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ZIP Stage Analysis

Ziprecruiter Inc

Week ending 9 Oct 2026Close USD 4.17Tenure NewBenchmark SPY

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Executive diagnosis

What the Activity Line geometry says now

Structure, not prediction

Deceleration · 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: compressed and contracting.

Direction 15−100 bearish to +100 bullish

Energy 15/100directional strength

Maturity 52/100lifecycle context

Confidence 89/100evidence agreement

Trend gate Upstructural direction

Activity structure Compressedcontracting separation

Price acceptance -50.0%position within the Activity structure

Fair Value context -40.0%USD 6.94 · improving

Trend Architecture map · 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 · 156 observations

Week	Close	Trend	Relative Strength	Volume	Regime	Direction	Energy
2026-10-09	4.17	3.50	7.82	2682336	Deceleration	15	15
2026-10-02	3.55	3.45	-7.36	2808349	Deceleration	0	18
2026-09-25	3.51	3.42	-9.20	3493858	Deceleration	9	17
2026-09-18	3.70	3.37	-3.99	3695493	Deceleration	25	17
2026-09-11	3.74	3.32	-4.07	3402314	Upward Expansion	35	19
2026-09-04	4.22	3.25	6.36	5526509	Upward Expansion	55	38
2026-08-28	4.42	3.18	10.62	6499763	Upward Expansion	59	50
2026-08-21	4.21	3.12	5.06	6424990	Upward Expansion	61	51
2026-08-14	4.70	3.07	14.67	3881022	Upward Expansion	70	67
2026-08-07	5.14	3.01	25.25	5500721	Upward Expansion	85	68
2026-07-31	3.94	2.94	-0.51	3632138	Upward Expansion	60	43
2026-07-24	3.90	2.94	-0.86	2300234	Upward Expansion	60	59
2026-07-17	3.96	2.95	-0.64	2036229	Upward Expansion	65	67
2026-07-10	3.87	2.97	-5.14	2262647	Rotation Up	62	57
2026-07-03	3.96	3.01	-2.56	2554603	Rotation Up	41	48
2026-06-26	3.94	3.06	-2.07	7978120	Rotation Up	42	32
2026-06-19	3.05	3.08	-26.70	2836078	Rotation Up	15	17
2026-06-12	3.61	3.12	-13.75	2631452	Rotation Up	37	28
2026-06-05	3.18	3.14	-24.62	3279833	Rotation Up	18	23
2026-05-29	3.24	3.18	-26.66	2718212	Rotation Up	23	44
2026-05-22	3.15	3.23	-29.05	2771551	Rotation Up	23	42
2026-05-15	3.51	3.28	-21.58	5511968	Rotation Up	30	38
2026-05-08	3.62	3.31	-20.13	5388298	Downward Expansion	17	32
2026-05-01	3.09	3.32	-30.84	2837819	Downward Expansion	-4	16
2026-04-24	2.97	3.35	-34.04	3063603	Downward Expansion	-31	19
2026-04-17	2.78	3.41	-39.02	4910317	Downward Expansion	-56	42
2026-04-10	2.00	3.48	-55.04	4338633	Downward Expansion	-61	54
2026-04-03	1.89	3.58	-56.92	4234545	Downward Expansion	-68	52
2026-03-27	1.72	3.68	-60.31	6408194	Downward Expansion	-74	49
