VantagePoint AI Hot Stocks Outlook for August 7, 2026

Hello again traders and welcome back to the Hot Stocks Outlook for August 7th, 2026. I hope you all have had an excellent week out there in the financial markets. And as always, we’re here to take a look at the most recent VantagePoint AI predictive forecast.

So, if you haven’t already, be sure to go ahead and click the link down in the description below and get yourself signed up for a live demonstration and you can learn all the specifics about how these predictive indicators and artificial intelligence technologies are helping traders make better trading decisions out in the marketplace.

And so a really great example of how all of these predictive tools work. Here on Cheesecake Factory, we also have Commercial Metals, some more areas in the retail space where we looked at Ross Stores last week. And really just expanding on how these predictive tools work really regardless of the markets you’re trading.

Cheesecake Factory($CAKE)

But here in Cheesecake Factory, of course, what we have is daily price action. And so that means each one of these candles that you’re seeing on the chart, well, that’s going to represent a full and complete trading day. And so right up against all that price data, you’ll first notice that there’s a black line and also a blue line value. And so what the black line is is a very common technical analysis indicator.

This is a simple moving average. And this is really in the realm of traditional technical analysis, meaning that all of the data, meaning the previous 10 close prices that go in to generate this simple moving average, you know, all come from the past, right? So, it’s really just restructuring what’s already occurred in the market, and has no predictive capability.

So, we simply take those previous close prices, add them all together, and then divide by that number. And again, you get this rolling measure of where market prices have already been. Now what VantagePoint’s technology is able to do is actually utilize intermarket analysis.

So what happens is it’s looking at dozens of other markets that are known to drive and influence future prices to generate this predicted moving average, essentially this price prediction on where prices are likely to head moving forward. Now the data that goes in to generate those predictive indicators, this can be things like other individual stocks potentially in the restaurant space. This can be ETFs, but it even looks at things like the value of global currencies, global interest rates, and potentially even global commodities where applicable.

And so it takes this global approach really making, taking in dozens of other markets and utilizing that information to generate these highly accurate predictions on where prices are headed next. Now, some of those relationships are leading relationships, some of them are lagging. But whenever we see this blue line cross, in this case above the black line, well, it’s suggesting these average prices are going to start skewing to the bullish side.

And we can use that as an indication of the overall trend. So you see as that forecast came through with that blue line getting above the black line, shares here of Cheesecake Factory up 34% just in the past 20 trading days. Now, these artificial neural networks that go in to generate these price predictions, they can really be used to solve a wide assortment of different problems.

And so, while we can use the VantagePoint predicted moving averages for that overall estimation of trend, you’ll notice at the bottom of the chart, you see this bar that goes from green to red back to green. Well, this is getting updated every single trading day before the next trading day occurs. And what it’s doing is predicting short-term strength or weakness just over the next 48 hours or what you can think of as really just a couple of candles at a time moving forward.

And this warns traders of very short-term strength or weakness in the market. Does this with a very high level of accuracy associated with this indicator. So you notice that while the overall trend is up, you will have these periods where the neural index goes down to that red configuration and we see some sideways price action within the trend over the next couple days.

Again here neural index goes bearish. You see how that that has that subdued price action, actual gap down in the market the next trading day. But overall that blue line remains above the black line. Neural index gets bullish again. And you see that momentum really kicking in as this uptrend continues.

Now in addition to that predicted neural index, you’re even provided a predicted trading range. And this is really looking out just over the next trading day. Now, sometimes these levels can come through 48 hours later and we see that week to week. But this is really providing a prediction of the range before any market trading data comes in here and occurs.

And so we’ll end up seeing how accurate all of those predictions are once the trading day is completed here on this Friday morning. But of course we can look back and say, well, how accurate have all of these previous predictions been? And so when traders have all of this information and say, okay, well, what’s going on with Cheesecake Factory?

We’ve seen that fresh crossover, that blue line crossing above that black line. Well, ideally look towards these VantagePoint predicted lows for intraday levels where you might want to accumulate a position. And you see here numerous times getting in really at the lower part of this range from week to week and participating in that uptrend.

So this is what allows traders to limit their risk, you know, manage and add to existing positions and capture that big move there. You see about 34% rally just over 20 trading days or so. So really regardless of the markets you’re trading, we can take this assortment of indicators and use it to essentially act as a forecast on where are prices likely to move going next.

