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A cross-sectional grading system. Every tracked name is scored on five components — four asset pillars (Fundamentals, Technicals, Mechanicals, Narrative) plus an Entry-timing read — and those scores are standardized against the rest of the universe this build. A grade therefore means “strong relative to its peers right now,” not a fixed number: the names at the top of that ranking that also clear an absolute quality floor become the actionable list. The list is deliberately allowed to be short, or empty, on a poor day — the engine would rather hold cash than pad it. Each card has a Recommendation ⇄ Grade toggle — flip to Grade to audit every signal behind the score — plus a named entry strategy, a layered exit ladder, and a same-sector peer comparison. The Track record tab marks past picks to market (modeled option P&L).

The five components. Each name’s grade is the sum of four asset pillars plus an entry-timing read. The per-name continuous signals (growth rates, ratios, RSI level, relative volume…) are standardized against the rest of the universe this build rather than scored on fixed thresholds, so “cheap / fast-growing / overbought” recalibrate every refresh; discrete events and the market-wide signals below keep fixed scores.

Fundamentals (10 signals). Earnings surprise (beat/miss >25% ±2, 10-24% ±1), EPS growth YoY +1 / -2, revenue growth YoY +1 / -2, analyst price target ±1, analyst rating changes ±2 (net of recent upgrades vs downgrades over ~90 days), P/E vs sector median ±1, guidance (raised +3, in line +2, lowered -3), major contract / deal +2 / -3 (incl. a bank’s lead-underwriter mandate on a marquee IPO/M&A), free cash flow TTM ±1, net-margin trend ±1. Is the business getting better or worse?

Technicals (11 signals). RSI movement ±1, RSI reading ±3 (contrarian — 75+ overbought -3 / 25 or below oversold +3, the oversold credit only with a reversal bar), MACD ±1, a 3-day-plus streak ±1, confirmed 20/50/100D support-resistance breaks (±1/±1/±2), the 52-week read (within 5% of the high -1 / low +1, contrarian), volume confirmation ±1 (relative volume ≥1.3x +1, <0.8x -1), the moving-average stack as one read (above the majority of the 20/50/100D SMAs +1, below -1), and an AI-read chart pattern (±1 confirmed, 0 while still forming). What is the chart doing?

Mechanicals (8 signals). Unusual options flow ±1, open-interest call/put skew ±1, short interest ±1 (squeeze setup +1 / rising -1 / falling +1), unusual underlying volume ±1, SPY flows ±1 (≥±0.6%), put/call ratio extreme (contrarian: P/C >1.15 fear → +2, <0.65 greed → -2), VIX tracking (rising & >25 = -2, falling from an elevated ≥20 = +1), VIX spot (<15 complacency -1, >35 capitulation +2, contrarian — needs a per-name reversal bar). What are options & the broad market doing?

Narrative (8 signals). AI-read news catalysts (good +2 / bad -3, asymmetric — one sentiment read is noisy so good news is weighted lighter), sector tail/headwind ±2 (faded by lifecycle & hype), social sentiment ±1, media coverage (informational, 0 — not double-counted), macro tail/headwinds +1 / -2, DXY 1-day move (≥0.9%: strong dollar -2 / weak +1), 10-year yield 1-day move (≥13 bps: rising -2 / falling +1). What story is driving it?

Entry timing (the 5th component, -8 … +4). Asset quality aside, is now a good moment? It reads confirmed daily bars for the two dominant ways trades fail — catching a falling knife and chasing an extended top (each a flat -8) — and credits the setups we want (a confirmed breakout on volume, or a healthy pullback to the 20-day average with momentum turning back up) up to +4. It also docks rich premium (high implied vol vs the name’s own history) and an inverted vol term structure, and it tightens when the broad tape is fighting the trade. This folds straight into the total, so a badly-timed name drops below the bar on its own — without ever flipping the side.

