Power Generation

Duke Energy Corporation (Holding Company) vs Xcel Energy Inc.

Measured twinDUK / XELPrices through Nov 10, 2026

Why these are rivals: #1 and #2 by market value ($99B vs $51B) in Nasdaq's "Power Generation" industry; SEC SIC 4931 / 4931 (same major group); #1 and #2 by market value ($99B vs $51B) with SEC SIC 4931 (Electric & Other Services Combined).

The price gap between these two has a measured habit of closing. A 2 standard deviation gap becomes a paired paper idea.

  • no divergence: z = 0.85 (needs |z| >= 2.0)
Business leadership

DUK is the larger business

Annual revenue reported to the SEC. Scale, not market share.

YearDUKXELLarger
2025$31.7B$14.7BDUK
2024$30.1B$13.4BDUK
2023$28.7B$14.2BDUK
2022$28.7B$15.3BDUK
2021$24.5B$13.4BDUK
2020$23.3B$11.5BDUK

DUK led in every year with figures for both. Market value: DUK $98.6B, XEL $50.6B.

Stock leadership

DUK is ahead now

Measured against the pair's own last 252 trading days.

DUK leads XEL by 0.85 standard deviations: +1.7% over its usual price ratio. 3 lead switches in the last year.

Price change3 mo6 mo12 mo
DUK+4.4%+3.1%+4.3%
XEL+1.9%+0.3%-1.0%
Relationship

The gap has closed before

Only these tests can make a pair tradable on paper.

Pass
Aligned sessions: 2534 (needs >= 254)
Pass
Co-movement: daily return correlation, 252 sessions: 0.80 (needs >= 0.60)
Pass
Mean reversion: ADF t-statistic of the spread: -3.19 (needs <= -2.873 (5% critical value))
Pass
Speed: half-life of the spread, sessions: 8.96 (needs <= 63)
Data
Both stocks current
The twins over two years

