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Pristine Weekend Watchlist 1.18.26

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Andrew O'Connell, CFA, FRM
Jan 18, 2026
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Welcome to this week's edition of the Pristine Capital Weekend Watchlist! 👋

In this note, we’ll cover the following topics to prep for the upcoming trading week:

  • 🦾 Sector relative strength analysis across multiple timeframes

  • 🌎Macro Analysis

  • 📈Three A+ Trade Setups

And much more! Let's get started! 👇


🔗PRISTINE ALPHA TOOLS

Sector/Style Factor Relative Strength Analysis

A key part of our technical process is tracking momentum across style factors and sectors on multiple timeframes. Our goal is to follow the flow of capital and spot trend changes early

Style Factor YTD Performance

  • Dividend Aristocrats and Quality are leading in 2026. Complete 180 from the years 2023 → 2025👇

YTD Sector Performance

  • BLOK Blockchain leading the pack. This is still a tight race! 👇

QTD Sector Performance

  • QTD performance is identical to YTD performance in Q1 👇

1-Month Sector Performance

  • ITA aerospace & defense rallied on the unveiling of a $1.5T defense budget 👇

1-Week Sector Performance

  • IGV software sold off on the potential for AI to disrupt the sector👇

Key Ideas/ Macro Backdrop🗝️

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