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Requested read · Thursday 27 August 2026, 18:47 · 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.
ZS
Zscaler, Inc.
Stand aside — 200DMA is not rising — regime not clear. (+1 more)
Regime Shift XLK sector confirmed 1 insider(s) net purchase ratio -1.00 buy date unknown
58
conviction / 100
72.4
technical / 100
$0–$0
No trade / watch only · Hard gate breached.
Regime clarity12.6
Sponsorship / positioning10.5
Volatility behaviour16.0
Catalyst alignment (insider)0.0
Cross-asset confirmation18.8
Stand aside — hard gate breached
  • 200DMA is not rising — regime not clear.
  • Insiders are net sellers — net purchase ratio -1.00 over the last 180 days (6 selling vs 0 buying). No insider purchase offsets the selling; this is one-way selling.
Last
187.14
Add above
190.97
Cut below
139.24
50DMA
154.54
200DMA
176.50
ZS daily chart: price with 50 and 200 day moving averages, volume, and on-balance volume
ZS — daily, 14 months
XLK sector ETF daily chart
XLK — sector ETF, daily, 14 months
Pillar detail, thesis support and invalidation
Regime clarity
  • price above 200DMA
  • 200DMA flat/falling
  • 50DMA rising
  • higher highs and higher lows
  • efficiency ratio 0.18
Sponsorship / positioning
  • OBV 50d slope +0.227 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.
  • 1 day(s) above 10x median volume (peak 12x) — OBV distorted by an event, sponsorship read unreliable
  • no OBV divergence at highs
  • OBV fell through last pullback
Volatility behaviour
  • last pullback 10.5% 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 6 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: XLK
  • XLK above rising 200DMA (sector-led)
  • XLK vs SPY 6m: +21.0 pts
  • stock vs XLK RS (3m/6m avg): +11.0 pts
What strengthens the thesis
  • A confirmed higher high above 190.97 on expanding OBV.
  • Pullbacks that hold the rising 50DMA with flat-to-rising OBV.
  • XLK extending its own trend while the stock holds relative strength.
  • Continued base-building above the reclaimed 200DMA without volatility expansion.
What invalidates the thesis
  • Loss of the rising 50DMA (154.54) with expanding volatility — reduce.
  • Breakdown below the prior structural base (139.24) — 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 $30,262,319,104 · 20d avg dollar volume $383,556,377
Net insider activity
Insiders are NET SELLERS. The CFO purchase is contradicted.
Open-market purchases$0
Open-market sales$3,553,940
Sales after option exercise$0
Distinct buyers / sellers0 / 6
Net purchase ratio-1.00
Net purchase ratio, excl. option-exercise sales-1.00
Reaction to news
3 material events; 2 taken well, 1 badly; last earnings 26 May: shrugged off (+1.2%).
SessionFilingEventGapDayvs SPYVol+5dRead
26 May 268-K · earningsResults of operations (earnings)+1.4%+1.2%+0.6%3.5x-21.9%Shrugged off
26 May 2610-QQuarterly report+1.4%+1.2%+0.6%3.5x-21.9%Shrugged off
16 Apr 268-KDirector or officer change+3.0%+2.5%+2.3%1.0x-1.0%Faded