SqueezeFinder - Aug 19th 2026
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The bears are beginning to take control of the market after yesterday's price action on the $QQQ tech index closed down 1.69% at 717.51. Geopolitical tensions are escalating in the Middle-East, and additionally we are seeing some red flags in the bond market that are causing investors to panic a little. If the $QQQ tech index fades under 707.5, we can expect a rapid gap fill and retest of 700 psychological level. If 700 fails to hold, we could fade aggressively down to the 690-680 range before we find any major support. However, on the bullish side, if bulls can break back over the 729/730 area, we can expect a resumption of the prior uptrend we were just in. The main directional sentiment determinants today are a mix of the below-detailed economic data releases, further developments in the Middle-East, and also some large earnings reports ($ADI, $TGT, and $LOW in premarket). This market is very dynamic and has been unpredictable as far as risk-tolerance goes, as one day we're running, and the next we're crashing. Stay tuned for what's squeezy. Regardless of broader market sentiment, you can always locate relative strength by checking SqueezeRadar to track irregularities in our data, and find winners you may not have spotted before without our scanners.
🥇 Gold: ~$4,340/oz (+0.1%)
🥈 Silver: ~$63/oz (-1.0%)
🪙 Bitcoin: ~$64.3k/coin (-0.3%)
🛢️ Oil: ~$85.50/barrel (+0.7%)
Today's economic data releases are:
🇺🇸 Crude Oil Inventories @ 10:30AM ET
🇺🇸 Cushing Crude Oil Inventories @ 10:30AM ET
🇺🇸 20-Year Bond Auction @ 1:00PM ET
🇺🇸 FOMC Meeting Minutes @ 2:00PM ET
🇺🇸 U.S. President Trump Speaks @ 2:30PM ET
📙Breakdown point: BELOW this price, the move will lose momentum significantly in the short-term, as shorts will gain confidence encouraging them to short more. Reducing probability of a squeeze without a catalyst.
📙Breakout point: ABOVE this price, the move will gain momentum significantly in the short-term, as shorts losses will increase pressuring them to cover. Increasing the probability of a squeeze occurring, especially if with a catalyst.
$PRCH
Squeezability Score: 40%
Juice Target: 21.00
Confidence: 🍊 🍊
Price: 16.68 (-0.5%)
Breakdown point: 15.4
Breakout point: 19.5
Mentions (30D): 6
Event/Condition: Q2 results with insurance services revenue up 38 percent positive net income and sharply higher adjusted EBITDA leading to raised full-year guidance for revenue gross profit and adjusted EBITDA + continued scaling of reciprocal written premium and policies written reinforcing surplus and capacity for growth + upcoming investor meetings and constructive price target increases supporting the commercial momentum in the homeowners insurance model + Recent price target 🎯 of $23 from Benchmark + Recent price target 🎯 of $21 from B. Riley + Recent price target 🎯 of $20 from Craig-Hallum$DXYZ
Squeezability Score: 28%
Juice Target: 44.7
Confidence: 🍊 🍊
Price: 33.15 (-2.5%)
Breakdown point: 30.0
Breakout point: 34.3 (continuation)
Mentions (30D): 4
Event/Condition: Ongoing investor focus on the closed-end fund’s exposure to high-profile private technology holdings including SpaceX and Anthropic as potential liquidity events and valuation marks approach + trading activity reflecting sentiment around private market valuations ATM activity and expected NAV updates from portfolio mark-to-market changes + positioning as a public vehicle for access to select late-stage venture and growth technology names amid interest in space and AI themes + Recent price target 🎯 of $40 from Roth Capital + Recent price target 🎯 of $38 from B. Riley + Recent price target 🎯 of $35 from Needham
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