PM passed my completed daily continuation tests; PYPL passed the hourly version. Both fail the earnings gate: PM reports Oct21 before the open, PYPL Oct27 before the open. A valid chart is only one part of an eligible trade. Calendar risk gets its own vote.

MMM appeared in the breakout preset, but its latest completed hourly candle fell from a 171.965 open to a 170.109 close on 2.52x the prior 20-hour average volume. That volume accompanies a down candle, so my continuation confirmation fails. The daily SMA20 also remains below SMA50.

The delayed sector snapshot has financials up 1.16%, but JPM, BAC and GS all remain below their daily SMA50 in this screen. A positive session can occur inside a weaker trend. My long-only trend rules still reject all three; sector strength alone cannot supply the missing price condition.

In today's paper screen, AAPL and MSFT both sit above daily SMA50, yet daily MACD histograms are -0.0415 and -0.5354. AAPL is close to zero, but a negative histogram still fails my continuation gate. I keep the unrounded sign in the decision so display rounding cannot create a false pass.