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NYSE ยท Equity ยท United States
BKE
Buckle Inc
Consumer CyclicalApparel Retail
The Buckle, Inc. is a retailer of casual clothing, footwear and accessories for young men and women in the United States. The company is headquartered in Kearney, Nebraska.
Last updated
28 Aug 2026
Exchange
NYSE ยท NYSE
Sector
Consumer Cyclical
Industry
Apparel Retail
Currency
USD
Market capitalisation
2,287,918,191
Fair value reference
40.55
Next-week expectancy
Undecided ยท 49.83%
Executive chart read
Over the latest 12 completed weeks ending 2026-08-28, BKE fell 3.33%, moving from 44.93 to 43.43. The latest weekly close is below the Trend Line and above Fair Value. Trend Signal is inactive on the latest week and was active in 0 of the last 12 weeks. Relative Strength is -21.50 and has softened across the 12-week window. Market Dynamics is -0.43 on the latest week. Next-week expectancy is undecided at 49.83% based on similar historical setup states.
Week Ending
28 Aug 2026
Latest Close
43.43
12-Week Change
-3.33%
Trend Signal
Inactive
Next-Week Expectancy
Undecided 49.83%
Signal Weeks
0 of 12
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Auction Intelligence
Sharemaestro market acceptance
Auction Intelligence
Where the market has accepted value, how that value is moving, and which price pathways remain structurally open.
Current auction stateAccepted value migrating higher
Price remains within the broader value area while the recent acceptance centre moves higher.
Price location
Within accepted value
Accepted value
Higher
Persistence
16 weeks
Auction runway
More room below
Accepted value29.82โ49.52
Principal three-year auction range
Rolling market memory and the nearest established acceptance above and below the current price.
Is market memory moving?
Accepted-value migration
Each column is a rolling one-year auction. Brighter areas show stronger price acceptance.
Where is the next market memory?
Auction runway
The next established shelf is materially farther below than above.
Above44.24Established market memory sits 1.9% above the latest close.
Below36.50Established market memory sits 15.9% below the latest close.
Decision map
What would confirm or challenge the current interpretation?
Sustained weekly closes above49.52
Higher-value acceptance
Holding above this boundary while the acceptance centre rises would strengthen the higher-value interpretation.
Primary market-memory magnet32.99
Rotation toward value
This is the centre of the three-year auction and the principal reference if price rotates back through value.
Sustained weekly closes below29.82
Lower-value acceptance
Holding below this boundary while the acceptance centre falls would strengthen the lower-value interpretation.
Decision context
Structural references and cross-signal agreement
The closest market-memory levels, the evidence that agrees or disagrees, and the limits of the current interpretation.
Market memory
Nearest structural nodes
These are historical acceptance references, not live resting orders.
Acceptance shelfRepeated historical activity makes this a market-memory shelf.
44.24
1.9%
Low-acceptance corridorHistorically limited acceptance makes this a potential fast-travel area.
47.06
8.4%
Acceptance shelfRepeated historical activity makes this a market-memory shelf.
36.50
-16.0%
Acceptance shelfRepeated historical activity makes this a market-memory shelf.
51.99
19.7%
Acceptance shelfRepeated historical activity makes this a market-memory shelf.
32.28
-25.7%
Low-acceptance corridorHistorically limited acceptance makes this a potential fast-travel area.
28.76
-33.8%
Cross-signal agreement
Does the wider Sharemaestro picture agree?
Agreement strengthens context; disagreement identifies where the thesis is vulnerable.
Auction locationShows where the latest close sits relative to established accepted value.Within accepted value
Accepted-value migrationCompares the recent acceptance centre with the preceding one-year auction.Higher
30-week trendThe latest close is 9.8% below the trend line.Price below
Fair-value positionMarket price is 7.1% above the current fair-value reference.Above
Point & Figure structureConfirms whether reversal structure agrees with the current auction direction.Demand column rising
Earnings repricingShows whether accepted market value is developing with or against the earnings relationship.Fundamental fracture
Accepted value migrating higher
Price remains within the broader value area while the recent acceptance centre moves higher.
