Weekly structural research ยท NYSE ยท Industrials

QXO Stage Analysis

QXO, Inc.

Week ending 25 Sep 2026Close USD 12.43Tenure EstablishedBenchmark SPY
Executive diagnosis

What the Activity Line geometry says now

Structure, not prediction
Downward Expansion ยท Established 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: weakening.
  • Activity structure: wide and expanding.
Direction -64โˆ’100 bearish to +100 bullish
Energy 72/100directional strength
Maturity 54/100lifecycle context
Confidence 96/100evidence agreement
Trend gate Downstructural direction
Activity structure Wideexpanding separation
Price acceptance -83.3%position within the Activity structure
Fair Value context -64.0%USD 34.48 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
2026-09-2512.4316.65-39.19109884488Downward Expansion-6472
2026-09-1811.3817.03-44.13107575245Downward Expansion-7875
2026-09-1112.3117.51-40.3262236974Downward Expansion-7361
2026-09-0413.3518.00-36.4964157245Downward Expansion-6648
2026-08-2813.5218.32-36.3754058384Downward Expansion-6442
2026-08-2113.7618.61-35.5678456851Downward Expansion-6544
2026-08-1414.5118.95-33.6294359593Downward Expansion-6047
2026-08-0716.1619.26-26.63104084679Downward Expansion-6462
2026-07-3113.3019.55-37.9092222228Downward Expansion-7184
2026-07-2413.0019.76-39.20110409571Downward Expansion-7885
2026-07-1713.6920.04-37.07128996741Downward Expansion-7572
2026-07-1014.2520.31-36.19192320298Downward Expansion-7351
2026-07-0315.4120.55-30.75179044647Downward Expansion-6744
2026-06-2616.9120.73-23.13111290652Downward Expansion-5942
2026-06-1917.7620.79-21.7168660070Downward Expansion-6048
2026-06-1216.6320.76-26.7886291854Downward Expansion-6369
2026-06-0515.7620.79-30.6987289957Downward Expansion-7378
2026-05-2917.2520.84-26.5362884057Rotation Down-6573
2026-05-2216.6720.85-28.2577966548Rotation Down-4363
2026-05-1516.3320.91-29.4083951864Balance-4756
2026-05-0818.7621.00-19.0575423143Balance-3114
2026-05-0119.8220.99-12.4379042264Balance-39
2026-04-2420.9721.01-6.36159268444Balance2215
2026-04-1725.0020.9312.6248650551Rotation Down4317
2026-04-1021.9320.793.8941709366Rotation Down-1832
2026-04-0319.0320.75-6.2632976415Upward Expansion-2540
2026-03-2718.9620.85-3.3433289314Upward Expansion-2534
2026-03-2018.6420.89-6.8140227550Upward Expansion-1825
2026-03-1320.1820.95-0.5532209198Upward Expansion1814
2026-03-0621.8020.966.3131754001Upward Expansion5439
2026-02-2723.9520.8715.1326151161Upward Expansion5949
2026-02-2025.5420.7223.1925441148Upward Expansion6853
2026-02-1327.0720.6133.4048674748Upward Expansion8362
2026-02-0623.0120.4313.2439362599Upward Expansion5847
2026-01-3022.1820.369.7329585952Upward Expansion6266
2026-01-2323.9120.3619.5338335354Upward Expansion7070
2026-01-1623.8120.2519.5564285761Rotation Up7369
2026-01-0925.0020.2525.9962076071Rotation Up5964
2026-01-0219.7220.071.5631531768Rotation Up2038
2025-12-2621.2420.058.3815117387Rotation Up2238
2025-12-1921.8019.9113.1530949072Balance2834
2025-12-1221.3819.7411.5340497143Balance1219
2025-12-0520.8219.598.3138759828Rotation Down-2012
2025-11-2818.7319.36-2.1422812698Rotation Down-5843
2025-11-2116.9819.21-8.0430975230Rotation Down-4055
2025-11-1417.4819.07-7.3535855146Rotation Down-3650
2025-11-0717.1918.93-8.8053611962Rotation Down-4050
2025-10-3117.6718.82-7.8736407438Deceleration-3140
2025-10-2418.3918.70-3.5131195897Deceleration-316
2025-10-1718.9918.541.6237569354Deceleration215
2025-10-1018.5818.331.2936003598Deceleration-111
2025-10-0320.2318.147.7156634731Deceleration1912
2025-09-2618.7917.911.5441716651Deceleration1315
2025-09-1920.6217.7111.1644676164Deceleration4833
2025-09-1220.7717.4413.6834303686Deceleration4832
2025-09-0522.0517.1823.0235559162Deceleration6237
2025-08-2920.1316.8913.2635559836Deceleration3620
2025-08-2220.3916.6615.1948147444Deceleration3823
2025-08-1520.5016.4416.6939188560Deceleration4127
2025-08-0819.2816.2211.5128378188Upward Expansion4533
2025-08-0119.3316.1015.3226681643Upward Expansion4942
2025-07-2522.1915.9929.9631975554Upward Expansion6960
2025-07-1821.6315.7719.0733892074Upward Expansion6460
2025-07-1121.1715.5611.8128212183Upward Expansion6677
2025-07-0421.9815.4011.8339644331Upward Expansion7286
2025-06-2720.7315.242.49134404231Upward Expansion6784
2025-06-2023.7915.1114.9946792917Upward Expansion9495
2025-06-1319.6614.88-11.0640997040Rotation Up8186
2025-06-0619.0014.74-23.0532853405Rotation Up5673
2025-05-3017.0014.64-40.6828988380Rotation Up4262
2025-05-2316.8014.58-44.8970873085Rotation Up3350
2025-05-1616.7914.53-49.5525479165Balance3331
2025-05-0913.8714.48-58.5117770285Balance-2111
2025-05-0214.2614.54-59.6421713221Balance-179
