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● 10 Oct · US closed · scored 11:34
● Sat 10 Oct 2026/US closed · opens Mon 14:30 BST/101 names scored today/last score 10:32 BSTResearch, not advice · every call is published at Proof

SO

Southern Co
$84.00 · +0.00% vs $84.00 close · scored 11:34 · stale
Decision brief
BULLISH · 61/100
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 61/100
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, and the tape has led price here.
−100 bearish0bullish +100
+38.2 composite+0.0 vs a week ago
Evidence
61 / 100 · top 35% today
3,355 contracts · quality 78 · stability 0.00
hasn’t paid −0.01% · n=92,310
01

Why it’s +38

Method
What traded today · weight 62%
+27.0 pts
2,409 calls · 71.8%946 puts
bias +43.6 × 0.62
What’s on the books · weight 38%
+11.2 pts
16,167 call OI · 64.7%8,821 put OI
bias +29.4 × 0.38
Equals
+38.2
71% of the score comes from today’s volume, 29% from open interest. Disagree with either? See the method.
02

What changed: 51 days of tape against price

14d43d90d365d · Reader
tape composite (bars)— price◆ big one-day moves30d: price −4.66% · tape −2.7 · corr 0.03
▼ low −46.9● peak +65◆ +79.2 in a day08-1808-2609-0309-1109-2009-2810-0610-10$92$82

Plain English: Over 30 days, price has fallen 4.66% while the tape has barely moved (−2.7). They agree.

03

Should you trust it?

note
Some evidence, not a lot
confidence 61 (65th pct) · quality 78 · 3,355 contracts
note
Jumpy
0.00 vs 7-day rolling · choppiness 37
against
This kind of read hasn’t paid
strongly bullish · call-heavy · low liquidity → −0.01% avg, n=92,310
pass
Tape has led price
tape has led SO’s price by 1 day (r=0.24, n=50)
note
Stretched vs its own history
today’s tape sits high relative to price
against
Our record on SO is poor
8% hit rate on 1304 closed calls · payoff 1.13×
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 $84.00. The $85 strike holds the most open interest (the “wall”, 4,001). Near-dated expiry in the mix, so OI is noisier.
05

Our record on SO

Proof
8%
hit rate · 1304 closed
1.13×
payoff
+0.00%
avg return
2 Oct · 4h
$84.00 → $84.00
+0.00%flat
2 Oct · 4h
$83.20 → $83.20
+0.00%flat
2 Oct · 4h
$83.47 → $83.47
+0.00%flat
1 Oct · 4h
$83.30 → $83.30
+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; 1083 of these 1304 calls were flat.

06

Catalysts & context

EPS surprise · last 4 quarters
+3.10%Q3 ’25
−6.91%Q4 ’25
+5.91%Q1 ’26
+9.58%Q2 ’26
Street MixedNext report — P/E 22.02 · fwd 19.76Beta 0.303 52w $83.80–$100.84IV rank —
Southern Co · Utilities
Strongly bullish, moderately evidenced. The tape has led price here.
−100 bearish0bullish +100
+38.2evidence 61
hasn’t paid −0.01% · n=92,310
Why it’s +38
+27.0 volume · 72% calls+11.2 OI · 65% calls
51 days · tape bars, price line
◆ +79.208-1808-2609-0309-1109-2009-2810-0610-10$92$82
Price −4.66%, tape −2.7 over 30 days. The two agree.
Should you trust it?
noteSome evidence, not a lot
confidence 61 (65th pct) · quality 78 · 3,355 contracts
noteJumpy
0.00 vs 7-day rolling · choppiness 37
againstThis kind of read hasn’t paid
strongly bullish · call-heavy · low liquidity → −0.01% avg, n=92,310
noteStretched vs its own history
today’s tape sits high relative to price
Ask about SO
Why did the score rise from −13 to +38 this week?
It was mostly one day. The composite was −13.1 on 1 Oct, then rose to +38.2 on 2 Oct as the price moved from $82.89 to $83.47. It’s at +38.2 now.

Today’s +38.2 breaks down as +27.0 from volume and +11.2 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 · 11:34method · 62/38
Ask
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