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Requested read · Thursday 27 August 2026, 15:48 · 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.
LDI
loanDepot, Inc.
Stand aside — price below the 200DMA — no long regime. (+4 more)
No Long Regime XLF sector confirmed no CFO purchase$430,861 other insiders (1) 1 insider(s) net purchase ratio +1.00 buy date unknown
36
conviction / 100
-0.4 since 26 Aug
38.2
technical / 100
$0–$0
No trade / watch only · Hard gate breached.
Regime clarity1.5
Sponsorship / positioning7.0
Volatility behaviour13.0
Catalyst alignment (insider)5.0
Cross-asset confirmation9.1
Stand aside — hard gate breached
  • Price below the 200DMA — no long regime.
  • 200DMA is not rising — regime not clear.
  • 50DMA is not rising.
  • Overlapping range behaviour — efficiency ratio 0.11 vs the 0.15 threshold (violent whipsaw, not a quiet range — the last pullback was 50% deep. Huge travel, no net progress).
  • Price $1.00 below the $5.00 floor.
Last
1.00
Add above
1.19
Cut below
0.85
50DMA
1.04
200DMA
1.71
LDI daily chart: price with 50 and 200 day moving averages, volume, and on-balance volume
LDI — daily, 14 months
XLF sector ETF daily chart
XLF — sector ETF, daily, 14 months
Pillar detail, thesis support and invalidation
Regime clarity
  • price BELOW 200DMA
  • 200DMA flat/falling
  • 50DMA flat/falling
  • partial HH/HL structure
  • efficiency ratio 0.11 (overlapping)
Sponsorship / positioning
  • OBV 50d slope -0.447 avg-daily-volumes/bar
  • price/volume history is NOT one continuous security — a single 32% 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.
  • thin tape — $2.3m median daily turnover. OBV on a name this size is a handful of block trades, not a read on institutional sponsorship
  • no OBV divergence at highs
  • OBV fell through last pullback
Volatility behaviour
  • last pullback 49.5% deep
  • no wide downside expansion bars (30d)
  • ATR contracting vs 20d mean
Catalyst alignment (insider)
  • single insider — no cluster (1 CEO)
  • net purchase ratio +1.00 (1 buying vs 0 selling)
  • NO CFO purchase in the window — the CFO-specific terms score zero
  • other insiders bought $430,861 (1 CEO) — counted through cluster breadth and net buying only
  • no CFO buy to date — recency not scored
Cross-asset confirmation
  • closest sector ETF: XLF
  • XLF above rising 200DMA (sector-led)
  • XLF vs SPY 6m: -0.6 pts
  • stock vs XLF RS (3m/6m avg): -49.0 pts
What strengthens the thesis
  • A confirmed higher high above 1.19 on expanding OBV.
  • Pullbacks that hold the rising 50DMA with flat-to-rising OBV.
  • XLF extending its own trend while the stock holds relative strength.
  • The 50DMA turning up would restore regime clarity.
What invalidates the thesis
  • Loss of the rising 50DMA (1.04) with expanding volatility — reduce.
  • Breakdown below the prior structural base (0.85) — 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), $0 total; last filed 2026-08-26 16:30:20
  • Market cap $392,016,768 · 20d avg dollar volume $2,493,448
Net insider activity
Net buying across the insider group.
Open-market purchases$430,861
Open-market sales$0
Sales after option exercise$0
Distinct buyers / sellers1 / 0
Net purchase ratio+1.00
Net purchase ratio, excl. option-exercise sales+1.00
Purchase tape
No CFO purchase here — 1 purchase(s) by other insiders worth $430,861. These count toward cluster breadth and net buying, not the CFO-specific terms.
Trade dateInsiderSharesPriceValuePrice now vs buy
24 Aug 2026Hsieh Anthony LiCEO471,466$0.91$430,861+10.4%
Reaction to news
8 material events; 3 taken well, 2 badly; last earnings 04 Aug: neutral (-2.8%).
SessionFilingEventGapDayvs SPYVol+5dRead
21 Aug 268-KListing / compliance issue; Regulation FD disclosure-0.3%+2.6%+2.2%0.3xRewarded
06 Aug 2610-QQuarterly report-1.0%-9.5%-9.4%2.1x+0.5%Punished
04 Aug 268-K · earningsResults of operations (earnings); Regulation FD disclosure+1.9%-2.8%-4.6%1.7x-18.8%Neutral
08 Jun 268-KMaterial event+0.8%-4.2%-4.5%1.1x+7.1%Absorbed
15 May 268-KMaterial agreement-3.0%-5.3%-4.1%0.8x+0.0%Punished
07 May 2610-QQuarterly report-0.7%+0.7%+1.0%1.1x-6.4%Neutral
05 May 268-K · earningsResults of operations (earnings); Regulation FD disclosure+1.3%-1.3%-2.1%0.9x-16.1%Neutral
30 Apr 268-KMaterial agreement; Agreement terminated; Material obligation created-0.7%+2.6%+1.7%0.5x-9.0%Rewarded