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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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XLE

XLE
$65.70 · +0.00% vs $65.70 close · scored 18:51 · stale
Decision brief
BULLISH · 74/100
What changed
Composite strengthened 14.5 points.
Evidence is stale — treat this read cautiously.
What would change the view
composite falls below +15 · confidence deteriorates materially from 74/100
For the read
options volume favours calls · signal has been stable · evidence confidence is high
Against / uncertainty
open interest leans against the read
The read
Mildly bullish, well evidenced, but it’s confirming price rather than calling it.
−100 bearish0bullish +100
+22.4 composite┆ +7.9 yesterday (+14.5)+0.0 vs a week ago
Evidence
74 / 100 · top 5% today
18,723 contracts · quality 91 · stability 0.83
hasn’t paid −1.55% · n=2,677
01

Why it’s +22

Method
What traded today · weight 62%
+32.6 pts
14,289 calls · 76.3%4,434 puts
bias +52.6 × 0.62
What’s on the books · weight 38%
−10.3 pts
219,986 call OI · 36.5%383,160 put OI
bias −27.1 × 0.38
Equals
+22.4
76% of the score comes from today’s volume, 24% from open interest. Disagree with either? See the method.
02

What changed: 41 days of tape against price

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tape composite (bars)— price◆ big one-day moves30d: price +2.55% · tape +46.0 · corr 0.34
▼ low −42.8◆ +49.8 in a day● peak +2208-3109-0609-1209-1809-2409-3010-0610-17$66$62

Plain English: Over 30 days, price has risen 2.55% while the tape has firmed 46.0 points. They agree.

03

Should you trust it?

pass
Plenty behind it
confidence 74 (95th pct) · quality 91 · 18,723 contracts
pass
Stable
0.83 vs 7-day rolling · choppiness 63
against
This kind of read hasn’t paid
mildly bullish · call-heavy · mid liquidity → −1.55% avg, n=2,677
note
Tape is confirming, not predicting
price has led XLE’s tape by 3 days (r=0.28, n=40)
against
Our record on XLE is poor
16% hit rate on 590 closed calls · payoff 0.80×
04

Where the positions sit

calls tradedstrikeputs traded
$70
$69.5
$69
$68.5
$68
$67.5
$67
$66.5
$66
$65.5
$65
$64.5
$64
$63.5
$63
$62.5
$62
$61.5
$61
Spot $65.70 highlighted. The $60 strike holds the most open interest (the “wall”, 167,795). Near-dated expiry in the mix, so OI is noisier.
05

Our record on XLE

Proof
16%
hit rate · 590 closed
0.80×
payoff
−0.02%
avg return
9 Oct · 4h
$65.70 → $65.70
+0.00%flat
9 Oct · 4h
$65.24 → $65.70
+0.70%hit
9 Oct · 4h
$65.24 → $65.70
+0.70%hit
9 Oct · 4h
$65.24 → $65.70
+0.70%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; 407 of these 590 calls were flat.

06

Catalysts & context

EPS surprise · last 4 quarters
No reported quarters stored yet.
Street —Next report — P/E —Beta 0.486 52w $42.35–$66.17IV rank —
XLE · etf
Mildly bullish, well evidenced. It’s confirming price rather than calling it.
−100 bearish0bullish +100
+22.4┆ +7.9 ydayevidence 74
hasn’t paid −1.55% · n=2,677
Why it’s +22
+32.6 volume · 76% calls−10.3 OI · 36% calls
41 days · tape bars, price line
◆ +49.808-3109-0609-1209-1809-2409-3010-0610-17$66$62
Price +2.55%, tape +46.0 over 30 days. The two agree.
Should you trust it?
passPlenty behind it
confidence 74 (95th pct) · quality 91 · 18,723 contracts
passStable
0.83 vs 7-day rolling · choppiness 63
againstThis kind of read hasn’t paid
mildly bullish · call-heavy · mid liquidity → −1.55% avg, n=2,677
noteTape is confirming, not predicting
price has led XLE’s tape by 3 days (r=0.28, n=40)
Ask about XLE
Why did the score rise from −42 to +22 this week?
It was mostly one day. The composite was −41.8 on 7 Oct, then rose to +8.0 on 8 Oct as the price moved from $62.90 to $63.36. It’s at +22.4 now.

Today’s +22.4 breaks down as +32.6 from volume and −10.3 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 · 41 ptsstock_scores · 18:51method · 62/38
Ask
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