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● 10 Oct · US closed · scored 15:59
● Sat 10 Oct 2026/US closed · opens Mon 14:30 BST/294 names scored today/last score 20:34 BSTResearch, not advice · every call is published at Proof

NUE

Nucor Corp
$251.41 · +0.00% vs $251.41 close · scored 15:59 · fresh
Decision brief
BEARISH · 58/100
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 58/100
For the read
options volume favours puts
Against / uncertainty
signal stability is low
The read
Strongly bearish, moderately evidenced, and the tape has led price here.
−100 bearish0bullish +100
−31.0 composite−76.5 vs a week ago
Evidence
58 / 100 · top 42% today
1,604 contracts · quality 74 · stability 0.00
hasn’t paid +0.10% · n=21,921
01

Why it’s −31

Method
What traded today · weight 62%
−33.9 pts
364 calls · 22.7%1,240 puts
bias −54.6 × 0.62
What’s on the books · weight 38%
+2.8 pts
5,692 call OI · 53.7%4,904 put OI
bias +7.4 × 0.38
Equals
−31.0
92% of the score comes from today’s volume, 8% 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 −4.76% · tape +0.9 · corr 0.00
● peak +58◆ +89.6 in a day▼ low −33.608-2909-0509-1209-1909-2610-0310-10$264$233

Plain English: Over 30 days, price has fallen 4.76% while the tape has barely moved (+0.9). The two are drifting apart.

03

Should you trust it?

note
Some evidence, not a lot
confidence 58 (58th pct) · quality 74 · 1,604 contracts
note
Jumpy
0.00 vs 7-day rolling · choppiness 36
against
This kind of read hasn’t paid
strongly bearish · put-heavy · low liquidity → +0.10% avg, n=21,921
pass
Tape has led price
tape has led NUE’s price by 3 days (r=0.26, n=46)
note
Stretched vs its own history
today’s tape sits low relative to price
against
Our record on NUE is poor
26% hit rate on 299 closed calls · payoff 3.08×
04

Where the positions sit

calls tradedstrikeputs traded
$330
$320
$310
$300
$290
$280
$270
$260
$250
$240
$230
WALL · OI 1,611
$220
$210
$200
$195
$190
$185
$180
$175
Spot $251.41 highlighted. The $230 strike holds the most open interest (the “wall”, 1,611).
05

Our record on NUE

Proof
26%
hit rate · 299 closed
3.08×
payoff
+0.49%
avg return
6 Oct · 4h
$251.41 → $251.41
+0.00%flat
5 Oct · 4h
$240.39 → $240.39
+0.00%flat
5 Oct · 4h
$240.39 → $240.39
+0.00%flat
5 Oct · 4h
$240.39 → $240.39
+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; 154 of these 299 calls were flat.

06

Catalysts & context

EPS surprise · last 4 quarters
+19.09%Q3 ’25
−10.32%Q4 ’25
+13.54%Q1 ’26
+9.44%Q2 ’26
Street Buy-leaningNext report — P/E 23.40 · fwd 12.46Beta 1.877 52w $131.32–$280.11IV rank —
Nucor Corp · Metals & Mining
Strongly bearish, moderately evidenced. The tape has led price here.
−100 bearish0bullish +100
−31.0evidence 58
hasn’t paid +0.10% · n=21,921
Why it’s −31
−33.9 volume · 23% calls+2.8 OI · 54% calls
43 days · tape bars, price line
◆ +89.608-2909-0509-1209-1909-2610-0310-10$264$233
Price −4.76%, tape +0.9 over 30 days. The two are drifting apart.
Should you trust it?
noteSome evidence, not a lot
confidence 58 (58th pct) · quality 74 · 1,604 contracts
noteJumpy
0.00 vs 7-day rolling · choppiness 36
againstThis kind of read hasn’t paid
strongly bearish · put-heavy · low liquidity → +0.10% avg, n=21,921
noteStretched vs its own history
today’s tape sits low relative to price
Ask about NUE
Why did the score drop from +45 to −31 this week?
It was mostly one day. The composite was +45.5 on 4 Oct, then fell to −3.2 on 5 Oct as the price moved from $240.39 to $240.39. It’s at −31.0 now.

Today’s −31.0 breaks down as −33.9 from volume and +2.8 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 · 47 ptsstock_scores · 15:59method · 62/38
Ask
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