Prices side by side, and the gap between them

DUK Duke Energy Corporation (Holding Company) XEL Xcel Energy Inc.Price index, 100 = 2024-11-06. Tint = which stock is ahead of the pair's usual 1-year relationship (z beyond +/-0.5).
100110120Nov 2024Nov 2025Nov 2026DUK 113XEL 121
Spread z-score: DUK relative to XEL, against the 252 sessions before each day. Above 0: DUK ahead; below 0: XEL ahead. Lines at +/-2 (idea) and +/-4 (stop).
-4stop-2idea0+2idea+4stopNov 2024Nov 2025Nov 2026
Data table (504 sessions)
DateDUK indexXEL indexzAhead
2026-11-10113.47120.50+0.85DUK ahead
2026-11-09112.73120.57+0.49near the usual relationship
2026-11-06112.45119.82+0.69DUK ahead
2026-11-05114.48120.88+1.15DUK ahead
2026-11-04114.05121.07+0.89DUK ahead
2026-11-03111.34118.45+0.78DUK ahead
2026-11-02112.98119.31+1.16DUK ahead
2026-10-30112.11120.05+0.48near the usual relationship
2026-10-29110.80118.88+0.39near the usual relationship
2026-10-28108.75116.08+0.64DUK ahead
2026-10-27109.83117.51+0.53DUK ahead
2026-10-26109.51117.10+0.56DUK ahead
2026-10-23109.99117.39+0.65DUK ahead
2026-10-22110.36118.66+0.29near the usual relationship
2026-10-21106.20115.48-0.27near the usual relationship
2026-10-20106.78115.33+0.06near the usual relationship
2026-10-19104.96113.01+0.22near the usual relationship
2026-10-16106.90114.77+0.36near the usual relationship
2026-10-15104.62112.98+0.08near the usual relationship
2026-10-14105.29113.34+0.23near the usual relationship
2026-10-13104.01112.26+0.11near the usual relationship
2026-10-12103.57111.55+0.22near the usual relationship
2026-10-09102.66110.96+0.05near the usual relationship
2026-10-08102.82110.33+0.41near the usual relationship
2026-10-07101.65108.92+0.48near the usual relationship
2026-10-06101.79109.38+0.35near the usual relationship
2026-10-05100.18107.52+0.42near the usual relationship
2026-10-02100.44107.38+0.61DUK ahead
2026-10-01100.10106.11+1.03DUK ahead
2026-09-30100.33106.00+1.20DUK ahead
2026-09-29100.51106.32+1.15DUK ahead
2026-09-2899.81104.36+1.71DUK ahead
2026-09-2599.75104.98+1.41DUK ahead
2026-09-2499.65104.62+1.50DUK ahead
2026-09-23100.48106.27+1.12DUK ahead
2026-09-22102.36108.38+1.05DUK ahead
2026-09-21102.74108.06+1.34DUK ahead
2026-09-18103.43108.74+1.34DUK ahead
2026-09-17104.32110.74+0.88DUK ahead
2026-09-16103.63109.35+1.13DUK ahead
2026-09-15103.64109.02+1.26DUK ahead
2026-09-14104.74111.54+0.70DUK ahead
2026-09-11105.10113.55+0.06near the usual relationship
2026-09-10105.05113.42+0.09near the usual relationship
2026-09-09105.98114.59+0.01near the usual relationship
2026-09-08106.70115.63-0.09near the usual relationship
2026-09-04105.80113.88+0.18near the usual relationship
2026-09-03106.84114.81+0.23near the usual relationship
2026-09-02106.10113.57+0.38near the usual relationship
2026-09-01105.95114.14+0.11near the usual relationship
2026-08-31105.53113.84+0.05near the usual relationship
2026-08-28105.83114.98-0.24near the usual relationship
2026-08-27106.35116.05-0.41near the usual relationship
2026-08-26107.27116.83-0.34near the usual relationship
2026-08-25107.01116.09-0.21near the usual relationship
2026-08-24107.34116.30-0.17near the usual relationship
2026-08-21105.47114.75-0.33near the usual relationship
2026-08-20107.97118.38-0.61XEL ahead
2026-08-19108.77119.43-0.67XEL ahead
2026-08-18109.12119.07-0.45near the usual relationship
2026-08-17108.76119.13-0.59XEL ahead
2026-08-14109.06119.07-0.49near the usual relationship
2026-08-13109.56118.78-0.26near the usual relationship
2026-08-12108.68118.21-0.37near the usual relationship
2026-08-11108.41116.80-0.06near the usual relationship
2026-08-10106.65115.61-0.27near the usual relationship
2026-08-07109.87117.42+0.18near the usual relationship
2026-08-06109.04115.76+0.38near the usual relationship
2026-08-05108.55116.11+0.13near the usual relationship
2026-08-04109.36116.93+0.14near the usual relationship
2026-08-03109.37116.84+0.16near the usual relationship
2026-07-31110.38117.61+0.24near the usual relationship
2026-07-30111.12117.66+0.43near the usual relationship
2026-07-29113.60118.44+0.91DUK ahead
2026-07-28113.74120.82+0.33near the usual relationship
2026-07-27113.38121.39+0.08near the usual relationship
2026-07-24114.86122.83+0.11near the usual relationship
2026-07-23113.76121.48+0.15near the usual relationship
2026-07-22112.60120.60+0.05near the usual relationship
2026-07-21110.81118.39+0.12near the usual relationship
2026-07-20110.75118.32+0.12near the usual relationship
2026-07-17110.01118.47-0.13near the usual relationship
2026-07-16110.98120.29-0.33near the usual relationship
2026-07-15109.43119.19-0.49near the usual relationship
2026-07-14111.21120.57-0.36near the usual relationship
