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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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Europe ETF Nears Breakout
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (VEA) has seen unusual buys of 2000 June $47 and $51 calls recently and hits on a key 2025 theme,...
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ETF Sector Corner: Large Cap Energy Relative Strength into Seasonal Tailwind
Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund ETF (XLE)- This ETF offers exposure to the U.S. energy industry, including many of the world’s largest oil producers. While...
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Bull Put Spreads in Credit Card Leader Staying in Relative Strength Uptrend
Visa (V) has held up solidly in a weak market as its still up +5% YTD and only recently finally pulled back to the 21-week...
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Quick Breakout Trade Setup for China Tech Giant
Alibaba (BABA) shares of the China Tech giant are staying one of the strongest names in the market and hhardly pulled back the past month...
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ETF Sector Corner: High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Setting up Continuation Breakout
SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (SDY)- This ETF is linked to the S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index, which offers exposure to dividend paying large-cap companies that...
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Bull Put Spreads in Online Travel Provider After Pullback Following Strong Report
Expedia (EXPE) has held up well in a rocky market and is still well above its January low while partially filling its earnings gap after...
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Tech Leader with Relative Strength Reversal for Quick Trade
Google (GOOGL) shares of the tech leader actually closed green on the week last week and showed relative strength in the Mag7 group after early...
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ETF Sector Corner: Midstream Energy ETF with Stable Appreciation and Yields
Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF (MLPX)- This ETF tracks an index of MLPs and companies engaged in energy infrastructure. The fund intends to hold...
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Calls Speculate on Future LNG Facility
NextDecade (NEXT) on 3/24 with unusual buys of 10,000 April $10 calls $0.35 to $0.45 and still has the 30,000 April $8 calls bought in...
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An Attractive Small Cap YieldCo Renewables Company
Clearway Energy (CWEN) started Buy at Deutsche Bank and have to be impressed how well shares have held up at +15% YTD and +40% over...
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Small Cap RCM Provider Transformation Gains Momentum
TruBridge (TBRG) has been on my list to write all year and shares now up 40.5% and showing impressive relative strength just consolidating as the...
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Bull Spreads Position for Upside in Optical Retailer
National Vision (EYE) this week has seen spreads sell 12,000 July $10 puts to open and buy 12,000 of the $15/$20 call spreads with shares...
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Attractive Small Cap Cloud Communications Company
Ooma (OOMA) provides communications services and related technologies for businesses and consumers with products that include Ooma Office, a cloud-based multi-user communications system for small...
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A Compelling Small Cap Midstream Investment
Summit Midstream (SMC) shares are down 15% this morning but remain nearly flat YTD and screens as an intriguing value in a hot midstream industry....
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Insider and Call Buying at Industrial with Data Center Growth Opportunities
Gates Industrial (GTES) recently dipped 25% off 2025 highs but snapped back strong this week and retook the rising 200MA on 3-11. GTES is also...
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High Growth Small Cap GPS Spectrum Play Sees Bullish Put Sales
NextNav (NN) is a small cap GPS solutions name that provides next generation global positioning system (GPS) and 3D geolocation services. The stock pulled back...
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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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