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● 8 Oct · US closed · scored 05:36
● Thu 8 Oct 2026/US closed · opens 14:30 BST/284 names scored today/last score 08:13 BSTResearch, not advice · every call is published at Proof

VLY

VLY
$12.48 · scored 05:36 · fresh
Decision brief
BEARISH · 56/100
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 56/100
For the read
options volume favours puts · open interest agrees with the read
Against / uncertainty
signal stability is low
The read
Strongly bearish, moderately evidenced.
−100 bearish0bullish +100
−63.7 composite
Evidence
56 / 100 · top 49% today
391 contracts · quality 57 · stability 0.00
01

Why it’s −64

Method
What traded today · weight 62%
−25.8 pts
114 calls · 29.2%277 puts
bias −41.7 × 0.62
What’s on the books · weight 38%
−37.9 pts
5 call OI · 0.2%2,548 put OI
bias −99.6 × 0.38
Equals
−63.7
41% of the score comes from today’s volume, 59% from open interest. Disagree with either? See the method.
02

What changed: 1 days of tape against price

14d43d90d365d · Reader
tape composite (bars)— price◆ big one-day moves
NO HISTORY YET

We started scoring VLY 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?

note
Some evidence, not a lot
confidence 56 (51th pct) · quality 57 · 391 contracts
note
Jumpy
0.00 vs 7-day rolling · choppiness 0
pass
This kind of read has paid
strongly bearish · put-heavy · low liquidity → −0.20% avg, n=61,233
note
Too few of our calls checked
0 closed calls on VLY
04

Where the positions sit

calls tradedstrikeputs traded
$23
$22
$19
$18
$17
$16
$15
$14
$13
$12
$11
$10
$9
$8
$7
$6
WALL · OI 1,400
Spot $12.48 highlighted. The $6 strike holds the most open interest (the “wall”, 1,400). Near-dated expiry in the mix, so OI is noisier.
05

Our record on VLY

Proof
We haven’t checked a call on VLY yet. Each read is checked 4 hours, 1 day and 3 days after it’s made.
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.
VLY
Strongly bearish, moderately evidenced.
−100 bearish0bullish +100
−63.7evidence 56
Why it’s −64
−25.8 volume · 29% calls−37.9 OI · 0% 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 56 (51th pct) · quality 57 · 391 contracts
noteJumpy
0.00 vs 7-day rolling · choppiness 0
noteToo few of our calls checked
0 closed calls on VLY
Ask about VLY
Not enough tape history on VLY for a weekly brief yet. Ask anything below.
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Explain the $6 wallAlert me before earnings