AEO

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

NYSE · Common stock

17.98

−0.07 (−0.39%)

Close, Oct 16, 2026

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Structural summary

What is the structure, what changed, and what would invalidate it

Viridia Intelligence

Context across dimensions, not a rating

StructureLower highs, lower lowsIntermediate-degree swings on the daily chart.

WaveUnresolvedImpulse complete, next move up (Pattern Confidence 71); the weekly count agrees.

FibonacciZone aboveNearest confluence 19.28–19.59 (3 relationships), +8.1% from the close.

MomentumPositive3 months +2.5% (behind SPY by 0.3 points); 6 months −7.4%.

RegimeMixed+7.1% vs the 50-day average, −4.3% vs the 200-day.

RiskNormal20-day volatility 33% vs 52% over the year; 1-year drawdown −48.5%; beta 1.25.

AEO setup history3 resolved: 1 reached target first

Current structure

Price, swings and the preferred count on the chart

AEO · 1DLoading bars…

SourceMassive, end of dayUpdated—MethodDaily bars, split-adjusted

Candidate interpretations

Every count shown passes every hard rule

Candidate interpretations

Ranked by Pattern Confidence

Counts ending at the latest intermediate swing low, 14.10 on Sep 10, 2026. 172 labelings tested, 121 broke a hard rule, 12+ remain.

Hard-rule evidence: why 121 labelings were eliminated

42Wave 2 always retraces less than 100% of wave 1
21Wave 3 always travels beyond the end of wave 1
17Contracting triangle: C ends short of A's end, D short of B's end, and E short of C's end
9Wave 4 always retraces less than 100% of wave 3
8Contracting diagonal: wave 3 is shorter than wave 1, wave 5 shorter than wave 3, and wave 4 shorter than wave 2
8Price after the last labeled point has not crossed a rule-based invalidation level

Method Every chain of 3–6 alternating pivots ending at the latest confirmed pivot is tested as each pattern; only counts with zero hard-rule failures are kept, then ranked by Pattern Confidence. Rules: rulebook.Engine pivots-1.0.0+rules-1.0.0+candidates-1.0.0+fib-1.0.1+rank-1.1.0+setup-1.0.1, bars to Oct 16, 2026

Fibonacci map

Confluence zones above and below the closeClose 17.98

17.98close

Bar length is the zone's strength (a weighted count of relationships, not a probability). Select a zone to see what forms it.

19.28 – 19.59+8.1% from the close

3 relationships · strength 5.2 · Intermediate degree

19.59RetracementCorrection retraces 38.2% of waves 1–5 · Intermediate · Basics
19.28Prior 4thCorrection ends near the end of wave 4 · Intermediate · Essentials
19.28RetracementMove after the correction retraces 100% of A–C · Intermediate · Viridia · secondary ratio

Method Targets come from the Fibonacci relationships the sources describe for the wave in progress, Elliott trend channels, the prior fourth wave of lesser degree, and 38.2–78.6% retracements of the latest swing. A zone is where two or more independent relationships fall within max(¼ ATR, 0.4%) of each other; strength counts them, weighting primary ratios and higher degrees. It is not a probability.

Evidence

The setup the preferred count implies, and how that kind of setup has done

Setup

Intermediate degree · from the preferred count

No scenario at intermediate degree right now

The target is closer than the stop (reward:risk 0.65 : 1): most of the count's expected move has already happened, so it isn't a setup. Viridia shows nothing rather than a guess.

Setups at other degrees:

NoteResearch scenario generated from Viridia's structural model. Not a recommendation.MethodA setup restates the preferred count as a trade: the entry (the close, or the level where the correction in progress most often ends), the stop where the count is wrong (a rule level, or the end of a finished pattern), and the count's own Fibonacci target. Reward:risk is measured from the middle of the entry range. A setup needs reward:risk of at least 1 : 1. It is research output from the wave count, not a recommendation or a forecast.

Engine details

Analysis engine: pivots-1.0.0+rules-1.0.0+candidates-1.0.0+fib-1.0.1+rank-1.1.0+setup-1.0.1
Bars analysed to: Oct 16, 2026
Price history: Automatic, updated nightly
Daily bars: 514 since Sep 30, 2024
Avg volume, 50 days: 6.03M
Dollar volume, 20 days: $89.6M
SEC CIK: 0000919012
Provider symbols: nasdaqtrader: AEO · massive: AEO
Listing changes: None since Sep 24, 2026

SourcePrices: Massive (end of day, split-adjusted). Listings: Nasdaq Trader, SECUpdatedOct 19, 2026, 8:00 AM EDTMethodSecurity master, daily snapshot diff

Structure at a glance

Daily chart, as of Oct 16, 2026

Since the count's last pivot (14.10, Sep 10, 2026) price has moved +27.5%, the way the count expects.12 of 12 rule-valid counts expect the current move to be up.Weekly count: zigzag wave C ↑, same direction

Close call.The top two counts are within 1 points. Treat the structure as unresolved until one is invalidated.

Preferred count

Impulse down · complete, next move up ↑

A five-wave decline (impulse) looks complete, so a correction up would normally follow.

1-2-3-4-5 from 28.46, Jan 6, 2026

Pattern Confidence71High

10 of 13 checks met

Key levels, preferred count

Reassess−21.6% from close

14.10

The pattern ended here. A move below it means its last wave is still going, so the pattern isn't complete.

Target, next move+8.9% from close

19.59

Correction retraces 38.2% of waves 1–5

Nearest confluence zone+8.1% from close

19.28–19.59

3 Fibonacci relationships meet here.

Alternate count

Zigzag down · complete, next move up ↑

A three-wave zigzag correction down looks complete, so the larger trend would normally resume up.

A-B-C from 26.05, Feb 17, 2026

Pattern Confidence70High

5 of 6 checks met

Why this count is preferred · 10 met, 3 not met

Met

Wave 2 retraces 50% to 85.4% of wave 1
Wave 3 measures 161.8% or more of wave 1
Waves 2 and 4 alternate: one sharp and deep, the other shallow or sideways
One actionary wave (1, 3 or 5) is extended, most often wave 3 in stocks
Wave 5 exceeds the end of wave 3 (a failure is called a truncation)
The count starts at the price extreme of the prior swing (a new trend begins where the old one ended)
Wave 3 moves faster (price per bar) than waves 1 and 5
Wave 3 has the heaviest average volume of the actionary waves
Wave 5 comes on lighter average volume than wave 3
Waves 2 and 4 alternate in time too: the shallower correction takes at least as long

Not met

Wave 4 retraces 14.6% to 38.2% of wave 3, and no more than 50%
When wave 3 is extended, waves 1 and 5 tend toward equality
Alternate waves are related by a Fibonacci ratio within 5% (wave 5 to wave 1, C to A, or triangle legs at 61.8%), the more reliable kind of relationship

MethodPattern Confidence = (guidelines met + 2) ÷ (guidelines measured + 4), from the rulebook's guidelines, Fibonacci tendencies and wave-personality checks (wave 3 speed and volume, wave 5 volume, alternation in time, a start at the prior extreme), alternate waves in Fibonacci ratio, and the rarity of running flats. The alternate is the best-ranked count that tells a different story. It ranks the rule-valid counts against each other; it is not a probability of any outcome.

Structural summary

Viridia Intelligence

Current structure

Candidate interpretations

Candidate interpretations

Fibonacci map

Fibonacci map

Evidence

Setup

Engine details

Structure at a glance

What changed