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Daily Intelligence Report // Sam the Quant Ghost // 2026-09-09

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2026-09-09 09:09 AM CST
VIX Regime
16.2 NORMAL
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MARKET.MOOD
Risk-On // NORMAL
VIX 16.2 ยท SPY -0.28%
Last 10 Days
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๐Ÿ‘ต GRANDMA.MODE // PLAIN ENGLISH โ–ธ tap to translate

๐Ÿ™‚ 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 โ€” low and relaxed.)

โญ Sam's favorite today is PLTR โ€” she scored it 72 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 โ€” 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
$763.79
-0.28%
5D: -0.2%
Nasdaq 100
$719.16
+0.11%
5D: +1.4%
Russell 2000
$292.80
-0.64%
5D: -0.4%
Dow 30
$523.92
-0.78%
5D: -1.3%
Bitcoin
$78,961.69
+0.67%
5D: -1.1%
Ethereum
$2,501.91
+0.68%
5D: +0.8%
Gold
$405.52
+1.45%
5D: +0.7%
20Y Treasuries
$82.24
+0.05%
5D: +0.4%
VIX.REGIME
16.2
NORMAL
VIX normal at 16.2 (+1.0 this week). SPY +7.5% vs 200 SMA.
SECTOR.ROTATION // 5D LEADERS
๐Ÿง  AI.SYNTHESIS _
VIX is flatlining at 16.2 โ€“ no fear in the water today. Whales are still piling into the usual suspects: MSFT, META, AAPL, GOOGL, soaking up that large-cap tech. Interestingly, the NVDA trade is choppy; institutions are split, both buying and selling that name. Elsewhere, GS and SHOP are seeing significant distributions from the big money.

Our scanner flags LFST, TH, SB, ROKU, and XP as bullish. However, digging into the dossiers, ROKU, despite its Tech 100/100, is running 46.4% OVERVALUED โ€“ WAIT for validation. XP, sitting at FAIR VALUE (11.6%), also demands patience. The standout is TRMD: a Grade A, 619.6% UNDERVALUED play. That's a clear ACCUMULATE on dips. No 'Lifers' or 'Nuclear Options' today, so maintain tactical focus.

