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Thursday, August 13, 2026

Turnarounds

Long-term turnarounds

Names that have lost meaningful value over the last year and where a sustained volume rise suggests accumulation is starting. 60-250 day horizon — not a short-term trade. Validated edge: research/null_results.md.

Scan refreshed 2026-08-12. Held 60-250 days.

Live candidates

Names with trailing-252d return ≤ -30 % AND still ≥ 30 % below their 252d high AND 20-day mean volume ≥ 1.3× the prior 70-day baseline. Gold tier = both axes strict (D ≥ 50 % AND V ≥ 2.0×).

All (12)Gold (0)Silver (4)Bronze (8)
TierSymbolSectorLastRet 1yOff highVol 20/70StabDays in DDScore
BronzeALNYHealth Care$223.95-48.5%-54.4%1.79×1.64203d0.87
BronzePZZACons. Discr.$24.09-45.4%-56.4%1.70×1.29199d0.77
BronzeLRNCons. Staples$78.59-47.8%-53.7%1.48×1.25240d0.70
BronzeCELHCons. Staples$27.62-48.9%-57.4%1.39×1.41204d0.68
BronzeROLCons. Discr.$36.52-37.5%-44.3%1.72×1.19125d0.64
BronzePEGATechnology$31.35-37.0%-53.0%1.67×1.37198d0.62
BronzeACICons. Staples$12.01-38.0%-39.2%1.49×1.54204d0.56
BronzeAPPCommunications$303.76-34.8%-58.6%1.45×1.11159d0.50

Recent fires

Turnaround candidates as they first fired, newest first, with the close on the trigger day and the move since.

Trigger dateSymbolTierTrigger priceLastSince
2026-08-12AHCOSilver$5.77$5.70-1.2%
2026-08-12ALNYBronze$221.20$227.12+2.7%
2026-08-12APPBronze$303.76$312.67+2.9%
2026-08-12CELHBronze$28.09$28.78+2.5%
2026-08-12DOCSSilver$24.99$26.59+6.4%
2026-08-12LRNBronze$79.09$83.67+5.8%
2026-08-12PZZABronze$24.32$24.09
2026-08-12TTDSilver$13.49$13.49
2026-08-11ACIBronze$11.58$12.40+7.1%
2026-08-11ALNYSilver$216.98$227.12+4.7%
2026-08-11ARISilver$6.62$6.91+4.4%
2026-08-11CALXBronze$35.90$39.84+11.0%
2026-08-11ERIEBronze$242.04$255.83+5.7%
2026-08-11FIZZBronze$31.64$31.33-1.0%
2026-08-11GSHDBronze$62.00$67.40+8.7%
2026-08-11HLIBronze$125.49$132.21+5.4%
2026-08-11OIBronze$7.15$6.75-5.6%
2026-08-11PEGABronze$30.55$31.35+2.6%
2026-08-11PSNBronze$44.21$48.28+9.2%
2026-08-11ROLBronze$37.97$36.52-3.8%

Validation cohort — 2010-01-04 to 2025-05-09

The fixed backtest sample the edge was validated on, not a live feed — these dates do not move, which is why the newest of them is well in the past. Latest 30 of the cohort, with the close on the trigger day and the realised 60d / 250d forward return measured from it. See research/turnaround_volume.py.

Trigger dateSymbolTrigger priceRet 1yOff highVol 20/70Fwd 60dFwd 250d
2025-05-09SHOO$22.98-41.1%-52.0%1.40×+12.5%+76.7%
2025-05-09CYTK$31.70-50.1%-50.2%1.35×+10.9%+142.6%
2025-05-09NEOG$5.97-50.7%-66.2%1.95×-20.1%+51.6%
2025-05-09ROG$65.98-45.0%-51.0%1.86×+6.9%+113.2%
2025-05-09VSTS$6.29-36.7%-62.3%1.32×-10.3%+46.9%
2025-05-09KW$6.16-32.0%-47.4%1.43×+17.9%+78.9%
2025-05-09MKSI$80.05-38.1%-46.5%1.41×+12.0%+291.3%
2025-05-09THRM$26.71-47.9%-51.8%1.89×+25.4%+18.2%
2025-05-09IART$12.25-44.3%-59.5%1.99×+1.0%+13.6%
2025-05-08WERN$26.41-30.2%-39.4%1.54×+4.5%+37.8%
2025-05-08RH$196.60-31.3%-58.4%1.49×+10.9%-32.0%
2025-05-08BC$48.08-43.6%-46.6%1.42×+23.4%+68.0%
2025-05-08ARCB$62.50-48.7%-53.2%1.44×+19.6%+94.8%
2025-05-07BRKR$40.76-43.7%-49.6%1.41×-14.8%+3.8%
2025-05-07WFRD$43.03-64.2%-67.4%1.45×+29.8%+151.8%
2025-05-07CERT$11.46-35.4%-35.6%2.11×-13.3%-45.4%
2025-05-07BDX$131.40-31.3%-33.7%1.65×+7.0%+10.2%
2025-05-07PRAA$13.28-45.1%-49.3%1.60×+17.7%+60.3%
2025-05-07FND$73.40-35.1%-41.1%1.43×+11.0%-30.5%
2025-05-07MTX$52.34-30.3%-41.0%1.56×+8.0%+51.5%
2025-05-07FIVE$82.20-43.5%-44.8%1.35×+66.1%+184.9%
2025-05-07MATW$19.10-30.7%-40.4%1.30×+21.3%+47.0%
2025-05-06HAL$19.44-45.3%-47.7%1.36×+11.1%+114.6%
2025-05-06CABO$182.98-55.8%-58.9%1.39×-25.3%-65.4%
2025-05-06OGN$9.13-53.7%-62.1%2.13×+6.8%+46.2%
2025-05-06IART$12.75-54.5%-58.3%1.84×-3.5%+3.7%
2025-05-06NKE$57.04-36.5%-41.0%1.42×+30.8%-24.5%
2025-05-06TECH$47.72-32.2%-40.8%1.47×+15.0%+18.8%
2025-05-06NE$22.88-49.2%-54.0%1.47×+12.3%+118.3%
2025-05-06WLK$78.83-47.6%-51.3%1.31×-4.3%+32.9%