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Badly behaved chips + How to play the healthcare breakout

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Scott Brown, CMT
Oct 15, 2026
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Good morning,

No major theme to this week, but there are a lot of big moves happening, so I tried to be short on words, and heavy on the charts.

Certainly, from an index perspective, I think it’s right to start with the weakness coming from technology. Last week’s report highlighted AI plays that were breaking out, but reiterated a skeptical view of memory names. Those stocks and some other important semiconductors are breaking down this week, so we’ll start by highlighting some of the weakest.

We’ll also look at:

  • Three of the worst financials earnings reactions

  • Top ways to play the breakout in healthcare

  • Energy, energy, energy

  • and more!


Chip weakness resuming

Western Digital finally loses the 200-day

Been on this for months and we’re already down 50% from the highs. But with this support break, you could make the case that it just topped.

Micron fails to hold its breakout

SanDisk loses its 50-DMA

That small move to next support at the 200-DMA is another 16% of downside from current levels.

200-day turning from support into resistance for Broadcom

A break of this short-term uptrend line and the next stop likely starts with a “2”.

Could Lam Research be next?

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