NIC
NIC
$164.62 · +0.00% vs $164.62 close · scored 05:11 · stale
Decision brief
BULLISH · 53/100
What changed
No prior comparable read.
Evidence is stale — treat this read cautiously.
What would change the view
composite falls below +15 · confidence deteriorates materially from 53/100
For the read
options volume favours calls · open interest agrees with the read
Against / uncertainty
signal stability is low
The read
Strongly bullish, moderately evidenced.
−100 bearish0bullish +100
+90.5 composite
Evidence
53 / 100 · top 65% today
281 contracts · quality 49 · stability 0.00
hasn’t paid −0.63% · n=217,051
What traded today · weight 62%
+58.5 pts
273 calls · 97.2%8 puts
bias +94.3 × 0.62
What’s on the books · weight 38%
+32.0 pts
314 call OI · 92.1%27 put OI
bias +84.2 × 0.38
Equals
+90.5
65% of the score comes from today’s volume, 35% from open interest. Disagree with either?
See the method.
tape composite (bars)— price◆ big one-day moves
NO HISTORY YET
We started scoring NIC today.
There’s one reading so far. The 14-day chart fills in as the hourly tape arrives. Nothing here is back-filled or guessed.
03
Should you trust it?
noteSome evidence, not a lotconfidence 53 (35th pct) · quality 49 · 281 contracts
noteJumpy0.00 vs 7-day rolling · choppiness 0
againstThis kind of read hasn’t paidstrongly bullish · call-heavy · low liquidity → −0.63% avg, n=217,051
noteToo few of our calls checked1 closed call on NIC
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Where the positions sit
calls tradedstrikeputs traded
Spot $164.62 highlighted. The $165 strike holds the most open interest (the “wall”, 164). Near-dated expiry in the mix, so OI is noisier.
6 Oct · 4h
$164.62 → $164.62
+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; 1 of these 1 calls were flat.
06
Catalysts & context
EPS surprise · last 4 quarters
No reported quarters stored yet.
Street —Next report —
P/E —Beta —
52w —IV rank —
Research · never used to score
Tape transformer forecasts live on their own page and have not earned a place in the read. Not enough closed-trade evidence to trust on their own.
NIC
Strongly bullish, moderately evidenced.
−100 bearish0bullish +100
+90.5evidence 53
hasn’t paid −0.63% · n=217,051
Why it’s +90
+58.5 volume · 97% calls+32.0 OI · 92% calls
1 days · tape bars, price line
Not enough tape history to draw this yet.
Should you trust it?
noteSome evidence, not a lot
confidence 53 (35th pct) · quality 49 · 281 contracts
noteJumpy
0.00 vs 7-day rolling · choppiness 0
againstThis kind of read hasn’t paid
strongly bullish · call-heavy · low liquidity → −0.63% avg, n=217,051
noteToo few of our calls checked
1 closed call on NIC
What traded today · 62%
+58.5 pts
273 calls · 8 puts · bias +94.3
What’s on the books · 38%
+32.0 pts
314 call OI · 27 put OI · bias +84.2
tape composite (bars)— price◆ big one-day moves
Not enough tape history to draw this yet.
0% hit rate · 1 closed
6 Oct · 4h
$164.62 → $164.62
+0.00%flat
The read flips to bearishcomposite · crosses 0
Evidence drops below 60conf · below
Price reaches the $165 wallprice · above
3 days before earningsnot yet · earnings
Score moves ≥10 in a daynot yet · delta
Ask about NIC
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