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● 11 Oct · US closed · scored 04:41
● Sun 11 Oct 2026/US closed · opens Mon 14:30 BST/169 names scored today/last score 15:37 BSTResearch, not advice · every call is published at Proof
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MTCH

Match Group Inc
$41.96 · +0.00% vs $41.96 close · scored 04:41 · stale
Decision brief
BEARISH · 51/100
What changed
No prior comparable read.
Evidence is stale — treat this read cautiously.
What would change the view
composite rises above -15 · confidence deteriorates materially from 51/100
For the read
options volume favours puts
Against / uncertainty
open interest leans against the read · signal stability is low
The read
Mildly bearish, moderately evidenced, and the tape has led price here.
−100 bearish0bullish +100
−21.4 composite−91.6 vs a week ago
Evidence
51 / 100 · top 60% today
744 contracts · quality 77 · stability 0.00
hasn’t paid +0.98% · n=6,363
01

Why it’s −21

Method
What traded today · weight 62%
−31.3 pts
184 calls · 24.7%560 puts
bias −50.5 × 0.62
What’s on the books · weight 38%
+10.0 pts
38,293 call OI · 63.1%22,399 put OI
bias +26.2 × 0.38
Equals
−21.4
76% of the score comes from today’s volume, 24% from open interest. Disagree with either? See the method.
02

What changed: 14 days of tape against price

14d43d90d365d · Reader
tape composite (bars)— price◆ big one-day moves30d: price +2.37% · tape −89.7 · corr 0.22
● peak +72◆ −53.6 in a day▼ low −21.409-2509-2709-2910-0110-0310-0510-0810-09$42$39

Plain English: Over 30 days, price has risen 2.37% while the tape has faded 89.7 points. The two are drifting apart.

03

Should you trust it?

note
Some evidence, not a lot
confidence 51 (40th pct) · quality 77 · 744 contracts
note
Jumpy
0.00 vs 7-day rolling · choppiness 80
against
This kind of read hasn’t paid
mildly bearish · put-heavy · low liquidity → +0.98% avg, n=6,363
pass
Tape has led price
tape has led MTCH’s price by 2 days (r=0.31, n=43)
note
Stretched vs its own history
today’s tape sits low relative to price
against
Our record on MTCH is poor
34% hit rate on 740 closed calls · payoff 1.12×
04

Where the positions sit

calls tradedstrikeputs traded
$65
$60
$55
$52.5
$50
$47.5
$45
WALL · OI 9,774
$42.5
$40
$37.5
$35
$32.5
$30
$27.5
$25
$22.5
$20
$17.5
$15
Spot $41.96 highlighted. The $45 strike holds the most open interest (the “wall”, 9,774). Near-dated expiry in the mix, so OI is noisier.
05

Our record on MTCH

Proof
34%
hit rate · 740 closed
1.12×
payoff
−0.04%
avg return
9 Oct · 4h
$41.96 → $41.96
+0.00%flat
4 Oct · 4h
$40.32 → $40.32
+0.00%flat
3 Oct · 4h
$40.32 → $40.32
+0.00%flat
2 Oct · 4h
$40.02 → $40.02
+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; 166 of these 740 calls were flat.

06

Catalysts & context

EPS surprise · last 4 quarters
−3.94%Q3 ’25
+16.92%Q4 ’25
+8.89%Q1 ’26
+4.70%Q2 ’26
Street MixedNext report — P/E 13.08 · fwd 13.75Beta 1.471 52w $28.81–$44.94IV rank —
Match Group Inc · Media
Mildly bearish, moderately evidenced. The tape has led price here.
−100 bearish0bullish +100
−21.4evidence 51
hasn’t paid +0.98% · n=6,363
Why it’s −21
−31.3 volume · 25% calls+10.0 OI · 63% calls
14 days · tape bars, price line
◆ −53.609-2509-2709-2910-0110-0310-0510-0810-09$42$39
Price +2.37%, tape −89.7 over 30 days. The two are drifting apart.
Should you trust it?
noteSome evidence, not a lot
confidence 51 (40th pct) · quality 77 · 744 contracts
noteJumpy
0.00 vs 7-day rolling · choppiness 80
againstThis kind of read hasn’t paid
mildly bearish · put-heavy · low liquidity → +0.98% avg, n=6,363
noteStretched vs its own history
today’s tape sits low relative to price
Ask about MTCH
Why did the score drop from +72 to −21 this week?
It moved over several days. The composite was +70.2 on 2 Oct, then fell to +16.6 on 3 Oct as the price moved from $40.13 to $40.32. It’s at −21.4 now.

Today’s −21.4 breaks down as −31.3 from volume and +10.0 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 · 44 ptsstock_scores · 04:41method · 62/38
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