Skip to content
FlowDesk
VZ$46.07 +0.26%+ Alert
Sign inCreate free accountStart free
● 10 Oct · US closed · scored 12:07
● 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

VZ

Verizon Communications Inc
$46.07 · +0.26% vs $45.95 close · scored 12:07 · stale
Decision brief
BULLISH · 76/100
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 76/100
For the read
options volume favours calls · open interest agrees with the read · evidence confidence is high
Against / uncertainty
signal stability is low
The read
Mildly bullish, well evidenced, and the tape has led price here.
−100 bearish0bullish +100
+24.5 composite−12.8 vs a week ago
Evidence
76 / 100 · top 6% today
33,623 contracts · quality 82 · stability 0.00
hasn’t paid −0.74% · n=9,948
01

Why it’s +25

Method
What traded today · weight 62%
+19.0 pts
21,972 calls · 65.3%11,651 puts
bias +30.7 × 0.62
What’s on the books · weight 38%
+5.5 pts
516,818 call OI · 57.2%386,530 put OI
bias +14.4 × 0.38
Equals
+24.5
78% of the score comes from today’s volume, 22% 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 −8.50% · tape +39.1 · corr -0.10
▼ low +2.6● peak +37◆ −16.6 in a day09-2409-2609-2809-3010-0210-0410-0610-07$50$46

Plain English: Over 30 days, price has fallen 8.50% while the tape has firmed 39.1 points. The two are drifting apart.

03

Should you trust it?

pass
Plenty behind it
confidence 76 (94th pct) · quality 82 · 33,623 contracts
note
Jumpy
0.00 vs 7-day rolling · choppiness 21
against
This kind of read hasn’t paid
mildly bullish · call-heavy · mid liquidity → −0.74% avg, n=9,948
pass
Tape has led price
tape has led VZ’s price by 2 days (r=-0.19, n=49)
note
Stretched vs its own history
today’s tape sits high relative to price
against
Our record on VZ is poor
11% hit rate on 1418 closed calls · payoff 1.67×
04

Where the positions sit

calls tradedstrikeputs traded
$51
$50
WALL · OI 107,902
$49.5
$49
$48.5
$48
$47.5
$47
$46.5
$46
$45.5
$45
$44.5
$44
$43.5
$43
$42.5
$42
$41
Spot $46.07 highlighted. The $50 strike holds the most open interest (the “wall”, 107,902). Near-dated expiry in the mix, so OI is noisier.
05

Our record on VZ

Proof
11%
hit rate · 1418 closed
1.67×
payoff
+0.04%
avg return
7 Oct · 4h
$46.07 → $46.07
+0.00%flat
2 Oct · 4h
$45.95 → $45.95
+0.00%flat
2 Oct · 4h
$46.09 → $46.09
+0.00%flat
2 Oct · 4h
$45.98 → $45.98
+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; 1135 of these 1418 calls were flat.

06

Catalysts & context

EPS surprise · last 4 quarters
−1.20%Q3 ’25
+0.43%Q4 ’25
+3.81%Q1 ’26
−0.22%Q2 ’26
Street MixedNext report — P/E 12.07 · fwd 8.96Beta 0.262 52w $38.39–$51.68IV rank —
Verizon Communications Inc · Telecommunication
Mildly bullish, well evidenced. The tape has led price here.
−100 bearish0bullish +100
+24.5evidence 76
hasn’t paid −0.74% · n=9,948
Why it’s +25
+19.0 volume · 65% calls+5.5 OI · 57% calls
14 days · tape bars, price line
◆ −16.609-2409-2609-2809-3010-0210-0410-0610-07$50$46
Price −8.50%, tape +39.1 over 30 days. The two are drifting apart.
Should you trust it?
passPlenty behind it
confidence 76 (94th pct) · quality 82 · 33,623 contracts
noteJumpy
0.00 vs 7-day rolling · choppiness 21
againstThis kind of read hasn’t paid
mildly bullish · call-heavy · mid liquidity → −0.74% avg, n=9,948
noteStretched vs its own history
today’s tape sits high relative to price
Ask about VZ
Why did the score drop from +37 to +25 this week?
It was mostly one day. The composite was +37.3 on 30 Sep, then fell to +20.8 on 1 Oct as the price moved from $50.22 to $45.87. It’s at +24.5 now.

Today’s +24.5 breaks down as +19.0 from volume and +5.5 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 · 50 ptsstock_scores · 12:07method · 62/38
Ask
Explain the $50 wallCompare VZ vs TAlert me before earnings