Options & short interest

Educational market readings

U.S. stock options & short interest

A fixed universe of 200 names. Public data, transparent rules — patterns to read, not predictions.

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200 namesas of 2026-09-18Exchange-reported short interest · biweeklyListed equity options onlyNot investment advice

How labels look

Same colors everywhere on the site. They describe positioning patterns — not buy/sell instructions.

Bearish biasBullish biasNeutral / rich / info

Spotlight reading

Auto-picked as #1 on Unusual options today (324.6× volume vs open interest)— not a favorite stock. Rotates with each daily build.

Open AMGN →

AMGN

Amgen Inc.

$385.65

+1.55%

~60-day close · green/terracotta = up/down vs start of window

Spot $385.65Max Pain $395.00 · 2.4% above
S
M

S = spot · M = max pain · gap is educational distance, not a target

Calls 26%P/C 2.83 · avg 0.78Puts 74%

White tick = 3-month average mix · positioning pattern only

Max Pain

$395

2.4% above

Put/Call

2.83

bearish

Unusual

324.6×

440 put

IV Rank

…

Still collecting

Short % Float · 2.4%

2.39%
2.38%
2.46%
2.23%
2.4%
06-3007-1507-3108-1408-31

Exchange settlement dates · biweekly · not real-time

Open interest map

Call vs put OI by expiry

  • 2026-09-18D-0focus22.5K / 19.8KΣ 42.3K
  • 2026-09-25D-71.9K / 3.7KΣ 5.6K
  • 2026-10-02D-141.0K / 1.9KΣ 2.9K
  • 2026-10-09D-21554 / 274Σ 828

Near-spot strikes · 2026-09-18 (spot $385.65)

370
372.5
375
377.5
380
382.5 *
385 *
387.5 *
390
392.5
395
397.5
400
402.5

Left = calls · right = puts · * ≈ at-the-money

Today's rankings

Same templates every day — different numbers. Bars show relative size within each Top 5.

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Unusual options

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Where today’s option volume is large versus existing open interest. High ≠ buy/sell — just unusual flow worth reading.

  1. 1.AMGN324.6×
  2. 2.GOOGL285.3×
  3. 3.NFLX210.3×
  4. 4.MU124.8×
  5. 5.COIN102×

Short % vs 2wk

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Biggest change in short % of float vs the prior FINRA report. Up = more short positioning; down = less. Biweekly, not real-time.

  1. 1.LCID+11.7 pp
  2. 2.FCEL+4.1 pp
  3. 3.OPEN+3.7 pp
  4. 4.RDDT+2.3 pp
  5. 5.SEDG+2.3 pp

IV Rank leaders

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Options premiums that are rich vs each name’s own history (0–100). High = expensive insurance lately — not a direction call.

No rows in this build.

Learn the vocabulary

Options 101

Calls, puts, strikes, and IV in five minutes.

What Is Max Pain?

How open interest maps to a reference strike.

Short interest vs volume

Why FINRA as-of dates always matter.

Universe snapshot

Largest names first (market cap) — a quick taste of the fixed 200.

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SymbolTrendLast
NVDA$222.27+1.3%
AAPL$336.13-0.3%
GOOGL$349.54+0.6%
GOOG$344.41+0.2%
MSFT$493.78-0.8%
AMZN$253.71+1.0%
AVGO$357.61+3.0%
META$665.75-2.4%
TSLA$364.27-0.5%
MU$1015.80+3.9%

Sorted by market cap · sparklines from daily build · 2026-09-18

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