Author

@MarketMike MarketMike

Vol-structure and positioning analyst flagging stretched tape via specific options metrics

Posts real-time, chart-backed reads on implied volatility, e

trader score
+0.03
hit rate
18%
mean α
+0.04%
signals 14d
10

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 11 scored bets: 18% hit rate, +0.04% mean alpha, trader score +0.03. Their last-14d mentions, direction-adjusted, have moved +5.5% since posting (mean over 5 mentions with price data).

Recent signals10receipts included
date (PT)tickerauthorsentwhat they saidsince thenreceipt
2026-10-15·@MarketMike·Updates a chart analog that anticipated a potential turning point in yields.·
2026-10-15IREN@MarketMike-0.20Describes a waterfall decline and lower-low trend but leaves bounce versus failure unresolved.-18.0%
2026-10-14SPX@MarketMike-0.20Reports the end of a 53-session streak without a greater-than-1% down close.·
2026-10-14SPY@MarketMike-0.25Notes SPY reached the lower weekly expected move after over 50 calm sessions.-1.3%
2026-10-09VZ@MarketMike+0.25A high-volume capitulation followed by lighter-volume selling put VZ on watch for a bounce.+7.2%
2026-10-09VZ@MarketMike-0.75Reports Verizon's largest one-day decline in 24 years.+7.2%
2026-10-09·@MarketMike·The Buffett Indicator is at a chart-record 244%, above its +2 standard-deviation trend.·
2026-10-08·@MarketMike·Compares the 2026 yield path with the 2018 Trump-midterm rates pattern.·
2026-10-08HD@MarketMike+0.55HD rose 3% as rates eased and broke a downward-sloping trend.+8.2%
2026-10-07SPX@MarketMike-0.15Long streak without a 1% decline is compared with periods preceding major corrections.·

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.