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Rocket Lab drops 9.6% as sellers dominate and the distribution phase widens

Rocket Lab drops 9.6% in a week dominated by sellers, 92% of volume, as the decline deepens into distribution. On the daily chart, though, the stock keeps carving higher lows between the 58 and 78 areas.

Rocket Lab drops 9.6% as sellers dominate and the distribution phase widens
Sell signal, week 12

Rocket Lab drops 9.6% as sellers dominate and the distribution phase widens

August 21, 2026

Our view last week

Earnings now behind it, Rocket Lab stock slips 3.1% and pulls back toward resistance, between the 50-day average and the 7-day high: sellers are slightly ahead and the distribution phase deepens. It's the first step back after last week's 27.5% jump, when buyers made up 98% of volume. The Sell signal, in its 11th week, keeps losing bite: weekly technical analysis shows CMF and momentum improving from a month ago, even if both remain negative.

This week's summary

After last week's bounce attempt into resistance, Rocket Lab drops 9.6% and closes the week with 92% of volume on the sell side, the sharpest seller dominance of the past four weeks. The weekly picture stays bearish with several warning flags stacked together: contracting volume, fading candle-body conviction, and a widening distribution phase. On the daily chart, though, price keeps tracing a sequence of higher lows between the 58 and 78 areas, the level worth watching in the coming sessions.
Ongoing decline ·12th week from start ·US stocks ·T2 ★ See Gold version →
IQS Phase
64
ordinary
Signal Strength
37
decline starting to make lower lows
Sizing
REDUCED
Ranking
#38 / 93
US stocks
Trade P&L %
+34.08%
from signal to date, no stop loss

Chart · Weekly — EMA50 · MACD · VWAP

Weekly chart · EMA50 · MACD · VWAP · Source: TradingView
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Rank position

ranks 38th among the 93 sell signals for US stocks in our ranking, with a signal strength of 37 out of 100.

Sector context

SectorGrowth Tech
Benchmark ETFXLK
Sector regimeweak phase
Performanceweekly -3.53% · monthly +1.69%

RKLB belongs to the growth tech sector (reference ETF XLK). The sector is classified weak phase according to our weekly reading.

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