How the market tape moves the picks. Macro enters two ways: as direct signals on every name (above), and as a market regime that changes the engine’s whole posture. The regime is a cross-asset gauge — the VIX, the dollar (DXY), long yields, a commodity / war-shock axis (crude + gold), the Fed path, a geopolitical-news read, inflation / jobs, and CNN Fear & Greed — surfaced in the expandable Market tape panel above the list. The fast price axes refresh live while the tab is open (so a shock like an oil spike or a peace-deal vol-crush moves the tape within seconds); the slow news / data axes carry from the last build, and on a recovery the headline regime holds the more defensive read until a fresh build confirms it (no whipsaw).

• The VIX (fear gauge). Rising and above 25 docks -2; falling back from an elevated level adds +1 (vol relief); sub-15 complacency is -1; a spike above 35 (capitulation) flips contrarian-bullish +2, but only once a name’s own chart confirms a turn (no catching the knife).

• Bonds (the 10-year yield). A sharp one-day jump (≥13 bps) docks -2 across the board — rising yields pressure growth and long-duration risk assets; a sharp fall adds +1.

• The dollar (DXY). A ≥0.9% one-day rise is a -2 headwind (a strong dollar squeezes multinationals and risk assets); a fall is +1.

• A sell-off (risk-off regime). When the S&P drops about a percent or more and the VIX is elevated or rising, the engine flips to risk-off and several things happen at once: the bearish macro signals pull most grades down; entry timing turns defensive (a long bought into a falling tape is penalized and the falling-knife thresholds tighten ~25%, so more longs drop below the bar); the tactical-put path opens — bearish-leaning names that don’t clear the long bar can ship as reduced-size puts on a clean breakdown, which is how a long-biased universe produces shorts; and sizing holds more cash. The mirror — a firm up day on a calm VIX — is risk-on, a tailwind where the engine leans long. So a calm tape favors a longer, call-heavy list sized up; a sell-off shrinks it, demands cleaner entries, tilts it toward puts, and sizes it down.

Tiers & sizing. Tiers are relative — roughly the top 5% of the universe by conviction this build grade Strong (Very High), the band out to about the top 12% are actionable Call/Put (High), the rest are No Trade — but a name must also clear an absolute floor (about ±16 Strong / ±12 actionable), so on a weak tape where nothing clears it the list is short or empty by design. Size is risk-based, not flat: each pick is weighted inverse to the premium it would lose to its stop (delta, theta over the hold, and a modeled vol-drop), tilted by conviction, and the book’s overall gross is trimmed when the recent realized track record is negative.

Suggested contract. A near-the-money option — delta 0.45-0.65 (target ~0.55), which carries far less theta and IV-crush fragility than a cheap far-OTM lottery ticket — with IV <200%, ≥14 days to expiry (roster picks ≥21), standard monthly expirations, a tight spread, real open interest, and premium capped at the greater of $35/share or 12% of spot. The “In plain English” panel translates the bet into beginner terms.

Entry & exit plan. Each pick matches one of six named strategies (Pullback to Confluence, Breakout + Retest, Moving-Average Pullback, Support + Confirmation, RSI + Divergence, Volume Breakout) with scale-in tranches at confluence prices, and a layered exit ladder — meaningful levels above and below spot, each with an action and its reasoning. The hard stop is volatility-aware (a multiple of ATR, so ordinary noise doesn’t shake the trade out), and the track record additionally cuts in premium terms (a fixed % loss of the option), since a symmetric move on the stock is a very asymmetric move on the contract. Triggers also cover earnings-in-window IV-crush risk, stretched RSI, and time stops.

How to read it — and what it isn’t. Because the grade is relative, it ranks names against each other; it does not promise an absolute edge. The engine is candidly research / unproven — its directional signal has not yet shown a validated edge on forward data, and the track record’s option P&L is modeled (there is no live options-price feed). Buying a call or put risks the entire premium. None of this is financial advice; treat the picks as a starting watchlist, not a recommendation to trade.