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Daily Intelligence Report // Sam the Quant Ghost // 2026-06-18

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2026-06-18 07:52 AM CST

VIX Regime

17.18 NORMAL

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MARKET.MOOD

Risk-On // NORMAL

VIX 17.18 · SPY -1.25%

Last 8 Days

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👵 GRANDMA.MODE // PLAIN ENGLISH ▸ tap to translate

🙂 Just an ordinary day out there. Nothing's on fire, nothing's a party. Business as usual. The overall market is down a bit today. (The fear gauge sits at 17 — low and relaxed.)

⭐ Sam's favorite today is USB — she scored it 47 out of 100. That just means it looked the strongest of the bunch, not a promise it'll go up.

In Other Words

VIX:: Wall Street's 'fear gauge.' Low number = calm, high number = scared. Above 30 means people are sweating.
SPY:: A single basket holding the 500 biggest US companies. When people say 'the market,' they usually mean this.
momentum:: Buying what's already going up and betting it keeps going — like a snowball rolling downhill.

This is plain-English education, not financial advice. When in doubt, ask someone you trust.

MARKET.PULSE // LIVE BENCHMARKS

S&P 500

$740.96

-1.25%

5D: +0.4%

Nasdaq 100

$722.51

-1.01%

5D: +0.8%

Russell 2000

$289.88

-0.75%

5D: +0.1%

Dow 30

$516.30

-0.99%

5D: +1.4%

Bitcoin

$64,258.40

-0.25%

5D: -2.2%

Ethereum

$1,748.16

+0.02%

5D: +1.4%

Gold

$388.60

-2.27%

5D: +0.6%

20Y Treasuries

$86.33

+0.16%

5D: +0.4%

VIX.REGIME

17.18

NORMAL

VIX normal at 17.2 (-2.3 this week). SPY +8.1% vs 200 SMA.

SECTOR.ROTATION // 5D LEADERS

🧠 AI.SYNTHESIS _

The tape's calm, with VIX holding a casual 17.18, suggesting no immediate panic, but the underlying action is a rotation game. Smart money is clearly accumulating big tech like GOOGL and AMZN, alongside CRWV and SPCX. Conversely, chip plays AMD and MU are getting dumped, as is solar name SEDG. Institutions are signaling a shift away from recent high-flyers into established giants and select growth.

Our scanner is flashing bullish on DE, ODFL, JNJ, RTX, and ANET. However, a deep dive into ODFL, JNJ, and ANET reveals a critical caveat: while all are Grade A with stellar tech and fund scores, they're wildly overvalued—north of 35-40% stretched. The verdict is a firm 'WAIT for validation' on these quality names; patience is key here. No Lifers signaling long-term conviction today, but the NFXL levered play on NFLX shows decent momentum with an ADX of 26.3. Tread carefully.

— Ghost out. 👻

🌤️ MARKET.WEATHER // CONTANGO

Calm contango, VIX 17.2. Green light.

🎯 TODAY'S.WATCHLIST // 8 CONVERGENCES

USB 2 legs

trend · momentum A score 47 triangle · triangle_breakout (score 68)

EMR 2 legs

trend · Ghost Alpha V2 (score 0.9) triangle · triangle_breakout (score 67)

TFC 2 legs

trend · Ghost Alpha V2 (score 0.9) triangle · triangle_breakout (score 68)

UNH 2 legs

trend · Ghost Alpha V2 (score 0.8) triangle · triangle_breakout (score 77)

PG 2 legs

trend · Ghost Alpha V2 (score 0.8) triangle · triangle_breakout (score 69)

C 2 legs

trend · Ghost Alpha V2 (score 0.8) triangle · triangle_breakout (score 73)

META 2 legs

trend · Core Watchlist (score 0.5) institutional · 13F buying

TSLA 2 legs

trend · Core Watchlist (score 0.5) institutional · 13F buying

Independent legs: trend · triangle · flow · 13F. Bullish agreement adds; bearish/short-dated flagged amber.

🔼 MIGRATION // 13 MATURATION EVENTS

⭐ Migration of the Day

COIN — conviction rising in scanner (streak 16d)

COIN new → high_conviction streak 16d

GS new → high_conviction streak 16d

HOOD new → high_conviction streak 16d

MRVL new → high_conviction streak 16d

OXY new → high_conviction streak 16d

PLTR new → high_conviction streak 16d

SOFI new → high_conviction streak 16d

TSM new → high_conviction streak 16d

⚠️ MARKET.REGIME // NORMAL

VIX

17.18

5d Change

-2.3

VIX/VIX3M

0.84

SPY vs 200SMA

+8.1%

VIX normal at 17.2 (-2.3 this week). SPY +8.1% vs 200 SMA.