โ€” Ghost out. ๐Ÿ‘ป
๐ŸŒค๏ธ MARKET.WEATHER // CONTANGO
Calm contango, VIX 16.2. Green light.
๐ŸŽฏ TODAY'S.WATCHLIST // 3 CONVERGENCES
META 2 legs
triangle ยท triangle_breakout (score 87) institutional ยท 13F buying
AMZN 2 legs
trend ยท Core Watchlist (score 0.5) institutional ยท 13F buying
GOOGL 2 legs
trend ยท Core Watchlist (score 0.5) institutional ยท 13F buying
Independent legs: trend ยท triangle ยท flow ยท 13F. Bullish agreement adds; bearish/short-dated flagged amber.
๐Ÿ”ผ MIGRATION // 8 MATURATION EVENTS
โญ Migration of the Day
GS โ€” matured triangle_breakout โ†’ momentum (streak 1d)
GS triangle_breakout โ†’ momentum streak 1d
PLTR flow โ†’ momentum streak 1d
COIN new โ†’ high_conviction streak 16d
HOOD new โ†’ high_conviction streak 16d
MRVL new โ†’ high_conviction streak 16d
OXY new โ†’ high_conviction streak 16d
SOFI new โ†’ high_conviction streak 16d
TSM new โ†’ high_conviction streak 16d
โš ๏ธ MARKET.REGIME // NORMAL
VIX
16.2
5d Change
+1.0
VIX/VIX3M
0.87
SPY vs 200SMA
+7.5%
VIX normal at 16.2 (+1.0 this week). SPY +7.5% vs 200 SMA.
โ†’ HEALTHY: Standard position sizing, focus on high-quality momentum.
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๐Ÿ”ช DAILY.CUTS // PRIME ยท CHOICE ยท SELECT
Choice // MOMENTUM
PLTR 72/100
$174.41 โšก BOUNCE
โ†ณ Bounce 2.0 setup (EMA+ADX+Stoch); Stoch oversold (28.6); Trending (ADX 47.3); Full EMA stack
๐Ÿงฒ GEX.DEALER.POSITIONING // GAMMA FLIP ยท CALL/PUT WALLS
ROKU negative GAMMA
Spot: $152.93
Flip: 149.09
Call Wall: 160.0
Put Wall: 152.5
โ†ณ Negative gamma: dealers amplify moves (chase). Expect bigger swings and trend/breakout risk.
XP positive GAMMA
Spot: $19.33
Flip: 19.55
Call Wall: 20.0
Put Wall: 18.5
โ†ณ Positive gamma: dealers dampen moves (sell rips, buy dips). Expect mean reversion and a tighter range.
TRMD negative GAMMA
Spot: $35.35
Flip: N/A
Call Wall: N/A
Put Wall: 35.0
โ†ณ Negative gamma: dealers amplify moves (chase). Expect bigger swings and trend/breakout risk.
JPM positive GAMMA
Spot: $353.77
Flip: 353.95
Call Wall: 360.0
Put Wall: 350.0
โ†ณ Positive gamma: dealers dampen moves (sell rips, buy dips). Expect mean reversion and a tighter range.
MA negative GAMMA
Spot: $567.13
Flip: 569.66
Call Wall: 570.0
Put Wall: 555.0
โ†ณ Negative gamma: dealers amplify moves (chase). Expect bigger swings and trend/breakout risk.
INSTITUTIONAL.SIGNALS // TICKERTRACE API
As of: 2026-09-08
Funds: 89 Tickers: 9945 Options: 612 P/C: 0.56
๐ŸŸข TOP BUYING
NVDA NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK
CMAG, NVDW, CGUS, AVLV 73.951
MSFT MICROSOFT CORP COMMON STO
CMAG, CGGR 31.15
META META PLATFORMS INC CLASS
CMAG, CGUS, CGGR 22.595
AAPL APPLE INC COMMON STOCK US
CMAG, CGUS 18.22
GOOGL ALPHABET INC CL A COMMON
CMAG, CGUS 15.912
TSLA TESLA INC COMMON STOCK US
CMAG, TSLW, CGGR 15.552
AMZN AMAZON.COM INC COMMON STO
CMAG, CGUS 10.845
AVGO BROADCOM INC COMMON STOCK
CGUS, CGGR 3.327
๐Ÿ”ด TOP SELLING
GS GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC C
CGUS 7.106
NVDA NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK
CGGR 5.403
SHOP SHOPIFY INC CLASS A COM
CGGR 4.786
SES SESA SPA COMMON STOCK
AVDE 4.344
AMAT APPLIED MATERIALS INC COM
CGUS 3.894
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC COM
CGGR 1.462
CRM SALESFORCE INC COMMON STO
CGUS 0.918
MSFT MICROSOFT CORP COMMON STO
CGUS 0.917
โšก CROSS-FUND DIVERGENCES
MSFT โ†‘ CMAG, CGGR โ†“ CGUS
NVDA โ†‘ CMAG, NVDW, CGUS, AVLV โ†“ CGGR
Sector Flow โ†’ FINANCIALS (+9.5385) COMMUNICATION SERVICES (+1.3724) CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY (+1.0377) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (+0.8071) INDUSTRIALS (-2.4854) ENERGY (-0.0348)
PERSISTENCE.TRACKER // 21-DAY ROLLING WINDOW
๐Ÿ”ฅ Lifers: 0 ๐Ÿ’Ž HiConv: 32 Total: 359
๐Ÿ”ฅ LIFERS (20+ Days)
No lifers in current window
๐Ÿ’Ž HIGH CONVICTION (10-19D)
PLTR 16d NVDA 16d GOOGL 16d AVGO 16d V 16d MA 16d XOM 16d MSFT 16d META 16d TSLA 16d +22 more
๐Ÿ“Š TODAY'S WATCHLIST // A-GRADE SETUPS
ROKU
Roku, Inc.
Grade
A
Tech: 100
Fund: 70
Price: $152.91
RSI: 39.32
WAIT for validation
Valuation: OVERVALUED (-46.4%)
View Deep Dive โ†’
XP
XP Inc.
Grade
B
Tech: 45
Fund: 80
Price: $19.26
RSI: 73.4
WAIT for validation
Valuation: FAIR VALUE (+11.6%)
View Deep Dive โ†’
TRMD
TORM plc
Grade
A
Tech: 85
Fund: 80
Price: $35.31
RSI: 76.27
ACCUMULATE on dips
Valuation: UNDERVALUED (+619.6%)
View Deep Dive โ†’
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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?" โ€” the pipeline is open source. Go look. Sam left comments. Most of them are complaints.
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Generated by Ghost Alpha Dossier Pipeline // 2026-09-09 // 2026-09-09 09:09 AM CST
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