Whale Tracker

NEUTRAL — WATCH

No clear whale direction for AMAT. Bullish and bearish signals roughly cancel out. Insiders are net buyers (520,052 shares bought vs 20,612 sold) — bullish conviction from management. Strong institutional ownership at 85.4% with 3 of 10 top holders actively accumulating this quarter.

Action Plan

Hold existing positions — no strong directional signal
Wait for clearer whale activity before adding
Monitor next earnings for institutional positioning changes

📈 Options Flow 期权异动

Unusual options volume vs open interest. High volume/OI ratio signals whale positioning. Put/Call ratio indicates directional bias.

PUT / CALL RATIO

0 (Bullish)1.02.0+ (Bearish)

1.14

BEARISH

CALL VOLUME

11,893

PUT VOLUME

13,501

TOTAL VOLUME

25,394

UNUSUAL STRIKES

Unusual Strikes — Vol/OI > 3x (3C / 7P)

TypeStrikeExpiryVolOIRatio

PUT$2152026-05-084501450.0x

PUT$2002026-05-017503250.0x

PUT$2502026-05-295004125.0x

PUT$4052026-05-2945222.5x

CALL$3952026-05-225003414.7x

CALL$4702026-05-013,77326814.1x

PUT$2202026-05-083002810.7x

PUT$1952026-05-01500578.8x

PUT$4102026-05-151,0951268.7x

CALL$4352026-05-294258.4x

High Volume Contracts — Vol > 500 (4 contracts)

TypeStrikeExpiryVolume

CALL$4702026-05-013,773

PUT$4102026-05-151,095

PUT$3502026-05-01893

PUT$2002026-05-01750

P/C OI RATIO

1.0

TOTAL OI

154,083

CALL OI

76,914

PUT OI

77,169

Put/Call volume ratio: 1.14 (bearish)
Total options volume: 25,394 (calls 11,893 / puts 13,501)
Top unusual: PUT $215.0 exp 2026-05-08 — vol/OI 450.0x
16 unusual strikes detected (6C / 10P)

👤 Insider Trading 内部交易

SEC Form 4 filings — officer and director buys/sells in the last 90 days. Net buying is a strong bullish signal.

96% BUY

4% SELL

SHARES BOUGHT (6m)

520,052

SHARES SOLD (6m)

20,612

NET INSIDER FLOW

+499,440

FORM 4 FILINGS (90d)

Recent Insider Transactions (0 buys / 1 sells / 9 grants)

TypeInsiderSharesDate

GRANTANDERSON JAMES ROBERT7412026-03-12

GRANTBORKAR RANI7412026-03-12

GRANTIANNOTTI THOMAS J7412026-03-12

GRANTKARSNER ALEXANDER A7412026-03-12

GRANTDE GEUS AART J7412026-03-12

GRANTMARCH KEVIN P7412026-03-12

GRANTCHEN XUN ERIC7412026-03-12

GRANTBRUNER JUDY7412026-03-12

GRANTMCGREGOR SCOTT A7412026-03-12

SELLBRUNER JUDY2,5002026-02-25

Insider buying: 520,052 shares
Insider selling: 20,612 shares
14 Form 4 filings in last 90 days
Net insider BUYING — bullish signal

🏦 Smart Money Flow 机构资金流向

Quarter-over-quarter position changes from 13F filings. Shows whether institutional investors are accumulating (buying more) or distributing (selling) — the strongest signal of whale conviction.

INSTITUTIONAL OWNERSHIP

85.4%

ACCUMULATION vs DISTRIBUTION

30% ACCUMULATING

70% DISTRIBUTING

NET SHARES FLOW

+18,115,315

FLOW SCORE

+0.12

ADDING

SELLING

Institutional Position Changes (QoQ)

ActionInstitution% HeldQoQ ΔShares Δ

★ NEW POSITIONCapital Research Global Investors4.12%NEW+17,829,388

▲▲ HEAVY BUYNORGES BANK1.40%+27.0%+2,361,318

▲ ADDINGUBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET1.35%+17.1%+1,558,453

▬ HOLDBlackrock Inc.9.48%+1.2%+877,700

▬ HOLDMorgan Stanley1.45%+3.4%+372,890

▬ HOLDVanguard Group Inc9.67%+0.4%+328,737

▬ HOLDState Street Corporation4.78%-0.6%-240,477

▬ HOLDNorthern Trust Corporation1.13%-4.4%-417,085

▼ TRIMMINGAmeriprise Financial, Inc.1.30%-17.8%-2,227,429

▼ TRIMMINGGeode Capital Management, LLC2.34%-11.1%-2,328,180

ETF & Mutual Fund Flow (0 adding / 1 selling)

ActionFundQoQ ΔShares Δ

▬ HOLDVANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Mar-0.2%-42,630

▬ HOLDVANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund+1.5%+291,033

▬ HOLDInvesco QQQ Trust, Series 1-2.4%-407,808

▬ HOLDFidelity Concord Street Trust-Fidelity 500 In+0.2%+17,205

▬ HOLDiShares Trust-iShares Core S&P 500 ETF-0.9%-96,366

▬ HOLDGROWTH FUND OF AMERICA0.0%0

▬ HOLDSPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST-State Street SPDR S&P -1.8%-171,511

▬ HOLDVanEck ETF Trust-VanEck Semiconductor ETF+3.4%+229,388

▼ TRIMMINGINVESTMENT CO OF AMERICA-17.3%-1,322,391

▬ HOLDSELECT SECTOR SPDR TRT-State Street Technolog-3.7%-226,242

Institutional ownership: 85.4%
Smart money flow: 3 adding / 2 selling / 5 hold
Net shares added by institutions: +18,115,315
Biggest mover: Capital Research Global Investors added 17,829,388 shares (+119.8%)

🕶 Short Interest & Dark Pool 做空 & 暗池

Short interest as % of float and days-to-cover. Rising SI = bearish pressure. High SI + decreasing = shorts covering (bullish). Squeeze risk rated by SI level.

SHORT INTEREST (% OF FLOAT)

0%10%20%30%+

SHORT % FLOAT

1.7%

DAYS TO COVER

2.1

SI CHANGE (MoM)

↓ 0.7%

SQUEEZE RISK

MINIMAL

SHARES SHORT

13,594,148

PRIOR MONTH

13,683,911

FLOAT SHARES

790,133,856

AVG VOLUME

7,130,756

Short interest: 1.7% of float
Days to cover: 2.1
Short interest MoM: ↓ 0.7%
Squeeze risk: MINIMAL

📡 Data Sources 数据来源

Options Flow

BEARISH (80%)

Insider Trading

BULLISH (90%)

Smart Money Flow

LEAN BULLISH (75%)

Short Interest

NEUTRAL (60%)

📋 Summary 综合摘要

[dark_pool] Short interest: 1.7% of float
[dark_pool] Days to cover: 2.1
[institutional] Institutional ownership: 85.4%
[institutional] Smart money flow: 3 adding / 2 selling / 5 hold
[options_flow] Put/Call volume ratio: 1.14 (bearish)
[options_flow] Total options volume: 25,394 (calls 11,893 / puts 13,501)
[insider] Insider buying: 520,052 shares
[insider] Insider selling: 20,612 shares