NEGG is in a confirmed downtrend and the weight of the technical evidence is bearish. We side with the trend rather than pick a bottom.
Momentum is not yet washed out, so bounces toward the 21-EMA are sellable rather than a reason to cover.
- Aligned with the chart: the call follows the daily trend structure, not a hunch.
- Holds while: Thesis holds while price stays below the 21-EMA ($23.34), with the 50-EMA ($30.46) as the trend ceiling.
- Wrong if: A decisive daily close back above the 50-EMA ($30.46) or the 20-day high ($33.68) breaks the thesis — stand down or flip long.
What The Indicators Say
- Close $19.99 versus EMA8/21/50 at $19.67 / $23.34 / $30.46.
- RSI 30.3, MACD histogram 0.359, ATR 13.03%.
- 5D 2.51%, 20D -34.63%, relative volume 2.19x.
- price below 21 EMA
- RSI weak
- MACD histogram improving
- relative volume above 20-day average
Prior Earnings Moves Set The Volatility Bar
- Average absolute reaction: 6.38%.
- Median absolute reaction: 3.35%.
- Average market-adjusted reaction: -5.74%.
- Historical up-rate: 50.00%.
How NEGG Is Trading
The tape as of the 2026-06-02 close — where price sits in its range, how it is positioned against the moving-average structure, and the volatility it is carrying into the setup.
Read: price below 21 EMA; RSI weak; MACD histogram improving; relative volume above 20-day average.
The Charts Behind The Thesis
One frame at a time, pure price action — no headlines or sentiment on the tape. Use the ‹ / › arrows (or arrow keys) to move through the trend structure, the volatility envelope, and momentum. Every frame shares the same NEGG daily time axis.
How The Data Picks The Side
Every technical signal is scored for a bull or bear lean, then summed. The net is the call — and it has to agree with the trend on the chart above. Skipping only happens when the evidence genuinely cancels out.
| Signal | Reading | Lean |
|---|---|---|
| Moving-average stack | Below the 21-EMA | ▼ Bear |
| Primary trend (50-EMA) | Price -34.38% vs the 50-EMA | ▼ Bear |
| MACD (12/26/9) | Line above signal, histogram positive | ▲ Bull |
| 20-day momentum | -34.63% over 20 sessions | ▼ Bear |
| 5-day momentum | 2.51% over 5 sessions | ▲ Bull |
| RSI (14) | 30.3 — momentum running against the trend | ▼ Bear |
| Relative strength vs SPY | Lagging (-34.63% vs 5.79%) | ▼ Bear |
| News tape | Headline flow balanced | – Flat |
| Net call | Bull 1.5 vs Bear 4.0 → net -2.5 | BEARISH |
Plays For The Call
The generated menu is not the decision. The desk pick below is the structure the report chooses for the current setup; alternates stay visible so we know what to run if the thesis flips.
No primary play generated
No bearish structure was generated from the current chain.
No spread menu was generated. This usually means the ticker had no usable option contracts, insufficient OPRA snapshots, or quotes that failed the defined-risk construction rules.
Should We Buy Common Stock?
Do not buy shares into the current bearish call.
Objective: Wait for the chart to repair before treating shares as a long setup.
Entry plan: Reconsider shares only after a daily close back above the 21-EMA ($23.34) and then a reclaim of the 20-day high ($33.68).
Invalidation: A close below the 20-day low ($16.55) confirms the bearish tape and keeps shares off the table.
If holding 100 shares, this call can convert the position into a covered-call income trade, but it caps upside through the strike.
- Shares required: 100
- Candidate call: n/a
- Strike: n/a
- Estimated credit: n/a
Use the put side as a downside-reference level; common stock carries full gap risk unless hedged separately.
- Reference put: n/a
- Reference strike: n/a
- Expected move: n/a
Momentum is not yet washed out, so bounces toward the 21-EMA are sellable rather than a reason to cover.
- Lead with the selected desk play; the rest of the menu is for alternate or flip conditions.
- Re-price every spread at the live bid/ask before entry — these marks are delayed.
- Into earnings, IV crush can hurt long premium even when direction is right; debit spreads cap that bleed.
SPY: close $759.57, RSI 75.6, 5D 1.20%, 20D 5.79%.
QQQ: close $746.16, RSI 79.4, 5D 2.17%, 20D 10.89%.
Relative strength versus the tape is one of the signals in the scorecard above.
Strategy first, invalidation second. The report picks the structure that best expresses the call, then defines what would break the thesis. If the setup does not match the live tape or the spread reprices poorly, the play is no longer the same play.
Largest Premium Lines
| Contract | Type | Exp | Strike | Volume | OI | Vol/OI | Last | Notional | Read |
|---|
Prior Event Study
| Date | Timing | EPS Surprise | Revenue Surprise | Pre-5D | Pre-20D | 1D Reaction | Market Adj. | Post-5D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | unknown | 192.50% | -30.27% | -13.81% | -8.62% | 0.12% | 0.87% | -17.53% |
| 2026-02-25 | unknown | n/a | n/a | -1.42% | -0.64% | -5.10% | -6.25% | -14.77% |
| 2025-08-28 | unknown | n/a | n/a | -44.97% | 35.40% | -18.69% | -19.18% | -33.90% |
| 2025-04-28 | unknown | n/a | n/a | -5.53% | n/a | 1.60% | 1.59% | -5.05% |
Latest Headlines And Analyst Color
No recent news returned by the configured providers for this symbol.
Desk Notes
- All structures are hypothetical, delayed by execution latency, and must be re-priced before order entry.
- Earnings options can lose most or all premium even when the directional thesis is right if implied volatility collapses.
- Index option flow is often hedging or dealer inventory management, not directional conviction.
- This note selects a strategy and an invalidation framework; live fills and changed market conditions can invalidate the play.
- volume > 500, open interest > 100, last > 0.10, volume/OI >= 1.25
- pandas-ta-classic: EMA, RSI, MACD, ATR, Bollinger Bands, relative volume
- prior earnings reaction adjusted against SPY/QQQ where data is available
- API Ninjas stock news headline scoring and earnings/analyst tagging; Twelve Data quote/profile/statistics where available
- Interactive candles use TradingView Lightweight Charts with Alpaca OHLCV bars.
This memo is for research workflow only. It is not financial advice and does not validate execution liquidity, fills, suitability, or tax treatment.