Ticker brief
STLD STEEL DYNAMICS INC
Basic Materials · Iron/Steel
last close
$241.53
1 day
+0.7%
14 days
+1.3%
mkt cap
$31.8B
signals 14d
15
authors 14d
15
crowd 14d
-0.7σ
Options inteloptions-surface reads · latest available day per source
| metric | reading | context |
|---|---|---|
| IV — ATM 30d | 39% mid · 42 pctile own 1y | IV/HV 1.02× |
| Skew — 25Δ RR 30d | -0.005 88 pctile own 1y | calls bid vs puts (call skew rich) |
| Net dealer OI (NDOI) | +0.33 thin | 5-session Δ -0.09 (as of 2026-07-06) |
| OI alarm | quiet | last alarm 2025-07-02 (z=2.5) |
Sentiment — last 14 days
daily mean sentiment, 2026-10-05 → 2026-10-16 · now -0.08 (−1 bearish … +1 bullish)
Who spoke15
| author | grade | trader score | signals | mean sent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| @StockOptions888 | C | -2.66 | 1 | +0.90 |
| @3PeaksTrading | B | -1.72 | 1 | +0.40 |
| @MikeFairbournCS | C | +1.09 | 1 | +0.50 |
| @aboutheoptions | C | · | 1 | +0.40 |
| @FlowbyBobby | C | · | 1 | +0.30 |
| @TheNewMoney_app | C | · | 1 | +0.40 |
| @HedgeFundTips | B | +0.73 | 1 | +0.00 |
| @QuasarMarkets | C | +3.67 | 1 | -0.20 |
| @earnings_guy | C | · | 1 | +0.00 |
| @AIStockSavvy | C | -1.05 | 1 | +0.00 |
| @InvestVerified | C | +0.45 | 1 | -0.75 |
| @EarningsLottos | C | +0.00 | 1 | +0.00 |
| @RealSimpleAriel | C | -3.19 | 1 | +0.35 |
| @earnings_watch | B | -0.51 | 1 | +0.00 |
| @ttvresearch | C | +1.59 | 1 | +0.00 |
Recent signals15of 15 in 14d — receipts included
| date (PT) | author | sent | what they said | since then | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | @ttvresearch | +0.00 | Daily calendar lists earnings and events for October 19, 2026. | +0.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-16 | @earnings_watch | +0.00 | Publishes an October 19 earnings calendar organized by implied move; first six retained. | +0.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-16 | @RealSimpleAriel | +0.35 | Steel names have large bases while copper names remain technically resilient. | +0.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-16 | @EarningsLottos | +0.00 | Provides a broad watch list of stocks reporting earnings the following week. | +0.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-16 | @InvestVerified | -0.75 | Enter short STLD at $252. — Explicitly sets $252 as the short entry at double resistance. | +0.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-16 | @AIStockSavvy | +0.00 | Lists companies scheduled to report earnings next week | +0.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-16 | @earnings_guy | +0.00 | Provides next week's earnings calendar; first six tickers retained under the cap. | +0.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-16 | @QuasarMarkets | -0.20 | Opposition reportedly stalled a U.S.-Mexico tariff deal covering steel, aluminum and autos. | +0.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-06 | @HedgeFundTips | +0.00 | Shares earnings-estimate and revision data for the basic-materials sector and constituents. | +1.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-06 | @TheNewMoney_app | +0.40 | Reports bullish call flow with explicit transaction details. | +1.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-06 | @FlowbyBobby | +0.30 | Reports $780K of whale buying in STLD calls. | +1.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-05 | @aboutheoptions | +0.40 | Reports strong gains in steel and aluminum producers. | +0.2% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-05 | @MikeFairbournCS | +0.50 | Reports STLD breaking a downtrend after a triple bottom, with prior highs as resistance. | +0.2% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-05 | @3PeaksTrading | +0.40 | Reports strong gains across steel and aluminum producers during the session. | +0.2% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-05 | @StockOptions888 | +0.90 | Enter STLD 270 calls expiring 2026-10-16 near 0.95. — High-confidence forward call alert specifies strike, expiry and premium. | +0.2% | 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.