More room below
The next established shelf is materially farther below than above.
Established market memory
The three-year acceptance centre at 32.99 remains the dominant rotational reference.
Security-specific analogues
How comparable auction states resolved
Fewer than four non-overlapping comparable episodes exist in the visible history.
1 comparable non-overlapping episodes are visible; at least four are required before outcomes are summarised.
Price Action
Completed weekly market tape
Price Action
A deep view of how price is behaving against its own completed history, trend, structural levels and participation.
Current weekly interpretationAdvancing structure with weak close
Recent completed price swings are progressing higher on both sides of the range. Price is below its completed-week trend reference and that reference is falling.
Full context ยท Mixed confirmation
Current structureAdvancing structure
Recent completed price swings are progressing higher on both sides of the range.
Trend relationshipBelow a falling trend
Price is below its completed-week trend reference and that reference is falling.
Support and resistanceSupport 43.39 ยท Resistance 54.92
Nearest completed structural references around the latest close.
Participation qualityNormal participation
Participation was broadly consistent with the market's completed recent history.
Price, structure and participation
Where price advanced, failed, reclaimed or lost important ground
Candles preserve the completed weekly tape. Selected annotations identify meaningful finished events and point directly to the week concerned.
Up weekDown weekTrend referenceCompleted supportCompleted resistanceVolumeTypical volumePublished event
What happened this week?
The latest completed candle
The latest week is separated into price change, candle character, closing position and path quality.
Weekly move-0.87%
Latest close versus the preceding completed close.
Candle characterWeak close
Price declined and finished in the lower part of the completed weekly range.
Where the week closedLower part of the range
The close finished at 28% of the completed weekly range.
Path qualityMixed confirmation
Recent price structure and the longer trend relationship are not fully aligned.
Current evaluation
What the weekly tape says now
The interpretation combines completed price structure, trend relationship, participation and path quality.
What supports it
Recent completed price swings are progressing higher on both sides of the range.
What would improve it
A sustained close above the nearest completed resistance, supported by firmer participation, would improve confirmation.
What could weaken it
A sustained loss of the nearest completed support would materially weaken the current price structure.
What to watch next
Trend relationship is below a falling trend; participation is normal participation, and path quality is mixed confirmation.
Statistical perspective
Where the latest close sits in its own completed history
These observations describe the available record. They are market context, not predictions of the next move.
Position in completed history73% of range
The latest close's location between the lowest and highest completed closes available for this market.
Distance from completed high-22.9%
How far the latest close sits below the highest completed close in the available history.
Recovery from completed low+431.3%
How far the latest close has advanced from the lowest completed close in the available history.
Latest move versus typical0.3ร typical
The absolute latest weekly move compared with completed weekly moves available before it.
Completed event history
What changed, and when
Only selected completed events are shown. Each annotation is descriptive, not a standalone instruction.
Upside structure cleared
The weekly close moved above the preceding completed price structure.
3 weeks ago
High-participation reversal
Price changed weekly direction with elevated participation.
7 weeks ago
Support structure lost
The weekly close moved below the preceding completed price structure.
12 weeks ago
Trend reclaimed
The weekly close moved back above the completed trend reference.
20 weeks ago
Trend lost
The weekly close moved below the completed trend reference.
25 weeks ago
Range
Sharemaestro Range
Where price is trading
The fitted range, accepted trading area and strongest price levels are calculated automatically from completed weekly market data.
Current stateInside accepted value
52-week position
18.0%
Low to high
Accepted price
52.19
Latest versus accepted: -16.79%
Fitted direction
Falling
-0.50% per week
Range pressure
35/100
Lower pressure
Range condition
Normal
1.03ร normal range
Range pressureCurrent range pressure ยท 50 is balanced
Weekly closeFitted rangeActivity ribbonEstimated activity at priceAutomatic level
Automatic structure
Strongest price levels
Support40.40
From price
-7.0%
Evidence
36/100
Touches
1
Support42.52
From price
-2.1%
Evidence
60/100
Touches
2
Resistance46.28
From price
6.6%
Evidence
56/100
Touches
3
Resistance49.83
From price
14.7%
Evidence
80/100
Touches
3
Resistance52.19
From price
20.2%
Evidence
87/100
Touches
3
Current reading
What the range shows
Current positionInside accepted value
Price is at 18.0% of its latest 52-week range.
