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TheStrat Attack: 2u-2u and 2d-2d

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Definition TheStrat Attack is a nice green 2u, then a 2u again. The buyers bought, then they came back to buy more. The mirror for sellers is a red 2d, then a 2d again.
ARKG on the week and day charts, October 26 to 28 2026. Monday is a green 2u. Tuesday takes Monday’s high and closes a green 2u again: 2u-2u, TheStrat Attack. Wednesday takes Tuesday’s high.4850525558WEEK10/510/122d10/19110/2612u48505255DAYOct19203212u222d232d262u2712u2812u2u-2u · TheStrat AttackWeek and day both greenWeek and day both redCONFLICT — the timeframes disagreeARKG. Friday Oct 23 is a 2d. A new week opens Monday.Monday closes a green 2u. The buyers bought.Tuesday takes Monday’s high (49.145). Do they have more to buy?The week takes last week’s high (50.38): the week is a 2u.Tuesday closes a green 2u again: 2u-2u.The buyers came back to buy more.Wednesday takes Tuesday’s high (51.99). It follows through.Wednesday as of 14:00 ET: 54.725, a 2u. The bar is still open.ARKG · week of Oct 26, 2026 · real data (Wednesday as of 14:00 ET)open of the bar in progressMonday high 49.145Tuesday high 51.99last week high 50.38TheStrat.AI
ARKG, week of October 26 2026, real data (Alpaca SIP), built from the 30-minute stream. Monday: a green 2u. Tuesday: a 2u again (2u-2u, TheStrat Attack), and the week takes last week’s high. Wednesday: a 2u, bar still open (as of 14:00 ET, October 28).

What it shows

The second 2u shows that the buyers have more to buy. TheStrat Attack picks up big, aggressive institutional buy or sell algorithms.

Confirm the week on the 2nd day

TheStrat Attack works with confirming and negating. On Monday they buy: a 2u. On Tuesday the question is: do they have more to buy? A 2u again confirms it. If they will keep buying every day this week, the 2nd day has to happen first. This is how we confirm the weekly group on the 2nd day.

In the ARKG figure, Monday is a green 2u. Tuesday takes Monday’s high (49.145) in the first 30 minutes. Tuesday closes a green 2u: 2u-2u.

At 10:30 on Tuesday the week takes last week’s high (50.38), so the week is a 2u. On Wednesday price takes Tuesday’s high (51.99) and follows through.

ARKG and its holdings: week of 26 October 2026

A grid of the 33 ARKG holdings, Friday to Wednesday daily bars, October 23 to 28 2026. 17 of 33 are 2u-2u on Monday and Tuesday.ARKG holdings (33) · Oct 23 to 28, 2026 · real dataBars: Fri, Mon, Tue, Wed. Green box = 2u Monday, 2u Tuesday.Friday Oct 23the bar before the weekMonday: 19 of 33 are a 2uthe buyers boughtTuesday: 17 of 33 are 2u-2uTheStrat Attack · 27 of 33 are a 2uWednesday: 28 of 33 are a 2u14 of 33 are 2u-2u-2u · as of 14:00 ET, bar openTXG2u2u2uTWST2u2u2uTEM12u2uCRSP2u2u2uABSI2u2u2uILMN2u32uGH2u2u2uNTRA12u2uPSNL2u2u1CDNA12u2uLLY133VCYT2u31BEAM132uRXRX2u2u2uSDGR2u2u2uCMPS2d2u2uADPT2u2u2uBFLY12u2uNRIX2u2u1IONS2u2u2uNTLA2u2u2uWGS12u2uARCT2d2u2uALMR132uPACB2u2u2uPRME12u2uMASS2u2u2uGENB12u2uCERS2u2u2uFRNM12u2uSCTX2d12uQSI2u2u1KYMR2u2u2uHoldings: the scanner’s ARKG group (ARK file, Oct 7, 2026). Alpaca SIP, raw.Wednesday: bar still open, as of 14:00 ET.TheStrat.AI
The 33 ARKG holdings on the same days, real data (Alpaca SIP). Monday: 19 of 33 are a 2u. Tuesday: 27 of 33 are a 2u; 17 of 33 are 2u-2u (green boxes). Wednesday (bar still open, as of 14:00 ET): 28 of 33 are a 2u and 29 of 33 took Tuesday’s high.

