In 30 seconds | ▸ | 3 GameStop insiders bought $77.5M of stock in 22 days. | | ▸ | Speculators hold their biggest euro futures short in three years. | | ▸ | Insiders at 27 companies filed open-market purchases in the last four days. | | ▸ | Macro engine: 57/100, mixed. Growth, liquidity and volatility support risk; credit and positioning are balanced. |
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| Macro engine 57/100 Mixed | Growth ▲ | Liquidity ▲ | Volatility ▲ | Credit • | Positioning • |
Growth running at a 3.5% pace, money supply up 5.3% on the year and the VIX at 16.5. ▲ supports risk ▼ weighs on it • balanced |
Insider cluster GME 3 insiders at GameStop, including the CEO, bought $77.5M of stock over 22 days, and none of them has sold since. That is 0.57% of a company valued at $13.5B. Who bought | Ryan Cohen president, CEO, chair | $76.8M 4 buys · avg $24.43 · last Oct 13 | | Alain Attal director | $402K $22.97 · Sep 21 | | Nat Turner director | $255K $24.33 · Oct 1 |
It is GameStop's 3rd cluster in three years, and the largest: the biggest before this was $22.0M. The last time insiders clustered here, in January 2026 (3 insiders, $22.0M), the stock was 3% higher a month later and 9% higher after three months. In April 2025 (3 insiders, $11.1M), the stock was 12% higher a month later and 5% lower after three months. Two cases are examples, not a pattern. GME is up 18% over the past month and 4% below its 52-week high of $28.02 (the low was $17.87). One insider buying can mean many things. Several at the same company, within weeks, with their own money, is the insider pattern with the strongest record in the research. Insiders 3 | Spent $77.5M | Over 22 days | They paid $24.42 |
What to watch The insiders' average price, about $24.42 a share, is the level to watch: GME is 10% above it at $26.81. Any new purchase has to be reported on a Form 4 within two business days. |
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Your call Will GME close higher or lower than $26.81 on Friday, October 23? One click to vote. We publish the results and the answer in Friday's issue. |
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Also on the tape Speculators are the most bearish on the euro in 3 years Speculators are net short 15.7% of open euro futures contracts, the most in three years. DKS 3 Dick's Sporting Goods insiders, including the CEO, bought $1.7M of stock in 8 days 3 insiders, including the CEO, bought $1.7M in 8 days; none has sold since. They paid about $131.86 a share; the stock is at $144.35, 9% above their price. APLD Applied Digital's CEO puts $6.7M into the stock Wes Cummins paid about $18.73 a share on the open market, growing their stake by 12%. The stock is at $18.05 now, 4% below that price. |
Number of the day 8 Heico insiders buying within 1 days |
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The signal board New on the scan, not covered aboveThe scan found 41 signals across insider filings, FINRA dark-pool data, the options tape and CFTC positioning. These are the new ones the story above does not cover. | Insider clusters 8 | | FUL | H.B. Fuller 7 insiders · $1.1M in 9 days | High | | AGMB | Agomab Therapeutics 3 insiders incl. the CEO · $267K in 1 day | High | | Big insider purchases 27 | | PEP | PepsiCo director spent $23.7M · now +3% vs their price | Medium | | BORR | Borr Drilling director spent $2.3M · now -1% vs their price | Medium | | CXM | Sprinklr director spent $850K · now +3% vs their price | Medium | | Dark-pool spikes 1 | | MDB | MongoDB 3.8x normal off-exchange volume · stock -12.8% that week | Low | | Crowded trades 5 | | 10-year Treasuries speculators short · 4th percentile of 3 years | Medium | | natural gas speculators short · most bearish in 3 years | Low | | soybeans speculators long · 97th percentile of 3 years | Low | | sugar speculators long · 99th percentile of 3 years | Low |
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Risk-on or risk-off? Mixed The Dark Matter macro engine scores conditions 57 out of 100: conditions mixed / transitional. The economy is in an overheating phase, where growth and inflation are both running hot. 3 of 5 factor groups support risk-taking; none weighs on it. | | | | | | Risk-off | Leaning off | Mixed | Leaning on | Risk-on |
Growth 64/100 Is the economy growing? Real-time estimates put growth at a 3.5% annual pace. Economic surprise index: surprise -1.0. Credit in China is shrinking (-1.6% of GDP). | Supports risk | Liquidity 58/100 Is money flowing through the system? Liquidity in the financial system is expanding. Money supply is up 5.3% from a year ago. 10-year yields sit 0.33 points above 2-year yields. Fed rate path: -2.1 cuts priced. | Supports risk | Volatility 59/100 How nervous are options traders? VIX at 16.5, higher than on 39% of days in the past year. Options insurance costs about what it usually does. | Supports risk | Credit 50/100 Are lenders and bond markets calm? Financial conditions are balanced. Corporate default risk is very low. | Balanced | Positioning 50/100 Are trades crowded, and are markets trending? Most markets are range-bound, not trending. Fund flows between risky and safe assets are balanced. | Balanced |
Source: Dark Matter macro engine (the Oracle regime score), built from the terminal's growth, liquidity, volatility, credit and positioning engines; confidence 83%. |
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Learn Why insider clusters matter One insider buying can mean many things. Several insiders at the same company buying within a few weeks, with their own money, is rarer, and it is the pattern with the strongest record in academic studies of insider trading. |
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The week ahead Earnings reports this week| Wed Oct 21 | Tesla TSLA | typical move ±6.0% | | Wed Oct 21 | Meta Platforms META | typical move ±9.6% | | Thu Oct 22 | Procter & Gamble PG | typical move ±2.0% | | Tue Oct 27 | Visa V | typical move ±3.4% |
Typical move: the average one-day stock reaction to each company's last four reports. |
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How we rate signals High: a validated insider cluster (several insiders buying within 30 days, no sales since), a CEO, CFO, president or chair buying on the open market, or two independent signals on one stock. Medium: a single insider purchase, a short-dated out-of-the-money options trade, or a 3-year positioning extreme in a major market. Low: dark-pool spikes on their own, and everything else.
Sources: SEC Form 4 filings, FINRA ATS data, CFTC Commitments of Traders, listed options volume and open interest, daily prices; via Dark Matter's engines.
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