Weekly structural research ยท NYSE ยท Basic Materials

CC Stage Analysis

Chemours Co

Week ending 9 Oct 2026Close USD 13.61Tenure DevelopingBenchmark SPY
Executive diagnosis

What the Activity Line geometry says now

Structure, not prediction
Downward Expansion ยท 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: improving.
  • Activity structure: wide and expanding.
Direction -75โˆ’100 bearish to +100 bullish
Energy 83/100directional strength
Maturity 38/100lifecycle context
Confidence 96/100evidence agreement
Trend gate Downstructural direction
Activity structure Wideexpanding separation
Price acceptance -100.0%position within the Activity structure
Fair Value context -25.9%USD 18.37 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
2026-10-0913.6119.08-27.3410829977Downward Expansion-7583
2026-10-0213.7119.21-26.059867072Downward Expansion-7783
2026-09-2514.4619.30-22.568156832Downward Expansion-7180
2026-09-1814.3419.42-22.5211356471Downward Expansion-7678
2026-09-1115.0319.51-19.296800488Downward Expansion-7173
2026-09-0415.3019.69-18.838900071Downward Expansion-7071
2026-08-2815.6219.78-17.317030508Downward Expansion-6873
2026-08-2115.9719.76-15.288621006Rotation Down-6774
2026-08-1415.8519.74-17.2517822107Rotation Down-4366
2026-08-0715.6619.73-18.2424105342Rotation Down-4868
2026-07-3116.5219.68-10.659796496Rotation Down-4463
2026-07-2417.1319.54-6.089414944Rotation Down-3257
2026-07-1717.4219.36-4.9112091375Deceleration-3146
2026-07-1017.7119.17-4.6813171059Deceleration-1322
2026-07-0319.0119.013.8311528338Deceleration-210
2026-06-2620.7418.8016.1919175480Deceleration1513
2026-06-1921.7718.5319.979078118Deceleration2919
2026-06-1222.0018.1723.469696600Deceleration3022
2026-06-0520.5017.8316.7710315405Deceleration3324
2026-05-2922.1617.5624.018420546Upward Expansion4025
2026-05-2221.3717.2622.5614579265Upward Expansion4941
2026-05-1523.1317.0035.0415179185Upward Expansion6457
2026-05-0822.9516.6635.7224380808Upward Expansion6672
2026-05-0127.6316.3068.8710960430Upward Expansion8692
2026-04-2426.5115.9165.9212597489Upward Expansion8791
2026-04-1723.0915.5447.219238876Upward Expansion7684
2026-04-1022.6215.3352.2413869221Upward Expansion7779
2026-04-0321.4715.1351.3411677620Upward Expansion7660
2026-03-2721.5214.9258.6015511032Upward Expansion7950
2026-03-2017.6314.7128.1824544692Upward Expansion4933
2026-03-1317.5014.6325.2517106428Upward Expansion5839
2026-03-0616.3514.5215.3616678589Upward Expansion6050
2026-02-2718.1714.3825.7118000082Upward Expansion6676
2026-02-2016.8914.1516.4823836469Upward Expansion6475
2026-02-1320.3514.0541.5319739244Upward Expansion9292
2026-02-0618.1613.8125.0918583092Rotation Up7882
2026-01-3014.8613.651.8713519069Rotation Up2250
2026-01-2315.6213.586.5911182953Balance3349
2026-01-1615.4813.444.4618429270Balance3026
2026-01-0914.1813.28-5.4114115178Deceleration-1811
2026-01-0212.1513.16-18.327767747Deceleration-4928
2025-12-2611.9913.12-20.886221403Deceleration-1715
2025-12-1911.7213.05-22.2413299237Rotation Down-3018
2025-12-1212.8413.00-15.5711330795Rotation Down-2420
2025-12-0512.5912.93-18.4910777277Rotation Down-2029
2025-11-2812.6812.87-18.6810175248Rotation Down-2241
2025-11-2110.9612.85-28.1313939348Rotation Down-3753
2025-11-1411.7912.89-25.2913933502Deceleration-3036
2025-11-0712.3112.86-22.7224684757Deceleration-519
2025-10-3113.1812.82-19.4910506503Deceleration320
2025-10-2413.8312.72-15.6311463578Deceleration2222
2025-10-1712.7012.70-21.6417784389Deceleration1819
2025-10-1012.3512.74-23.2216085415Upward Expansion2721
2025-10-0315.8812.79-4.8014063403Upward Expansion6254
2025-09-2615.4112.72-7.1712876661Upward Expansion6469
2025-09-1916.7412.69-0.3218386782Upward Expansion7581
2025-09-1216.4912.66-1.0915067231Rotation Up7781
2025-09-0515.4112.65-6.4613251597Rotation Up4165
2025-08-2915.1612.72-8.1911596972Rotation Up4354
2025-08-2215.1312.82-9.0516898970Balance4330
2025-08-1514.3912.94-13.8326942199Balance3121
2025-08-0811.9313.08-28.4026854170Balance-711
2025-08-0111.2513.24-31.4419990910Balance-1021
2025-07-2513.8613.40-18.6418547239Balance1335
2025-07-1813.2713.48-22.1014645715Balance524
2025-07-1113.5213.60-21.1726046912Downward Expansion617
2025-07-0412.6513.75-27.4418037546Downward Expansion-2918
2025-06-2711.4714.00-33.9039614828Downward Expansion-4431
2025-06-2010.5014.31-38.2415349044Downward Expansion-6046
2025-06-1310.7414.64-37.8216203004Downward Expansion-6151
2025-06-0610.8814.89-38.2524652178Downward Expansion-6355
2025-05-309.9115.15-43.7217613379Downward Expansion-7262
2025-05-2310.0815.38-42.7719030843Downward Expansion-7358
2025-05-1610.9315.62-40.6422091617Downward Expansion-6653
2025-05-0910.7415.87-39.8226799276Downward Expansion-7258