2026-03-20	2.15	3.79	-52.54	7936150	Downward Expansion	-55	43
2026-03-13	2.83	3.89	-39.86	9759104	Downward Expansion	-49	43
2026-03-06	2.70	3.94	-44.46	10269514	Downward Expansion	-64	60
2026-02-27	1.81	3.98	-64.09	9256108	Downward Expansion	-76	80
2026-02-20	2.35	4.05	-54.43	4984544	Downward Expansion	-68	85
2026-02-13	1.73	4.13	-66.78	5670099	Downward Expansion	-87	94
2026-02-06	2.11	4.22	-61.01	6891447	Downward Expansion	-84	94
2026-01-30	2.46	4.32	-55.76	4912166	Downward Expansion	-82	93
2026-01-23	2.68	4.41	-52.52	5178929	Downward Expansion	-84	90
2026-01-16	2.82	4.49	-51.11	7275194	Downward Expansion	-85	87
2026-01-09	3.26	4.56	-44.65	5601763	Balance	-78	70
2026-01-02	3.77	4.63	-35.99	3510831	Balance	-63	37
2025-12-26	4.16	4.71	-31.08	4416323	Balance	-29	18
2025-12-19	4.58	4.77	-24.05	6349960	Balance	9	19
2025-12-12	5.20	4.80	-14.67	3756574	Balance	20	29
2025-12-05	5.36	4.81	-13.64	5121747	Balance	5	9
2025-11-28	4.75	4.77	-24.14	2189381	Downward Expansion	-29	17
2025-11-21	4.22	4.80	-31.25	4111138	Downward Expansion	-53	28
2025-11-14	4.22	4.84	-33.81	4085410	Downward Expansion	-44	20
2025-11-07	4.37	4.88	-32.65	5149049	Downward Expansion	-39	18
2025-10-31	4.65	4.92	-31.04	4489622	Downward Expansion	-48	29
2025-10-24	4.73	4.94	-30.64	3400186	Downward Expansion	-51	48
2025-10-17	4.28	4.97	-37.11	6123520	Downward Expansion	-54	56
2025-10-10	3.85	5.03	-43.57	4760511	Balance	-68	53
2025-10-03	4.19	5.10	-41.28	4225258	Balance	-59	29
2025-09-26	4.61	5.15	-35.91	4143553	Balance	-34	16
2025-09-19	5.06	5.18	-31.01	5114031	Balance	-20	17
2025-09-12	4.90	5.25	-33.47	4806053	Downward Expansion	-27	23
2025-09-05	4.92	5.34	-33.31	3289172	Downward Expansion	-33	21
2025-08-29	5.00	5.44	-33.07	7470735	Downward Expansion	-41	25
2025-08-22	5.06	5.50	-33.33	6858464	Downward Expansion	-57	42
2025-08-15	4.34	5.57	-43.48	10615602	Downward Expansion	-63	68
2025-08-08	3.99	5.65	-48.27	6620220	Downward Expansion	-72	74
2025-08-01	3.96	5.75	-48.09	4900426	Downward Expansion	-75	68
2025-07-25	4.58	5.85	-42.27	4962277	Downward Expansion	-63	53
2025-07-18	4.66	5.93	-41.26	4362653	Downward Expansion	-64	54
2025-07-11	4.86	6.01	-39.11	2973201	Downward Expansion	-59	51
2025-07-04	5.29	6.12	-34.68	3556846	Downward Expansion	-50	37
2025-06-27	4.96	6.21	-38.41	6151322	Downward Expansion	-56	31
2025-06-20	5.01	6.34	-36.46	4370306	Downward Expansion	-45	20
2025-06-13	5.23	6.48	-34.52	3599893	Downward Expansion	-38	20
2025-06-06	6.25	6.61	-23.01	6831731	Downward Expansion	-22	17
