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Daily Intelligence Report // Sam the Quant Ghost // 2026-07-17
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2026-07-17 06:25 AM CST
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MARKET.MOOD
Risk-On // NORMAL
VIX 18.05
· SPY -0.54%
Last 10 Days
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👵 GRANDMA.MODE // PLAIN ENGLISH
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🙂 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 18 — low and relaxed.)
⭐ Sam's favorite today is GEV — she scored it 55 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
$750.72
-0.54%
5D: -0.6%
Nasdaq 100
$705.94
-1.64%
5D: -2.7%
Russell 2000
$295.59
-0.06%
5D: -0.1%
Dow 30
$524.83
-0.21%
5D: -0.2%
Bitcoin
$63,018.76
-1.21%
5D: +1.2%
Ethereum
$1,833.02
-1.62%
5D: +3.4%
Gold
$364.96
-1.98%
5D: -3.2%
20Y Treasuries
$84.21
-0.04%
5D: -0.3%
VIX.REGIME
18.05
NORMAL
VIX normal at 18.0 (+3.0 this week). SPY +8.3% vs 200 SMA.
SECTOR.ROTATION // 5D LEADERS
🧠 AI.SYNTHESIS _
VIX is chilling at 18.05, so the market isn't exactly in panic mode. Institutions are making moves, picking up SPCX, XE, FRME, LQID, and ORA – a pretty mixed bag without strong sector conviction. On the flip side, they're aggressively dumping CPRX, VSH, TWST, HOOD, and TXG. The HOOD exit isn't exactly a shocker.
Our scanner's lighting up GOOGL, SHW, TRV, LNG, and AXON. But hold your horses on GOOGL, SHW, and TRV; our dossiers scream 'OVERVALUED' by 23-49% and demand you WAIT. That's a classic momentum trap. The real action for the high-conviction crowd is IONX, the leveraged play on IONQ, boasting an ADX of 31.0 and a Grade A. That's a Nuclear Option if you're bold. No Lifers today, so no long-term conviction plays materializing.
— Ghost out. 👻
🌤️ MARKET.WEATHER // CONTANGO
Calm contango, VIX 18.0. Green light.
🎯 TODAY'S.WATCHLIST // 5 CONVERGENCES
AMZN
2 legs
trend · Ghost Alpha V2 (score 0.9)
triangle · triangle_breakout (score 90)
GILD
2 legs
trend · Ghost Alpha V2 (score 0.9)
triangle · triangle_breakout (score 71)
AAPL
2 legs
trend · Ghost Alpha V2 (score 0.8)
triangle · triangle_breakout (score 74)
XOM
2 legs
trend · Ghost Alpha V2 (score 0.8)
triangle · triangle_breakout (score 90)
NVDA
2 legs
trend · Ghost Alpha V2 (score 0.8)
triangle · triangle_breakout (score 71)
conflict · 13F selling
⚠ 13F selling
Independent legs: trend · triangle · flow · 13F. Bullish agreement adds; bearish/short-dated flagged amber.
🔼 MIGRATION // 68 MATURATION EVENTS
⭐ Migration of the Day
SBUX — matured triangle_breakout → momentum (streak 5d)
SBUX
triangle_breakout → momentum
streak 5d
NEE
triangle_breakout → momentum
streak 4d
GILD
triangle_breakout → momentum
streak 3d
WELL
triangle_breakout → momentum
streak 3d
COIN
new → high_conviction
streak 16d
GS
new → high_conviction
streak 16d
HOOD
new → high_conviction
streak 16d
MRVL
new → high_conviction
streak 16d
⚠️ MARKET.REGIME // NORMAL
VIX normal at 18.0 (+3.0 this week). SPY +8.3% vs 200 SMA.
→ HEALTHY: Standard position sizing, focus on high-quality momentum.
🔪 DAILY.CUTS // PRIME · CHOICE · SELECT
Prime // MOMENTUM
$1066.01
⚡ BOUNCE
↳ Bounce 2.0 setup (EMA+ADX+Stoch); Stoch oversold (24.8); Full EMA stack
Prime // LEVERAGED ETF
Play: IONX | ADX: 31.0
↳ VWAP Reclaim play. EOD close required.
INSTITUTIONAL.SIGNALS
// TICKERTRACE API
As of: 2026-07-16
Funds: 53
Tickers: 1681
Options: 472
P/C: 0.69
🟢 TOP BUYING
SPCX
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN-C
ARKK, ARKW, ARKQ
4.355
XE
X-ENERGY INC
ARKK, ARKQ
0.526
FRME
FIRST MERCHANTS CORP COMM
AVUV
0.248
LQID
Kurv Enhanced Short Matur
KYLD, KQQQ
0.231
ORA
ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES INC CO
AVUV
0.213
LNTH
LANTHEUS HOLDINGS INC COM
AVUV
0.207
VFC
VF CORP COMMON STOCK
AVUV
0.179
INGR
INGREDION INC COMMON STOC
AVUV
0.174
🔴 TOP SELLING
CPRX
CATALYST PHARMACEUTICALS
AVUV
6.26
VSH
VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY IN
AVUV
6.117
TWST
Twist Bioscience Corp
ARKK, ARKG, GNMX
2.164
HOOD
ROBINHOOD MARKETS INC - A
HOOW, ARKK
1.295
TXG
10X Genomics Inc
ARKK, GNMX
1.134
HIMS
Hims & Hers Health Inc
ULTI, GLAM
0.8
PSNL
Personalis Inc
ARKG, GNMX
0.381
Sector Flow →
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY (+0.6079)
FINANCIALS (+0.2846)
COMMUNICATION SERVICES (+0.1813)
MATERIALS (+0.0889)
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (-0.7254)
HEALTH CARE (-0.3518)
ENERGY (-0.2842)
PERSISTENCE.TRACKER // 21-DAY ROLLING WINDOW
🔥 Lifers: 0
💎 HiConv: 117
Total: 275
🔥 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
+107 more
📊 TODAY'S WATCHLIST // A-GRADE SETUPS
Tech: 75
Fund: 80
Price: $354.46
RSI: 56.11
WAIT for validation
Valuation: OVERVALUED (-23.8%)
View Deep Dive →
SHW
The Sherwin-Williams Company
Tech: 55
Fund: 80
Price: $338.14
RSI: 49.13
WAIT for validation
Valuation: OVERVALUED (-49.3%)
View Deep Dive →
TRV
The Travelers Companies, Inc
Tech: 100
Fund: 60
Price: $337.82
RSI: 64.69
WAIT for validation
Valuation: OVERVALUED (-31.2%)
View Deep Dive →
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Data sources: Yahoo Finance (price/fundamentals), CBOE (options listings), TickerTrace API
(institutional flows), Gemini AI (narrative + Ghost Log). Built by Michael. Written by Sam. Automated by
GitHub Actions. If you're asking "where does this data come from?" — the pipeline is open source. Go
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Generated by Ghost Alpha Dossier Pipeline // 2026-07-17 // 2026-07-17 06:25 AM CST