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Requested read · Wednesday 26 August 2026, 01:36 · same framework and thresholds as the weekly CFO screen

Market regime: SPY above its rising 200DMA; efficiency ratio 0.04 — overlapping, stand aside. Stage: Mature Trend.
CXW
CoreCivic, Inc.
Stand aside — insiders are net sellers — net purchase ratio -1.00 over the last 180 days (8 selling vs 0 buying). There is no offsetting insider purchase — this is one-way selling.
Late Extension XLI sector confirmed 1 insider(s) net purchase ratio -1.00 buy date unknown
60
conviction / 100
-2.0 since 19 Aug
74.4
technical / 100
$0–$0
No trade / watch only · Hard gate breached.
Regime clarity18.5
Sponsorship / positioning12.0
Volatility behaviour16.0
Catalyst alignment (insider)0.0
Cross-asset confirmation13.0
Stand aside — hard gate breached
  • Insiders are net sellers — net purchase ratio -1.00 over the last 180 days (8 selling vs 0 buying). There is no offsetting insider purchase — this is one-way selling.
Last
33.14
Add above
34.86
Cut below
28.50
50DMA
31.15
200DMA
22.40
CXW daily chart: price with 50 and 200 day moving averages, volume, and on-balance volume
CXW — daily, 14 months
XLI sector ETF daily chart
XLI — sector ETF, daily, 14 months
Pillar detail, thesis support and invalidation
Regime clarity
  • price above 200DMA
  • 200DMA rising
  • 50DMA rising
  • partial HH/HL structure
  • efficiency ratio 0.35
Sponsorship / positioning
  • OBV 50d slope +0.152 avg-daily-volumes/bar
  • price/volume history is NOT one continuous security — a single 29% session gap. A conversion, large secondary or stock merger changes the share count, so the 200DMA averages two capital structures and OBV sums two different securities. Read this pillar with suspicion.
  • no OBV divergence at highs
  • OBV fell through last pullback
Volatility behaviour
  • last pullback 6.8% deep
  • no wide downside expansion bars (30d)
  • ATR expanding vs 20d mean
Catalyst alignment (insider)
  • single insider — no cluster
  • net purchase ratio -1.00 (0 buying vs 8 selling)
  • insiders are NET SELLERS over the window
  • NO CFO purchase in the window — the CFO-specific terms score zero
  • no CFO buy to date — recency not scored
Cross-asset confirmation
  • closest sector ETF: XLI
  • XLI above rising 200DMA (sector-led)
  • XLI vs SPY 6m: -10.7 pts
  • stock vs XLI RS (3m/6m avg): +76.8 pts
What strengthens the thesis
  • A confirmed higher high above 34.86 on expanding OBV.
  • Pullbacks that hold the rising 50DMA with flat-to-rising OBV.
  • XLI extending its own trend while the stock holds relative strength.
What invalidates the thesis
  • Loss of the rising 50DMA (31.15) with expanding volatility — reduce.
  • Breakdown below the prior structural base (28.50) — exit, no averaging down.
  • OBV divergence during a price acceleration — reduce.
  • Sector ETF losing its own 200DMA — remove capital regardless of stock behaviour.
Insider detail
  • CFO: —
  • 0 CFO purchase(s), — total; last filed
  • Market cap $3,277,330,176 · 20d avg dollar volume $50,037,667
Net insider activity
Insiders are NET SELLERS. The CFO purchase is contradicted.
Open-market purchases$0
Open-market sales$14,906,335
Sales after option exercise$0
Distinct buyers / sellers0 / 8
Net purchase ratio-1.00
Net purchase ratio, excl. option-exercise sales-1.00
Reaction to news
8 material events; 3 taken well, 3 badly; last earnings 05 Aug: faded (+3.6%).
SessionFilingEventGapDayvs SPYVol+5dRead
10 Aug 268-KRegulation FD disclosure; Other material event+5.3%+2.3%+2.3%1.5x+1.8%Faded
06 Aug 2610-QQuarterly report-7.7%+3.2%+3.4%2.5x-2.0%Rewarded
05 Aug 268-K · earningsResults of operations (earnings); Other material event+2.7%+3.6%+3.8%2.5x+7.6%Faded
05 Aug 268-KMaterial agreement; Acquisition or disposition; Regulation FD disclosure+2.7%+3.6%+3.8%2.5x+7.6%Faded
13 Jul 268-KOther material event+0.3%-1.4%-0.7%0.5x+1.3%Neutral
06 Jul 268-KMaterial agreement; Acquisition or disposition; Regulation FD disclosure+4.1%-2.0%-2.8%1.8x+3.3%Shrugged off
18 May 268-KMaterial event+0.0%+1.4%+1.4%0.7x+0.8%Neutral
07 May 2610-QQuarterly report+2.0%+3.1%+3.4%3.7x-2.6%Rewarded