Fitted directionFalling
The fitted centre line is moving -0.50% per week.
Range pressureLower pressure
The current pressure reading is 35/100; 50 is balanced.
Next structural level42.52
Support is 2.1% from the latest close with 60/100 evidence strength.
Point & Figure
Price structure ยท volume at price
Point & Figure market structure
Each X marks a rising price box and each O marks a falling price box. Time is removed from the horizontal scale so reversals, breakouts and areas of heavy trading stand out.
MethodAdaptive scale
Smart Money
Completed-week positioning evidence
Smart Money
See whether the support beneath price is strengthening, weakening, confirming the trend or warning of increased risk.
Current Smart Money readSmart Money support is weak
The current completed-week evidence is not providing dependable confirmation for price.
Momentum 0.14 ยท Holding steady
Trend qualityMixed
The current trend state has persisted for 15 completed weeks; visible confirmation is mixed.
Momentum pathWeak ยท Holding steady
The latest completed-week level and direction.
Latest positive signalNo recent positive signal
The chart is carrying context rather than a fresh positive event marker.
Risk and warningsNormal
Earlier warnings are outside the recent completed-week window.
Price, support and published events
Where confirmation strengthened or risk increased
Selected annotations highlight meaningful completed-week events; every existing chart series and marker remains visible.
Close Price
Trend Line
Demand Threshold Line
Reversal Risk Level
Current evaluation
What the Smart Money chart means now
The reading combines the finished chart state, its direction and the timing of published signals.
What supports it
There is limited positive confirmation; the chart should be read cautiously until support improves.
What would improve it
Broader agreement between price, trend and the completed-week support state would strengthen the case.
What could weaken it
There is no fresh positive event marker, so the current reading depends on continued confirmation rather than a new signal.
Published signal history
What changed, and when
Event markers are observations, not standalone instructions to buy or sell.
Reversal danger
The chart registered its strongest reversal warning.
26 weeks ago
Reversal risk
The chart registered elevated reversal risk.
27 weeks ago
Reversal danger
The chart registered its strongest reversal warning.
41 weeks ago
Reversal risk
The chart registered elevated reversal risk.
42 weeks ago
Reversal danger
The chart registered its strongest reversal warning.
47 weeks ago
Market Dynamics
Price and underlying support
Market Dynamics
See whether the support beneath price is strengthening, weakening, confirming the move or beginning to diverge from it.
Zero lineMarket Dynamics Rate of ChangePrice ActionVolume ActionFlip UpFlip Down
Price and support relationship ยท 12 completed weeks
Market Dynamics is improving ahead of price
Price is -3.3% across this view and is in the middle part of its stored price range, while Market Dynamics is -0.43 after a +0.72 change over the latest 4 completed weeks. Support is improving before price has provided the same confirmation.
Latest 4 weeks in focus
Price change from 2026-06-12Market DynamicsLatest 4 completed weeks
Zone-to-zone journey model
34% across the current zone span
The model estimates a 23% chance of confirming accumulation within 52 completed weeks and a 54% chance of returning to the source zone first.
Current journey
Distribution to accumulation ยท Progressing
Activated
2026-05-15
Model data
Through 2026-08-21
What Market Dynamics shows
Yes. Market Dynamics follows the completed-week transition between the two sides of a market cycle. Accumulation is the lower zone where selling pressure may be absorbed and support may be forming; distribution is the upper zone where earlier demand may be tiring and supply can begin to take control. The model measures both accumulation to distribution and the reverse journey, and waits for a deeper close or repeated closes before treating a new zone as confirmed. BKE is 34% across its current move from distribution back toward accumulation. The journey remains open because neither the target nor a return to the source has been confirmed. For an investor, the value is in separating an apparent price move from a completed change in market character: target confirmation can strengthen the case that a new phase is taking hold, while a confirmed source return warns that the attempted change did not persist and the risk/reward should be reassessed. The completed journeys below show how 1 transitions in this ticker's stored history reached and confirmed the opposite zone.
