Daily Alpha Report: Sunday, May 17, 2026

Generated at 2026-05-17T15:05:43.680Z

Executive Summary

NVDA leads the alpha ranking at 64.4.

Alpha Leaderboard

Rank	Ticker	Alpha	Change
#1 (+1)	NVDA	64.4	+1.1
#2 (-1)	AVGO	64.0	-0.2
#3 (+7)	AMD	63.6	+3.6
#4 (+1)	TSM	62.6	+0.2
#5 (+2)	GOOGL	62.2	+0.7
#6 (-2)	AMZN	62.2	-0.7
#7 (+2)	MSFT	61.9	+1.3
#8 (+4)	ARM	61.7	+2.0
#9 (-6)	INTC	61.6	-1.3
#10 (+4)	MU	61.6	+2.1

Notable Movers

• AMD: 7 positions up (alpha +3.6)
• GOOGL: 2 positions up (alpha +0.7)
• AMZN: 2 positions down (alpha -0.7)
• MSFT: 2 positions up (alpha +1.3)
• ARM: 4 positions up (alpha +2.0)

Score Decomposition

Why each major mover moved — score-component deltas plus the news drivers that fed them. Every row is auditable against the underlying snapshot.

AMD — Alpha 63.6 (Δ +3.6)

Component breakdown (only components with Δ ≥ 0.5):

Component	Prior → Current	Δ	What it tracks
alphaMomentum	39.6 → 50.0	+10.4	price momentum component (trailing return)
alphaDivergence	12.5 → 9.9	-2.5	alpha vs price divergence signal

Price: last $424.12 · 24h -5.69% · 5d -4.36%

Active thesis: "AMD's AI accelerator momentum and cloud hyperscaler wins position it to capture 15-20% of the $400B AI chip market by 2026" (65% confidence)

ARM — Alpha 61.7 (Δ +2.0)

Component breakdown (only components with Δ ≥ 0.5):

Component	Prior → Current	Δ	What it tracks
alphaMomentum	44.2 → 50.0	+5.8	price momentum component (trailing return)
alphaDivergence	4.2 → 14.8	+10.6	alpha vs price divergence signal

Price: last $209.18 · 24h -8.46% · 5d +1.53%

INTC — Alpha 61.6 (Δ -1.3)

Component breakdown (only components with Δ ≥ 0.5):

Component	Prior → Current	Δ	What it tracks
alphaNews	66.2 → 65.7	-0.5	news-flow contribution (sentiment × impact × recency)
alphaMomentum	52.8 → 50.0	-2.8	price momentum component (trailing return)
alphaDivergence	11.7 → 10.5	-1.2	alpha vs price divergence signal

Price: last $108.79 · 24h -6.16% · 5d -8.45%

Active thesis: "Intel's Foundry Turnaround: $15B Revenue Target by 2030 Driven by Government Support and AI Infrastructure Demand" (60% confidence)

MU — Alpha 61.6 (Δ +2.1)

Component breakdown (only components with Δ ≥ 0.5):

Component	Prior → Current	Δ	What it tracks
alphaMomentum	43.9 → 50.0	+6.1	price momentum component (trailing return)
alphaDivergence	18.8 → 11.6	-7.2	alpha vs price divergence signal

Price: last $724.68 · 24h -6.61% · 5d -3.44%

AMAT — Alpha 61.3 (Δ -0.8)

Component breakdown (only components with Δ ≥ 0.5):

Component	Prior → Current	Δ	What it tracks
alphaMomentum	52.3 → 50.0	-2.3	price momentum component (trailing return)
alphaDivergence	2.3 → 1.6	-0.7	alpha vs price divergence signal

Price: last $436.64 · 24h -0.89% · 5d +3.64%

Divergence Radar

Stocks where alpha signal diverges significantly from price action.

• ARM [SIGNAL LEAD]: Divergence +14.8, Alpha 61.7
• MU [SIGNAL LEAD]: Divergence +11.6, Alpha 61.6
• INTC [SIGNAL LEAD]: Divergence +10.5, Alpha 61.6
• AMD [SIGNAL LEAD]: Divergence +9.9, Alpha 63.6
• ASML [SIGNAL LEAD]: Divergence +9.2, Alpha 60.8

Active Alerts

• DIVERGENCE (5x) (MRVL, ADI, ARM)
• ALPHA_SPIKE (125x) (NOW, UPST, ON...)
• RANK_JUMP (105x) (TXN, XAI, CFLT...)
• DEAL_WIN (2x) (DELL, NVDA)

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Signal Health

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