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A 3D Printing Stock Sees Unusual Call Buys
Materialize (MTLS) last week saw unusual 4000 May $10 calls buy to open and shares are already +30% YTD moving to multi-year highs out of a weekly bull flag. The recent...
An Industrial Momentum Leader Seeing Call Buys as Orders Strengthen
FlowServe (FLS) has popped up with unusual call buys a few times currently with 1550 February $65...
Consumer Brands Company Attracts Upside Call Buys
Newell Brands (NWL) on Friday 1/24 traded over 10,000 calls, 9X daily average, as 2850 February...
Small Cap Biotech Sees Size Call Buyer
Edgewise (EWTX) a Biotech to keep an eye on with a recent buy of 3000 February $25 calls for over...
Unusual Call Flow in Funko
Funko (FNKO) an odd one today with 3050 February $15 calls bought $0.20 to $0.30 and even some...
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Micron Options Flow Signals Captures Massive Move Higher
Micron (MU) is a great example of utilizing long-term options positioning to catch massive 6+ month moves as we wrote on 8/24/23, and shares have nearly doubled since...
Bulls Adjust Calls Monthly in Industrial Leaders Like Eaton
Eaton (ETN) is one of several Industrials that has seen large call buys adjust monthly since...
Bullish Options Flow Catches Big Move in Nuclear Utility Play
NRG Energy (NRG) was a featured write-up for members on 12/12/2023 with a focus on March $48 calls...
Options Flow Signal Catches Huge Move in Crocs
Crocs (CROX) shares have surged more than 65% since our bullish write-up on 10/11/23 highlighting...
Robinhood Options Catch Massive Surge in Shares
Robinhood (HOOD) shares have surged 65% since writing the name up on 1/11/24 highlighting massive...
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ETF Sector Corner: Smart Play for Robotics Secular Growth Opportunities
Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF (AIQ)- This ETF tracks a market-cap-weighted index of developed market equities involved in artificial intelligence & big data....
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Bull Put Spreads in China Gaming Name Rebounding from Key Support
NetEase (NTES) has pulled back to the 200 week EMA and large volume shelf of support near 90 on the weekly chart and surged higher...
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Cyber Security Leader Sets up Quick Option Trade
CrowdStrike (CRWD) shares of the cyber security leader have shown great relative strength as one of the growth stocks that did not close below its...
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Bull Put Spreads in Most Liquid Market Index Fund for Rebound
S&P 500 (SPY) in volatile capitulation markets like this its best to stick with ETF’s that offer more liquidity and overall diversification so this week...
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Relative Strength Crypto Name Poised for Surge if Market Rebounds
Strategy (MSTR) shares held up extremely well Friday closing up 4% as Bitcoin acted as a safe haven of sorts and MSTR still is above...
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ETF Sector Corner: Natural Gas Company Basket Set to Run Higher During Seasonal Strength
First Trust Natural Gas ETF (FCG)- This ETF gives investors an opportunity to achieve exposure to natural gas, an important fuel for both heating and...
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Bull Put Spreads in Wholesale Leader Rebounding from Key Support
Costco (COST) has pulled back to the rising 200 day EMA the past few weeks and actually held up strong last week closing up over...
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Quick Weekly Breakout Trade in Healthcare Outperformer
CVS Health (CVS) shares of the defensive name are coiling tight near the recent highs and one of the best performers of 2025 in a...
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Big Bulls Position for Stronger Offshore Drilling Market
Noble (NE) has seen massive options positioning recently which is very unusual for the small-cap driller. NE has seen January $22.50 calls bought 10,000X in...
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Small Cap Star: Water Infrastructure Provider Mueller
Mueller (MWA) a quality small cap with shares holding strong with a recent 200MA bounce and up 11.2% YTD. MWA on 4/14 saw a rare...
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Unusual Calls Bought in Specialty Minerals Producer for Possible Buyout
Compass Minerals (CMP) unusual activity recently with 4/8 and 4/9 buyers of 12,250 December $15 calls, a $2M position now having gained nicely already from...
