Kept & Counted

The raw record, kept verbatim as it shipped

Read № 68 · Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Keep Counting [Daily] — 2026-08-19 (Wed)

universe 1590 · latest daily bar 2026-08-19 (latest daily (today in-progress)) SETUP 2 · COILING 62 (cohering 39 / diverging 6) · FRESH_BREAK 1

🌐 REGIME — CORRECTION / DISTRIBUTION

beach-mode — most coils fail here; sit on hands or G/0R only today 146↑ / 93↓ (4%+ day-movers) · 5-bar balance -8 · T2108 40% above 40-d MA

⏫ What moved since last run (2026-08-18)

  • ⬆️ GRADUATED coil→setup: $GPN, $NSIT
  • 🌀 new coil: $XYZ, $APA, $ACAD, $PAYC, $FCX, $KMX, $SW, $PRGS, $RVTY, $GH, $NEOG, $CCS, $EWTX, $DXPE, $MANH, $SKY, $ILMN, $TALO, $SBH, $SAIC
  • ➖ dropped out: $AVT, $CXW, $MOG.A, $TVTX, $PARR, $XNCR, $GKOS, $ZBRA, $ATI, $NEO, $WHD, $AIR, $IRM, $CACI, $INDV, $RAL, $FRO, $MTUS, $DGII

🚦 Gate — CORRECTION / DISTRIBUTION

Beach-mode — longs HEAVILY suppressed: only the most decisive G/0R survive, and even those swim against the tide. Most coils FAIL here. Learn/watch tape, not a buy tape. regime gate suppressed 15 cohering coil(s) that weren’t decisive enough for this tape.

⚠️ Clearest fakes — decisive distribution at the highs (lead this regime)

  • $XYZ (-6.7% from high) — 0G/4R — supply leaving while 7% off the high; structure says coil, commitment says exit
  • $MANH (-6.6% from high) — 3G/3R — supply leaving while 7% off the high; structure says coil, commitment says exit
  • $NEOG (-5.4% from high) — 1G/3R — supply leaving while 5% off the high; structure says coil, commitment says exit
  • $LPG (-0.9% from high) — 2G/3R — supply leaving while glued to the high; structure says coil, commitment says exit

⭐ Worth a real look (secondary — fakes lead this regime)

  • $ABNB (-1.5% from high, 3%/day, +42% 3mo) — 3G/1R decisive accumulation under a flat tape; glued to the high; range contracting
  • $NSIT (-6.4% from high, 4%/day, +66% 3mo) — inside-bar trigger cocked at the box top; 5G/0R decisive accumulation under a flat tape; 6% off the high; range contracting
  • $IQV (-0.8% from high, 3%/day, +44% 3mo) — 3G/0R decisive accumulation under a flat tape; glued to the high; range contracting

🎯 SETUP — act-ready (inside bar pressed to box top)

  • $NSIT -6.4% 3.7%/day 3mo +66% $ 57M 5G/0R accu COHERING
  • $GPN -4.0% 3.1%/day 3mo +35% $ 256M 5G/2R neut MIXED

⚠️ DIVERGING — fake-coil risk (the don’t-buy list)

  • $LPG -0.9% 3.4%/day 3mo +18% $ 26M 2G/3R dist DIVERGING
  • $AMN -5.1% 3.8%/day 3mo +31% $ 22M 2G/5R dist DIVERGING
  • $NEOG -5.4% 4.0%/day 3mo +46% $ 23M 1G/3R dist DIVERGING
  • $GEO -5.9% 3.9%/day 3mo +35% $ 47M 4G/6R dist DIVERGING
  • $MANH -6.6% 3.8%/day 3mo +52% $ 157M 3G/3R dist DIVERGING
  • $XYZ -6.7% 3.0%/day 3mo +15% $ 354M 0G/4R dist DIVERGING

🌀 COILING — cohering, near highs (top 40)

