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$U (Unity Software) last traded at $41.48 in extended hours (regular-session close $41.55) (+0.14% vs the prior close). The market is closed, so these are the last session's prices (read Mon Sep 28, 12:16 AM ET).

LONG · conviction 76/100 (High). The site's scanner ranks this daily 2-1 FORMING (2-1-?) setup #9 of 599 right now (it is on the top-10 list), and it reads long because the setup names no direction, so it leans to the nearer trigger: price is closer to the long trigger (41.97) than the short one (39.96). The score ranks setup quality; it is not a forecast. Backing: 6 real signals for, 4 against (counted under Confluence and Watch-outs).

The setup

Setup: 2-1 FORMING (2-1-?) on the daily chart. As Stratify's lesson "The 2-1-2, both ways" puts it: A push, a coil, then a break — with or against what came before.

Why this conviction

• Setup type: 2-1 FORMING (2-1-?) carries +22 points on the site's tier list.
• Volume: relative volume 1.55x normal (live) adds +45 (capped at 45).
• The live volume gate is passing now: +6.
• Price action: the last print ($41.48) is 1.18% from the trigger ($41.97), +3.

That adds up to 76/100. These are display weights that rank setups against each other, not a win rate.

Confluence

Backing: 6 real signals for this long from 4 independent sources, 4 against (the ones against are listed under Watch-outs). Only evidence that lines up behind the plan is counted; the setup's own name, its score and its structure target are the plan itself, not backing for it.

• Chart: The daily trend is up (since Mar 31): higher highs and higher lows.
• Chart: Price ($41.48) is above this month's open ($41.22, 0.6% higher).
• Volume: volume is 1.55x normal (RVOL), so more people are behind the move.
• GEX: on the Oct 2 expiry (read Sep 28, 12:16 AM ET), the magnet $45 sits between the trigger and the target, where hedging tends to pull price.
• Dark pool: the Sep 24 off-exchange average price $42.00 (14.2M shares) sits between the trigger and the target, where price tends to react.
• Dark pool: the Sep 23 off-exchange average price $43.65 (4.1M shares) sits between the trigger and the target, where price tends to react.

Plan facts (not counted):

• The trigger $41.97 sits at the previous day high (PDH $41.97) - a level the market already respects. On a daily setup that is by construction, so it is not counted as backing.
• The target $48.00 is the 40 candle structure - a price the market has already traded, not a projection.

The plan

Wait for price to trade above $41.97. Stop at $39.96 ($2.01 of risk per share). Target $48.00 (+14.4%, about 3.0 to 1). The stop is 4.8% from the trigger - a wide stop, so a beginner would size the position smaller. Checkpoints on the way: $43.54 and $44.38.

Until the trigger prints, nothing is confirmed. The stop is where the idea is wrong; if price gets there, the plan is over. This is a daily setup.

Estimated hold: about 7 trading days after the trigger prints (typically 4 to 12 trading days). This plan's target is 3.0 ATRs from the trigger. That is measured, not a forecast: it is the middle of what 1,022 past daily 2-1 FORMING (2-1-?) setups on the long side took whose target sat 2.5 to 3.4 ATRs away (this one is 3.0), so it moves with the target's distance at today's ATR. Price is 0.2 ATR from the trigger now; setups that began that close to theirs printed it within about 1 trading day. Once triggered, half of the ones that reached the target did so within 7 trading days, but only 26% of the triggered setups got there at all. If it has not paid by about 17 trading days after the trigger, treat the idea as stale.

Prior day and prior week levels

The extremes of the previous session and week are levels the market already respects. Only the ones this plan is built on are shown - on a daily setup the trigger and stop are the last session's low and high by construction.

• PDH $41.97 - the high of the last completed session; the trigger ($41.97) sits at it.

Options positioning (GEX)

• Expiry used: Oct 2 (5 days out), read Sep 28, 12:16 AM ET; every level below is recomputed from that expiry's own 42 strikes - of the expiries read, its gamma map and options flow back the long idea most (score +1; also read: Oct 9 (+1)).
• Backs the plan: The magnet $45 sits between the trigger and the target, where hedging tends to pull price.
• Caution: The call wall $45 sits between the trigger and the target as a ceiling.

Dark pool levels

Dark pools are trades matched away from the public exchanges. Each level is the average price (volume-weighted) of one session's off-exchange volume; only the levels that sit where they help this trade are shown.

• Sep 24 - $42.00: 14.2M shares off-exchange (47% of that session's volume), +1.3% from price.
• Sep 23 - $43.65: 4.1M shares off-exchange (45% of that session's volume), +5.2% from price.

Options flow

Only big unusual prints count: a call bought at the ask (never sold at the bid), with at least $250K actually paid at the fills, volume at least 3x the open interest, expiring within 3 months and not deep in the money - searched across every expiry the flow engine holds for this ticker, not just one. Strikes between the trigger and the target come first, then the largest amount paid, then the nearer expiry; a second contract is shown only if at least a quarter of the first. A print whose fills cannot be read is not shown - its size would be a guess.