2025-04-2512.8814.53-64.2338886301Downward Expansion-4220
2025-04-1813.1514.62-63.5430341314Downward Expansion-3720
2025-04-1113.9114.69-63.5517373306Downward Expansion-3418
2025-04-0414.0014.71-62.6615287606Downward Expansion-3922
2025-03-2813.7614.72-67.7918003614Downward Expansion-4529
2025-03-2112.6714.73-71.8129207398Downward Expansion-6242
2025-03-1412.8214.77-72.3111923866Downward Expansion-6345
2025-03-0713.3814.76-72.7710281422Downward Expansion-6251
2025-02-2812.7414.69-75.729981161Downward Expansion-6862
2025-02-2112.5114.66-77.268776210Downward Expansion-4754
2025-02-1413.1616.87-77.406718618Downward Expansion-6855
2025-02-0713.2818.38-77.6410853407Downward Expansion-6855
2025-01-3113.2919.59-78.4210198430Downward Expansion-7457
2025-01-2413.7321.18-78.576799727Downward Expansion-7557
2025-01-1713.9923.11-78.4411909440Downward Expansion-7759
2025-01-1015.6525.53-75.914536289Downward Expansion-5252
2025-01-0315.9529.48-76.679163461Downward Expansion-5157
2024-12-2715.5636.28-78.404689474Downward Expansion-5662
2024-12-2015.4439.90-79.1514882591Downward Expansion-4759
2024-12-1316.1442.93-79.028253854Downward Expansion-4357
2024-12-0617.3945.82-77.8512705882Downward Expansion-4359
2024-11-2916.6448.42-78.9413327081Downward Expansion-5363
2024-11-2217.0450.97-78.2621125331Downward Expansion-5383
2024-11-1515.4053.50-80.1010274736Downward Expansion-5383
2024-11-0816.0555.91-79.7719045913Downward Expansion-5484
2024-11-0115.2558.19-79.943523077Downward Expansion-5484
2024-10-2515.0960.54-80.503336563Downward Expansion-5380
2024-10-1815.4062.97-80.364771952Downward Expansion-4949
2024-10-1115.5965.36-80.026742223Downward Expansion-4955
2024-10-0413.9867.91-81.957496179Downward Expansion-5069
2024-09-2715.7370.45-79.728232817Downward Expansion-5974
2024-09-2015.0873.26-80.5231212029Downward Expansion-6177
2024-09-1314.7076.40-80.8017917660Downward Expansion-6273
2024-09-0614.3079.16-80.645818729Downward Expansion-6162
2024-08-3013.8182.00-82.1414475586Downward Expansion-6161
2024-08-2313.9084.48-82.0521449618Downward Expansion-6466
2024-08-1612.6287.07-83.5412791305Downward Expansion-6758
2024-08-0911.1689.76-84.9414543459Downward Expansion-7056
2024-08-0211.9992.74-83.9036030416Downward Expansion-7360
2024-07-2678.6997.223.03484621Downward Expansion-5652
2024-07-1958.6198.40-22.91205199Balance-6154
2024-07-1249.5198.86-35.63153909Balance-5746
2024-07-0561.0099.12-19.5071399Balance-1623
2024-06-2871.7699.05-2.6698570Upward Expansion1815
2024-06-2186.5197.4818.68192589Upward Expansion4439
2024-06-14134.2195.4088.29347247Upward Expansion6472
2024-06-07220.0091.70223.32842714Upward Expansion9895
2024-05-31123.8885.1795.12473682Upward Expansion8374
2024-05-24106.5681.8072.34170304Upward Expansion6548
2024-05-17102.6278.9470.23147434Deceleration5132
2024-05-1095.6376.2465.36137181Deceleration4023
2024-05-0393.0373.8367.76159321Deceleration3117
2024-04-2692.9071.4872.63182805Deceleration1911
2024-04-1987.7669.1271.58515304Deceleration1613
2024-04-1284.5766.8964.14149674Deceleration1715
2024-04-0585.5764.7967.35147117Deceleration1914
2024-03-2987.9062.6974.33165718Deceleration3118
2024-03-2287.2660.5977.96339522Deceleration3418
2024-03-1592.0358.5096.60345560Upward Expansion4027
2024-03-0890.3656.2798.38445635Upward Expansion5234
2024-03-0199.8954.10125.13615338Deceleration5337
2024-02-23109.2951.51156.79302100Deceleration5237
2024-02-1697.3648.64141.38403727Deceleration4333
2024-02-0999.5646.10154.47505120Deceleration4836
2024-02-0288.1643.53136.85421612Upward Expansion5745
2024-01-2691.8341.31158.44662430Upward Expansion6461
2024-01-1993.2338.96174.87907238Upward Expansion6767
2024-01-12100.4336.54211.462068928Upward Expansion6886
2024-01-05146.4733.83384.391754252Upward Expansion9999
2023-12-29114.0229.61303.002169660Upward Expansion9999
2023-12-2272.4426.47173.731430653Upward Expansion9698
2023-12-1557.3124.74126.615060486Upward Expansion9495
2023-12-0859.0423.47145.0147447900Upward Expansion9688
2023-12-0124.4622.184.4838487Balance5850
2023-11-2424.1922.004.0034251Balance5538
2023-11-1723.3221.871.0763463Balance3720
2023-11-1024.0621.776.3948336Balance4317
2023-11-0322.7221.631.75132977Balance168
2023-10-2720.9221.54-1.8147241Balance15
2023-10-2021.5921.48-2.0296481Balance75
2023-10-1323.1921.412.0019501Upward Expansion2815
2023-10-0622.6621.27-0.7841977Upward Expansion2019
Price vs TrendBelow-25.3%
Trend directionFalling-16.9%
Price vs current Fair ValueBelow anchor-64.0%
Fair Value directionMoving away-11.9%
Relative Strength vs benchmarkLagging-39.2%
Relative strength directionWeakening-16.1%
Price momentumNegative-34.4%
Volume balanceSupply-led0.29ร—
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