  • $SAIC -0.8% 3.0%/day 3mo +34% $ 45M 3G/0R accu COHERING
  • $CART -0.8% 3.4%/day 3mo +24% $ 160M 4G/2R accu COHERING
  • $IQV -0.8% 3.2%/day 3mo +44% $ 288M 3G/0R accu COHERING
  • $ILMN -1.0% 3.6%/day 3mo +45% $ 330M 5G/4R accu COHERING
  • $BIO -1.0% 3.2%/day 3mo +30% $ 91M 1G/0R accu COHERING
  • $LQDT -1.2% 3.2%/day 3mo +28% $ 8M 5G/5R accu COHERING
  • $TDW -1.2% 3.4%/day 3mo +13% $ 47M 3G/1R accu COHERING
  • $ROIV -1.4% 3.4%/day 3mo +31% $ 191M 7G/1R accu COHERING
  • $ABNB -1.5% 3.0%/day 3mo +42% $ 700M 3G/1R accu COHERING
  • $SM -1.6% 3.6%/day 3mo +5% $ 111M 2G/0R accu COHERING
  • $RGEN -2.0% 4.0%/day 3mo +63% $ 159M 1G/0R accu COHERING
  • $WEX -2.1% 3.2%/day 3mo +39% $ 115M 2G/1R accu COHERING
  • $RVTY -2.2% 3.0%/day 3mo +25% $ 147M 8G/1R accu COHERING
  • $PBF -2.3% 5.4%/day 3mo +73% $ 208M 1G/0R accu COHERING
  • $ACAD -2.4% 3.0%/day 3mo +48% $ 41M 4G/1R accu COHERING
  • $EXPE -2.6% 3.8%/day 3mo +52% $ 449M 4G/3R accu COHERING
  • $HP -2.8% 3.3%/day 3mo +7% $ 37M 3G/0R accu COHERING
  • $EPC -4.0% 3.7%/day 3mo +80% $ 16M 3G/0R accu COHERING
  • $CNK -4.3% 3.2%/day 3mo +42% $ 85M 4G/1R accu COHERING
  • $FTI -4.4% 3.4%/day 3mo +4% $ 232M 2G/0R accu COHERING
  • $ZD -4.4% 3.2%/day 3mo +32% $ 31M 6G/3R accu COHERING
  • $FCX -4.4% 3.5%/day 3mo +18% $ 805M 3G/0R accu COHERING
  • $APA -4.8% 3.2%/day 3mo +6% $ 211M 2G/2R accu COHERING
  • $GFF -5.2% 3.2%/day 3mo +29% $ 31M 2G/2R accu COHERING
  • $QNST -5.5% 3.3%/day 3mo +86% $ 13M 2G/1R accu COHERING
  • $KMX -5.8% 3.2%/day 3mo +63% $ 120M 3G/3R accu COHERING
  • $MLKN -6.0% 3.3%/day 3mo +63% $ 12M 2G/0R accu COHERING
  • $DBX -6.4% 3.7%/day 3mo +21% $ 140M 6G/4R accu COHERING
  • $SBH -6.6% 3.7%/day 3mo +38% $ 21M 4G/3R accu COHERING
  • $SKY -6.6% 3.3%/day 3mo +42% $ 57M 3G/0R accu COHERING
  • $FLR -6.7% 4.3%/day 3mo +27% $ 126M 4G/4R accu COHERING
  • $CCS -6.8% 3.3%/day 3mo +44% $ 15M 4G/0R accu COHERING
  • $HPQ -7.0% 4.4%/day 3mo +43% $ 382M 2G/1R accu COHERING
  • $VSEC -7.0% 4.4%/day 3mo +45% $ 82M 5G/1R accu COHERING
  • $QLYS -7.4% 5.2%/day 3mo +91% $ 106M 2G/1R accu COHERING
  • $CSW -7.5% 3.4%/day 3mo +26% $ 45M 4G/1R accu COHERING
  • $RELY -7.7% 4.2%/day 3mo +20% $ 67M 4G/3R accu COHERING
  • $DXPE -7.9% 3.8%/day 3mo +36% $ 29M 3G/3R accu COHERING
  • $EAT -8.0% 4.0%/day 3mo +85% $ 219M 3G/3R accu COHERING

