The Convergence Framework.

The Convergence Framework is the Layer 1 deep dive for single-name equity at roughly $200M to $5B market cap — the band where retail edge actually lives, because institutional liquidity has not yet fully formed and convergence signals are not yet crowded. The standard reads do not work here: gamma profiles are useless on thin chains, dark-pool services do not cover most names under a million ADV, and sell-side coverage is patchy. The data exists. It is scattered across six independent SEC and federal filings.

This issue is the rule that turns those scattered sources into structural conviction: a single source is noise, two simultaneous independent sources is interesting, three or more is convergence. You will leave with the six-source matrix (Form 4 insider clusters, 13F shifts, 8-K catalysts, government contracts, sector flow, unusual options flow), a confluence score, sizing and risk rules for Tier C plays, and the failure modes that ruin this approach in practice.