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Daily Intelligence Report // Sam the Quant Ghost // 2026-08-13
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2026-08-13 06:01 AM CST
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MARKET.MOOD
Risk-On // CALM
VIX 14.6
· SPY +0.25%
Last 10 Days
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👵 GRANDMA.MODE // PLAIN ENGLISH
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😎 The market's having a lazy Sunday — calm and quiet. Nobody's scared of much right now. The overall market is up a bit today. (The fear gauge sits at 15 — low and relaxed.)
⭐ Sam's favorite today is CVX — she scored it 61 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
$772.49
+0.25%
5D: +0.5%
Nasdaq 100
$723.70
+0.73%
5D: +1.3%
Russell 2000
$302.71
+0.57%
5D: +1.5%
Dow 30
$537.15
-0.02%
5D: -0.2%
Bitcoin
$63,582.41
+0.28%
5D: -1.9%
Ethereum
$1,881.00
+0.15%
5D: -1.4%
Gold
$404.92
+0.99%
5D: +3.9%
20Y Treasuries
$82.11
-0.10%
5D: -0.5%
VIX.REGIME
14.6
CALM
VIX calm at 14.6 (-0.5 this week). SPY +10.1% vs 200 SMA.
SECTOR.ROTATION // 5D LEADERS
🧠 AI.SYNTHESIS _
VIX is chilling at 14.6, signaling peak complacency – don't let it fool you. Institutional flow is a mixed bag, with whales both accumulating and distributing CAT. RKLB, QLYS, and LYFT are seeing fresh buys, while IBM and SHOP are getting dumped. No "Lifers" on the board, meaning long-term conviction plays are still scarce across the market.
The scanner is flagging VZ, MDLZ, ECL, XOM, and MA as bullish, but dig deeper. Our dossiers are screaming "ACCUMULATE on dips" for two energy titans: XOM, a Grade A "CASTLE" with 28.4% undervaluation, and CVX, an even deeper value play at 56.4% undervalued, also Grade A "CASTLE." MA, despite scanner buzz, is a "WAIT" with a hefty -42.1% overvaluation. For the brave, GMEU is trending hard with ADX 26.6. Stick to the Grade A plays and avoid the noise.
— Ghost out. 👻
🌤️ MARKET.WEATHER // CONTANGO
Calm contango, VIX 14.6. Green light.
🎯 TODAY'S.WATCHLIST // 4 CONVERGENCES
AVGO
2 legs
trend · Ghost Alpha V2 (score 0.8)
triangle · triangle_breakout (score 91)
CSCO
2 legs
trend · Ghost Alpha V2 (score 0.8)
triangle · triangle_breakout (score 88)
NVDA
2 legs
trend · Ghost Alpha V2 (score 0.7)
institutional · 13F buying
GOOGL
2 legs
trend · Ghost Alpha V2 (score 0.7)
institutional · 13F buying
Independent legs: trend · triangle · flow · 13F. Bullish agreement adds; bearish/short-dated flagged amber.
🔼 MIGRATION // 89 MATURATION EVENTS
⭐ Migration of the Day
OXY — matured triangle_breakout → momentum (streak 3d)
OXY
triangle_breakout → momentum
streak 3d
CB
triangle_breakout → momentum
streak 2d
CNQ
triangle_breakout → momentum
streak 2d
FCX
triangle_breakout → momentum
streak 2d
PFE
triangle_breakout → momentum
streak 2d
COP
triangle_breakout → momentum
streak 1d
COIN
new → high_conviction
streak 16d
GS
new → high_conviction
streak 16d
⚠️ MARKET.REGIME // CALM
VIX calm at 14.6 (-0.5 this week). SPY +10.1% vs 200 SMA.
→ BULLISH: Market favorable for momentum, can be more aggressive.
🔪 DAILY.CUTS // PRIME · CHOICE · SELECT
Prime // MOMENTUM
$196.66
↳ Trending (ADX 33.7); Full EMA stack
Choice // LEVERAGED ETF
Play: GMEU | ADX: 26.6
↳ VWAP Reclaim play. EOD close required.
INSTITUTIONAL.SIGNALS
// TICKERTRACE API
As of: 2026-08-12
Funds: 71
Tickers: 2266
Options: 525
P/C: 0.68
🟢 TOP BUYING
RKLB
Rocket Lab Corp
ARKQ, ARKK
4.098
QLYS
QUALYS INC COMMON STOCK U
AVUV
0.486
LYFT
LYFT INC A COMMON STOCK U
AVUV
0.465
FLR
FLUOR CORP COMMON STOCK U
AVUV
0.443
CAT
Caterpillar Inc
ULTY, DIVO
0.634
OPEN
OPENDOOR TECHNOLOGIES INC
AVUV
0.381
NVDA
NVIDIA Corp
ULTY, DIVO
0.546
EXP
EAGLE MATERIALS INC COMMO
AVUV
0.351
🔴 TOP SELLING
IBM
International Business Ma
DIVO
4.121
DE
DEERE & CO
ARKK, ARKQ
2.885
SHOP
Shopify Inc
ARKK
0.409
EXC
Exelon Corp
QDVO
0.331
CAT
Caterpillar Inc
ARKQ
0.271
ZETA
ZETA GLOBAL HOLDINGS CORP
ULTI
0.26
MATX
MATSON INC COMMON STOCK
AVUV
0.215
FUNC
FIRST UNITED CORP COMMON
AVUV
0.209
⚡ CROSS-FUND
DIVERGENCES
RKLB
↑ ARKQ, ARKK
↓ SLTY
CAT
↑ ULTY, DIVO
↓ ARKQ
SHOP
↑ ULTY, KYLD
↓ ARKK
LYFT
↑ AVUV
↓ SLTY
ALGN
↑ AVMV
↓ SLTY
TSLA
↑ ARKK
↓ SLTY
Sector Flow →
INDUSTRIALS (+0.5231)
COMMUNICATION SERVICES (+0.1324)
FINANCIALS (+0.1039)
HEALTH CARE (+0.0623)
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (-0.3379)
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY (-0.1196)
PERSISTENCE.TRACKER // 21-DAY ROLLING WINDOW
🔥 Lifers: 0
💎 HiConv: 135
Total: 281
🔥 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
+125 more
📊 TODAY'S WATCHLIST // A-GRADE SETUPS
Tech: 95
Fund: 70
Price: $159.75
RSI: 55.71
ACCUMULATE on dips
Valuation: UNDERVALUED (+28.4%)
View Deep Dive →
Tech: 60
Fund: 80
Price: $559.73
RSI: 69.29
WAIT for validation
Valuation: OVERVALUED (-42.1%)
View Deep Dive →
Tech: 95
Fund: 70
Price: $196.6
RSI: 52.54
ACCUMULATE on dips
Valuation: UNDERVALUED (+56.4%)
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 // 2026-08-13 // 2026-08-13 06:01 AM CST