⊕ Off-index operator radar — watch / learn (outside the indexes)

  • $PGEN -2.2% 6.4%/day 3mo +72% $ 34M 6G/2R accu COHERING
  • $OSCR -2.9% 4.8%/day 3mo +32% $ 160M 2G/1R accu COHERING
  • $EWTX -4.0% 4.8%/day 3mo +46% $ 43M 5G/3R accu COHERING
  • $GH -7.5% 4.4%/day 3mo +71% $ 335M 4G/2R accu COHERING
  • $DFTX -7.8% 5.0%/day 3mo+129% $ 81M 2G/3R neut MIXED

🔥 Stockbee momentum — persistent bursts (3+ of last 5 days)

different pattern (1–5 day burst, not a coil) — watch/learn; ⭐ = also coiling in the cockpit

  • $XHLD — 5/5 days
  • $RCEL — 5/5 days
  • $OABI — 5/5 days
  • $ABCL — 5/5 days
  • $QMCO — 5/5 days
  • $SMJF — 5/5 days
  • $TEAM — 5/5 days
  • $OMER — 5/5 days
  • $LUNL — 5/5 days
  • $ARX — 5/5 days
  • $VREX — 5/5 days
  • $STIM — 5/5 days
  • $BWMN — 5/5 days
  • $HTFL — 4/5 days
  • $BWET — 4/5 days
  • $NIQ — 4/5 days
  • $STKH — 4/5 days
  • $AXTU — 4/5 days
  • $AXTX — 4/5 days
  • $SMCL — 4/5 days
  • $AXTL — 4/5 days
  • $SMCX — 4/5 days
  • $RDWU — 4/5 days
  • $AEHG — 4/5 days
  • $LIFE — 4/5 days

📚 Pattern lesson — learn by example

one clean live instance of each archetype; charts saved to the Pattern Guide Plates library

📈 Cohering Coil — real accumulation — $ABNB

Tight box pressed to the high with green caps dominating: institutions buying INTO the pause. Structure (coil) and commitment (caps) AGREE → the roof is being validated. This name: 3G/1R decisive accumulation under a flat tape; glued to the high; range contracting

🎭 Fake-Coil — distribution in disguise — $NEOG

Looks identical to a real coil on price — tight, near the high — but the caps under it are RED. Supply leaving while price hovers. Structure says coil, commitment says exit. The trap. This name: 1G/3R — supply leaving while 5% off the high; structure says coil, commitment says exit

🎯 Inside-Bar Setup — the cocked trigger — $NSIT

An inside bar pressed to the box top = a defined buy-stop trigger with the stop right below. You’re early AND you have an exact level — the highest-value pre-obvious state. This name: inside-bar trigger cocked at the box top; 5G/0R decisive accumulation under a flat tape; 6% off the high; range contracting

📋 ThinkOrSwim watchlists — copy/paste (create a new watchlist, paste the line)

KC_Focus_D_0819 (4)

ABNB,NSIT,IQV,GPN

KC_Coils_D_0819 (39)

SAIC,CART,IQV,ILMN,BIO,LQDT,TDW,ROIV,ABNB,SM,RGEN,WEX,RVTY,PBF,ACAD,EXPE,HP,EPC,CNK,FTI,ZD,FCX,APA,GFF,QNST,KMX,MLKN,DBX,SBH,SKY,FLR,CCS,HPQ,VSEC,QLYS,CSW,RELY,DXPE,EAT

KC_Fakes_D_0819 (6)

LPG,AMN,NEOG,GEO,MANH,XYZ

KC_OffIdx_D_0819 (5)

PGEN,OSCR,EWTX,GH,DFTX

aG/bR = green vs red caps in the box (commitment). COHERING = structure + commitment agree · DIVERGING = distribution under a coil near highs.