Current zone-span position 34%
Distribution to Accumulation ยท 15 completed weeks since exit
Complete within 26 weeks 11%
Confirm the current accumulation zone first
Complete within 52 weeks 23%
Confirm the target zone using completed weeks
Invalidate within 52 weeks 54%
Confirm a return to the source zone first
Question 1 ยท Where has price travelled?
Current journey through the zone span
Zero is the confirmed starting zone; 100% is the opposite target zone.
Observed zone-span positionStarting-zone sideTarget-zone side
Question 2 ยท What does the model estimate?
Current 52-week outcome probability
These are competing model outcomes for the active journey, not next-week forecasts.
Confirm target within 52 weeksReturn to source within 52 weeks
12 weeks3%
26 weeks11%
52 weeks23%
Accumulation zone
31.03 / deep 27.88
Current close
43.43
Distribution zone
49.95 / deep 53.10
Source-zone dwell
5 completed weeks
Market Dynamics -0.43Latest causal completed-week reading12-week change 0.46Change in underlying supportTrend position -10%Close relative to the Trend LineVolume ratio 1.05รRecent activity versus its baseline
What actually happened before?
Successful zone transitions
Target-confirmed opposite-zone transitions from the latest 156 charted weeks.
Most recent successful journeyAccumulation to Distribution ยท Confirmed distribution
2024-02-02โ2025-08-22 ยท 82 completed weeks ยท price move +63.7%. Across this chart, 1 journey confirmed an opposite zone: 1 reached distribution and 0 reached accumulation.
0% ยท confirmed source exit100% ยท confirmed opposite zone
Accumulation to DistributionConfirmed distribution
2024-02-02โ2025-08-22 ยท journey 82w ยท source dwell 2w
Source exit50%Target confirmed
Furthest point
100%
Price move
+63.7%
Time to confirm
82w
Reached and confirmed distribution after 82 completed weeks. Price moved +63.7% from the confirmed source-zone exit.
Earnings and Price Index
Earnings and Price Index
A three-year index of the relationship between earnings power and market price.
Current stateFundamental fracture
Market price is leading earnings power; the spread is closing and has persisted through 12 updates.
Spread
Closing
Persistence
12 quarters
Confirmation
Awaiting refresh
Repricing pressure
Moderate โ price-led
Market move67.1%
Three-year change
Earnings move-9.2%
Three-year change
Repricing spread-76.3 pts
closing
Current valuation10.0ร
Price relative to earnings power
Market price is leading earnings power; the spread is closing and has persisted through 12 updates.
Market price
Earnings power
Repricing spread
Earnings update
Fundamental fracture
Earnings have weakened while price has not adjusted to the same degree.
Supporting evidence
Attribution, business confirmation and horizon robustness
The components behind the repricing relationship and the independent evidence that supports or challenges it.
What drove the move?
Earnings and relative valuation contributions
Shows how the earnings move and relative valuation combine into the total market move.
What supports the earnings picture?
Business confirmation
Business confirmation is not yet aligned to the latest earnings update.
EarningsRevenueCash generation
Signal robustness
Does the relationship persist across time horizons?
Shows whether the same earnings or price lead remains visible from shorter starting points.
Market acceptance
How price responded to each earnings update
Across completed four-week windows, 2 improving updates had a non-positive price response; 1 had a meaningful positive price response.
Professional contextPeer rarity, comparable outcomes and state history
Peer groupApparel Retail13 comparable companies
Repricing rarity100peer percentile
Spread position100peer percentile
Quality position63peer percentile
Comparable historical outcomes
There are not yet enough comparable point-in-time observations for a responsible outcome summary.