And so we’ve seen a lot of movement around in the metal space, right? So we’ve got Alcoa starting to break out. Some of these again industrial metals, steel stocks here in Commercial Metals, you see this blue line crossing above the black line.

Commercial Metals ($$CMC)

And you see how quickly the markets wants to gap up, start moving higher. A couple of periods here where that neural index is bearish and you see that’s where the momentum dies down but actually offering up some good levels to potentially buy on the dip.

So you see here these predicted lows coming in day-to-day. Again, we always talk about these previous predicted low levels that never get hit. Well, you always want to keep an eye out on the market moving right back into those levels, especially as we see this sort of volatility around the neural index getting bearish.

So, sort of conflicting price action with the overall trend bullish but short-term weakness and you see the moves down towards these predicted low levels before that next move in the uptrend. But really nice opportunity here in CMC. We can see from yesterday’s close here, blue line over black line up about 16% now just over the past 19 trading days and obviously this past week.

Seeing a very aggressive breakout when all these predictive indicators get bullish.

 Dillards ($DDS)

Here’s shares of Dillard’s. So again once in the retail space blue line getting above the black line again these little periods where the neural index goes bearish but overall here you see a lot of separation between that predicted moving average and the actual moving average and that indicates that hey there is a strong trend here.

Oftentimes when you get that kind of breakout price action you come back in and settle in for a couple days but overall here the trend is very bullish and so VantagePoint traders have the help of these VantagePoint predicted lows and again see how this works where you get that breakout, the overall trend moving in as buyers come into the market.

But notice how this previous predicted low, you see how the market whips around, moves down to those levels and then resumes this uptrend here in shares of Dillard’s. So along with Ross Stores last week, we see a lot of these retail stores actually doing fairly well here, up about 16% in the past 17 trading days.

Five Below ($FIVE)

Another discount retailer Five Below, blue line over black line.

Couple of neural index periods here where we run a little bit sideways but overall a very strong trend. And of course those predicted lows acting as those intraday levels where traders might want to accumulate a position.

So even here this last week would have been Friday moving down to this predicted low. We see this uptrend really taking off here as shares continue to go higher in this area of the market. So overall nice rally of about 20 to almost 23% in the past 20 trading days.

A lot of these smaller financial firms doing well. Here’s blue line over black line.

LPL Financial Holdings ($LPLA)

Very brief periods where this neural index goes bearish. You see we do run sideways here for a while. But for the past couple of weeks very clearly a bullish trend, bullish neural index around earnings here. And the market continuing that uptrend.

So as we look back we see overall pretty nice rally here about 22, 23% over 25 trading days. And then of course those predicted lows just every single day you’re getting a new level here, right? So this is where the software has a huge advantage as well is its ability to adapt, right?

So, it takes in all of that information from the target market, all of those intermarket relationships, and uses all of that price data to generate these accurate price predictions, whether they be that predicted moving average, our predicted low changing day-to-day to help traders navigate the volatility or that neural index just indicating that sustained momentum over those 48 hour periods in the market.

So, nice opportunity here in LPLA. 

Tapestry ($TPR)

And lastly here, Tapestry. So, another retailer here, blue line over the black line.

And actually notice this how the neural index is bearish here. And you see how the the the spread between that predicted moving average and the actual moving average very clearly in an uptrend, but somewhat deceptive price action as the market really just runs sideways here.

But once all these tools come together, you see indicating look, expect that strength and momentum in the market. And you see a bit of a trend getting started here with a lot of separation now between that predicted moving average and the actual, about a 14 almost 15% move here over the past 15 trading days as some of these markets start to move into uptrend.

So again of course you have those VantagePoint predicted highs and lows. Going to help traders navigate some of this volatility and price action. You see a little bit of a gap down day here and then moving down again to that predicted low where that’s where we see the market bounce and this uptrend really start to take off.

So really exciting moves here, really just even this week moving down to that predicted low on Tuesday and then pretty aggressively rallying here about 5% just over the past few trading days. So we’ll go ahead and leave it there for today.

But once again this has been our Hot Stocks Outlook for August 7th, 2026. Thank you all for watching. Best of luck out there and bye for now.