2025-05-30	5.97	6.75	-26.02	5978832	Downward Expansion	-41	29
2025-05-23	5.43	6.86	-32.40	4315251	Downward Expansion	-54	38
2025-05-16	5.50	6.98	-34.14	7697384	Downward Expansion	-57	42
2025-05-09	4.36	7.13	-45.74	6808147	Downward Expansion	-78	54
2025-05-02	5.51	7.31	-32.72	3897540	Downward Expansion	-59	44
2025-04-25	5.45	7.44	-32.47	4575277	Downward Expansion	-63	50
2025-04-18	5.51	7.57	-29.58	4224060	Downward Expansion	-63	53
2025-04-11	5.46	7.71	-32.17	6651934	Downward Expansion	-68	56
2025-04-04	5.21	7.85	-32.63	5673635	Downward Expansion	-77	61
2025-03-28	5.78	7.98	-33.00	4427068	Downward Expansion	-68	76
2025-03-21	5.91	8.11	-33.48	6283851	Downward Expansion	-67	82
2025-03-14	5.96	8.22	-33.59	4068794	Downward Expansion	-68	80
2025-03-07	5.76	8.31	-38.19	4966411	Downward Expansion	-79	77
2025-02-28	5.60	8.38	-42.75	5654696	Downward Expansion	-81	50
2025-02-21	6.96	8.47	-30.80	1622203	Downward Expansion	-51	31
2025-02-14	7.65	8.54	-26.36	2334935	Downward Expansion	-43	29
2025-02-07	8.03	8.57	-22.99	2994223	Downward Expansion	-48	37
2025-01-31	6.88	8.59	-35.29	1898170	Downward Expansion	-64	52
2025-01-24	6.99	8.66	-36.14	1541142	Downward Expansion	-65	63
2025-01-17	6.90	8.73	-37.19	1531901	Downward Expansion	-67	75
2025-01-10	6.76	8.79	-37.88	1601892	Downward Expansion	-74	82
2025-01-03	6.95	8.88	-38.54	1195173	Downward Expansion	-75	82
2024-12-27	7.09	8.96	-38.75	1191330	Downward Expansion	-78	81
2024-12-20	7.13	9.06	-39.06	3176515	Downward Expansion	-82	77
2024-12-13	8.04	9.15	-33.73	2406301	Balance	-57	57
2024-12-06	8.15	9.21	-34.27	2697595	Balance	-39	30
2024-11-29	8.86	9.26	-29.01	2099654	Balance	-6	5
2024-11-22	9.09	9.31	-27.33	1750392	Balance	-6	4
2024-11-15	9.11	9.35	-26.84	2769237	Balance	-1	3
2024-11-08	10.49	9.40	-18.43	2722527	Balance	38	23
2024-11-01	9.22	9.42	-25.53	2186777	Balance	5	5
2024-10-25	9.16	9.49	-27.76	1729408	Balance	-1	7
2024-10-18	9.84	9.57	-23.78	1481000	Balance	20	17
2024-10-11	9.79	9.63	-24.09	1611666	Balance	1	13
2024-10-04	9.62	9.69	-25.08	1858573	Balance	-2	12
2024-09-27	9.29	9.79	-28.16	2153347	Balance	-7	13
2024-09-20	9.61	9.90	-26.03	3638292	Balance	-4	16
2024-09-13	9.80	10.01	-24.31	2882381	Downward Expansion	-1	15
2024-09-06	9.11	10.16	-27.84	1993743	Downward Expansion	-30	21
2024-08-30	9.55	10.34	-28.50	2307575	Downward Expansion	-35	23
2024-08-23	9.33	10.50	-30.89	3092409	Downward Expansion	-47	37
2024-08-16	8.59	10.69	-36.55	2835558	Downward Expansion	-61	50
2024-08-09	7.79	10.88	-41.19	4598165	Downward Expansion	-80	62
2024-08-02	8.36	11.10	-37.98	1947734	Downward Expansion	-71	55
