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● 18 Oct · US closed · scored 18:51
● Sun 18 Oct 2026/US closed · opens Mon 14:30 BST/24 names scored today/last score 01:52 BSTResearch, not advice · every call is published at Proof
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VUG

VUG
$87.93 · +0.00% vs $87.93 close · scored 18:51 · stale
Decision brief
BULLISH · 55/100
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 55/100
For the read
options volume favours calls · open interest agrees with the read
Against / uncertainty
signal stability is low
The read
Mildly bullish, moderately evidenced, but it’s confirming price rather than calling it.
−100 bearish0bullish +100
+21.1 composite−21.4 vs a week ago
Evidence
55 / 100 · top 36% today
1,682 contracts · quality 77 · stability 0.00
hasn’t paid −0.04% · n=8,669
01

Why it’s +21

Method
What traded today · weight 62%
+8.3 pts
954 calls · 56.7%728 puts
bias +13.4 × 0.62
What’s on the books · weight 38%
+12.8 pts
21,808 call OI · 66.8%10,841 put OI
bias +33.6 × 0.38
Equals
+21.1
39% of the score comes from today’s volume, 61% from open interest. Disagree with either? See the method.
02

What changed: 14 days of tape against price

14d43d90d365d · Reader
tape composite (bars)— price◆ big one-day moves30d: price +0.02% · tape +8.8 · corr 0.30
● peak +76▼ low −1.3◆ −66.9 in a day09-2609-2809-3010-0210-0410-0610-0910-17$92$88

Plain English: Over 30 days, price has risen 0.02% while the tape has firmed 8.8 points. They agree.

03

Should you trust it?

note
Some evidence, not a lot
confidence 55 (64th pct) · quality 77 · 1,682 contracts
note
Jumpy
0.00 vs 7-day rolling · choppiness 61
against
This kind of read hasn’t paid
mildly bullish · balanced · low liquidity → −0.04% avg, n=8,669
note
Tape is confirming, not predicting
price has led VUG’s tape by 3 days (r=0.23, n=39)
against
Our record on VUG is poor
34% hit rate on 255 closed calls · payoff 1.89×
04

Where the positions sit

calls tradedstrikeputs traded
$92.5
$92
$91.67
$91
$90.83
$90
$89.17
$89
$88.33
$88
$87.5
$87
$86.67
$86
$85.83
$85
$84.17
$84
$83.33
Spot $87.93 highlighted. The $80 strike holds the most open interest (the “wall”, 3,237). Near-dated expiry in the mix, so OI is noisier.
05

Our record on VUG

Proof
34%
hit rate · 255 closed
1.89×
payoff
+0.36%
avg return
17 Oct · 4h
$87.93 → $87.93
+0.00%flat
9 Oct · 4h
$91.69 → $91.69
+0.00%flat
9 Oct · 4h
$91.31 → $91.69
+0.41%hit
9 Oct · 4h
$91.31 → $91.69
+0.41%hit

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; 147 of these 255 calls were flat.

06

Catalysts & context

EPS surprise · last 4 quarters
No reported quarters stored yet.
Street —Next report — P/E —Beta 1.237 52w $69.63–$93.00IV rank —
VUG · etf
Mildly bullish, moderately evidenced. It’s confirming price rather than calling it.
−100 bearish0bullish +100
+21.1evidence 55
hasn’t paid −0.04% · n=8,669
Why it’s +21
+8.3 volume · 57% calls+12.8 OI · 67% calls
14 days · tape bars, price line
◆ −66.909-2609-2809-3010-0210-0410-0610-0910-17$92$88
Price +0.02%, tape +8.8 over 30 days. The two agree.
Should you trust it?
noteSome evidence, not a lot
confidence 55 (64th pct) · quality 77 · 1,682 contracts
noteJumpy
0.00 vs 7-day rolling · choppiness 61
againstThis kind of read hasn’t paid
mildly bullish · balanced · low liquidity → −0.04% avg, n=8,669
noteTape is confirming, not predicting
price has led VUG’s tape by 3 days (r=0.23, n=39)
Ask about VUG
Why did the score rise from −1 to +21 this week?
It was mostly one day. The composite was −1.3 on 2 Oct, then rose to +43.6 on 3 Oct as the price moved from $90.23 to $91.17. It’s at +21.1 now.

Today’s +21.1 breaks down as +8.3 from volume and +12.8 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 · 40 ptsstock_scores · 18:51method · 62/38
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