-64 / ยฑ100

-0.2 points since 2026-08-28

Energy

72 /100

+29.9 points since 2026-08-28

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
Balance7
Rotation Up17
Upward Expansion16
Deceleration39
Rotation Down68
Downward Expansion92

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

2023-10-06 to 2026-09-25 ยท 156 classified observations out of 156 shown.

Balance 12%Rotation Up 5%Upward Expansion 24%Deceleration 16%Rotation Down 6%Downward Expansion 37%
Recent Trend Architecture ledger
RegimeRecognizedLast observationTenureMove inside regime
Downward Expansion2026-06-052026-09-25Established-21.1%
Rotation Down2026-05-222026-05-29New+3.5%
Balance2026-04-242026-05-15New-22.1%
Rotation Down2026-04-102026-04-17New+14.0%
Upward Expansion2026-01-232026-04-03Developing-20.4%
Rotation Up2025-12-262026-01-16New+12.1%
Balance2025-12-122025-12-19New+2.0%
Rotation Down2025-11-072025-12-05Developing+21.1%
Deceleration2025-08-152025-10-31Developing-13.8%
Upward Expansion2025-06-202025-08-08Developing-19.0%
Rotation Up2025-05-232025-06-13New+17.0%
Balance2025-05-022025-05-16New+17.7%
Downward Expansion2024-07-262025-04-25Extended-83.6%
Balance2024-07-052024-07-19New-3.9%
Classic Stage Analysis comparison
Stage 1 ยท Basing51
Stage 2 ยท Advancing0
Stage 3 ยท Distribution19
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
-39.19
Relative Strength direction
Weakening
Price momentum
-34.4%
Excess performance vs benchmark
-56.4%
Industrials regime cohort
64th percentile92 in cohort
Participation and structure

Is demand confirming the architecture?

Volume cannot overrule geometry
Relative volume1.12ร—

Latest completed volume relative to typical participation.

Up/down volume0.29ร—

Participation balance between advancing and declining observations.

Accumulation / distribution2 / 5

Recent participation evidence classified by demand and supply.

Activity alignment+0.0%

Current positive alignment across Activity and Trend.

Fast/slow rotationWeakening

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 12.32falling
Slow Activity USD 15.02falling
Trend Reference USD 16.65-25.3% close margin
Current Fair Value USD 34.48-64.0% close margin
Structural low USD 11.14shock / 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 +13.5%
Annualized volatility +63.1%
From structural high -55.0%
From structural low +11.6%
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 term28-0.2%-82.3% to +17.7%+46.4%+50.0%-3.9%+89.3%Usable descriptive sample
Intermediate9-9.0%-80.8% to +72.3%+33.3%+66.7%-5.8%+66.7%Usable descriptive sample
Extended5+8.2%-82.6% to +67.2%+60.0%+40.0%-1.3%+40.0%Usable descriptive sample
Full cycle3-24.7%-71.8% to +351.4%+33.3%+66.7%-10.7%+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