Ticker brief
TXN TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC
Technology · Semiconductors
last close
$258.64
1 day
-3.0%
14 days
-7.5%
mkt cap
$266.7B
signals 14d
9
authors 14d
8
crowd 14d
-0.4σ
Options inteloptions-surface reads · latest available day per source
| metric | reading | context |
|---|---|---|
| IV — ATM 30d | 50% rich · 89 pctile own 1y | IV/HV 1.12× (as of 2026-08-06) |
| Skew — 25Δ RR 30d | +0.029 100 pctile own 1y | calls bid vs puts (call skew rich) |
| Net dealer OI (NDOI) | +0.56 elevated | 5-session Δ +0.21 (as of 2026-07-06) |
| OI alarm | quiet | last alarm 2026-04-24 (z=2.6) |
Sentiment — last 14 days
daily mean sentiment, 2026-08-17 → 2026-08-28 · now +0.42 (−1 bearish … +1 bullish)
Who spoke8
| author | grade | trader score | signals | mean sent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| @scetrader | C | +1.59 | 2 | +0.42 |
| @dnystedt | B | -1.58 | 1 | +0.35 |
| @momoblog0214 | C | +1.30 | 1 | +0.45 |
| @Stockspy1 | C | -0.56 | 1 | +0.39 |
| @HunterAllen4 | C | -1.66 | 1 | +0.40 |
| @TheMarket_Monk | C | -1.30 | 1 | +0.30 |
| @InvestVerified | C | +1.57 | 1 | -0.50 |
| @dividendology | C | +3.00 | 1 | +0.35 |
Recent signals9of 9 in 14d — receipts included
| date (PT) | author | sent | what they said | since then | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-28 | @scetrader | +0.35 | Take an options trade in TXN and GFS. — Explicit 'Trade Now' post proposes options exposure to TXN and GFS, but contract direction is not shown. | — | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-28 | @scetrader | +0.50 | Presents mature-chip stocks as a new AI trade attributed to Needham. | — | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-25 | @dividendology | +0.35 | Uses TXN's long recovery and dividend growth to explain the appeal of dividend-growth investing in retirement. | -0.5% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-25 | @InvestVerified | -0.50 | TXN's close below an April gap puts a $236.99 retest in play. | -0.5% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-24 | @TheMarket_Monk | +0.30 | Discloses current swing holdings and plans no additions before NVDA earnings. | -0.1% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-23 | @HunterAllen4 | +0.40 | Detailed long-term AI power-delivery thesis led by MPWR, supported by earnings, guidance, and technical levels. | -2.2% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-21 | @Stockspy1 | +0.39 | Calls TXN the weakest major chip stock and notes a new multi-month low. | -2.2% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-19 | @momoblog0214 | +0.45 | Says the numbers are extremely strong and views both TXN and ADI favorably. | -3.3% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-17 | @dnystedt | +0.35 | AI demand is driving 10–15% power-chip price hikes and higher-end SiC/GaN component demand. | -8.6% | 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.