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Bullish Positioning in Small Cap Air Lessor
Air Lease (AL) is worth a closer look given recent options position with 1900 August $45 puts sold to open, 3000 August $50 calls bought...
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Call Buy Expects Rebound for Consulting Leader
FTI Consulting (FCN) unusual trade 3/27 as 1200 May $170 calls bought for $725,000 and continue to hold with the contracts up around 15%. FCN...
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FinTech Sees Bullish Options Positioning
Q2 (QTWO) back to interesting levels with the correction, testing its 200-week EMA a 50% retracement and staying above AVWAP from the 2023 low. QTWO...
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Near-Term Biotech Catalyst Watch in CG Oncology
CG Oncology (CGON) with an unusual bull trade on 4/15 as 2000 May $22.5 calls bought to open $2.15 to $2.65 sending IV higher and...
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Put Sales Show Confidence in Small Biotech with T Cell Engagers
Culligan (CGEM) interesting action recently with 10,000 July $7.50 puts sold to open in a small Biotech trading $7.89, which tends to be a positive...
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Lineage a Cold Storage Leader with Quality Compounder Charateristics
Lineage (LINE) was the largest IPO of 2024 when it came public in July. Options: A trade on 1/2/25 sold 550 July $65 puts to...
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MarketAxess Profile: Attractive Growth with Valuations Reset
MarketAxess (MKTX) was an incredible performer from 2009 to 2020 that commanded a major valuation premium as a thematic play on the rise of electronic...
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Air Products (APD) Company Profile – An Opportunity to Sell Puts in a Punished Quality Business
Air Products (APD) is a former market leader and long-term compounder that has lagged the past year with shares -14% over the past year and...
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An Industrial Software Leader with a Strengthening Business Model
Trimble (TRMB) shares have risen 18.6% YTD but remain 50% below 2021 highs and has seen some smaller unusual option trades. Options: The put sale...
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Cincinnati Financial: An Attractive P&C Company
Cincinnati Financial (CINF) is a name that was a long-time outperformer but since the pandemic has not really regained that relative strength. It is a...
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CF Industries: The Ammonia Leader
CF Industries (CF) has always screened as a best-in-class fertilizer name, but the group has lagged since the surge higher in 2021 with shares 35%...
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Rockwell Automation: Profile of a Beaten Up Industrial Growth Leader
Rockwell Automation (ROK) shares recently sold off sharply on earnings but landed and held at key support. Although there have not been a lot of...
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Estee Lauder (EL) Profile – Can It Return to Greatness?
Estee Lauder (EL) is a company that has gone from long-term compounder to laggard with shares down 52% over the past year but starting to...
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US Reindustrialization: Reshoring and Nearshoring
In recent years, the trend of deglobalization and “reshoring”—bringing manufacturing production back home to the US—has gained momentum. This shift is accelerating due to the...
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Thematic Research: Data Center Upgrades for an AI World
The surge in AI demand is driving the need for massive investments into data centers which are requiring more energy than ever before driving demand...
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MLOps: A Growing AI Thematic Winner
MLOps stands for Machine Learning Operations. MLOps is a core function of Machine Learning engineering, focused on streamlining the process of taking machine learning models...
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Thematic Analysis
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a theme that has been around for awhile but it certainly stole the show in Q1 and is advancing rapidly with...
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Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs) Platforms Could See Resurgence of Interest with Potential M&A Deal
Thematic Snapshot – Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs) Biotech M&A has been an intriguing area recently, as outlined in the Quarterly Brief, and one potential deal...
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Thematic Breakdown: Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
With RPA, software users create software robots, or “bots”, that can learn, mimic, and then execute rules-based business processes. RPA automation enables users to create...
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Simulation Software Market Set to Take Off with Growth in EVs, ‘Industry 4.0’
Ansys (ANSS) shares holding up well recently and trading in a narrow range under new highs with the 55-EMA and low-end of monthly value support...
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