2025-05-0212.1316.15-33.6011085442Downward Expansion-6459
2025-04-2512.0116.36-33.4512459139Downward Expansion-6772
2025-04-1811.0316.61-37.117905567Downward Expansion-7485
2025-04-1110.9516.83-39.4118220308Downward Expansion-8188
2025-04-0410.3117.03-40.6619921154Downward Expansion-9394
2025-03-2813.3217.24-31.3811259764Downward Expansion-7486
2025-03-2113.6917.40-31.3838792266Downward Expansion-7587
2025-03-1413.9817.55-30.5317770336Downward Expansion-7585
2025-03-0713.7117.67-34.3114245367Downward Expansion-8283
2025-02-2814.5117.78-33.4112870998Downward Expansion-7875
2025-02-2116.0017.93-27.798657295Downward Expansion-6355
2025-02-1416.0718.15-29.6612068027Downward Expansion-5124
2025-02-0717.4318.34-23.566347129Downward Expansion-3019
2025-01-3118.1318.52-21.698984738Downward Expansion-2716
2025-01-2418.7818.60-20.795905000Downward Expansion-3519
2025-01-1718.5218.68-21.626639062Downward Expansion-4851
2025-01-1016.8418.77-27.528336912Downward Expansion-5864
2025-01-0315.9418.96-33.695294976Balance-6959
2024-12-2716.2419.18-33.864292920Balance-6541
2024-12-2016.9219.41-31.7411214021Balance-4417
2024-12-1318.1819.67-29.0913299148Balance-1120
2024-12-0620.0519.96-23.296751762Balance1827
2024-11-2920.7620.18-20.795009798Balance820
2024-11-2220.5620.30-21.518368787Downward Expansion-14
2024-11-1518.0420.46-30.576481208Downward Expansion-5136
2024-11-0818.6520.65-30.4613944600Downward Expansion-5136
2024-11-0116.7920.84-34.968067229Downward Expansion-6643
2024-10-2517.2621.11-34.757673280Downward Expansion-4928
2024-10-1818.5221.35-31.347085094Downward Expansion-3422
2024-10-1119.2021.58-28.856351632Downward Expansion-3822
2024-10-0418.4421.78-31.496849230Downward Expansion-4432
2024-09-2719.5321.96-27.988576673Downward Expansion-4841
2024-09-2017.6221.95-35.316828210Downward Expansion-6255
2024-09-1316.9122.26-37.867761726Downward Expansion-6866
2024-09-0616.4622.56-37.975814752Downward Expansion-7680
2024-08-3018.3222.93-34.744853094Downward Expansion-6479
2024-08-2318.1923.25-35.994468917Downward Expansion-6480
2024-08-1617.5723.60-38.125803939Downward Expansion-7479
2024-08-0916.8523.90-39.1312115137Downward Expansion-8467
2024-08-0219.1024.26-31.969768333Downward Expansion-7444
2024-07-2622.6224.58-22.285277642Downward Expansion-4532
2024-07-1921.8324.78-26.424814996Downward Expansion-5945
2024-07-1222.7925.02-25.705635184Downward Expansion-6366
2024-07-0520.5625.19-33.203920434Downward Expansion-7581
2024-06-2820.9925.39-31.457359463Downward Expansion-7578
2024-06-2121.3025.59-31.336385624Downward Expansion-7273
2024-06-1422.6725.69-27.2210108354Downward Expansion-6163
2024-06-0722.4825.76-27.366922825Balance-6553
2024-05-3123.0825.75-25.114684409Balance-4620
2024-05-2424.7125.76-20.874228457Balance-2013
2024-05-1726.8725.64-14.394746837Balance1012
2024-05-1026.6425.50-14.085970960Balance54
2024-05-0324.5025.39-19.838474847Balance-119
2024-04-2625.1925.36-17.524921167Balance-98
2024-04-1923.8925.37-20.055599100Balance-1412
2024-04-1224.4125.48-21.154566613Balance-97
2024-04-0524.9125.63-21.1610133828Balance14
2024-03-2924.2125.77-24.4111179106Balance-2116
2024-03-2225.6926.02-20.027369128Downward Expansion-2537
2024-03-1525.0226.15-20.758510835Downward Expansion-4548
2024-03-0823.8226.29-25.0016764190Downward Expansion-4345
2024-03-0119.1626.53-40.3136053815Downward Expansion-6748
2024-02-2327.1827.00-15.654030288Balance37
2024-02-1625.7127.19-19.4610911774Balance-56
2024-02-0927.5127.49-14.774057691Balance1210
2024-02-0228.0227.72-12.534674352Rotation Up69
2024-01-2628.6127.89-10.006663132Rotation Up2318
2024-01-1926.7128.05-15.563716037Rotation Up-014
2024-01-1227.6028.16-12.253823902Rotation Up2242
2024-01-0528.6028.26-7.865771632Rotation Up2637
2023-12-2928.8328.26-8.903105477Rotation Up1132
2023-12-2229.0628.31-8.166265254Downward Expansion1430
2023-12-1527.8328.20-11.538075449Downward Expansion-1023
2023-12-0826.4228.16-14.304433728Downward Expansion-3031
2023-12-0127.1328.13-12.038243605Downward Expansion-3725
2023-11-2424.1128.10-21.423214920Downward Expansion-5044
2023-11-1724.9428.16-18.378234479Downward Expansion-6459
2023-11-1022.1228.17-26.345063586Downward Expansion-7182
2023-11-0323.2628.31-22.047529890Downward Expansion-6886
2023-10-2721.3628.39-24.627578770Rotation Down-8494
2023-10-2022.6328.56-22.434988999Rotation Down-5583
Price vs TrendBelow-28.7%
Trend directionFalling-3.0%
Price vs current Fair ValueBelow anchor-25.9%
Fair Value directionMoving away-16.7%
Relative Strength vs benchmarkLagging-27.3%
Relative strength directionWeakening-22.7%
Price momentumNegative-39.8%
Volume balanceSupply-led0.31ร—
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

