Weekly structural research ยท NASDAQ ยท Industrials

AAON Stage Analysis

AAON Inc

Week ending 2 Oct 2026Close USD 83.27Tenure NewBenchmark QQQ
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 contracting.
Direction -50โˆ’100 bearish to +100 bullish
Energy 44/100directional strength
Maturity 45/100lifecycle context
Confidence 72/100evidence agreement
Trend gate Downstructural direction
Activity structure Widecontracting separation
Price acceptance -50.0%position within the Activity structure
Fair Value context -9.3%USD 91.79 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
2026-10-0283.27101.66-25.365401397Downward Expansion-5044
2026-09-2589.10101.83-20.127061985Downward Expansion-6251
2026-09-1876.76102.22-29.216042800Downward Expansion-6978
2026-09-1179.80103.07-26.174212839Rotation Down-6780
2026-09-0479.40103.77-27.225302895Rotation Down-4371
2026-08-2875.77104.33-30.565836885Rotation Down-5273
2026-08-2179.34104.83-27.355269009Rotation Down-4469
2026-08-1487.69105.33-22.108522449Rotation Down-3763
2026-08-0794.71105.54-15.124957842Deceleration-3150
2026-07-3188.95105.15-16.326975127Deceleration-3433
2026-07-24102.67104.82-3.105015343Deceleration-117
2026-07-17111.42103.923.525181363Deceleration2422
2026-07-10114.16102.711.914676451Deceleration3320
2026-07-03107.62101.50-1.964130916Upward Expansion3422
2026-06-26126.78100.8216.724609071Upward Expansion5741
2026-06-19136.7299.7120.893697996Upward Expansion6653
2026-06-12127.1998.1916.174847808Upward Expansion6357
2026-06-05132.6297.0824.535823134Upward Expansion6682
2026-05-29140.0996.1625.714160307Upward Expansion7688
2026-05-22134.5094.7624.264891010Upward Expansion7686
2026-05-15135.3993.8126.496847091Upward Expansion8585
2026-05-08139.5592.5329.7413573704Upward Expansion8777
2026-05-0193.5291.18-8.384120577Balance1019
2026-04-2499.5191.33-1.803490878Balance2018
2026-04-1793.9191.04-5.725719136Downward Expansion-2311
2026-04-1093.1090.95-1.263023432Downward Expansion-4333
2026-04-0381.3090.58-10.292961742Downward Expansion-5852
2026-03-2781.4290.57-7.003479274Balance-4940
2026-03-2079.9590.61-11.864725187Balance-3328
2026-03-1383.7390.79-9.823566981Balance-106
2026-03-0688.1590.64-6.366287141Upward Expansion3729
2026-02-27101.0090.385.704511227Upward Expansion6768
2026-02-20102.0989.726.782743010Upward Expansion6467
2026-02-13100.8489.096.294774872Balance6258
2026-02-0696.2388.34-0.365424796Balance2530
2026-01-3090.8887.68-8.394067686Balance919
2026-01-2394.2787.15-5.973094603Balance2218
2026-01-1693.8986.45-7.225520013Rotation Down1011
2026-01-0983.1585.71-19.476063462Rotation Down-2241
2026-01-0279.0385.36-22.744788556Rotation Down-2554
2025-12-2675.6285.93-28.202526424Rotation Down-3153
2025-12-1975.1986.61-28.636469185Deceleration-3341
2025-12-1277.7787.39-26.734927889Deceleration-2626
2025-12-0587.3588.34-20.334655827Deceleration1918
2025-11-2893.2988.75-15.182636028Deceleration3618
2025-11-2191.2488.93-14.034331773Upward Expansion4124
2025-11-1493.7588.81-15.444840480Upward Expansion5740
2025-11-07105.2088.42-6.389132890Upward Expansion6849
2025-10-3198.0987.70-16.234426493Upward Expansion6364
2025-10-24105.9186.89-8.523152993Upward Expansion8079
2025-10-1796.9485.95-14.905809766Upward Expansion6368
2025-10-1099.1985.36-11.334788853Balance6269
2025-10-0398.0284.77-14.884204259Balance4354
2025-09-2690.7384.22-20.725730662Balance2230
2025-09-1991.2883.74-21.138111830Balance2316
2025-09-1281.9384.13-28.136051939Balance-1810
2025-09-0580.9085.15-28.142414220Balance-2913
2025-08-2982.5986.18-26.304196015Balance-2813
2025-08-2285.6187.28-24.234773380Downward Expansion-2513
2025-08-1579.2188.83-30.8615174754Downward Expansion-3417
2025-08-0880.1790.50-30.015557269Downward Expansion-3721
2025-08-0181.3091.87-26.756490810Downward Expansion-4126
2025-07-2583.0193.13-27.165880884Downward Expansion-5538
2025-07-1878.3594.38-30.906820591Downward Expansion-6156
2025-07-1176.5095.88-31.967650325Downward Expansion-6477
2025-07-0474.9297.68-33.873553194Downward Expansion-6479
2025-06-2773.2799.73-34.627153579Downward Expansion-7177
2025-06-2071.78101.80-33.593843701Downward Expansion-6667
2025-06-1372.67103.96-32.968591656Downward Expansion-6037
2025-06-0696.26105.95-11.862518172Balance-618
2025-05-3095.77107.32-10.262080352Balance-522
2025-05-2398.57107.88-5.692086090Balance-524
2025-05-16106.30108.27-0.472318402Downward Expansion-522
2025-05-0999.69108.350.134123893Downward Expansion-3027
2025-05-0298.84108.75-0.634813899Downward Expansion-4126
2025-04-2587.47109.02-8.834054999Downward Expansion-4943
