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Trend Edge Setup Score
Trend Edge rates BLBD Bullish with a Setup Score of 53, net conviction 46, actionability 62. How the Setup Score works →
Total Setup Score
53
Directional Bias
Bullish
Net Conviction
46
Actionability
62 (in range)
Key signals behind this score
40wk Uptrend — trend only (sma 61.84 vs px 60.50)
Fresh Trend Turn — 80wk turn 28w · aligned 40w
80wk Uptrend — rising+above (sma 53.54 vs px 60.50)
200wk Uptrend — rising+above (sma 39.55 vs px 60.50)
Funds Accumulating — momZ +1.70 · 3.14→3.43
Short Squeeze Setup — velZ +0.48 · age 77w×0.46 · 12.64%
Seasonal Tailwind — november med 4.1% (mag 1/3) · posClose 75.00% (rel 2/3) · n12 ×0.5 = 3.2
About Blue Bird Corp
Blue Bird Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs, engineers, manufactures, and sells school buses in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Bus and Parts. It offers Type C, Type D, and specialty buses; and alternative power options through its propane powered, gasoline powered, compressed natural gas powered, and electric powered school buses, as well as diesel engines. Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Industrials
Industry: Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery
Exchange: NASDAQ
IPO Date: March 20, 2014
Headquarters: 3920 Arkwright Road, Macon, GA, United States, 31210
Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.
Timeframe
SMA
Value
Trend Context
Weekly
10-Week SMA
$71.66
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$61.83
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$53.54
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$39.55
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$60.97
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$52.01
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$43.36
Secular monthly trend
Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance
Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume
creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative
volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.
Trend Edge's AI Consult feature delivers a comprehensive, multi-layer trade plan for Blue Bird Corp
(BLBD) powered by Claude Opus — Anthropic's most capable AI model.
The analysis covers five layers:
technical analysis (near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular trend, momentum,
volume shelf support and resistance, breakout and breakdown signals),
qualitative analysis (business model, competitive moat, sector dynamics),
insider sentiment (buy and sell signals from executive and director transactions),
share stats analysis (institutional accumulation, fund positioning, short float squeeze potential), and
fundamental analysis (valuation, revenue growth, profit margin, earnings quality).
AI Consult synthesizes all five layers into a single bullish or bearish thesis with explicit entry, exit,
stop loss, and take profit levels — giving you a complete, AI-powered trade plan with defined risk/reward.
Whether you are building a long position, initiating a short, or looking for a reversal setup,
AI Consult identifies the highest-probability signal from the current trend.