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● 10 Oct · US closed · scored 05:17
● Sat 10 Oct 2026/US closed · opens Mon 14:30 BST/77 names scored today/last score 09:34 BSTResearch, not advice · every call is published at Proof

XEL

Xcel Energy Inc
$71.49 · +0.00% vs $71.49 close · scored 05:17 · stale
Decision brief
BEARISH · 63/100
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 63/100
For the read
open interest agrees with the read
Against / uncertainty
signal stability is low
The read
Strongly bearish, moderately evidenced, and the tape has led price here.
−100 bearish0bullish +100
−28.6 composite−38.6 vs a week ago
Evidence
63 / 100 · top 30% today
2,408 contracts · quality 79 · stability 0.00
01

Why it’s −29

Method
What traded today · weight 62%
+1.5 pts
1,233 calls · 51.2%1,175 puts
bias +2.4 × 0.62
What’s on the books · weight 38%
−30.1 pts
20,559 call OI · 10.4%177,717 put OI
bias −79.3 × 0.38
Equals
−28.6
5% of the score comes from today’s volume, 95% from open interest. Disagree with either? See the method.
02

What changed: 43 days of tape against price

14d43d90d365d · Reader
tape composite (bars)— price◆ big one-day moves30d: price −7.01% · tape −23.9 · corr -0.06
● peak +51◆ −109.3 in a day▼ low −91.308-2709-0309-1009-1709-2410-0110-09$77$69

Plain English: Over 30 days, price has fallen 7.01% while the tape has faded 23.9 points. They agree.

03

Should you trust it?

note
Some evidence, not a lot
confidence 63 (70th pct) · quality 79 · 2,408 contracts
note
Jumpy
0.00 vs 7-day rolling · choppiness 39
pass
This kind of read has paid
strongly bearish · balanced · low liquidity → −2.55% avg, n=2,408
pass
Tape has led price
tape has led XEL’s price by 1 day (r=-0.34, n=44)
note
Stretched vs its own history
today’s tape sits high relative to price
against
Our record on XEL is poor
10% hit rate on 607 closed calls · payoff 0.58×
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 $71.49. The $65 strike holds the most open interest (the “wall”, 67,653).
05

Our record on XEL

Proof
10%
hit rate · 607 closed
0.58×
payoff
−0.05%
avg return
3 Oct · 4h
$71.40 → $71.40
+0.00%flat
2 Oct · 4h
$71.70 → $71.70
+0.00%flat
2 Oct · 4h
$70.55 → $70.55
+0.00%flat
1 Oct · 4h
$70.55 → $70.55
+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; 486 of these 607 calls were flat.

06

Catalysts & context

EPS surprise · last 4 quarters
−6.97%Q3 ’25
−2.18%Q4 ’25
−0.18%Q1 ’26
+17.84%Q2 ’26
Street Buy-leaningNext report — P/E 20.00 · fwd 16.30Beta 0.376 52w $68.72–$84.23IV rank —
Xcel Energy Inc · Utilities
Strongly bearish, moderately evidenced. The tape has led price here.
−100 bearish0bullish +100
−28.6evidence 63
Why it’s −29
+1.5 volume · 51% calls−30.1 OI · 10% calls
43 days · tape bars, price line
◆ −109.308-2709-0309-1009-1709-2410-0110-09$77$69
Price −7.01%, tape −23.9 over 30 days. The two agree.
Should you trust it?
noteSome evidence, not a lot
confidence 63 (70th pct) · quality 79 · 2,408 contracts
noteJumpy
0.00 vs 7-day rolling · choppiness 39
noteStretched vs its own history
today’s tape sits high relative to price
againstOur record on XEL is poor
10% hit rate on 607 closed calls · payoff 0.58×
Ask about XEL
Why did the score rise from −53 to −29 this week?
It was mostly one day. The composite was −53.2 on 1 Oct, then rose to +10.0 on 2 Oct as the price moved from $70.50 to $70.55. It’s at −28.6 now.

Today’s −28.6 breaks down as +1.5 from volume and −30.1 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 · 45 ptsstock_scores · 05:17method · 62/38
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