Daily Alpha Report: Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Generated at 2026-05-19T15:19:50.245Z

Executive Summary

ARM leads the alpha ranking at 64.5.
AMZN saw the biggest decline (-9.8 alpha).

Alpha Leaderboard

Rank	Ticker	Alpha	Change
#1 (+8)	ARM	64.5	+6.1
#2 (+3)	MSFT	63.5	+2.6
#3 (—)	NVDA	63.1	+1.6
#4 (—)	AVGO	60.1	-0.8
#5 (+21)	QCOM	59.3	+5.2
#6 (+1)	TSM	58.8	-0.1
#7 (-1)	AMD	58.0	-1.7
#8 (+2)	ASML	57.7	+0.0
#9 (+3)	KLAC	57.2	+0.5
#10 (-2)	INTC	57.1	-1.4

Notable Movers

• ARM: 8 positions up (alpha +6.1)
• MSFT: 3 positions up (alpha +2.6)
• QCOM: 21 positions up (alpha +5.2)
• ASML: 2 positions up (alpha +0.0)
• KLAC: 3 positions up (alpha +0.5)

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.

ARM — Alpha 64.5 (Δ +6.1)

Component breakdown (only components with Δ ≥ 0.5):

Component	Prior → Current	Δ	What it tracks
alphaNews	63.8 → 61.8	-2.0	news-flow contribution (sentiment × impact × recency)
alphaMomentum	43.8 → 64.3	+20.5	price momentum component (trailing return)
alphaDivergence	3.0 → -8.2	-11.2	alpha vs price divergence signal

Price: last $214.89 · 24h -0.11% · 5d -2.83%

MSFT — Alpha 63.5 (Δ +2.6)

Component breakdown (only components with Δ ≥ 0.5):

Component	Prior → Current	Δ	What it tracks
alphaMomentum	47.1 → 54.5	+7.4	price momentum component (trailing return)
alphaDivergence	1.9 → -1.9	-3.8	alpha vs price divergence signal

Price: last $423.42 · 24h -0.03% · 5d +3.04%

Active thesis: "Microsoft's AI Infrastructure Dominance Will Drive Azure Revenue to $100B+ by FY2026" (72% confidence)

QCOM — Alpha 59.3 (Δ +5.2)

Component breakdown (only components with Δ ≥ 0.5):

Component	Prior → Current	Δ	What it tracks
alphaMomentum	31.7 → 46.4	+14.7	price momentum component (trailing return)
alphaDivergence	11.8 → 8.8	-3.0	alpha vs price divergence signal

Price: last $193.49 · 24h -4.98% · 5d -4.74%

KLAC — Alpha 57.2 (Δ +0.5)

Component breakdown (only components with Δ ≥ 0.5):

Component	Prior → Current	Δ	What it tracks
alphaMomentum	37.0 → 38.6	+1.5	price momentum component (trailing return)
alphaDivergence	8.1 → 11.9	+3.8	alpha vs price divergence signal

Price: last $1714.87 · 24h -2.37% · 5d -9.23%

MU — Alpha 56.1 (Δ +2.3)

Component breakdown (only components with Δ ≥ 0.5):

Component	Prior → Current	Δ	What it tracks
alphaMomentum	29.6 → 36.5	+6.9	price momentum component (trailing return)
alphaDivergence	12.7 → 15.8	+3.1	alpha vs price divergence signal

Price: last $680.82 · 24h -0.11% · 5d -14.18%

Divergence Radar

Stocks where alpha signal diverges significantly from price action.

• AMAT [SIGNAL LEAD]: Divergence +18.7, Alpha 55.9
• ON [SIGNAL LEAD]: Divergence +17.4, Alpha 41.4
• LRCX [SIGNAL LEAD]: Divergence +16.3, Alpha 53.9
• MU [SIGNAL LEAD]: Divergence +15.8, Alpha 56.1
• AMD [SIGNAL LEAD]: Divergence +13.9, Alpha 58.0

Active Alerts

• DIVERGENCE (1x) (MU)
• ALPHA_SPIKE (3x) (GOOGL, AMD, MU)
• RANK_JUMP (95x) (DELL, SMCI, MCHP...)

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Signal Health

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