2026-07-13111.64121.04-0.36near the usual relationship
2026-07-10110.43120.41-0.54XEL ahead
2026-07-09110.23118.84-0.22near the usual relationship
2026-07-08111.58119.75-0.10near the usual relationship
2026-07-07112.84121.33-0.16near the usual relationship
2026-07-06110.86120.88-0.55XEL ahead
2026-07-02114.05123.27-0.32near the usual relationship
2026-07-01110.68119.87-0.38near the usual relationship
2026-06-30111.40120.77-0.41near the usual relationship
2026-06-29112.94123.30-0.61XEL ahead
2026-06-26113.00123.67-0.68XEL ahead
2026-06-25111.86122.95-0.80XEL ahead
2026-06-24111.35122.53-0.84XEL ahead
2026-06-23110.05120.82-0.78XEL ahead
2026-06-22108.70118.53-0.61XEL ahead
2026-06-18109.00116.42-0.08near the usual relationship
2026-06-17108.89116.50-0.13near the usual relationship
2026-06-16110.94118.78-0.16near the usual relationship
2026-06-15110.25119.34-0.44near the usual relationship
2026-06-12109.98119.15-0.47near the usual relationship
2026-06-11109.29117.72-0.33near the usual relationship
2026-06-10110.04117.46-0.10near the usual relationship
2026-06-09108.97117.12-0.28near the usual relationship
2026-06-08107.41116.74-0.57XEL ahead
2026-06-05109.32118.88-0.59XEL ahead
2026-06-04107.21116.96-0.67XEL ahead
2026-06-03106.52116.39-0.72XEL ahead
2026-06-02106.57117.12-0.87XEL ahead
2026-06-01105.51114.92-0.65XEL ahead
2026-05-29108.01119.57-1.06XEL ahead
2026-05-28108.91119.21-0.79XEL ahead
2026-05-27110.31121.82-1.02XEL ahead
2026-05-26109.98121.49-1.03XEL ahead
2026-05-22110.60121.94-0.99XEL ahead
2026-05-21109.71120.62-0.93XEL ahead
2026-05-20108.96120.11-1.00XEL ahead
2026-05-19109.62119.91-0.81XEL ahead
2026-05-18108.11117.46-0.65XEL ahead
2026-05-15106.44117.19-0.98XEL ahead
2026-05-14109.40120.36-0.97XEL ahead
2026-05-13109.04120.18-1.03XEL ahead
2026-05-12110.07120.17-0.79XEL ahead
2026-05-11109.92121.22-1.05XEL ahead
2026-05-08109.28119.40-0.83XEL ahead
2026-05-07109.89120.97-1.02XEL ahead
2026-05-06110.48121.15-0.93XEL ahead
2026-05-05112.28122.50-0.82XEL ahead
2026-05-04112.16122.08-0.76XEL ahead
2026-05-01113.17124.20-0.97XEL ahead
2026-04-30114.01124.76-0.91XEL ahead
2026-04-29111.34118.54-0.25near the usual relationship
2026-04-28112.47119.54-0.21near the usual relationship
2026-04-27111.85119.43-0.33near the usual relationship
2026-04-24112.00119.04-0.22near the usual relationship
2026-04-23112.68119.54-0.18near the usual relationship
2026-04-22110.23117.48-0.30near the usual relationship
2026-04-21110.60118.94-0.52XEL ahead
2026-04-20112.52120.80-0.48near the usual relationship
2026-04-17112.67121.94-0.68XEL ahead
2026-04-16113.20121.90-0.57XEL ahead
2026-04-15112.63118.29+0.01near the usual relationship
2026-04-14114.21120.06-0.01near the usual relationship
2026-04-13114.76121.00-0.08near the usual relationship
2026-04-10115.98123.90-0.40near the usual relationship
2026-04-09117.05124.48-0.30near the usual relationship
2026-04-08115.81122.51-0.18near the usual relationship
2026-04-07116.01121.13+0.11near the usual relationship
2026-04-06115.65120.91+0.08near the usual relationship
2026-04-02116.36121.43+0.12near the usual relationship
2026-04-01115.20119.88+0.18near the usual relationship
2026-03-31115.23119.48+0.26near the usual relationship
2026-03-30115.91119.06+0.47near the usual relationship
2026-03-27114.40117.45+0.48near the usual relationship
2026-03-26113.86117.21+0.41near the usual relationship
2026-03-25112.79116.86+0.26near the usual relationship
2026-03-24112.10117.25+0.04near the usual relationship
2026-03-23112.07115.73+0.32near the usual relationship
2026-03-20111.60115.46+0.28near the usual relationship
2026-03-19114.18119.61+0.00near the usual relationship
2026-03-18115.07120.35+0.03near the usual relationship
2026-03-17117.00122.44+0.01near the usual relationship
2026-03-16117.45122.77+0.03near the usual relationship
2026-03-13117.18123.19-0.10near the usual relationship
2026-03-12116.01121.55-0.03near the usual relationship
2026-03-11114.43121.82-0.38near the usual relationship
2026-03-10114.13123.15-0.69XEL ahead
2026-03-09115.36123.48-0.51XEL ahead
2026-03-06116.61124.11-0.39near the usual relationship
2026-03-05115.82123.90-0.51XEL ahead
2026-03-04116.06124.89-0.64XEL ahead
2026-03-03115.66125.09-0.76XEL ahead
2026-03-02115.84126.03-0.89XEL ahead
2026-02-27115.15125.37-0.91XEL ahead
2026-02-26113.73125.54-1.23XEL ahead
2026-02-25113.46125.66-1.31XEL ahead
2026-02-24113.05126.20-1.50XEL ahead
2026-02-23112.46125.36-1.48XEL ahead
2026-02-20111.57122.65-1.17XEL ahead
2026-02-19111.21121.55-1.05XEL ahead
2026-02-18110.22119.84-0.94XEL ahead
2026-02-17111.51121.45-0.98XEL ahead
2026-02-13112.82122.71-0.96XEL ahead
2026-02-12110.98118.78-0.60XEL ahead