2025-04-1882.02109.64-9.262603088Downward Expansion-6355
2025-04-1183.71110.35-9.664726649Downward Expansion-6660
2025-04-0473.80110.68-14.504012090Downward Expansion-7682
2025-03-2877.66111.11-19.133086091Downward Expansion-7288
2025-03-2179.22111.68-19.674891128Rotation Down-7490
2025-03-1481.60112.17-17.285788095Rotation Down-5081
2025-03-0781.53112.38-19.539527280Rotation Down-5881
2025-02-2876.29112.53-27.267614593Rotation Down-5676
2025-02-21102.95112.82-5.502567060Deceleration-3954
2025-02-14112.41112.280.912345971Deceleration-417
2025-02-07112.03111.413.634134253Deceleration-05
2025-01-31115.61110.657.365946432Deceleration1613
2025-01-24131.83109.6821.312219156Deceleration5129
2025-01-17129.32108.1721.763321163Deceleration4224
2025-01-10121.27106.4818.362268759Deceleration3328
2025-01-03119.22104.9514.541590674Deceleration3928
2024-12-27120.62103.3515.531162342Upward Expansion4739
2024-12-20123.31101.8119.782908002Upward Expansion6355
2024-12-13130.45100.2924.591783050Upward Expansion6766
2024-12-06136.3498.4132.142001939Upward Expansion7180
2024-11-29135.4496.4236.821743168Upward Expansion7488
2024-11-22136.4394.4940.372647456Upward Expansion8491
2024-11-15132.5092.9640.352613921Upward Expansion8786
2024-11-08137.2591.3641.922743443Upward Expansion9790
2024-11-01112.6689.6924.302281734Upward Expansion7581
2024-10-25110.3988.9120.801398241Upward Expansion7287
2024-10-18108.5688.1419.842094040Upward Expansion6987
2024-10-11111.6487.3724.441341385Upward Expansion8292
2024-10-04106.9386.3721.611665100Upward Expansion7987
2024-09-27106.3285.5121.881998588Upward Expansion8480
2024-09-20103.3084.7120.432821395Upward Expansion8270
2024-09-1393.4484.0411.231279755Upward Expansion6355
2024-09-0686.7783.719.821293046Upward Expansion5649
2024-08-3094.7483.5013.191379391Upward Expansion6960
2024-08-2393.7982.7611.491597342Upward Expansion6844
2024-08-1687.9781.946.021489724Upward Expansion5532
2024-08-0985.9781.339.442711164Upward Expansion5031
2024-08-0285.0980.808.953480774Upward Expansion5548
2024-07-2686.8880.368.012151429Upward Expansion5556
2024-07-1986.2479.904.552911585Upward Expansion5650
2024-07-1289.3079.454.022367261Balance6546
2024-07-0586.3478.810.372819095Balance4732
2024-06-2886.5378.094.2212218774Rotation Down2413
2024-06-2178.6477.27-5.244655714Rotation Down-1720
2024-06-1475.3576.75-9.133520675Rotation Down-2139
2024-06-0771.4176.31-11.013580213Rotation Down-3448
2024-05-3174.3675.87-5.072766533Deceleration-2432
2024-05-2477.5475.29-2.632565895Deceleration324
2024-05-1774.1974.48-5.583616044Deceleration-518
2024-05-1076.5873.76-0.5819050003Deceleration2217
2024-05-0377.6873.062.155416505Upward Expansion3827
2024-04-2690.3172.3519.562073734Upward Expansion7457
2024-04-1984.6371.2216.562213225Upward Expansion6355
2024-04-1287.2070.2713.592912875Upward Expansion6561
2024-04-0589.0969.3715.481709817Upward Expansion7767
2024-03-2987.2968.5612.361022682Upward Expansion7766
2024-03-2285.6667.829.631725760Upward Expansion7766
2024-03-1581.6966.967.682654519Upward Expansion6564
2024-03-0880.9266.275.362614404Upward Expansion6885
2024-03-0182.4265.655.453065816Upward Expansion7088
2024-02-2383.2065.058.341425822Upward Expansion8192
2024-02-1683.4464.5410.302235700Upward Expansion8891
2024-02-0980.5763.975.132260893Upward Expansion8764
2024-02-0272.5863.47-3.332118207Upward Expansion7049
2024-01-2669.2363.12-6.711603426Upward Expansion5947
2024-01-1969.6162.89-5.651344165Upward Expansion6464
2024-01-1270.1062.67-2.351369801Upward Expansion6781
2024-01-0571.7162.432.991575974Upward Expansion6986
2023-12-2973.1262.141.71794566Rotation Up8289
2023-12-2272.6761.711.322373656Rotation Up6077
2023-12-1570.3961.26-1.023155000Rotation Up4763
2023-12-0864.6860.92-6.111998655Balance3035
2023-12-0161.9060.84-9.861626586Balance622
2023-11-2463.1061.04-8.24908480Downward Expansion-819
2023-11-1762.0661.08-9.131918268Downward Expansion-2415
2023-11-1058.0461.19-13.502453389Downward Expansion-5738
2023-11-0357.2161.35-12.501574276Downward Expansion-6255
2023-10-2753.1361.47-13.552233011Downward Expansion-7072
2023-10-2052.5661.82-16.702299036Downward Expansion-7676
2023-10-1355.5262.07-14.461308135Downward Expansion-6672
Price vs TrendBelow-18.1%
Trend directionFalling-3.0%
Price vs current Fair ValueBelow anchor-9.3%
Fair Value directionMoving away-29.5%
Relative Strength vs benchmarkLagging-25.4%
Relative strength directionWeakening-23.4%
Price momentumPositive+2.4%
Volume balanceSupply-led0.54ร—
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

