In 30 seconds | ▸ | Opaleye Management Inc. has put $1.8M into Alpha Cognition since Sep 14. | | ▸ | A director at Conexeu Sciences put $500K into the stock. | | ▸ | Insiders at 29 companies filed open-market purchases in the last four days. | | ▸ | Macro engine: 56/100, mixed. Growth and liquidity support risk; volatility, credit and positioning are balanced. |
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| Macro engine 56/100 Mixed | Growth ▲ | Liquidity ▲ | Volatility • | Credit • | Positioning • |
Growth running at a 3.4% pace, money supply up 5.3% on the year and the VIX at 18.4. ▲ supports risk ▼ weighs on it • balanced |
Insider buying ACOG Opaleye Management Inc. is not dipping a toe into Alpha Cognition. The major shareholder has bought on 4 trading days since Sep 14, picking up 211,671 shares for $1.8M at an average of about $8.54. The latest piece: $309K on the open market, 36,940 shares at about $8.35 each. That grew the stake by 1%. The stock is at $8.61 now, 3% above what Opaleye paid on average. It is still down 4% over the past month and 12% below its 52-week high of $9.75; the low was $4.50. One purchase can be noise. Four days of buying at this size is the part worth reading. Since Sep 14 $1.8M | Days buying 4 | Paid $8.35 | Now $8.61 (+3%) |
What to watch ACOG is at $8.61, 3% above what they paid. |
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Your call Will ACOG close higher or lower than $8.61 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 the macro engine score be higher or lower than today's 55 on Friday, October 23? No votes were cast. We score it on Friday, October 23. |
Also on the tape CNXU A Conexeu Sciences director adds $500K of stock Lynn Sebastian Purcell paid about $3.00 a share on the open market, growing their stake by 6%. The stock is at $2.99 now, about where they paid. SPG 3 Simon Property insiders bought $243K of stock in one day 3 insiders bought $243K in 1 days; none has sold since. They paid about $202.78 a share; the stock is at $206.99, 2% above their price. |
In the news Crowd mood S&P 500 chatter: 10% of 2,480 posts negative, 12% positive, brighter than on 29 of the last 30 days. Nasdaq-100 chatter: 11% of 1,702 posts negative, 13% positive, about usual for the last month. 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 6 trades disclosed at once by Jonathan Jackson |
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The signal board New on the scan, not covered aboveThe scan found 67 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. | Congress trades 14 | | EL | Estee Lauder 1 member · purchase · up to $100,000 | Low | | DDOG | Datadog 1 member · purchase · up to $100,000 | Low | | GH | GH 1 member · purchase · up to $50,000 | Low | | Reddit attention 9 | | NFLX | Netflix 261 Reddit mentions in a day, up from 21 | Low | | SMCI | Supermicro 98 Reddit mentions in a day, up from 4 | Low | | SPCX | SpaceX 423 Reddit mentions in a day, up from 85 | Low | | GOOGL | Alphabet (Google) 61 Reddit mentions in a day, up from 21 | Low |
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Risk-on or risk-off? Mixed The Dark Matter macro engine scores conditions 56 out of 100: conditions mixed / transitional. The economy is in an overheating phase, where growth and inflation are both running hot. 2 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 0.38 points above 2-year yields. Fed rate path: -2.1 cuts priced. | Supports risk | Volatility 51/100 How nervous are options traders? VIX at 18.4, higher than on 69% of days in the past year. Options insurance costs more than usual. | Balanced | Credit 52/100 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 What is a Form 4? Officers, directors and anyone owning more than 10% of a company must report trades in its stock to the SEC within two business days, on a Form 4. That is why insider buying shows up within days, while congressional trades can take up to 45. |
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Get these signals the moment they fire This letter is a once-a-day snapshot. The Dark Matter terminal tracks insider clusters, dark-pool volume, options flow and positioning live. Open the terminal |
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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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