2026-02-11110.18117.19-0.47near the usual relationship
2026-02-10108.81116.56-0.63XEL ahead
2026-02-09107.12114.95-0.68XEL ahead
2026-02-06107.24114.15-0.50XEL ahead
2026-02-05108.61114.48-0.28near the usual relationship
2026-02-04107.55114.60-0.53XEL ahead
2026-02-03107.08114.23-0.56XEL ahead
2026-02-02105.16112.05-0.54XEL ahead
2026-01-30106.79114.39-0.66XEL ahead
2026-01-29106.39114.26-0.72XEL ahead
2026-01-28105.82114.32-0.86XEL ahead
2026-01-27105.86114.80-0.95XEL ahead
2026-01-26104.53113.90-1.07XEL ahead
2026-01-23103.34112.81-1.11XEL ahead
2026-01-22103.59114.09-1.32XEL ahead
2026-01-21105.05115.07-1.21XEL ahead
2026-01-20105.21114.62-1.09XEL ahead
2026-01-16104.92113.72-0.98XEL ahead
2026-01-15104.64113.34-0.97XEL ahead
2026-01-14104.44114.60-1.28XEL ahead
2026-01-13103.31112.71-1.16XEL ahead
2026-01-12102.71111.29-1.00XEL ahead
2026-01-09102.79111.69-1.07XEL ahead
2026-01-08103.25110.36-0.70XEL ahead
2026-01-07102.25110.12-0.87XEL ahead
2026-01-06103.62111.94-0.95XEL ahead
2026-01-05102.80111.40-1.02XEL ahead
2026-01-02103.35112.32-1.09XEL ahead
2025-12-31103.15111.08-0.88XEL ahead
2025-12-30103.56111.58-0.89XEL ahead
2025-12-29103.42111.48-0.90XEL ahead
2025-12-26103.12111.93-1.07XEL ahead
2025-12-24103.39111.43-0.90XEL ahead
2025-12-23102.78111.31-1.02XEL ahead
2025-12-22102.35111.07-1.07XEL ahead
2025-12-19101.70109.29-0.84XEL ahead
2025-12-18103.45110.71-0.74XEL ahead
2025-12-17103.34110.00-0.62XEL ahead
2025-12-16101.72110.89-1.17XEL ahead
2025-12-15102.73113.88-1.58XEL ahead
2025-12-12101.47113.02-1.70XEL ahead
2025-12-11100.67112.32-1.76XEL ahead
2025-12-10100.33112.23-1.83XEL ahead
2025-12-09101.42113.88-1.94XEL ahead
2025-12-08101.40113.90-1.97XEL ahead
2025-12-05102.54116.08-2.18XEL ahead
2025-12-04103.82116.96-2.09XEL ahead
2025-12-03104.39117.90-2.17XEL ahead
2025-12-02105.33118.88-2.18XEL ahead
2025-12-01106.27119.91-2.20XEL ahead
2025-11-28109.07123.49-2.31XEL ahead
2025-11-26108.62122.20-2.17XEL ahead
2025-11-25107.30120.91-2.24XEL ahead
2025-11-24107.45120.71-2.19XEL ahead
2025-11-21108.07119.82-1.87XEL ahead
2025-11-20107.84119.55-1.88XEL ahead
2025-11-19107.57119.82-2.03XEL ahead
2025-11-18108.95121.82-2.15XEL ahead
2025-11-17110.16122.29-1.97XEL ahead
2025-11-14107.99121.19-2.30XEL ahead
2025-11-13108.77120.53-1.98XEL ahead
2025-11-12109.04121.40-2.13XEL ahead
2025-11-11108.84122.06-2.37XEL ahead
2025-11-10108.18120.92-2.31XEL ahead
2025-11-07108.83121.69-2.35XEL ahead
2025-11-06109.13121.13-2.17XEL ahead
2025-11-05108.92122.11-2.50XEL ahead
2025-11-04108.98122.71-2.67XEL ahead
2025-11-03108.84122.21-2.62XEL ahead
2025-10-31109.39122.08-2.45XEL ahead
2025-10-30110.19122.71-2.41XEL ahead
2025-10-29109.38119.85-1.94XEL ahead
2025-10-28110.58120.05-1.67XEL ahead
2025-10-27112.20121.36-1.55XEL ahead
2025-10-24112.09120.91-1.46XEL ahead
2025-10-23112.00120.94-1.49XEL ahead
2025-10-22113.55121.36-1.20XEL ahead
2025-10-21112.94121.28-1.32XEL ahead
2025-10-20113.47122.24-1.40XEL ahead
2025-10-17113.11122.06-1.45XEL ahead
2025-10-16112.12121.97-1.67XEL ahead
2025-10-15113.24123.03-1.64XEL ahead
2025-10-14112.49121.60-1.52XEL ahead
2025-10-13110.97120.56-1.66XEL ahead
2025-10-10111.78121.72-1.74XEL ahead
2025-10-09109.75122.21-2.34XEL ahead
2025-10-08110.21123.10-2.45XEL ahead
2025-10-07110.50123.10-2.42XEL ahead
2025-10-06109.46121.82-2.42XEL ahead
2025-10-03108.72120.71-2.39XEL ahead
2025-10-02106.99119.72-2.64XEL ahead
2025-10-01107.71120.79-2.74XEL ahead
2025-09-30108.91121.30-2.59XEL ahead
2025-09-29108.07120.39-2.63XEL ahead
2025-09-26108.26119.24-2.34XEL ahead
2025-09-25107.65116.18-1.80XEL ahead
2025-09-24108.81117.21-1.75XEL ahead
2025-09-23108.33109.85-0.11near the usual relationship
2025-09-22107.00108.81-0.19near the usual relationship
2025-09-19106.56108.45-0.22near the usual relationship
2025-09-18105.95108.54-0.41near the usual relationship
2025-09-17106.57108.36-0.21near the usual relationship
2025-09-16105.83108.45-0.43near the usual relationship
2025-09-15107.69109.87-0.31near the usual relationship
2025-09-12107.32110.32-0.52XEL ahead
2025-09-11107.46109.57-0.31near the usual relationship
2025-09-10106.79108.75-0.29near the usual relationship
2025-09-09105.94108.32-0.40near the usual relationship
2025-09-08105.76107.91-0.35near the usual relationship
2025-09-05106.14109.31-0.59XEL ahead
2025-09-04106.37108.65-0.39near the usual relationship
2025-09-03106.93108.93-0.34near the usual relationship
2025-09-02107.27108.50-0.17near the usual relationship
2025-08-29107.80108.87-0.14near the usual relationship
2025-08-28107.69108.80-0.15near the usual relationship
2025-08-27108.84109.60-0.08near the usual relationship
2025-08-26108.49109.10-0.06near the usual relationship