-50 / ยฑ100

-7.0 points since 2026-09-04

Energy

44 /100

-27.3 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
Balance28
Rotation Up26
Upward Expansion19
Deceleration62
Rotation Down43
Downward Expansion69

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 15%Rotation Up 2%Upward Expansion 39%Deceleration 14%Rotation Down 11%Downward Expansion 21%
Recent Trend Architecture ledger
RegimeRecognizedLast observationTenureMove inside regime
Downward Expansion2026-09-182026-10-02New+8.5%
Rotation Down2026-08-142026-09-11Developing-9.0%
Deceleration2026-07-102026-08-07Developing-17.0%
Upward Expansion2026-05-082026-07-03Developing-22.9%
Balance2026-04-242026-05-01New-6.0%
Downward Expansion2026-04-032026-04-17New+15.5%
Balance2026-03-132026-03-27New-2.8%
Upward Expansion2026-02-202026-03-06New-13.7%
Balance2026-01-232026-02-13New+7.0%
Rotation Down2025-12-262026-01-16New+24.2%
Deceleration2025-11-282025-12-19New-19.4%
Upward Expansion2025-10-172025-11-21Developing-5.9%
Balance2025-08-292025-10-10Developing+20.1%
Downward Expansion2025-06-132025-08-22Developing+17.8%
Classic Stage Analysis comparison
Stage 1 ยท Basing41
Stage 2 ยท Advancing1
Stage 3 ยท Distribution41
Stage 4 ยท Declining99

Legacy result: Stage 4 ยท Stage 4A ยท Breakdown. 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

Lagging benchmark

Architecture confirmation
95/100
Current Relative Strength
-25.36
Relative Strength direction
Weakening
Price momentum
+2.4%
Excess performance vs benchmark
-25.7%
Industrials regime cohort
10th percentile106 in cohort
Participation and structure

Is demand confirming the architecture?

Volume cannot overrule geometry
Relative volume1.01ร—

Latest completed volume relative to typical participation.

Up/down volume0.54ร—

Participation balance between advancing and declining observations.

Accumulation / distribution1 / 5

Recent participation evidence classified by demand and supply.

Activity alignment+25.0%

Current positive alignment across Activity and Trend.

Fast/slow rotationImproving

Current relationship between Fast Activity and Slow Activity.

Structure stability+37.5%

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 82.80rising
Slow Activity USD 98.74falling
Trend Reference USD 101.66-18.1% close margin
Current Fair Value USD 91.79-9.3% close margin
Structural low USD 73.41shock / 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 +12.7%
Annualized volatility +79.4%
From structural high -44.6%
From structural low +14.0%
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 QQQ Regime survived Read
Near term15+5.3%-13.3% to +15.0%+86.7%+13.3%+1.1%+60.0%Usable descriptive sample
Intermediate7+9.2%-5.7% to +32.4%+85.7%+14.3%+10.6%+28.6%Usable descriptive sample
Extended5+16.8%+2.4% to +57.3%+100.0%+0.0%+12.0%+20.0%Usable descriptive sample
Full cycle3+4.8%-12.9% to +88.8%+66.7%+33.3%+4.9%+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