-75 / ยฑ100

-3.3 points since 2026-09-11

Energy

83 /100

+10.1 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
Balance0
Rotation Up22
Upward Expansion20
Deceleration38
Rotation Down69
Downward Expansion98

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 18%Rotation Up 7%Upward Expansion 13%Deceleration 10%Rotation Down 8%Downward Expansion 45%
Recent Trend Architecture ledger
RegimeRecognizedLast observationTenureMove inside regime
Downward Expansion2026-08-282026-10-09Developing-12.9%
Rotation Down2026-07-242026-08-21Developing-6.7%
Deceleration2026-06-052026-07-17Developing-15.0%
Upward Expansion2026-02-132026-05-29Established+8.9%
Rotation Up2026-01-302026-02-06New+22.2%
Balance2026-01-162026-01-23New+0.9%
Deceleration2025-12-262026-01-09New+18.3%
Rotation Down2025-11-212025-12-19Developing+7.0%
Deceleration2025-10-172025-11-14Developing-7.2%
Upward Expansion2025-09-192025-10-10New-26.2%
Rotation Up2025-08-292025-09-12New+8.8%
Balance2025-07-182025-08-22Developing+14.0%
Downward Expansion2025-01-102025-07-11Extended-19.7%
Balance2024-11-292025-01-03Developing-23.2%
Classic Stage Analysis comparison
Stage 1 ยท Basing51
Stage 2 ยท Advancing0
Stage 3 ยท Distribution31
Stage 4 ยท Declining100

Legacy result: Stage 4 ยท Stage 4B ยท 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
99/100
Current Relative Strength
-27.34
Relative Strength direction
Weakening
Price momentum
-39.8%
Excess performance vs benchmark
-54.7%
Basic Materials regime cohort
89th percentile46 in cohort
Participation and structure

Is demand confirming the architecture?

Volume cannot overrule geometry
Relative volume0.96ร—

Latest completed volume relative to typical participation.

Up/down volume0.31ร—

Participation balance between advancing and declining observations.

Accumulation / distribution1 / 3

Recent participation evidence classified by demand and supply.

Activity alignment+0.0%

Current positive alignment across Activity and Trend.

Fast/slow rotationImproving

Current relationship between Fast Activity and Slow Activity.

Structure stability+0.0%

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.

Decision architecture

References that would change the structural read

Evidence levels, not orders
Fast Activity USD 14.00falling
Slow Activity USD 17.30falling
Trend Reference USD 19.08-28.7% close margin
Current Fair Value USD 18.37-25.9% close margin
Structural low USD 13.14shock / 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 +10.3%
Annualized volatility +42.6%
From structural high -52.3%
From structural low +31.5%
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 term22+5.4%-26.1% to +26.4%+68.2%+31.8%+1.2%+68.2%Usable descriptive sample
Intermediate10+18.6%-35.0% to +55.4%+70.0%+30.0%+6.3%+30.0%Usable descriptive sample
Extended6+5.1%-19.8% to +20.0%+66.7%+33.3%-10.1%+16.7%Usable descriptive sample
Full cycle4-18.3%-27.8% to +5.4%+25.0%+75.0%-32.4%+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