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THE DAILY BRIEFCLIFF RADAR CAPITAL, LLC Friday, October 2, 2026
Today's Summary

Three risk clocks, slow to fast. Tap any panel for the full read.

Risk · 12 Months Out

Recession Probability

Risk · Where We Stand Today

EMP — Edge Market Pulse

Macro Economy Health
Risk · Lines Crossed

Crisis Tripwires

What Changed Since The Previous Run

Comparison dates appear below when prior research is available.

Act · today's setup

The Daily Pick

Act · hot sector

Strongest Ground

Act · the model's money

Live Book Posture

Catalyst Watch

Our Model Portfolio

The conviction model's live book.

This is Strike — the output of our CAM conviction model.

Strike selects established market leaders with improving recent strength and supporting volume, while screening entry extension and financial fragility. EMP/PAM set the minimum SCHO reserve; position, sector and concentration limits constrain the book. The table shows model target allocations. Daily observations do not imply a new trade.

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Sector Performance

Sector momentum at a glance.

Median 1-month move of every scored name in the sector. Bar brightness = signal quality (how much clean data sits under the number). Click a bar to drill into that sector below.

Stocks by Sector

Ranked by CRC score — the machine's strongest ground first.

Click a sector to open its internal themes; click a theme to see every name with its CRC score and M·V·Q pillars. Signal Quality (Strong / Moderate / Thin) grades how much clean data sits under each number — the quality of the reading, never the direction.

How to read this — setups & scores in plain English
CRC Score (/100)Our composite grade of a stock's health: trend strength, leadership within its own theme, and how much gas is left in the move. 70+ (green) is strong, 45–69 (amber) is middling, under 45 (red) is weak.
M · V · Q pillarsThe three bars next to each score, adding to the CRC score out of 100. M = Momentum /40 — is it moving with conviction. V = Leadership /26 — how it ranks inside its own theme. Q = Exhaustion /34 — our early-warning pillar, which fades before a breakdown shows in price.
BuyableConstructive structure — the kind of setup the model puts new money into, sized for the regime. It's a grade, not a command to buy.
WatchInteresting but unconfirmed. The structure needs to firm up, or the entry isn't there yet. Patience costs nothing.
ExtendedStrong name, stretched price. Chasing here is the low-odds play — pullbacks are the entry.
Avoid / ⚠Broken structure or exhaustion firing. The model wants no new money here; the ⚠ chip means bear conditions are active on the name.
BNO — Breakout NascenceA brand-new breakout the slower trend gauges haven't confirmed yet. Early = higher risk and higher reward; it's how new leaders first appear.
Signal QualityHow much clean data sits under a number: more names, fuller themes, and tighter agreement between them = a better reading. Strong ≥75 · Moderate 45–74 · Thin <45. It grades the reading, not the direction — a Strong signal can be strongly bearish. Sectors are ranked by CRC score; Signal Quality tells you how hard to lean on it.
Today's Standouts

What fired today.

▲ Conviction Leaders

Ticker · ThemeCRC1-Mo

◉ Breakout Nascence

Early trends the crowd hasn't confirmed yet.

Ticker · ThemeCRC1-Mo

▼ Under Pressure

Ticker · ThemeCRC1-Mo
Risk Check

What's Working. What Needs Attention.

Read the supporting and conflicting evidence together. The change summary at the top compares published runs.

✔ What's working

    ◆ What's mixed

      ✖ What's cracking

        Upcoming Earnings

        Binary events, next 14 days.

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        Market News

        The wire, scored.

        Today's trending market headlines, grouped by the names and sectors they touch and stamped with the day's scores. Filter by ticker, source, or keyword — every headline links straight to its source.

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        Disclaimer. This publication by Cliff Radar Capital, LLC is general market commentary and research for informational and educational purposes only. It is impersonal, distributed on a regular schedule to all subscribers alike, and is not tailored to any individual. It is not investment, legal, or tax advice, and is not an offer or recommendation to buy or sell any security. Cliff Radar Capital, LLC is a publisher, not a registered investment adviser or broker-dealer. Scores, regime bands, and alerts are outputs of proprietary quantitative models; narrative summaries are prepared with the assistance of artificial intelligence (Claude, by Anthropic) and reviewed by a human before publication. Models and AI systems can be wrong, and news summaries may contain errors — verify anything material against primary sources. "Model portfolio" positions are hypothetical model outputs, not actual trades or account holdings. Autopilot is an independent third-party platform; participation is at your own risk and results will differ from hypothetical model output. Scores reflect end-of-day data as of the run date shown; prices move. Past performance, actual or modeled, does not guarantee future results. Investing involves risk, including total loss of principal. Use at your own risk. News headlines and summaries are attributed to their original publishers. © Cliff Radar Capital, LLC.
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