Educational market readings

U.S. stock options & short interest

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

200 namesas of 2026-07-21FINRA 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 (191× volume vs open interest)— not a favorite stock. Rotates with each daily build.

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INTC

Intel Corporation

$97.06

+2.13%

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

Spot $97.06Max Pain $102.00 · 5.1% above

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

Calls 75%P/C 0.34 · avg 0.34Puts 25%

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

Max Pain

$102

5.1% above

Put/Call

0.34

bullish

Unusual

191×

80 call

IV Rank

…

Still collecting

Short % Float · 2.54%

13.14%

2.54%

06-1606-30

FINRA settlement dates · biweekly · not real-time

Open interest map

Call vs put OI by expiry

2026-07-22D-142.6K / 29.6KΣ 72.1K
2026-07-24D-3focus167.3K / 80.8KΣ 248.1K
2026-07-27D-66.9K / 16.8KΣ 23.7K
2026-07-29D-84.5K / 1.1KΣ 5.5K

Near-spot strikes · 2026-07-24 (spot $97.06)

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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

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

1.INTC191×
2.NVDA141.8×
3.PEP87×
4.GOOG73.7×
5.TGT72.9×

Short % vs 2wk

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

1.GOLD+12.2 pp
2.O+3.3 pp
3.EOG+1.9 pp
4.GOOG+1.7 pp
5.D+1.5 pp

IV Rank leaders

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

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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.

View all 200

Symbol	Last	Name
NVDA	$203.28+0.2%	NVIDIA Corporation
AAPL	$326.59-2.1%	Apple Inc.
GOOGL	$351.99+1.5%	Alphabet Inc. Class A
GOOG	$351.37+1.5%	Alphabet Inc. Class C
MSFT	$402.29+2.1%	Microsoft Corporation
AMZN	$249.99+1.1%	Amazon.com Inc.
AVGO	$378.16+2.0%	Broadcom Inc.
META	$645.85-0.0%	Meta Platforms Inc.
TSLA	$369.57-3.0%	Tesla Inc.
BRK-B	$491.25+0.1%	Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B

Sorted by market cap · sparklines from daily build · 2026-07-21

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