Ticker brief
M MACYS INC
Consumer, Cyclical · Retail
last close
$22.01
1 day
-2.2%
14 days
-6.0%
mkt cap
$6.1B
signals 14d
11
authors 14d
9
crowd 14d
+0.1σ
Options inteloptions-surface reads · latest available day per source
| metric | reading | context |
|---|---|---|
| IV — ATM 30d | 55% mid · 74 pctile own 1y | IV/HV 1.54× (as of 2026-08-06) |
| Skew — 25Δ RR 30d | +0.037 99 pctile own 1y | calls bid vs puts (call skew rich) |
| Net dealer OI (NDOI) | +1.40 normal | 5-session Δ +0.58 (as of 2026-07-16) |
| OI alarm | quiet | last alarm 2025-09-04 (z=2.1) |
Sentiment — last 14 days
daily mean sentiment, 2026-08-14 → 2026-08-28 · now +0.44 (−1 bearish … +1 bullish)
Who spoke9
| author | grade | trader score | signals | mean sent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| @ariaradnia | B | +3.91 | 3 | -0.68 |
| @Nice_Stock_ | C | -1.23 | 1 | +0.25 |
| @USAnt_IDEA | C | -1.02 | 1 | +0.40 |
| @InvestmentGuru_ | C | +0.12 | 1 | +0.30 |
| @Dividend_Dollar | C | +0.73 | 1 | +0.30 |
| @DeepIceValue | C | +1.54 | 1 | -0.15 |
| @OptionSamurai | C | · | 1 | +0.30 |
| @Stockspy1 | C | -0.56 | 1 | +0.27 |
| @clintoptions | C | +0.70 | 1 | +0.60 |
Recent signals11of 11 in 14d — receipts included
| date (PT) | author | sent | what they said | since then | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-28 | @clintoptions | +0.60 | Weekly recap lists completed call-option gains across six securities. | — | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-28 | @Stockspy1 | +0.27 | Expresses dismay at Macy's chart or move. | — | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-17 | @ariaradnia | -0.40 | Questions Berkshire's rationale for owning M despite citing its long-term relative performance. | -5.2% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-17 | @OptionSamurai | +0.30 | Use the Sep 4 21.5 put as a new wheel-strategy candidate. — Provides a specific put strike and expiry for a wheel strategy. | -5.2% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-16 | @ariaradnia | -0.75 | Condemns Macy's after roughly 30 years of flat shareholder returns. | -6.0% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-16 | @ariaradnia | -0.90 | Calls Macy's junk and criticizes Berkshire for buying more. | -6.0% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-15 | @DeepIceValue | -0.15 | Contrasts Ackman's holdings favorably with Buffett's and concludes the broader market is in poor shape. | -6.0% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-15 | @Dividend_Dollar | +0.30 | Lists Berkshire's latest-quarter additions and trims across major holdings. | -6.0% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-15 | @InvestmentGuru_ | +0.30 | Reports Berkshire's Q2 portfolio additions and cuts, led by a large Alphabet increase and BAC reduction. | -6.0% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-14 | @USAnt_IDEA | +0.40 | Summarizes Berkshire's Q2 portfolio disclosure and major Alphabet accumulation. | -6.0% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-14 | @Nice_Stock_ | +0.25 | Berkshire's Q2 2026 13F reportedly shows additions to Alphabet and Macy's | -6.0% | 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.