EverHint Signal — Momentum Swing: Tech Sector Breakout — December 08, 2025

What This Signal Is (Quick)

The Tech Sector Breakout variant of the Momentum Swing strategy looks for technology names pressing into new highs with confirming volume and short-term relative strength. It is designed for traders who like to ride sector trends rather than bottom-fish individual names.

The core idea: when an entire sector is in gear, the strongest components often travel further and faster than the broad market. This scan flags tech stocks that are at or near their 52-week highs, showing rising volume and positive short-term momentum versus the S&P 500.

This is an experimental scanner intended for idea generation, education and back-testing. It is not a buy or sell list, and it does not account for your personal risk profile, position sizing, tax situation or execution quality.

How We Ranked Today (Reader Version)

For this Tech Sector Breakout report, the signals are:

• All in the Technology sector
• All showing breakout-type behavior (near 52-week highs)
• All trading with volume thrust around 1.5x their 20-day average

Ranking is based primarily on a composite score (labeled “Score”) that blends trend, momentum and volatility. Within this tiny list, higher score means cleaner trend and momentum structure; volume thrust acts as a secondary strength check.

On top of the raw breakout, three overlays matter for risk and timing:

• Insider flows
  • We aggregate open-market insider transactions over the last 90 days.
  • Net buying is shown as positive, net selling as negative in “Insider Net (USD)”.
• Earnings proximity
  • “Days → Earnings” shows how many calendar days remain until the next scheduled earnings report.
  • Very short windows to earnings often mean higher gap risk and wider expected ranges.
• Analyst context (for narrative only)
  • For each name we look at the nearest annual estimate for EPS and revenue, plus number of analysts.
  • Tight estimate ranges can signal higher confidence; wide ranges suggest more uncertainty.

Signals are for educational use and back-testing only, not real-time trade recommendations.

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How to read the table

• Rank – Order by composite Score, highest first.
• Vol Thrust – Today’s dollar volume versus 20-day average (1.50x means fifty percent above normal).
• % of 52W High – Distance to the 52-week high; 100% means effectively at a new high.
• Score – Composite quality score scaled to 0–100 (0 = weakest in this scan, 100 = strongest).
• Insider Net (USD) – Approximate 90-day open-market net insider activity:
  • Positive values = net buying
  • Negative values = net selling
  • Zero = no meaningful open-market activity detected
• Days → Earnings – Calendar days until the next scheduled earnings release.

Quick symbol notes

• TDC – Teradata Corporation (Rank 1)
  • Closing at its 52-week high with around one-and-a-half times normal dollar volume and the top composite score in this tiny list.
  • Relative strength versus the S&P 500 over the last month is modestly positive, and there is no material open-market insider activity in the last 90 days.
  • Earnings are about 64 days out, leaving a comfortable swing window before event risk ramps up.
• U – Unity Software Inc. (Rank 2)
  • Large-cap software name with very strong liquidity (hundreds of millions in average daily dollar volume) and a solid breakout at the 52-week high.
  • Short-term relative strength versus the index is the best in this group, but insiders have been net sellers to the tune of roughly three million dollars over the last three months.
  • Next earnings in about 73 days, so this is more of a medium-term swing candidate than an earnings-driven catalyst play.
• VIAV – Viavi Solutions Inc. (Rank 3)
  • Mid-cap networking and test equipment play, also punching to a 52-week high on elevated volume.
  • Composite score is low in this particular model, which often reflects a choppier trend or higher volatility for the same upside.
  • Insiders have been net sellers of around two million dollars, and earnings are roughly 52 days away, landing in the “approaching, but not imminent” zone.

Field Notes

• Volume thrust
  • All three tech names are trading at around 1.5x their 20-day average dollar volume, which suggests genuine participation rather than a thin, illiquid pop.
• 52-week highs across the board
  • Each symbol is sitting effectively at its 52-week high (100 percent of the 52-week high).
  • Breakouts at new highs can travel further than “bounce from support” setups, but they also provide less obvious nearby price support, so risk management has to be price-based rather than “obvious level” based.
• Score dispersion
  • The score separation (100, 50, 0) is useful for triage:
    • TDC: cleanest trend plus momentum in this sample.
    • U: strong, but with some mixed factors in the composite.
    • VIAV: qualifies as a breakout, but the model is more cautious on its trend quality.
• Insiders as a mild headwind
  • Unity and Viavi both show meaningful net insider selling in recent months, while Teradata is neutral.
  • Insider selling is not automatically bearish (especially for long-tenured executives), but when combined with extended prices at highs, it argues for conservative position sizing and clearly defined exits.
• Earnings timing
  • With earnings clustered roughly 7–11 weeks out, none of these names are in the last-few-days “roulette” zone yet, but a 1–4 week swing could overlap rising implied volatility as the dates get closer.
  • For systematic swing approaches, many traders prefer to be flat or significantly scaled down before the last couple of weeks into earnings, unless they are explicitly trading the event.

Vlad’s Take (EverHint)

Today’s market backdrop: the S&P 500 slipped about 0.4 percent, the Nasdaq fell around 0.4 percent and the Dow dropped roughly 0.5 percent, while small caps (Russell 2000) also finished in the red. The VIX closed near 16.7, a normal but slightly elevated reading that hints at more hedging than euphoria. Ten-year yields ticked up to roughly 4.17 percent, and crypto stayed risk-on, with Bitcoin and Ethereum both green on the day. Overall, it looks like a cautious, mild risk-off tape with selective appetite for higher-beta assets rather than a broad risk-on surge.

Against that backdrop, a handful of tech names quietly printing fresh 52-week highs on solid volume stands out. It suggests sector-specific strength rather than an everything-rising environment. In setups like these, I like the idea of focusing on the highest-quality trend (TDC in this scan), treating the others as optional add-ons if the sector continues to lead. Given the net insider selling in U and VIAV, I would treat them as tactical swing candidates rather than conviction core holdings.

From a trading-plan perspective, this is classic 1–4 week swing territory: look for pullbacks toward short moving averages or intraday consolidations rather than chasing extended candles, define risk just below recent structure, and consider partial profit-taking into strength. With earnings still several weeks away but yields edging higher, I would avoid oversized positions and be quick to step away if the broader indices start to break their own support levels. This is an experimental scanner, so treat these ideas as inputs into your own process, not as outputs you follow blindly.

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