In 30 seconds | ▸ | Dynex Capital's CEO put $267K into the stock. | | ▸ | A director at Fb Financial put $1.5M into the stock. | | ▸ | Insiders at 29 companies filed open-market purchases in the last four days. | | ▸ | Macro engine: 57/100, mixed. Growth, liquidity and positioning support risk; volatility and credit are balanced. |
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| Macro engine 57/100 Mixed | Growth ▲ | Liquidity ▲ | Volatility • | Positioning ▲ | Credit • |
Growth running at a 3.4% pace, money supply up 5.3% on the year and the VIX at 17.3. ▲ supports risk ▼ weighs on it • balanced |
Insider buying DX Smriti Laxman Popenoe, Dynex Capital's CEO, spent $267K on the open market, 22,180 shares at about $12.05 each. Who bought | Smriti Laxman Popenoe Co-CEO, president | $157K $13.05 · Oct 20 | | Byron L Boston Co-CEO, chair | $100K $10.89 · Oct 20 | | Michael Andrew Sartori CFO | $11K $10.70 · Oct 20 |
The stock is at $11.05 now, 8% below that price. The purchase grew their stake by 3%. 2 other insiders bought alongside. DX is down 9% over the past month and 25% below its 52-week high of $14.74 (the low was $10.56). Insiders part with stock for all kinds of reasons: taxes, a house, diversification. They put their own cash in on the open market for essentially one. Spent $267K | Paid $12.05 | Now $11.05 (-8%) |
What to watch DX is at $11.05, 8% below what they paid. |
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Your call Will DX close higher or lower than $11.05 on Friday, October 23? One click to vote. We publish the results and the answer in Friday's issue. |
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How you called it Will ACOG close higher or lower than $8.61 on Friday, October 23? No votes were cast. We score it on Friday, October 23. |
Also on the tape FBK A Fb Financial director adds $1.5M of stock Orrin H Ingram II paid about $52.88 a share on the open market, growing their stake by 31%. The stock is at $52.10 now, 1% below that price. ADRX 5 Adarx Pharmaceuticals insiders bought $87.7M of stock in one day 5 insiders bought $87.7M in 1 days. They paid about $17.00 a share; the stock is at $17.13, about where they paid. |
In the news Crowd mood S&P 500 chatter: 13% of 2,535 posts negative, 12% positive, about usual for the last month. Nasdaq-100 chatter: 17% of 1,439 posts negative, 14% positive, gloomier than on 29 of the last 30 days. Share of StockTwits, Reddit and news posts on each index that scored positive or negative today, against its own last 30 days. It describes the chatter; it is not a forecast. |
Number of the day $313K spent by Empire Petroleum's director |
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The signal board New on the scan, not covered aboveThe scan found 55 signals across insider filings, CFTC positioning, FINRA dark-pool data, every engine's own history, congressional disclosures and Reddit. These are the new ones the story above does not cover. | Reddit attention 4 | | META | Meta Platforms (Facebook) 350 Reddit mentions in a day, up from 54 | Low | | IBM | IBM 95 Reddit mentions in a day, up from 6 | Low | | LRCX | Lam Research 71 Reddit mentions in a day, up from 14 | Low | | MU | Micron Technology 215 Reddit mentions in a day, up from 99 | 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 3.4% annual pace. Economic surprise index: surprise -2.0. 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 50/100 How nervous are options traders? VIX at 17.3, higher than on 55% of days in the past year. Options insurance costs more than usual. Options price a 24.6% chance of a 5% S&P 500 drop in the next week. | Balanced | Positioning 59/100 Are trades crowded, and are markets trending? Most markets are range-bound, not trending. | Supports risk | Credit 50/100 Are lenders and bond markets calm? Financial conditions are balanced. Corporate default risk is very low. | Balanced |
Source: Dark Matter macro engine (the Oracle regime score), built from the terminal's growth, liquidity, volatility, credit and positioning engines; confidence 82%. |
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Learn What is a dark pool? Dark pools are private trading venues where big investors can trade large blocks without showing their orders to the public market first. FINRA publishes how many shares trade on them each week, with a delay of about two weeks. |
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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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