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DDOG

Requested read · Thursday 27 August 2026, 18:51 · 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.
DDOG
Datadog, Inc.
Stand aside — insiders are net sellers — net purchase ratio -1.00 over the last 180 days (15 selling vs 0 buying). No insider purchase offsets the selling; this is one-way selling. (+1 more)
Early Trend Expansion XLK sector confirmed 1 insider(s) net purchase ratio -1.00 buy date unknown
60
conviction / 100
unchanged since 26 Aug
74.9
technical / 100
$0–$0
No trade / watch only · Hard gate breached.
Regime clarity15.5
Sponsorship / positioning8.5
Volatility behaviour15.9
Catalyst alignment (insider)0.0
Cross-asset confirmation20.0
Stand aside — hard gate breached
  • Insiders are net sellers — net purchase ratio -1.00 over the last 180 days (15 selling vs 0 buying). No insider purchase offsets the selling; this is one-way selling.
  • Overlapping range behaviour — efficiency ratio 0.06 vs the 0.15 threshold (genuine chop).
Last
241.92
Add above
292.72
Cut below
225.26
50DMA
249.22
200DMA
175.39
DDOG daily chart: price with 50 and 200 day moving averages, volume, and on-balance volume
DDOG — 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 rising
  • 50DMA rising
  • partial HH/HL structure
  • efficiency ratio 0.06 (overlapping)
Sponsorship / positioning
  • OBV 50d slope +0.030 avg-daily-volumes/bar
  • price/volume history is NOT one continuous security — a single 31% 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 22.6% deep
  • no wide downside expansion bars (30d)
  • ATR contracting vs 20d mean
Catalyst alignment (insider)
  • single insider — no cluster
  • net purchase ratio -1.00 (0 buying vs 15 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): +40.8 pts
What strengthens the thesis
  • A confirmed higher high above 292.72 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 (249.22) with expanding volatility — reduce.
  • Breakdown below the prior structural base (225.26) — 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 $86,867,427,328 · 20d avg dollar volume $1,270,755,604
Net insider activity
Insiders are NET SELLERS. The CFO purchase is contradicted.
Open-market purchases$0
Open-market sales$153,039,433
Sales after option exercise$436,561,770
Distinct buyers / sellers0 / 15
Net purchase ratio-1.00
Net purchase ratio, excl. option-exercise sales-1.00
Reaction to news
7 material events; 3 taken well, 0 badly; last earnings 06 Aug: absorbed (-19.0%).
SessionFilingEventGapDayvs SPYVol+5dRead
06 Aug 268-K · earningsResults of operations (earnings)-19.7%-19.0%-18.9%3.5x+10.0%Absorbed
06 Aug 2610-QQuarterly report-19.7%-19.0%-18.9%3.5x+10.0%Absorbed
16 Jun 268-KMaterial event+0.1%-0.8%-0.3%0.7x-3.7%Neutral
07 May 268-K · earningsResults of operations (earnings)+30.8%+31.3%+31.6%5.0x+7.5%Neutral
07 May 2610-QQuarterly report+30.8%+31.3%+31.6%5.0x+7.5%Neutral
22 Apr 268-KOther material event+0.2%+2.2%+1.2%1.0x+1.4%Rewarded
02 Mar 268-KDirector or officer change-2.5%-0.8%-0.8%1.0x+15.7%Neutral