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Overview / GOOGL

GOOGL · Communication Services

Alphabet Inc. (Class A)

$288.93
+$8.90 (+3.18%) Nov 4 close

Setup match Leans rally (+15 pts vs baseline)

Why it’s down. Down 28% from the May 13 high and still near the lows. The slide began in June with senior AI researchers leaving and worries about search slowing, then the capex raise on Jul 23. The Q3 report on Oct 29 made it worse: profit -25%, negative free cash flow, -12.6% in a day, its worst since at least 2015 (worse than March 2020). GOOGL failed the watchlist's earnings-growth test (latest quarter below a year ago).

GOOGLAlphabet Inc. (Class A), daily, last 44 sessions
44 sessions−15.6%Leans rally
354.97278.991

Pins mark the headline-sized moves (5%+ logged moves, 7%+ days) in this window. Data through the Nov 4 close.

5 days
−11.1%
From 52-wk high
−28.1%
vs 200-day
−14.9%
RSI 14
30.2
1 month
−16.9%
Next earnings
Wed Feb 3

Daily candles, 6 months

GOOGL daily candles, 6 months

Today vs its past

Its current slide on top of its past 15%+ slides, and what followed charts that looked like today's.

GOOGL drawdowns
GOOGL lookalikes
Next N sessions upn51020Median 20
Own lookalikes10.0%100.0%100.0%+4.1%
50-stock pool6258.1%56.5%74.2%+6.4%
Baseline (any day)all56.0%58.5%58.9%+2.6%

Latest shock vs similar shocks

GOOGL shocks

7%+ one-day drops since Nov 2024

DateDropQQQKindCauseLow afterSessions to lowBack in
Feb 5, 2025−7.3%+0.5%AI spendQ4 2024: Cloud revenue miss plus a $75B capex plan. Tariff crash followed.−29.8%43138
May 7, 2025−7.3%+0.4%One-timeApple exec testified Safari searches fell for the first time (AI chatbots).−7.3%06
Jul 23, 2026−7.1%−1.9%AI spendQ2 2026: capex raised to $195-205B, first negative free cash flow as a public company.−7.1%07
Oct 29, 2026−12.6%−1.4%AI spendQ3 2026: net profit -25% y/y, negative free cash flow, rising AI costs despite Cloud +103%.−14.1%2not yet

7%+ up days and rally runs

DateGainQQQSetup beforeCauseNext 20
Apr 9, 2025+9.7%+12.0%-30%, RSI 2990-day tariff pause (market-wide; QQQ +12%).−2.8%
Sep 3, 2025+9.1%+0.8%-1%, RSI 70Antitrust remedies ruling went easier than feared.+6.3%
Apr 30, 2026+10.0%+0.9%-0%, RSI 71Q1 2026: Google Cloud +63%, backlog about $460B. Best month since 2004.−1.2%

Rally runs (20%+ from a low)

LowHighGainSessionsFrom high at lowRSI at low
Apr 8, 2025Feb 2, 2026+138.2%205−29.8%29
Mar 30, 2026May 13, 2026+47.2%31−20.4%25

Calls on GOOGL and what followed

Live = saved on the day. Backfill = the same rule re-run on past weeks with only the data known then.