State transitions
Highlights when the dominant relationship between earnings power and market price changed.
Broadly aligned
Expectations ahead
Fundamental fracture
Related repricing signals
BOOTEarnings-led23.3 pts
LULUEarnings-led20.5 pts
AEOEarnings-led15.5 pts
Price Cycle
Completed-week market perception
Price Cycle
A deep view of whether price pressure is strong, weak, strengthening, fading or moving through a higher-risk transition.
Current Price Cycle readPositive pressure remains established, but is cooling
Price is holding a constructive market-perception position. Positive pressure remains, but it is becoming less forceful.
+7.10% ยท Positive ยท Cooling
Market positionPositive
Price is holding a constructive market-perception position.
Pressure directionCooling
Positive pressure remains, but it is becoming less forceful.
Trend qualityPersistent
Directional progress remains visible despite some interruption.
Risks and warningsNormal
No elevated completed-week pressure warning is active.
Pressure, price and published transitions
Where market perception strengthened, faded or changed state
The percentage reading is primary. Weekly close is retained only as market context; selected annotations identify meaningful completed transitions.
Market PerceptionPositive pressureNegative pressureWeekly CloseBalanceCrossed upCrossed downPublished transition or Price Action signal
Current evaluation
What the Price Cycle says now
The evaluation combines the finished pressure state, its direction, persistence and historical context.
What supports it
Price remains in positive market-perception territory.
What would improve it
Renewed upward pressure without further loss of path quality would restore confidence.
What could weaken it
A turn lower in the pressure path or a loss of balance would weaken the current interpretation.
What to watch next
The latest path is cooling with persistent trend quality. Comparable history is mixed follow-through.
Statistical perspective
How unusual, persistent and historically consequential is this position?
Historical observations describe completed evidence. They do not predict the next price move.
Historical positionLower 23% of history
The latest reading is weaker than 77% of completed observations.
State persistence146 completed weeks
The current positive state has persisted without interruption.
Comparable historyMixed follow-through
Across 136 comparable completed observations, later closes were higher 48% of the time; the typical move was -0.4%. This is context, not a forecast.
Published transition history
What changed, and when
Transitions are completed observations, not standalone instructions to buy or sell.
Deep weakness
Negative pressure entered an historically weak position.
2 weeks ago
Deep weakness
Negative pressure entered an historically weak position.
9 weeks ago
Positive pressure began cooling
Strength remained positive, but the completed path became less forceful.
16 weeks ago
Positive pressure began cooling
Strength remained positive, but the completed path became less forceful.
25 weeks ago
Positive pressure began cooling
Strength remained positive, but the completed path became less forceful.
35 weeks ago
Elevated strength
Positive pressure entered an historically strong position.
37 weeks ago
VWAP Control
Completed-week volume-weighted structure
VWAP Control
Shows price against its completed-week volume-weighted references, changes in control and the levels that would confirm or weaken the current reading.
Current controlSellers firmly in control
Price is below the core VWAP, which is falling. 50% of recent weighted activity has been accepted above it.
A completed close above 13-week VWAP with pressure holding above 60 would strengthen buyer control.
Decision area43.60
13-week VWAP at 43.60, 0.4% above the latest close.
Weakening level47.08
A completed loss of the core VWAP with pressure below 40 would strengthen seller control.
Current VWAP stack
Volume-weighted price levels
13-week VWAP43.60
+0.38% from close
Latest earnings VWAP43.69
+0.61% from close
Swing high44.02
+1.35% from close
High-activity anchor46.82
+7.81% from close
26-week VWAP47.08
+8.41% from close
Year VWAP48.16
+10.89% from close
52-week VWAP49.82
+14.72% from close
Estimated activity position
Activity above and below price
Below price 11%Above price 89%
24%near price
A notable share of recent weighted activity remains above price and may act as overhead supply.
Estimated from completed weekly typical prices and reported activity; it is not holder-level cost-basis data.
Benchmark, sector and industry
VWAP control comparison
Sector and industry comparisons require at least ten constituents with aligned completed history.