2025-08-25108.34109.84-0.26near the usual relationship
2025-08-22109.43111.69-0.42near the usual relationship
2025-08-21109.25110.03-0.12near the usual relationship
2025-08-20109.55110.05-0.07near the usual relationship
2025-08-19108.93110.12-0.22near the usual relationship
2025-08-18106.89108.60-0.34near the usual relationship
2025-08-15107.76108.18-0.09near the usual relationship
2025-08-14109.35108.87+0.08near the usual relationship
2025-08-13110.63109.67+0.16near the usual relationship
2025-08-12109.54108.87+0.09near the usual relationship
2025-08-11110.50109.30+0.18near the usual relationship
2025-08-08110.29110.29-0.05near the usual relationship
2025-08-07110.82110.14+0.06near the usual relationship
2025-08-06110.19110.24-0.08near the usual relationship
2025-08-05109.13110.89-0.39near the usual relationship
2025-08-04109.28111.66-0.51XEL ahead
2025-08-01108.17110.50-0.51XEL ahead
2025-07-31107.05110.45-0.71XEL ahead
2025-07-30106.03108.87-0.62XEL ahead
2025-07-29105.16108.80-0.77XEL ahead
2025-07-28103.49106.99-0.76XEL ahead
2025-07-25105.54109.28-0.80XEL ahead
2025-07-24105.39109.46-0.86XEL ahead
2025-07-23105.17109.04-0.83XEL ahead
2025-07-22106.25109.88-0.79XEL ahead
2025-07-21105.46107.64-0.56XEL ahead
2025-07-18104.22105.85-0.47near the usual relationship
2025-07-17103.37104.75-0.44near the usual relationship
2025-07-16103.66104.03-0.27near the usual relationship
2025-07-15103.05102.77-0.17near the usual relationship
2025-07-14103.78104.03-0.26near the usual relationship
2025-07-11103.37103.20-0.20near the usual relationship
2025-07-10104.00102.95-0.06near the usual relationship
2025-07-09103.12102.03-0.06near the usual relationship
2025-07-08102.36101.61-0.12near the usual relationship
2025-07-07103.22102.09-0.07near the usual relationship
2025-07-03103.24102.56-0.15near the usual relationship
2025-07-02103.02101.61-0.03near the usual relationship
2025-07-01104.61103.34-0.06near the usual relationship
2025-06-30103.85102.42-0.04near the usual relationship
2025-06-27102.90101.94-0.12near the usual relationship
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2025-06-17101.0298.74+0.07near the usual relationship
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2025-06-12103.21103.88-0.42near the usual relationship
2025-06-11102.39102.65-0.36near the usual relationship
2025-06-10102.38103.71-0.54XEL ahead
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2025-05-20103.24108.76-1.25XEL ahead
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2025-05-1498.97103.47-1.17XEL ahead
2025-05-1399.51102.74-0.98XEL ahead
2025-05-12101.95101.94-0.47near the usual relationship
2025-05-09105.90106.20-0.52XEL ahead
2025-05-08105.61105.53-0.47near the usual relationship
2025-05-07107.89107.32-0.40near the usual relationship
2025-05-06108.19106.87-0.29near the usual relationship
2025-05-05106.27106.62-0.55XEL ahead
2025-05-02107.00106.44-0.42near the usual relationship
2025-05-01106.78105.88-0.37near the usual relationship
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2025-04-25105.47103.78-0.25near the usual relationship
2025-04-24106.22105.72-0.44near the usual relationship
2025-04-23106.86107.61-0.63XEL ahead
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2025-04-16105.91103.93-0.22near the usual relationship
2025-04-15106.04105.69-0.47near the usual relationship
2025-04-14106.13106.38-0.57XEL ahead
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2025-04-03109.17108.50-0.45near the usual relationship
2025-04-02105.95106.63-0.65XEL ahead
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2025-03-31107.34106.47-0.43near the usual relationship
2025-03-28105.09104.86-0.53XEL ahead
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2025-03-20105.75105.41-0.53XEL ahead
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2025-03-17106.32105.22-0.43near the usual relationship
2025-03-14105.71104.90-0.48near the usual relationship
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2025-03-12102.65103.55-0.75XEL ahead
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2025-02-12102.41101.37-0.41near the usual relationship
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2025-02-06100.78100.95-0.56XEL ahead
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2024-11-20100.10105.35-1.00XEL ahead
2024-11-1999.96104.63-0.92XEL ahead
2024-11-1899.92105.19-0.98XEL ahead
2024-11-1598.72104.47-1.03XEL ahead
2024-11-1497.40103.64-1.09XEL ahead
2024-11-1397.96103.25-0.97XEL ahead
2024-11-1298.46103.19-0.89XEL ahead
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2024-11-0899.65101.32-0.50XEL ahead
2024-11-0797.7699.56-0.51XEL ahead
2024-11-06100.00100.00-0.29near the usual relationship