2024-07-26	9.13	11.28	-34.93	2320476	Downward Expansion	-64	55
2024-07-19	8.48	11.44	-41.09	1873046	Downward Expansion	-74	65
2024-07-12	8.67	11.63	-42.00	2158190	Downward Expansion	-73	66
2024-07-05	8.79	11.81	-41.74	1253937	Downward Expansion	-73	67
2024-06-28	9.09	11.96	-39.68	3145187	Downward Expansion	-70	66
2024-06-21	8.79	12.11	-42.66	3018981	Downward Expansion	-82	69
2024-06-14	9.45	12.24	-38.91	2220749	Downward Expansion	-73	72
2024-06-07	9.40	12.34	-39.07	2885510	Downward Expansion	-77	76
2024-05-31	10.11	12.42	-34.51	2420697	Downward Expansion	-67	77
2024-05-24	9.88	12.48	-37.04	2778343	Downward Expansion	-69	84
2024-05-17	9.89	12.49	-37.77	3472445	Downward Expansion	-71	82
2024-05-10	9.59	12.52	-39.42	3995430	Downward Expansion	-81	86
2024-05-03	10.33	12.56	-34.29	2945685	Downward Expansion	-73	83
2024-04-26	10.36	12.61	-34.61	1482521	Rotation Down	-77	81
2024-04-19	10.52	12.66	-32.71	2217726	Rotation Down	-52	68
2024-04-12	11.19	12.73	-31.55	1828349	Rotation Down	-43	61
2024-04-05	11.14	12.86	-33.70	1876306	Rotation Down	-48	68
2024-03-29	11.49	12.99	-32.96	1506631	Rotation Down	-36	63
2024-03-22	11.83	13.11	-31.43	2199864	Rotation Down	-32	60
2024-03-15	11.54	13.26	-32.26	3346213	Rotation Up	-40	45
2024-03-08	12.46	13.42	-27.55	2702455	Rotation Up	-35	33
2024-03-01	12.68	13.55	-27.08	4179805	Rotation Up	-19	19
2024-02-23	12.96	13.72	-25.53	3366501	Rotation Up	-4	8
2024-02-16	14.38	13.89	-16.87	3982404	Rotation Up	31	30
2024-02-09	14.58	14.01	-17.40	3143931	Rotation Up	34	35
2024-02-02	14.15	14.14	-19.85	2314900	Rotation Up	22	31
2024-01-26	15.01	14.27	-14.90	2052001	Downward Expansion	38	42
2024-01-19	14.49	14.36	-17.74	3027438	Downward Expansion	12	30
2024-01-12	14.24	14.43	-18.92	2562127	Downward Expansion	9	40
2024-01-05	13.81	14.50	-20.52	2318589	Downward Expansion	1	25
2023-12-29	13.90	14.57	-21.81	1387102	Downward Expansion	0	27
2023-12-22	14.19	14.65	-20.49	2427992	Downward Expansion	8	30
2023-12-15	13.98	14.70	-21.47	3088679	Downward Expansion	-4	23
2023-12-08	13.47	14.76	-23.07	2656144	Downward Expansion	-29	32
2023-12-01	13.52	14.81	-23.08	3602262	Downward Expansion	-37	32
2023-11-24	12.80	14.93	-27.00	2015907	Downward Expansion	-44	35
2023-11-17	12.46	15.07	-28.77	3173742	Downward Expansion	-52	52
2023-11-10	11.77	15.24	-31.66	4374575	Downward Expansion	-66	68
2023-11-03	11.75	15.44	-31.42	3651825	Downward Expansion	-67	79
2023-10-27	10.33	15.58	-36.65	2657003	Downward Expansion	-78	91
2023-10-20	10.62	15.77	-37.12	3440905	Downward Expansion	-79	92