No single options print of $250K or more, bought at the ask, backs this idea right now.

Repeated sweeps - a call the site's tape marked as swept at least 3 times at the ask in the last session (a sweep is one order filled across several exchanges at once, as the tape tags it). Counted as flow only when the combined amount paid clears the same $250K bar.

No contract was swept repeatedly at the ask in the last session.

For context, calls are 78% of the last session's options volume in the Oct 2 expiry (put/call ratio 0.29).

Watch-outs

• The weekly trend is down. That argues against the bias.
• The monthly trend is down. That argues against the bias.
• The call wall ($45.00) sits between the trigger and the target, so expect price to slow or react there.
• The gamma flip ($43.98) sits between the trigger and the target, so expect price to slow or react there.
• PWH ($44.57) sits between the trigger and the target: prior extremes often stall price, so expect a reaction there.
• On this chart, from a spot like this, the trend continued 43% of the time (21 cases) - close to a coin flip, so respect the stop.
• Structure: a close below $40.22 would flip the daily trend the other way (a change of character).
• The one-session options-implied move is about +/-3.2% (from the Oct 2 at-the-money straddle); scaled by the square root of time to the estimated 7-session hold that is about +/-8.3%, but the target is 14.4% away (1.7x the priced-in move): a stretch that needs more than the usual move.
• The idea is wrong if price trades below $39.96.

$O (Realty Income) last traded at $55.72 in extended hours (regular-session close $55.53) (+0.56% vs the prior close). The market is closed, so these are the last session's prices (read Mon Sep 28, 12:17 AM ET).

LONG · conviction 75/100 (High). The site's scanner ranks this daily 2-1 FORMING (2-1-?) setup #11 of 599 right now, and it reads long because price has already traded through the long trigger. The daily trend runs the other way, so this is a counter-trend idea. Keep the position small. The score ranks setup quality; it is not a forecast. Backing: 10 real signals for, 5 against (counted under Confluence and Watch-outs).

The setup

Setup: 2-1 FORMING (2-1-?) on the daily chart. As Stratify's lesson "The 2-1-2, both ways" puts it: A push, a coil, then a break — with or against what came before.

Why this conviction

• Setup type: 2-1 FORMING (2-1-?) carries +22 points on the site's tier list.
• Volume: relative volume 1.59x normal (live) adds +45 (capped at 45).
• The live volume gate is passing now: +6.
• Price action: the last print ($55.72) has already traded through the trigger ($55.66), +2.

That adds up to 75/100. These are display weights that rank setups against each other, not a win rate.

Confluence

Backing: 10 real signals for this long from 7 independent sources, 5 against (the ones against are listed under Watch-outs). Only evidence that lines up behind the plan is counted; the setup's own name, its score and its structure target are the plan itself, not backing for it.

• Chart: The monthly trend is up.
• Chart: Price ($55.72) is above the previous day's high (PDH $55.66).
• Volume: volume is 1.59x normal (RVOL), so more people are behind the move.
• Target: At the target: the call wall $57.5 sits right at it (+0.2% away), where dealer hedging concentrates - price tends to be drawn there or stall there, so it is a natural place to take profit (on the Oct 16 expiry (read Sep 28, 12:17 AM ET)).
• GEX: on the Oct 16 expiry (read Sep 28, 12:17 AM ET), the put wall $55 sits just under the trigger as a floor.
• GEX: on the Oct 16 expiry (read Sep 28, 12:17 AM ET), the call wall $57.5 is at or past the target, so nothing sits in the way.
• Flow: about $592K was paid at the ask for the Oct 16 $57.50 call ($475K marked at today's price).
• Dark pool: the Sep 25 off-exchange average price $55.33 (3.9M shares) sits just behind the trigger, where it can act as support.
• Dark pool: the Sep 24 off-exchange average price $55.35 (4.1M shares) sits just behind the trigger, where it can act as support.
• Levels: the stop $55.08 sits at the previous week low (PWL $55.07) - a level the market already respects.

Plan facts (not counted):

• The trigger $55.66 sits at the previous day high (PDH $55.66) - a level the market already respects. On a daily setup that is by construction, so it is not counted as backing.
• The stop $55.08 sits at the previous day low (PDL $55.08) - a level the market already respects. On a daily setup that is by construction, so it is not counted as backing.
• The target $57.40 is the 10 candle structure - a price the market has already traded, not a projection.

The plan

Wait for price to trade above $55.66. Stop at $55.08 ($0.58 of risk per share). Target $57.40 (+3.1%, about 3.0 to 1). The stop is 1.0% from the trigger. Checkpoints on the way: $56.24 and $56.82.