ARKG is a genomics ETF with 33 holdings in the scanner’s ARKG group. On Monday, 19 of 33 holdings are a 2u. On Tuesday, 27 of 33 are a 2u, and 17 of 33 are 2u-2u. Many names in one group break the same way on the same day: see simultaneous breaks.

Wednesday 28 October (the bar is still open; data as of 14:00 ET): ARKG is a 2u, 28 of 33 holdings are a 2u, and 14 of 33 are 2u-2u-2u.

The same on every timeframe

The same thing happens on the 2nd week of the month, the 2nd month of the quarter or year, and the 2nd quarter of the year. Big rallies have to reconfirm.

QQQ on the quarter and month charts, April and May 2026. April is a green 2u. May takes April’s high on its first day and closes a green 2u again: 2u-2u in the 2nd month of the quarter.550600650700750QUARTERQ3 25Q4 252uQ1 262dQ2 2612u550600650700750MONTHDecJan2uFeb2dMar2dApr12uMay2u2u-2u · TheStrat AttackQuarter and month both greenQuarter and month both redCONFLICT — the timeframes disagreeQQQ. March is a 2d. April opens the 2nd quarter.April takes March’s high (613.29): a 2u month.April closes a green 2u. The buyers bought.May 1 takes April’s high. The 2nd month: do they have more to buy?May closes a green 2u again: 2u-2u in the 2nd month of the quarter.QQQ · April to May 2026 · real dataopen of the bar in progressApril high 668.9TheStrat.AI
QQQ, April 1 to May 29 2026, real data (Alpaca SIP), built from daily bars. April: a green 2u. May: a green 2u again, the 2nd month of the quarter. From the April open to the May close QQQ rose 27%.

QQQ, 2026: April is a green 2u. On 1 May, the first day of the 2nd month of the quarter, May takes April’s high. May closes a green 2u again: 2u-2u on the month.

XLI on the month and week charts, December 2 to 13 2024. Week 1 of December is a red 2d. Week 2 takes week 1’s low and closes a red 2d again: 2d-2d. The lamps show the 11 sector ETFs.125130135140145MONTHSepOct2uNov2uDec1135138140142145148WEEK11/411/112u11/182d11/252u12/212d12/912d2d-2d · TheStrat AttackMonth and week both greenMonth and week both redCONFLICT — the timeframes disagreeXLI (industrials). December 2024 opens. Week 1 starts Dec 2.Week 1 takes last week’s low: a 2d. The sellers sold.Week 1 closes a red 2d.Week 2 takes week 1’s low (140.33). The sellers came back to sell more.Week 2 closes a red 2d again: 2d-2d in the 2nd week of the month.XLI · December 2 to 13, 2024 · real dataopen of the bar in progressDec 2 week low 140.3311 sectors · under last week’s low:XLIXLUXLBXLEXLREXLFXLVXLPXLKXLYXLC1 of 11 sectors4 of 11 sectors5 of 11 sectors6 of 11 sectors7 of 11 sectors8 of 11 sectorsTheStrat.AI
XLI, December 2 to 13 2024, real data (Alpaca SIP), built from daily bars. Week 1: a red 2d. Week 2: a red 2d again, the 2nd week of the month. The lamps are the 11 sector ETFs on the same days: red when the week in progress has traded under the prior week’s low, green when it took the prior week’s high.

The mirror for sellers. XLI, December 2024: week 1 is a red 2d. On 9 December, week 2 takes week 1’s low. Week 2 closes a red 2d again: 2d-2d in the 2nd week of the month. On weekly bars, 7 of the 11 sector ETFs are 2d-2d in the same two weeks.

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