Price vs TrendAbove+19.3%

Trend directionRising+18.8%

Price vs current Fair ValueBelow anchor-40.0%

Fair Value directionClosing upward+10.8%

Relative Strength vs benchmarkLeading+7.8%

Relative strength directionImproving+13.0%

Price momentumPositive+108.5%

Volume balanceSupply-led0.81×

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

15 / ±100

-20.0 points since 2026-09-11

Energy

15 /100

-4.2 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.

ZIP Directional State ↗ ZIP Momentum Intelligence ↗

Comparative structural evidence

Why this architecture regime won

Every regime is evaluated

Balance51

Rotation Up22

Upward Expansion43

Deceleration82

Rotation Down40

Downward Expansion37

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 today’s regime

2023-10-20 to 2026-10-09 · 156 classified observations out of 156 shown.

Balance 15%Rotation Up 10%Upward Expansion 6%Deceleration 3%Rotation Down 4%Downward Expansion 63%

Recent Trend Architecture ledger

Regime	Recognized	Last observation	Tenure	Move inside regime
Deceleration	2026-09-18	2026-10-09	New	+12.7%
Upward Expansion	2026-07-17	2026-09-11	Developing	-5.6%
Rotation Up	2026-05-15	2026-07-10	Developing	+10.3%
Downward Expansion	2026-01-16	2026-05-08	Established	+28.4%
Balance	2025-12-05	2026-01-09	Developing	-39.2%
Downward Expansion	2025-10-17	2025-11-28	Developing	+11.0%
Balance	2025-09-19	2025-10-10	New	-23.9%
Downward Expansion	2024-12-20	2025-09-12	Extended	-31.3%
Balance	2024-09-20	2024-12-13	Established	-16.3%
Downward Expansion	2024-05-03	2024-09-13	Established	-5.1%
Rotation Down	2024-03-22	2024-04-26	Developing	-12.4%
Rotation Up	2024-02-02	2024-03-15	Developing	-18.4%
Downward Expansion	2023-09-29	2024-01-26	Established	+25.2%
Balance	2023-08-18	2023-09-22	Developing	-22.3%

Classic Stage Analysis comparison

Stage 1 · Basing51

Stage 2 · Advancing44

Stage 3 · Distribution19

Stage 4 · Declining0

Legacy result: Stage 1 · Stage 1B · Basing. 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: 72/100
Current Relative Strength: 7.82
Relative Strength direction: Improving
Price momentum: +108.5%
Excess performance vs benchmark: +93.6%
Communication Services regime cohort: 86th percentile14 in cohort

Test ZIP trend persistence

Participation and structure

Is demand confirming the architecture?

Volume cannot overrule geometry

Relative volume0.70×

Latest completed volume relative to typical participation.

Up/down volume0.81×

Participation balance between advancing and declining observations.

Accumulation / distribution2 / 3

Recent participation evidence classified by demand and supply.

Activity alignment+50.0%

Current positive alignment across Activity and Trend.

Fast/slow rotationWeakening

Current relationship between Fast Activity and Slow Activity.

Structure stability+25.0%

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.

Explore ZIP Volume & Price ↗

Decision architecture

References that would change the structural read

Evidence levels, not orders

Fast Activity USD 3.78falling

Slow Activity USD 3.84rising

Trend Reference USD 3.50+19.3% close margin

Current Fair Value USD 6.94-40.0% close margin

Structural low USD 1.98shock / 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 +16.1%

Annualized volatility +87.5%

From structural high -25.7%

From structural low +152.7%

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 move	Positive periods	Directional follow-through	Median excess vs SPY	Regime survived	Read
Near term	2	+4.8%-10.5% to +20.1%	+50.0%	+50.0%	+1.1%	+0.0%	Too little matched history
Intermediate	1	+11.8%+11.8% to +11.8%	+100.0%	+100.0%	-1.3%	+0.0%	Too little matched history
Extended	1	+2.7%+2.7% to +2.7%	+100.0%	+100.0%	-11.8%	+0.0%	Too little matched history
Full cycle	1	-21.2%-21.2% to -21.2%	+0.0%	+0.0%	-53.9%	+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.

ZIP Stage Analysis

What the Activity Line geometry says now

The upward structure remains, but its energy is decelerating.

Weekly close, Activity, Trend and Fair Value

Is the structure strengthening or losing force?

Direction

Energy

Why this architecture regime won

The context behind today’s regime

Is relative performance confirming the geometry?

Relative Strength

Leading benchmark

Is demand confirming the architecture?

Weekly volume with architecture context

References that would change the structural read

What followed this architecture in this market?

What the analysis measures and where its limits lie

Trend Architecture

Evidence roles

Fair Value and RS

Known limitations

Send a message

Evidence context

What the Activity Line geometry says now

The upward structure remains, but its energy is decelerating.

Weekly close, Activity, Trend and Fair Value

Is the structure strengthening or losing force?

Direction

Energy

Why this architecture regime won

The context behind today’s regime

Is relative performance confirming the geometry?

Relative Strength ?

Leading benchmark

Is demand confirming the architecture?

Weekly volume with architecture context

References that would change the structural read

What followed this architecture in this market?

Test the structure from another angle

Trend Persistence ↗

Directional State ↗

Momentum Intelligence ↗

Volume & Price ↗

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RMI Reversal Map ↗

What the analysis measures and where its limits lie

Trend Architecture

Evidence roles

Fair Value and RS

Known limitations

Relative Strength

Trend Persistence

Directional State

Momentum Intelligence

Volume & Price

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RMI Reversal Map