Until the trigger prints, nothing is confirmed. The stop is where the idea is wrong; if price gets there, the plan is over. This is a daily setup.

Estimated hold: about 4 trading days after the trigger prints (typically 2 to 6 trading days). This plan's target is 1.8 ATRs from the trigger. That is measured, not a forecast: it is the middle of what 4,583 past daily 2-1 FORMING (2-1-?) setups on the long side took whose target sat 1.5 to 2.1 ATRs away (this one is 1.8), so it moves with the target's distance at today's ATR. The trigger has already printed, so the clock is running. Once triggered, half of the ones that reached the target did so within 4 trading days, but only 27% of the triggered setups got there at all. If it has not paid by about 10 trading days after the trigger, treat the idea as stale.

Prior day and prior week levels

The extremes of the previous session and week are levels the market already respects. Only the ones this plan is built on are shown - on a daily setup the trigger and stop are the last session's low and high by construction.

• PDH $55.66 - the high of the last completed session; the trigger ($55.66) sits at it.
• PDL $55.08 - the low of the last completed session; the stop ($55.08) sits at it.
• PWL $55.07 - the low of the last completed week; the stop ($55.08) sits at it.

Options positioning (GEX)

• Expiry used: Oct 16 (19 days out), read Sep 28, 12:17 AM ET; every level below is recomputed from that expiry's own 12 strikes - of the expiries read, its gamma map and options flow back the long idea most (score +5; also read: Nov 20 (+4)).
• Backs the plan: At the target: the call wall $57.5 sits right at it (+0.2% away), where dealer hedging concentrates - price tends to be drawn there or stall there, so it is a natural place to take profit.
• Backs the plan: The put wall $55 sits just under the trigger as a floor.
• Backs the plan: The call wall $57.5 is at or past the target, so nothing sits in the way.

Dark pool levels

Dark pools are trades matched away from the public exchanges. Each level is the average price (volume-weighted) of one session's off-exchange volume; only the levels that sit where they help this trade are shown.

• Sep 25 - $55.33: 3.9M shares off-exchange (42% of that session's volume), -0.7% from price.
• Sep 24 - $55.35: 4.1M shares off-exchange (53% of that session's volume), -0.7% from price.

Options flow

Only big unusual prints count: a call bought at the ask (never sold at the bid), with at least $250K actually paid at the fills, volume at least 3x the open interest, expiring within 3 months and not deep in the money - searched across every expiry the flow engine holds for this ticker, not just one. Strikes between the trigger and the target come first, then the largest amount paid, then the nearer expiry; a second contract is shown only if at least a quarter of the first. A print whose fills cannot be read is not shown - its size would be a guess.

• About $592K was paid, bought at the ask, for the $57.50 call expiring Oct 16 (18 days), at an average fill of $0.31, with 96% of the contracts filling at the ask ($475K marked at today's price), 5.8x open interest (opening), 3.2% out of the money.

That backs the long idea: a call bought at the ask is usually a bet that the stock rises. One print cannot show intent, so treat it as one input, not a guarantee.

Repeated sweeps - a call the site's tape marked as swept at least 3 times at the ask in the last session (a sweep is one order filled across several exchanges at once, as the tape tags it). Counted as flow only when the combined amount paid clears the same $250K bar.

No contract was swept repeatedly at the ask in the last session.

For context, calls are 95% of the last session's options volume in the Oct 16 expiry (put/call ratio 0.05).

Watch-outs

• The daily trend is down (since Sep 9): lower highs and lower lows. That argues against the bias.
• The weekly trend is down. That argues against the bias.
• Price ($55.72) is below this month's open ($61.49, 9.4% lower). That argues against the bias.
• This is a counter-trend idea: the daily trend is down, so it needs a clean trigger and a tight stop.
• The gamma flip ($56.86) sits between the trigger and the target, so expect price to slow or react there.
• PWH ($57.32) sits between the trigger and the target: prior extremes often stall price, so expect a reaction there.
• An OTE zone runs against this idea ($64.88 to $65.64, a bearish pullback area above price). A rejection there would put the trade at risk.
• On this chart, from a spot like this, the trend reversed 54% of the time (52 cases) - close to a coin flip, so respect the stop.
• Structure: the level that would confirm the turn is $67.15.
• The one-session options-implied move is about +/-0.8% (from the Oct 16 at-the-money straddle); scaled by the square root of time to the estimated 4-session hold that is about +/-1.5%, but the target is 3.1% away (2.1x the priced-in move): a stretch that needs more than the usual move.
• A live catalyst backs the direction ("Realty Income Sells a 49% European Stake to KKR. Here’s What It Means for the Dividend" (Sep 27)), but options price only about +/-1.5% over the estimated 4-session hold (the Oct 16 straddle, scaled by the square root of time) while the target is 3.1% away, so the catalyst alone may not carry price all the way to the target.
• The idea is wrong if price trades below $55.08.