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Weekly Stock Analysis by MetisTrades.com episodes
- IBM Options Are Pricing a ±$10 Move Into August 21 — The Charts See a Tighter Range
International Business Machines — IBM — heading toward the close on August 15, 2026. Shares sit at $234.39, and the options market's read here is neutral, not bullish, not bearish. Traders are pricing a range of $224.45 up to $244.33 for the week ahead, into the August 21 expiration — call it roughly a plus-or-minus $10 move, with no strong lean either way. The number that breaks this whole read…
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7 min - USO Options Price an $8 Move Into August 21 — Cheaper Than What Oil Has Actually Delivered
United States Oil Fund — ticker USO — here's the read for August 15, 2026. Shares closed near $126.73. The options market is pricing a move of roughly $8 in either direction between now and the August 21 expiration — that's a range of about $118.59 on the low end to $134.87 on the high end. The lean right now is slightly bullish, but it's a fragile bullish. The whole read breaks if USO closes…
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6 min - ARM Options Price a ±$26 Swing Into August 21 — The Chart Model Sees Half That
Hey, it's August 15, 2026, and we're talking Arm Holdings — ticker ARM. The stock closed at $278.64, and right now the options market leans bullish on it. That's not a prediction, it's just a read of how traders have positioned their bets. Between now and the August 21 expiration, the market is pricing a possible swing anywhere from $252.84 on the low end up to $304.44 on the high end — roughly a…
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5 min - INTC Options Are Pricing an $8.50 Move Into August 21 — The Technical Model Sees a Much Narrower Path
Intel Corporation, ticker INTC — it's August 15, 2026, and shares closed at $102.47. Here's the call up front: options traders are pricing a mildly bullish, mostly neutral stance into next week's August 21 expiration. The math says Intel could swing anywhere from $93.93 up to $111.01 by then — that's the range the options market has built into current prices. And here's the line that breaks this…
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6 min - SOFI Options Are Pricing a $1.13 Move by Friday — the Charts See Half of It
SoFi Technologies — ticker SOFI — it's August 9, 2026, and the stock just closed Friday at $18.38. Here's the state of play in one breath: the options market is pricing a fairly tight band for the week ahead, roughly $17.25 on the low end to $19.51 on the high end, running into next Friday's expiration. The overall lean right now is neutral — no strong conviction either up or down. But there's…
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5 min - SOXL Options Are Pricing a ±$26 Move Into August 14 — the Technical Models See $143
Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares — ticker SOXL — here's the options read for August 9, 2026. SOXL closed at $140.07, and right now the options market leans slightly bullish into this Friday's expiration, August 14. But "bullish" doesn't mean calm — traders are pricing a swing wide enough to take SOXL anywhere from $113.59 on the low end to $166.55 on the high end by Friday. That's the…
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6 min - SOXS Options Price an $8 Move by August 14 — Our Technical Model Targets $40.60
Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X Shares — ticker SOXS — here's where things stand as of August 9, 2026. SOXS closed at $42.09. Looking ahead to the options expiration on August 14th, the options market has priced in a pretty wide swing — somewhere between $34.04 on the low end and $50.14 on the high end. The lean right now is slightly bearish: traders have been adding downside bets faster…
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6 min - TQQQ Options Are Pricing a ±$5.50 Move Into August 14 — And They Look Cheap Doing It
Hey, it's August 9, 2026, and we're talking ProShares UltraPro QQQ — ticker TQQQ. It closed near $74.39. Here's the call: the options market leans slightly bullish, and it's pricing a range between $68.92 and $79.86 by the August 14 expiration. That's the box traders are betting inside. The level that breaks this whole read? A close below $72.60. If TQQQ falls under that, the bullish case is dead…
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5 min - NOK Options Are Pricing a ±$0.78 Move — Positioning Leans Up While the Charts Lean Down
Nokia Oyj — it's August 9, 2026, and the stock just closed at $9.37. Here's the read for the week: the options market is leaning slightly bullish on Nokia going into Friday's expiration, August 14. Traders are pricing a range of $8.59 up to $10.15 by then — call it the expected move. But there's one line that breaks this whole story: if Nokia closes below $9.00, forget the bullish case entirely…
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5 min - AAPL Options Price a $10 Move Into August 14 — Positioning Leans to the Upper Half of It
Apple Inc., ticker AAPL. It's August 9, 2026, and the stock closed Friday at $313.36. Heading into the next options expiration on August 14, the market's leaning slightly bullish, and it's pricing Apple to land somewhere between roughly $303 and $323 by then. Here's the one number that flips this whole read: a close below $305. Stay above that, and the bullish tilt holds together. Slip under it…
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About Weekly Stock Analysis by MetisTrades.com
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50+ tickers. One options chain read per week. No hype.
We break down what the options market is actually pricing — implied moves, call and put walls, max pain, skew, unusual flow — and check it against the charts. Then we lay out three ways the week can go and the defined-risk structures that fit each one, including what invalidates the whole read.
When there's no edge, we say so. Educational analysis, not financial advice.