VERI

Veritone Inc

$0.59 · −10.96% vs $0.66 close · scored 14:42 · stale

Decision brief

BULLISH · 66/100

What changed

Composite weakened 41.3 points.

Evidence is stale — treat this read cautiously.

What would change the view

composite falls below +15 · confidence deteriorates materially from 66/100

For the read

options volume favours calls · open interest agrees with the read

Against / uncertainty

No material contradiction isolated.

The read

Strongly bullish, moderately evidenced, but it’s confirming price rather than calling it.

−100 bearish0bullish +100

+43.1 composite┆ +84.4 yesterday (−41.3)−37.9 vs a week ago

Evidence

66 / 100 · top 22% today

720 contracts · quality 70 · stability 0.72

hasn’t paid −0.01% · n=92,310

Why it’s +43

Method

What traded today · weight 62%

+12.6 pts

433 calls · 60.1%287 puts

bias +20.3 × 0.62

What’s on the books · weight 38%

+30.5 pts

24,004 call OI · 90.2%2,621 put OI

bias +80.3 × 0.38

Equals

+43.1

29% of the score comes from today’s volume, 71% from open interest. Disagree with either? See the method.

What changed: 14 days of tape against price

14d 43d 90d 365d · Reader

tape composite (bars)— price◆ big one-day moves30d: price −28.58% · tape −44.9 · corr 0.39

Plain English: Over 30 days, price has fallen 28.58% while the tape has faded 44.9 points. They agree.

Should you trust it?

note

Some evidence, not a lot

confidence 66 (78th pct) · quality 70 · 720 contracts

note

Jumpy

0.72 vs 7-day rolling · choppiness 0

against

This kind of read hasn’t paid

strongly bullish · call-heavy · low liquidity → −0.01% avg, n=92,310

note

Tape is confirming, not predicting

price has led VERI’s tape by 3 days (r=0.40, n=45)

against

Our record on VERI is poor

29% hit rate on 403 closed calls · payoff 1.46×

Where the positions sit

calls tradedstrikeputs traded

$17.5

$15

$12.5

$10

$7.5

$5.5

$4.5

$3.5

$2.5

WALL · OI 5,456

$1.5

$0.5

Spot $0.59 highlighted. The $2 strike holds the most open interest (the “wall”, 5,456).

Our record on VERI

Proof

29%

hit rate · 403 closed

1.46×

payoff

+0.55%

avg return

9 Oct · 4h

$0.59 → $0.59

+0.00%flat

9 Oct · 4h

$0.66 → $0.59

−10.96%miss

9 Oct · 4h

$0.59 → $0.66

+12.31%hit

9 Oct · 4h

$0.69 → $0.59

−15.36%miss

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; 164 of these 403 calls were flat.

Catalysts & context

EPS surprise · last 4 quarters

+39.56%Q3 ’25

−194.12%Q4 ’25

−11.78%Q1 ’26

+14.75%Q2 ’26

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