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Daily Intelligence Report // Sam the Quant Ghost // 2026-08-25
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2026-08-25 05:30 AM CST
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MARKET.MOOD
Risk-On // NORMAL
VIX 15.86
· SPY -0.29%
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 16 — low and relaxed.)
⭐ Sam's favorite today is COST — she scored it 51 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
$763.47
-0.29%
5D: -0.5%
Nasdaq 100
$706.32
-1.00%
5D: -1.6%
Russell 2000
$297.97
-0.66%
5D: -0.8%
Dow 30
$533.65
+0.27%
5D: +0.2%
Bitcoin
$79,304.28
+0.43%
5D: +1.2%
Ethereum
$2,476.38
-0.22%
5D: -1.6%
Gold
$426.69
+0.79%
5D: +7.1%
20Y Treasuries
$82.56
+0.62%
5D: +1.1%
VIX.REGIME
15.86
NORMAL
VIX normal at 15.9 (+0.0 this week). SPY +8.2% vs 200 SMA.
SECTOR.ROTATION // 5D LEADERS
🧠 AI.SYNTHESIS _
Alright, listen up, ghosts and ghouls. The VIX at 15.86 signals calm seas, but institutional flow shows clear rotation. They're bailing on consumer discretionary, dumping XLY, and exiting precious metals with AEM, BVN, and EXK all getting sold. Meanwhile, smart money is loading SPCX, CDE, CAT, and LRCX – a clear tilt towards industrials, semis, and specialized tech. No lifers hitting the tape today, so no long-term conviction plays just yet.
Our scanner is flashing bullish on PANW, EW, XOM, and COST. Dossiers confirm XOM as a prime "ACCUMULATE on dips" with a fat 25.0% undervaluation. But hold your horses on EW and COST; despite their quality, they're wildly overvalued by over 43%. Wait for a serious haircut. And for the degens, GMEU is showing strong trend with ADX 36.5 – a pure momentum swing if you've got the cojones.
— Ghost out. 👻
🌤️ MARKET.WEATHER // CONTANGO
Calm contango, VIX 15.9. Green light.
🎯 TODAY'S.WATCHLIST // 5 CONVERGENCES
UBER
2 legs
trend · Ghost Alpha V2 (score 0.8)
triangle · triangle_breakout (score 59)
NVDA
2 legs
trend · Ghost Alpha V2 (score 0.8)
institutional · 13F buying
CVX
2 legs
trend · Ghost Alpha V2 (score 0.8)
institutional · 13F buying
V
2 legs
trend · Ghost Alpha V2 (score 0.7)
institutional · 13F buying
GS
2 legs
trend · Core Watchlist (score 0.55)
institutional · 13F buying
Independent legs: trend · triangle · flow · 13F. Bullish agreement adds; bearish/short-dated flagged amber.
🔼 MIGRATION // 69 MATURATION EVENTS
⭐ Migration of the Day
UBER — matured triangle_breakout → momentum (streak 4d)
UBER
triangle_breakout → momentum
streak 4d
EOG
triangle_breakout → momentum
streak 2d
PFE
triangle_breakout → momentum
streak 2d
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
⚠️ MARKET.REGIME // NORMAL
VIX normal at 15.9 (+0.0 this week). SPY +8.2% vs 200 SMA.
→ HEALTHY: Standard position sizing, focus on high-quality momentum.
🔪 DAILY.CUTS // PRIME · CHOICE · SELECT
Choice // MOMENTUM
$961.35
↳ Trending (ADX 26.4)
Choice // LEVERAGED ETF
Play: GMEU | ADX: 36.5
↳ VWAP Reclaim play. EOD close required.
INSTITUTIONAL.SIGNALS
// TICKERTRACE API
As of: 2026-08-24
Funds: 71
Tickers: 2276
Options: 493
P/C: 0.73
🟢 TOP BUYING
SPCX
Space Exploration Technol
ARKW, ARKQ, ARKK, ULTI, ULTY
12.469
CDE
Coeur Mining Inc.
SILJ
8.258
CAT
Caterpillar Inc
AVLV, DIVO, ULTY
6.615
LRCX
Lam Research Corp
ULTI, ULTY
4.19
BWXT
BWX TECHNOLOGIES INC
ARKQ, ARKK
1.838
V
Visa Inc
DIVO, KYC
1.825
NVDA
NVIDIA Corp
NVDW, DIVO, ULTY
1.749
GS
Goldman Sachs Group Inc/T
DIVO
1.108
🔴 TOP SELLING
PLTR
Palantir Technologies Inc
ARKK, ARKQ, ARKW
7.344
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.
DIVO, GBUG
8.9
XLY
State Street Consumer Dis
DIVO
2.71
BVN
Cia de Minas Buenaventura
SILJ, GBUG
2.659
EXK
Endeavour Silver Corp
SILJ
0.945
VZLA
Vizsla Silver Corp.
SILJ, GBUG
1.401
SSRM
SSR Mining Inc.
SILJ, GBUG
1.187
BOL
Boliden AB
SILJ
0.756
⚡ CROSS-FUND
DIVERGENCES
CDE
↑ SILJ
↓ GBUG
RIOT
↑ ULTI
↓ BLOX
WPM
↑ SILJ
↓ GBUG
NVDA
↑ NVDW, DIVO, ULTY
↓ BLOX
COIN
↑ COIW
↓ BLOX
PAAS
↑ SILJ
↓ GBUG
Sector Flow →
FINANCIALS (+6.0893)
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (+5.8334)
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY (+0.5252)
COMMUNICATION SERVICES (+0.3001)
INDUSTRIALS (-2.8214)
ENERGY (-0.0439)
UTILITIES (-0.0051)
PERSISTENCE.TRACKER // 21-DAY ROLLING WINDOW
🔥 Lifers: 0
💎 HiConv: 127
Total: 283
🔥 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
+117 more
📊 TODAY'S WATCHLIST // A-GRADE SETUPS
EW
Edwards Lifesciences Corpora
Tech: 95
Fund: 80
Price: $90.5
RSI: 53.5
WAIT for validation
Valuation: OVERVALUED (-44.6%)
View Deep Dive →
XOM
ExxonMobil Holdings Corporat
Tech: 85
Fund: 70
Price: $164.05
RSI: 70.2
ACCUMULATE on dips
Valuation: UNDERVALUED (+25.0%)
View Deep Dive →
COST
Costco Wholesale Corporation
Tech: 55
Fund: 70
Price: $971.4
RSI: 59.26
WAIT for validation
Valuation: OVERVALUED (-43.5%)
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 // 2026-08-25 // 2026-08-25 05:30 AM CST