived Read
Near term44+2.8%-14.7% to +25.5%+61.4%+61.4%+3.2%+81.8%Usable descriptive sample
Intermediate16+6.4%-18.8% to +38.2%+81.2%+81.2%+4.8%+68.8%Usable descriptive sample
Extended8+18.6%-19.6% to +50.3%+75.0%+75.0%+19.3%+37.5%Usable descriptive sample
Full cycle4+28.7%-12.3% to +131.7%+75.0%+75.0%+26.1%+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