Benchmark ยท SPYWeaker control than reference
Weaker control than reference; control-score gap -61.6 points.
Buyers firmly in control ยท 83/100
Sector ยท Consumer CyclicalWeaker control than reference
Weaker control than reference; control-score gap -26.4 points.
Control is contested ยท 47/100
Industry ยท Apparel RetailWeaker control than reference
Weaker control than reference; control-score gap -40.3 points.
Buyer control developing ยท 61/100
Historical VWAP outcomes
Reclaims, losses and similar states
Descriptive outcomes from this ticker's visible historyโnot a forecast.
Weekly reclaim71% favourable
Events
7
Median 4w
-0.28%
Median 13w
+6.72%
Typical best
+8.15%
Typical worst
-8.48%
Completed occasions when price moved back above the core VWAP.
Weekly loss50% favourable
Events
8
Median 4w
-0.85%
Median 13w
+1.70%
Typical best
+8.90%
Typical worst
-7.29%
Completed occasions when price moved below the core VWAP.
Comparable control states15 matched weeks
Positive after 4w
53%
Median 4w
+0.88%
Positive after 13w
80%
Median 13w
+21.21%
Best / worst 13w
+43.5% / -11.2%
Outcomes after completed weeks with a similar control score and the same side of the core VWAP.
VWAP control history
Completed changes
VWAP structure turned lower
The fast VWAP crossed below the core VWAP.
Core VWAP lost
Price completed the week below the core VWAP.
VWAP structure turned higher
The fast VWAP crossed above the core VWAP.
Core VWAP reclaimed
Price completed the week back above the core VWAP.
Seller pressure established
The completed control reading moved into negative territory.
VWAP reclaim rejected
Price tested above the core VWAP but completed the week back below it.
Core VWAP lost
Price completed the week below the core VWAP.
Core VWAP test held
Price traded through the core VWAP but recovered above it by the completed close.
Next-State Map
Next-State Map
Historical one-week transition paths from similar completed-week states.
SMI
Proprietary completed-week evidence
SMI
See whether the underlying conditions beneath price are strengthening, weakening or holding firm.
Current SMI readUnderlying support remains weak and requires repair
Price weakness is accompanied by a cautious SMI state. The latest reading is based on completed weekly evidence.
0.14 ยท Weak
Current stateWeak ยท 0.14
Latest completed-week SMI reading
DirectionHolding steady
How the completed SMI path is changing
PersistenceDeveloping
7 completed weeks in the current state
Price relationshipConfirming price weakness
Price weakness is accompanied by a cautious SMI state.
Price and SMI transitions
Where underlying support changed
Annotations identify selected completed SMI state changes.
Weekly CloseTrend LineFair ValueActivity Lines
SMI pathDirection, persistence and turning points
SMI 0.14 ยท Weak
ImprovingHolding steadyWeakening
SMI in context
Comparable SMI states have carried a positive historical bias
Across 30 comparable completed observations, 73.3% closed higher after 13 weeks. The median move was +16.6%.
Comparable observations
30
Completed historical readings
Positive outcomes
73.3%
After 13 completed weeks
Median move
+16.6%
Over the following 13 weeks
Versus normal baseline
+14.4 pts
Difference in positive outcome rate
Chart Summary
Key Points
Week Ending
28 Aug 2026
Latest Close
43.43
12-Week Change
-3.33%
Trend Signal
Inactive
Next-Week Expectancy
Undecided 49.83%
Signal Weeks
0 of 12
Vs Trend Line
Below
Vs Fair Value
Above
Relative Strength
-21.50
Market Dynamics
-0.43
Over the latest 12 completed weeks ending 2026-08-28, BKE fell 3.33%, moving from 44.93 to 43.43. The latest weekly close is below the Trend Line and above Fair Value. Trend Signal is inactive on the latest week and was active in 0 of the last 12 weeks. Relative Strength is -21.50 and has softened across the 12-week window. Market Dynamics is -0.43 on the latest week. Next-week expectancy is undecided at 49.83% based on similar historical setup states.
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