ALPHA.DOSSIER ●
Daily Intelligence Report // Sam the Quant Ghost // 2026-08-17
Generated
2026-08-17 05:33 AM CST
😎
MARKET.MOOD
Risk-On // CALM
VIX 14.97
· SPY -0.20%
Last 10 Days
🙂
🙂
🙂
🙂
🙂
🙂
🙂
😎
😎
😎
👵 GRANDMA.MODE // PLAIN ENGLISH
▸ tap to translate
▾ hide
😎 The market's having a lazy Sunday — calm and quiet. Nobody's scared of much right now. The overall market is down a bit today. (The fear gauge sits at 15 — low and relaxed.)
⭐ Sam's favorite today is XOM — she scored it 59 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
$776.34
-0.20%
5D: +0.4%
Nasdaq 100
$731.07
-0.14%
5D: +1.4%
Russell 2000
$305.09
+0.52%
5D: +1.7%
Dow 30
$536.80
-0.21%
5D: -0.4%
Bitcoin
$63,273.21
+0.72%
5D: -0.2%
Ethereum
$1,891.23
+0.92%
5D: +0.4%
Gold
$401.48
+0.63%
5D: -0.3%
20Y Treasuries
$82.04
-0.67%
5D: -0.0%
VIX.REGIME
14.97
CALM
VIX calm at 15.0 (-0.5 this week). SPY +10.5% vs 200 SMA.
SECTOR.ROTATION // 5D LEADERS
🧠 AI.SYNTHESIS _
VIX at a sleepy 14.97 screams complacency, folks. Institutions are loading up on tech darlings like AMD, GOOGL, LITE, and COHR, while dumping high-beta names like SHOP and PLTR. The absence of "Lifers" or "Nuclear Option" trades indicates a market lacking deep, long-term conviction, favoring tactical rotations over established trends.
Our scanner is flashing green on COST, XOM, and MA. However, don't blindly chase momentum. XOM is the standout here – Grade A, 100 Tech, 28.2% UNDERVALUED, screaming "ACCUMULATE on dips." Both COST and MA, despite scanner strength, are sitting at a punishing ~43% OVERVALUED. For those, the verdict is a firm "WAIT for validation." Stick to the actionable conviction plays, not just the noise.
— Ghost out. 👻
🌤️ MARKET.WEATHER // CONTANGO
Calm contango, VIX 15.0. Green light.
🎯 TODAY'S.WATCHLIST // 6 CONVERGENCES
DIS
2 legs
trend · Ghost Alpha V2 (score 0.9)
triangle · triangle_breakout (score 66)
FCX
2 legs
trend · Ghost Alpha V2 (score 0.9)
triangle · triangle_breakout (score 81)
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)
COHR
2 legs
trend · Ghost Alpha V2 (score 0.8)
institutional · 13F buying
CIEN
2 legs
trend · Ghost Alpha V2 (score 0.8)
institutional · 13F buying
Independent legs: trend · triangle · flow · 13F. Bullish agreement adds; bearish/short-dated flagged amber.
🔼 MIGRATION // 88 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
PFE
triangle_breakout → momentum
streak 2d
COP
triangle_breakout → momentum
streak 1d
FCX
triangle_breakout → momentum
streak 1d
COIN
new → high_conviction
streak 16d
GS
new → high_conviction
streak 16d
⚠️ MARKET.REGIME // CALM
VIX calm at 15.0 (-0.5 this week). SPY +10.5% vs 200 SMA.
→ BULLISH: Market favorable for momentum, can be more aggressive.
🔪 DAILY.CUTS // PRIME · CHOICE · SELECT
Prime // MOMENTUM
$158.61
↳ Trending (ADX 25.4); Full EMA stack
INSTITUTIONAL.SIGNALS
// TICKERTRACE API
As of: 2026-08-14
Funds: 71
Tickers: 2270
Options: 508
P/C: 0.64
🟢 TOP BUYING
LITE
Lumentum Holdings Inc
EGGQ, EGGY, EGGS, ULTY
24.753
COHR
Coherent Corp
EGGS, EGGY, ULTY, EGGQ
18.324
GOOGL
Alphabet Inc
EGGY, ULTY, EGGQ, EGGS
13.865
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices In
EGGY, ULTY, EGGQ
11.06
CIEN
Ciena Corp
ULTY, EGGY, EGGQ, EGGS
10.842
ALAB
Astera Labs Inc
ULTY, EGGY, EGGQ, FDRS
10.165
CBRS
CEREBRAS SYSTEMS INC - A
ARKW, ARKK
5.165
BABA
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
ULTY, IDVO
6.727
🔴 TOP SELLING
SHOP
SHOPIFY INC - CLASS A
ARKW, ARKK
1.993
PLTR
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC
ARKW, ARKK
1.99
FIVE
FIVE BELOW COMMON STOCK U
AVUV
1.275
VSH
VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY IN
AVUV
1.234
IONQ
IONQ INC COMMON STOCK USD
AVUV
1.12
VSAT
VIASAT INC COMMON STOCK U
AVUV
0.874
GVA
GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INC
AVUV
0.599
MYRG
MYR GROUP INC/DELAWARE CO
AVUV
0.581
⚡ CROSS-FUND
DIVERGENCES
VRT
↑ EGGY, EGGQ
↓ ULTI
SNDK
↑ EGGY, EGGQ
↓ ULTI
MU
↑ EGGY, EGGQ
↓ ULTI
SPCX
↑ ULTY
↓ ULTI
DELL
↑ ULTY
↓ ULTI
IREN
↑ BLOX
↓ ULTI
Sector Flow →
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (+164.0842)
COMMUNICATION SERVICES (+18.661)
INDUSTRIALS (+14.7201)
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY (+12.2823)
MATERIALS (-0.066)
PERSISTENCE.TRACKER // 21-DAY ROLLING WINDOW
🔥 Lifers: 0
💎 HiConv: 136
Total: 286
🔥 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
+126 more
📊 TODAY'S WATCHLIST // A-GRADE SETUPS
COST
Costco Wholesale Corporation
Tech: 55
Fund: 70
Price: $961.1
RSI: 54.81
WAIT for validation
Valuation: OVERVALUED (-43.3%)
View Deep Dive →
XOM
ExxonMobil Holdings Corporat
Tech: 100
Fund: 70
Price: $160.1
RSI: 60.47
ACCUMULATE on dips
Valuation: UNDERVALUED (+28.2%)
View Deep Dive →
MA
Mastercard Incorporated
Tech: 100
Fund: 80
Price: $569.29
RSI: 63.64
WAIT for validation
Valuation: OVERVALUED (-43.1%)
View Deep Dive →
🔗 Permalinks // For sharing, citing,
or just proving you were right first
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
look. Sam left comments. Most of them are complaints.
Get this report every morning at 5AM
Ghost Alpha Dossier — Free on Substack
✉️ Subscribe Free →
Gold pick · Signals · Sam's roast · One email, zero spam
This report is for informational and educational purposes only. Not financial advice. Trade at your own risk. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Generated by Ghost Alpha Dossier Pipeline // 2026-08-17 // 2026-08-17 05:33 AM CST