Ticker brief
ITA ISHARES U.S. AEROSPACE & DEF
last close
$232.82
1 day
-0.6%
14 days
-8.1%
mkt cap
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signals 14d
19
authors 14d
10
crowd 14d
-1.2σ
Options inteloptions-surface reads · latest available day per source
| metric | reading | context |
|---|---|---|
| IV — ATM 30d | 23% mid · 52 pctile own 1y | IV/HV 1.18× |
| Skew — 25Δ RR 30d | -0.016 68 pctile own 1y | balanced vs own range |
| OI alarm | quiet | last alarm 2026-04-30 (z=4.1) |
Sentiment — last 14 days
daily mean sentiment, 2026-08-16 → 2026-08-25 · now +0.10 (−1 bearish … +1 bullish)
Who spoke10
| author | grade | trader score | signals | mean sent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| @oratnek_ill | C | +0.70 | 5 | -0.08 |
| @NickDrendel | C | -1.09 | 3 | +0.03 |
| @OTR444 | C | -1.39 | 3 | -0.38 |
| @InvestiBrew | A | +4.14 | 2 | +0.40 |
| @AdexTrades | C | -0.22 | 1 | +0.00 |
| @equitydd | C | -2.03 | 1 | +0.45 |
| @SatoStocksTips | C | -0.65 | 1 | +0.50 |
| @realpristinecap | B | +1.10 | 1 | -0.60 |
| @RealSimpleAriel | C | -0.80 | 1 | -0.50 |
| @nikkei_4451 | B | +1.60 | 1 | +0.10 |
Recent signals19of 19 in 14d — receipts included
| date (PT) | author | sent | what they said | since then | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | @nikkei_4451 | +0.10 | Argues defense-stock bifurcation can persist, citing contracts, capacity and LMT's record backlog. | -0.6% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-24 | @RealSimpleAriel | -0.50 | Daily recap describes rotation away from AI and weakness in memory, defense and prior leaders. | -0.2% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-24 | @InvestiBrew | +0.30 | Argues stretched military capacity and replacement needs marginally support defense demand. | -0.2% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-24 | @OTR444 | -0.35 | Describes a factor-driven selloff in ITA negatively. | -0.2% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-21 | @oratnek_ill | -0.20 | Dashboard gives a neutral market score and explicit daily leader-laggard rankings. | -1.9% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-20 | @realpristinecap | -0.60 | Research-note teaser flags ES testing its 20-day average and a sharp aerospace-and-defense decline. | -2.0% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-20 | @NickDrendel | -0.65 | ITA deteriorated from a quality base to losing its 50-day average in two days. | -2.0% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-20 | @OTR444 | -0.45 | Reports ITA falling 2.31%. | -2.0% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-19 | @oratnek_ill | -0.35 | Relative-strength radar lists daily leaders and laggards; first six tickers retained. | -5.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-19 | @oratnek_ill | -0.50 | Dashboard rates conditions positive and identifies daily leaders and laggards. | -5.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-19 | @OTR444 | -0.35 | Interprets ITA's 2.11% drop as signaling reduced war expectations | -5.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-19 | @InvestiBrew | +0.50 | European defense infrastructure spending should create recurring demand, with ITA and PPA preferred as diversified exposure. | -5.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-19 | @oratnek_ill | +0.25 | Relative-strength radar lists daily rank gainers and decliners plus industry leaders and laggards. | -5.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-18 | @NickDrendel | +0.35 | ITA is building a handle near yearly highs and closed well after undercutting support. | -7.7% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-17 | @SatoStocksTips | +0.50 | Describes constructive leader pullbacks and broadening strength into energy, mining, and defense | -7.3% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-17 | @oratnek_ill | +0.40 | Ranks daily and weekly relative-strength leaders and laggards. | -7.3% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-16 | @NickDrendel | +0.40 | Weekly watchlist identifies breakout attempts plus explicit long and short setup groups. | -8.1% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-16 | @equitydd | +0.45 | Cites Goldman framing space as an emerging institutional asset class and lists related ETFs and companies. | -8.1% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-16 | @AdexTrades | +0.00 | Lists the author's sector focus for the week without entries, levels or directional stance. | -8.1% | tweet ↗ |
“Since then” = price move from the close on the signal's date (PT) to the latest close — what happened after they said it, not a backtest. A — means no trading session has closed since the signal yet. Sentiment is our extracted per-tweet score, −1…+1.