Do not chase the gap with a full position. A tactical starter is acceptable only for an investor who can honor the $53.50 risk level. Add on either a controlled pullback near $56.50 with the earnings thesis intact, or after genuine confirmation: two weekly closes above the approximately $63.10 50-day average, a successful retest, and at least five of seven leaders above their own 50-day averages. Trim near $69 unless estimates rise. Two weekly closes below the approximately $54.40 200-day average, or a decisive break of $53.50, invalidates the price-repair thesis.
The ladder makes the distinction between buying a reflex rally and paying for confirmed breadth explicit. ```tearsheet-chart {"type":"action_ladder","title":"AIQ tactical-rebound decision ladder","currency":"$","current":58.69,"levels":[{"label":"Base-path trim","price":69,"weight":"trim 50%","kind":"target"},{"label":"Trend-confirmation add","price":63.1,"weight":"add only after retest","kind":"entry"},{"label":"Controlled-pullback add","price":56.5,"weight":"small tranche","kind":"entry"},{"label":"Structural risk line","price":53.5,"weight":"exit tactical position","kind":"stop"}]} ```