One-day company-specific moves (4+ standard deviations, which block ideas for 10 sessions): Sep 24, 2025 (DUK +0.4%, XEL +6.7%).

Paired trades

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Forward paper record

No paper position on this pair yet.

Historical simulation (a diagnostic, same rules)

2 simulated trades to Nov 3, 2026: -3.13% per trade on average after costs, 0 won.

LegsEnteredExitedWhyDaysBefore costsCosts + borrowAfter costs
Long XEL · Short DUKJul 28, 2023Aug 11, 2023divergence stop14-$329.85-$45.00-$378.83 (-3.79%)
Long DUK · Short XELFeb 15, 2019Mar 8, 2019divergence stop21-$207.02-$47.44-$246.24 (-2.46%)

Per $10,000 a leg. A replay on today's companies cannot prove an edge.

The companies

DUK and XEL at a glance

DUK Duke Energy Corporation (Holding Company)

Listing
NYSE · SEC CIK 1326160
Industry
Power Generation · SIC 4931 Electric & Other Services Combined
Market value
$98.6B
Price history
2,534 daily closes, Oct 12, 2016 to Nov 10, 2026

XEL Xcel Energy Inc.

Listing
Nasdaq · SEC CIK 72903
Industry
Power Generation · SIC 4931 Electric & Other Services Combined
Market value
$50.6B
Price history
2,534 daily closes, Oct 12, 2016 to Nov 10, 2026

Daily prices: Nasdaq.com. Filings and industry codes: SEC EDGAR. Earnings dates: Nasdaq earnings calendar.

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