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Netflix splits YouTube creators: chart-watchers call it a broken downtrend while long-term holders quietly add
Coverage of Netflix is broad but sharply divided, with technical traders overwhelmingly negative and a smaller group of long-term investors comfortable holding or buying. Brian Shannon of Alpha Trends has repeatedly described Netflix as "a dog in a downtrend," noting it remains trapped below a declining 20- and 50-day moving average and its year-to-date anchor.
What changed: The provided receipts capture creator commentary rather than a dated shift, but the mix of persistently negative technical reads alongside constructive long-term buying commentary is consistent with the noted improvement in overall creator sentiment.
The long-term view: Long-horizon creators frame Netflix as a hold-or-add name, with The Compound eyeing a five-year view and Brian Feroldi expecting a bright future, while Daniel Pronk sees fair value amid maturing growth.
The short-term view: Short-term technical creators view Netflix as a downtrend to avoid, with bounces treated as unproven and the stock "guilty till proven innocent."
narrative generated Jul 10, 2026
Supporting receipts
Watch video ↗No timestamp available in this export.Netflix continues to be a dog. It was trying to stabilize along the year-to-date anchor. It couldn't do that. It's also below the anchor from its year-to-date low and we can see here that that had priorly been support then turned to resistance. The declining 20-day and declining
— Brian Shannon - Alpha Trends
Maybe Netflix certainly isn't. This one I've seen people trying to buy it all the way down. It's got that declining 20 below the declining 50 to below the declining 200 below the declining 5-day moving average. It's in a downtrend. How much clearer does it have to be? There's no
— Brian Shannon - Alpha Trends, at 7:07
Watch video ↗No timestamp available in this export.Netflix continues to, you know, just get a bounce and that's it... these stocks, you know, as we've been saying for weeks have been broken names and are are getting bounces in downtrends, but they're still guilty till proven innocent.
— Brian Shannon - Alpha Trends
Watch video ↗No timestamp available in this export.Nice counter trend day on Netflix... boy oh boy, is this thing still an ugly, ugly, ugly stage four decline, right? Just well underneath the daily 200, barreling down on the 20, the 50. It's just ugly, ugly chart.
— Trade Brigade
Then maybe it gets a bounce..., it's in a downtrend. It's guilty till proven innocent... unless you just love trading Netflix, I'd say just leave it alone.
— Brian Shannon - Alpha Trends, at 10:41
Watch video ↗No timestamp available in this export.Netflix still stuck below a declining 20 and 50-day moving average as well as the orange year-to-date anchor. So, uh nothing interesting happening there.
— Brian Shannon - Alpha Trends
Watch video ↗No timestamp available in this export.Netflix just remains trapped underneath the year-to-date anchor, that orange line, below a declining 20 and 50-day moving average.
— Brian Shannon - Alpha Trends
Watch video ↗No timestamp available in this export.you don't buy the dip. You don't buy strength... that's not a dip. This is a downtrend. This is a broken stock right now.
— Brian Shannon - Alpha Trends
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Netflix is just a dog in a downtrend.
— Brian Shannon - Alpha Trends, at 10:34
Counterpoints
You have Spotify in the top right, Netflix, uh Take Two, and Palanteer. And I remember reviewing these constantly and just thinking, I don't think we have too much more downside. It's just getting these kind of undercuts on that low day. And these didn't even touch the 200 day mo
— TraderLion, at 32:17
Watch video ↗No timestamp available in this export.I bought Microsoft and and Netflix and I said I'm going to close my eyes and and look at it again in five years
— The Compound
The Netflix is my smallest position and I'm very comfortable owning it here. In fact, I hope it goes a lot lower because I would be very comfortable um buying a decent amount.
— The Compound, at 3:17
Personally, I have no plans to sell my shares anytime soon, as this has been a tremendous performer for my portfolio and I think the future continues to look bright.
— Brian Feroldi, at 5:40
