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● 10 Oct · US closed · scored 10:27
● Sat 10 Oct 2026/US closed · opens Mon 14:30 BST/166 names scored today/last score 15:07 BSTResearch, not advice · every call is published at Proof

IBM

International Business Machines Corp
$222.64 · +0.00% vs $222.64 close · scored 10:27 · fresh
Decision brief
NEUTRAL · 71/100
What changed
No prior comparable read.
Evidence is stale — treat this read cautiously.
What would change the view
composite leaves the neutral band · confidence deteriorates materially from 71/100
For the read
evidence confidence is high
Against / uncertainty
open interest leans against the read · signal stability is low
The read
Mildly bullish, well evidenced, and the tape has led price here.
−100 bearish0bullish +100
+13.2 composite+0.0 vs a week ago
Evidence
71 / 100 · top 13% today
41,118 contracts · quality 82 · stability 0.00
hasn’t paid −1.08% · n=2,328
01

Why it’s +13

Method
What traded today · weight 62%
+5.0 pts
22,211 calls · 54.0%18,907 puts
bias +8.0 × 0.62
What’s on the books · weight 38%
+8.2 pts
99,153 call OI · 60.8%63,927 put OI
bias +21.6 × 0.38
Equals
+13.2
38% of the score comes from today’s volume, 62% from open interest. Disagree with either? See the method.
02

What changed: 43 days of tape against price

14d43d90d365d · Reader
tape composite (bars)— price◆ big one-day moves30d: price −4.07% · tape −41.3 · corr 0.70
● peak +59◆ −32.7 in a day▼ low +13.208-2709-0309-1009-1809-2510-0210-10$249$220

Plain English: Over 30 days, price has fallen 4.07% while the tape has faded 41.3 points. They agree.

03

Should you trust it?

pass
Plenty behind it
confidence 71 (87th pct) · quality 82 · 41,118 contracts
note
Jumpy
0.00 vs 7-day rolling · choppiness 39
against
This kind of read hasn’t paid
mildly bullish · balanced · mid liquidity → −1.08% avg, n=2,328
pass
Tape has led price
tape has led IBM’s price by 3 days (r=0.34, n=50)
against
Our record on IBM is poor
29% hit rate on 772 closed calls · payoff 1.95×
04

Where the positions sit

No per-strike chain is stored for this name yet, so we can’t show where the positions sit. The totals above still come from today’s chain.
Spot $222.64. The $235 strike holds the most open interest (the “wall”, 16,074). Near-dated expiry in the mix, so OI is noisier.
05

Our record on IBM

Proof
29%
hit rate · 772 closed
1.95×
payoff
+0.15%
avg return
3 Oct · 4h
$222.64 → $222.64
+0.00%flat
2 Oct · 4h
$227.25 → $227.25
+0.00%flat
2 Oct · 4h
$225.62 → $225.62
+0.00%flat
1 Oct · 4h
$227.94 → $227.94
+0.00%flat

One rule everywhere: a move of 0.05% or less is flat, and flat is not a hit. That is the same rule Proof uses; 380 of these 772 calls were flat.

06

Catalysts & context

EPS surprise · last 4 quarters
+7.28%Q3 ’25
+3.60%Q4 ’25
+4.73%Q1 ’26
−2.28%Q2 ’26
Street Buy-leaningNext report — P/E 19.57 · fwd 17.91Beta 0.790 52w $199.19–$332.46IV rank —
International Business Machines Corp · Technology
Mildly bullish, well evidenced. The tape has led price here.
−100 bearish0bullish +100
+13.2evidence 71
hasn’t paid −1.08% · n=2,328
Why it’s +13
+5.0 volume · 54% calls+8.2 OI · 61% calls
43 days · tape bars, price line
◆ −32.708-2709-0309-1009-1809-2510-0210-10$249$220
Price −4.07%, tape −41.3 over 30 days. The two agree.
Should you trust it?
passPlenty behind it
confidence 71 (87th pct) · quality 82 · 41,118 contracts
noteJumpy
0.00 vs 7-day rolling · choppiness 39
againstThis kind of read hasn’t paid
mildly bullish · balanced · mid liquidity → −1.08% avg, n=2,328
againstOur record on IBM is poor
29% hit rate on 772 closed calls · payoff 1.95×
Ask about IBM
Why did the score drop from +22 to +13 this week?
It was mostly one day. The composite was +21.6 on 2 Oct, then fell to +13.2 on 3 Oct as the price moved from $225.62 to $222.64. It’s at +13.2 now.

Today’s +13.2 breaks down as +5.0 from volume and +8.2 from open interest. I can’t split past days the same way: the stored history keeps call/put volume but not open interest for past days.
tape_history · 51 ptsstock_scores · 10:27method · 62/38
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