Author

@KotlinerBTC KotlinerBTC

Options-positioning quant who reads IV and skew across AI/semis/crypto names

Publishes daily implied-volatility ranks, put/call skew, and

trader score
-0.59
hit rate
45%
mean α
-0.40%
signals 14d
198

Grade = how their written analysis reads (A best). Trader score = how their last-20 timestamped calls performed vs SPY.

Their picks, scored

Across their last 20 scored bets: 45% hit rate, -0.40% mean alpha, trader score -0.59. Their last-14d mentions, direction-adjusted, have moved +1.8% since posting (mean over 168 mentions with price data).

Recent signals15receipts included
date (PT)tickerauthorsentwhat they saidsince thenreceipt
2026-08-28NVDA@KotlinerBTC+0.45Notes pre-earnings bullish options positioning and identifies $227.90 as near-term resistance.
2026-08-28MSFT@KotlinerBTC-0.20Ranks high put-skew names, indicating elevated hedging demand across the listed tickers.
2026-08-28ORCL@KotlinerBTC-0.15Ranks high put-skew names, indicating elevated hedging demand across the listed tickers.
2026-08-28CLSK@KotlinerBTC-0.15Ranks high put-skew names, indicating elevated hedging demand across the listed tickers.
2026-08-28NOK@KotlinerBTC-0.20Ranks high put-skew names, indicating elevated hedging demand across the listed tickers.
2026-08-28CIFR@KotlinerBTC-0.25Ranks high put-skew names, indicating elevated hedging demand across the listed tickers.
2026-08-28INTC@KotlinerBTC-0.20Ranks high put-skew names, indicating elevated hedging demand across the listed tickers.
2026-08-28ASTS@KotlinerBTC+0.25Notes two-year-low volatility and suggests staged option accumulation if desired.
2026-08-28RKLB@KotlinerBTC+0.25Notes two-year-low volatility and suggests staged option accumulation if desired.
2026-08-28NVDA@KotlinerBTC+0.10Assesses AVGO earnings risk using volatility differentials and retreating bullish bets.
2026-08-28AVGO@KotlinerBTC+0.25Assesses AVGO earnings risk using volatility differentials and retreating bullish bets.
2026-08-28NVDA@KotlinerBTC+0.50Explicitly says AVGO is favored while explaining earnings-related call-option pricing risk.
2026-08-28AVGO@KotlinerBTC+0.55Explicitly says AVGO is favored while explaining earnings-related call-option pricing risk.
2026-08-28ASTS@KotlinerBTC+0.00Publishes explicit IV Rank values across high- and low-volatility stocks.
2026-08-28TSLA@KotlinerBTC+0.00Publishes explicit IV Rank values across high- and low-volatility stocks.

Grade is our human read-worthiness rating; trader score is a rolling 20-bet hit-rate/alpha composite — different things, often disagreeing. “Since then” is direction-unaware in the table; the summary line above adjusts for which way they leaned.