→ HEALTHY: Standard position sizing, focus on high-quality momentum.

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🔪 DAILY.CUTS // PRIME · CHOICE · SELECT

Prime // MOMENTUM

USB 47/100

$57.91 ⚡ BOUNCE

↳ Bounce 2.0 setup (EMA+ADX+Stoch); Trending (ADX 35.5); Full EMA stack

Choice // LEVERAGED ETF

NFLX B/Grade

Play: NFXL | ADX: 26.3

↳ VWAP Reclaim play. EOD close required.

INSTITUTIONAL.SIGNALS // TICKERTRACE API

As of: 2026-06-17

Funds: 53 Tickers: 1676 Options: 454 P/C: 0.68

🟢 TOP BUYING

CRWV COREWEAVE INC CL A COMMON

ARKW, ARKK, EGGY, EGGQ, BLOX, FDRS, AVLV 25.402

SPCX SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN-C

ARKK, ARKQ, ARKW 12.101

GOOGL ALPHABET INC-CL A

KQQQ, CQTM, ULTY, CMAG, EGGY, EGGQ, EGGS, ARKK 12.751

TWST Twist Bioscience Corp

ARKG, ARKK, GNMX 12.156

AMZN AMAZON.COM INC COMMON STO

KQQQ, ULTY, ARKK, ARKQ, ARKW, EGGS, AVLV 10.347

RBLX ROBLOX CORP CLASS A COMM

ARKK, ARKW, FDRS, AVMV 8.698

META META PLATFORMS INC CLASS

FDRS, KQQQ, ARKW, CMAG, ARKK, AVLV 8.071

SHOP Shopify Inc

ARKK, ULTY, ARKW, KYLD, FDRS 6.54

🔴 TOP SELLING

AMD ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES

ARKW, ARKQ, KYLD, KQQQ, ULTY, EGGY, EGGQ, ARKK 37.695

SEDG SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES IN

WATS, ULTI, AVUV 6.273

BLSH BULLISH

ARKW, BLOX, ARKK 4.241

MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC COM

EGGY, EGGQ, AVLV 3.917

CRCL CIRCLE INTERNET GROUP INC

KYC, ARKW, BLOX, ARKK 3.507

AVGO BROADCOM INC

KQQQ, KYLD, ARKW, ARKQ 1.801

LITE Lumentum Holdings Inc

EGGQ, EGGS, EGGY, ULTY, EUV 1.745

TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manu

BLOX, ARKQ, ARKW, EGGY, EGGQ 1.576

⚡ CROSS-FUND DIVERGENCES

TSLA ↑ ARKK, TSLW, WATS, SLTY, ARKQ ↓ FDRS, CMAG

NTLA ↑ ARKK ↓ ARKG, GNMX

CRSP ↑ ARKK ↓ ARKG

TXG ↑ ARKK ↓ ARKG

ILMN ↑ ARKK ↓ ARKG, GNMX

ROKU ↑ ARKK ↓ ARKW

Sector Flow → FINANCIALS (+0.9625) INDUSTRIALS (+0.1988) UTILITIES (+0.0474) REAL ESTATE (+0.027) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (-0.7362) ENERGY (-0.2647) MATERIALS (-0.103) COMMUNICATION SERVICES (-0.0349)

PERSISTENCE.TRACKER // 21-DAY ROLLING WINDOW

🔥 Lifers: 0 💎 HiConv: 27 Total: 476

🔥 LIFERS (20+ Days)

No lifers in current window

💎 HIGH CONVICTION (10-19D)

PLTR 16d NVDA 16d GOOGL 16d AVGO 16d V 16d MA 16d XOM 16d MSFT 16d META 16d TSLA 16d +17 more

📊 TODAY'S WATCHLIST // A-GRADE SETUPS

ODFL

Old Dominion Freight Line, I

Grade

Tech: 95

Fund: 70

Price: $218.36

RSI: 48.74

WAIT for validation

Valuation: OVERVALUED (-38.2%)

View Deep Dive →

JNJ

Johnson & Johnson

Grade

Tech: 95

Fund: 80

Price: $234.2

RSI: 54.99

WAIT for validation

Valuation: OVERVALUED (-40.3%)

View Deep Dive →

ANET

Arista Networks, Inc.

Grade

Tech: 95

Fund: 80

Price: $164.93

RSI: 56.96

WAIT for validation

Valuation: OVERVALUED (-35.8%)

View Deep Dive →

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Generated by Ghost Alpha Dossier Pipeline // 2026-06-18 // 2026-06-18 07:52 AM CST