DateKindCallFrom highRSINext 5Next 20vs SPY 20Worst in 20
Nov 4, 2026liveLeans rally−28.1%30––––
Oct 30, 2026backfillLeans rally−30.4%21–––−0.3%
Oct 23, 2026backfillNo clear edge−20.4%31−12.6%––−12.9%
Oct 16, 2026backfillNo clear edge−15.3%44−6.0%––−18.1%
Oct 9, 2026backfillNo clear edge−12.5%56−3.1%––−20.7%
Oct 2, 2026backfillNo clear edge−14.6%50+2.4%−18.5%−16.7%−18.5%
Sep 25, 2026backfillLeans drop−14.5%50−0.1%−6.9%−5.4%−6.9%
Sep 18, 2026backfillNo clear edge−13.1%55−1.6%−2.6%−2.8%−3.4%
Sep 11, 2026backfillNo clear edge−15.8%47+3.3%+3.9%+1.8%−0.2%
Sep 4, 2026backfillNo clear edge−15.8%45+3.2%+2.4%+1.5%−2.3%
Aug 28, 2026backfillNo clear edge−13.9%49−2.3%−1.0%−0.8%−4.5%
Aug 21, 2026backfillNo clear edge−14.3%47+0.5%+3.0%+1.7%−4.0%
Aug 14, 2026backfillNo clear edge−14.0%47−0.3%+1.1%+3.1%−4.3%
Aug 7, 2026backfillNo clear edge−11.9%51−2.4%−4.4%−4.0%−5.4%
Jul 31, 2026backfillNo clear edge−11.5%54−0.5%−2.7%−5.7%−4.3%
Jul 24, 2026backfillNo clear edge−20.5%32+11.4%+7.8%+4.2%+2.1%
Jul 17, 2026backfillNo clear edge−13.8%42−7.8%−0.3%−4.7%−8.4%
Jul 10, 2026backfillNo clear edge−11.2%47−2.9%−0.8%−3.2%−11.1%
Jul 2, 2026backfillLeans drop−10.6%50−0.8%−1.1%−1.4%−11.7%
Jun 26, 2026backfillLeans drop−16.2%33+8.6%−3.2%−4.6%−5.8%
Jun 18, 2026backfillNo clear edge−8.5%49−8.3%−4.4%−3.7%−8.3%
Jun 12, 2026backfillLeans drop−10.6%42−2.8%−0.0%−1.7%−6.2%
Jun 5, 2026backfillNo clear edge−8.5%46−2.3%−0.3%−2.0%−8.4%
May 29, 2026backfillNo clear edge−5.5%53−3.1%−7.0%−5.2%−11.2%
May 22, 2026backfillLeans drop−4.9%58−1.7%−9.6%−8.2%−9.6%
May 15, 2026backfillLeans rally−1.5%70−3.5%−6.9%−9.0%−10.1%
May 8, 2026backfillLeans drop+0.0%84−1.0%−9.3%−9.5%−10.4%
May 1, 2026backfillNo clear edge+0.0%82+3.9%−2.4%−7.7%−2.4%
Apr 24, 2026backfillNo clear edge+0.0%69+12.0%+11.2%+6.8%+1.6%
Apr 17, 2026backfillNo clear edge−0.5%73+0.8%+16.1%+12.0%−2.7%
Apr 10, 2026backfillNo clear edge−7.6%62+7.7%+26.3%+17.8%+1.3%
Apr 2, 2026backfillLeans drop−13.9%48+7.3%+30.4%+20.5%+1.4%
Mar 27, 2026backfillLeans drop−20.1%25+9.3%+27.7%+14.9%−0.3%
Mar 20, 2026backfillNo clear edge−12.4%41−8.9%+12.1%+2.8%−9.1%
Mar 13, 2026backfillNo clear edge−12.0%41−0.4%+6.3%+2.4%−9.5%
Mar 6, 2026backfillNo clear edge−13.1%35+1.3%+0.6%+2.3%−8.3%
Feb 27, 2026backfillLeans drop−9.3%45−4.2%−11.9%−4.6%−11.9%
Feb 20, 2026backfillLeans drop−8.4%46−1.0%−4.4%+1.3%−5.2%
Feb 13, 2026backfillToo few lookalikes−11.0%32+1.9%+0.0%+1.9%−2.4%
Feb 6, 2026backfillLeans drop−6.1%45−5.3%−5.0%−3.3%−7.5%
Jan 30, 2026backfillLeans drop−0.1%66−4.5%−9.3%−8.5%−10.6%
Jan 23, 2026backfillLeans drop−2.4%58+3.1%−5.0%−4.0%−7.9%
Jan 16, 2026backfillNo clear edge−1.8%64+1.0%−8.5%−7.2%−8.5%
Jan 9, 2026backfillLeans drop+0.0%69+0.4%−1.3%−1.3%−2.0%
Jan 2, 2026backfillLeans drop−2.5%59+4.3%+9.1%+7.3%−0.3%
Dec 26, 2025backfillNo clear edge−3.0%58+1.0%+6.7%+6.0%−0.2%
Dec 19, 2025backfillNo clear edge−5.0%54+2.1%+6.9%+6.2%+0.9%
Dec 12, 2025backfillNo clear edge−4.3%56−0.7%+8.6%+6.6%−4.1%
Dec 5, 2025backfillLeans drop−0.7%70−3.7%−2.1%−3.3%−7.6%
Nov 28, 2025backfillNo clear edge−1.0%74+0.3%−2.0%−3.0%−7.3%
Nov 21, 2025backfillNo clear edge+0.0%68+5.1%+3.4%−0.8%−0.9%
Nov 14, 2025backfillLeans drop−5.1%56+8.4%+11.6%+10.3%+2.8%
Nov 7, 2025backfillLeans rally−2.1%65−0.9%+12.6%+10.7%−0.9%