NEUTRAL — WATCH
No clear whale direction for AMAT. Bullish and bearish signals roughly cancel out. Insiders are net buyers (370,138 shares bought vs 20,612 sold) — bullish conviction from management. Strong institutional ownership at 85.1% 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)
1.99
BEARISH
High Volume Contracts — Vol > 500 (3 contracts)
PUT$3622026-05-01967
CALL$5002026-05-29695
CALL$4082026-05-01521
- Put/Call volume ratio: 1.99 (bearish)
- Total options volume: 24,643 (calls 8,255 / puts 16,388)
👤 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.
SHARES BOUGHT (6m)
370,138
Recent Insider Transactions (0 buys / 1 sells / 9 grants)
GRANTIANNOTTI THOMAS J7412026-03-12
GRANTKARSNER ALEXANDER A7412026-03-12
GRANTBRUNER JUDY7412026-03-12
GRANTMCGREGOR SCOTT A7412026-03-12
GRANTDE GEUS AART J7412026-03-12
GRANTMARCH KEVIN P7412026-03-12
GRANTCHEN XUN ERIC7412026-03-12
GRANTANDERSON JAMES ROBERT7412026-03-12
GRANTBORKAR RANI7412026-03-12
SELLBRUNER JUDY2,5002026-02-25
- Insider buying: 370,138 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
85.1%
ACCUMULATION vs DISTRIBUTION
30% ACCUMULATING
70% DISTRIBUTING
NET SHARES FLOW
+18,115,315
Institutional Position Changes (QoQ)
★ 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 / 3 selling)
▬ 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
▬ HOLDiShares Trust-iShares Core S&P 500 ETF+0.5%+47,729
▬ HOLDFidelity Concord Street Trust-Fidelity 500 In+0.2%+17,205
▬ HOLDSPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST-State Street SPDR S&P -1.8%-171,511
▼ TRIMMINGINVESTMENT CO OF AMERICA-17.3%-1,322,391
▼ TRIMMINGGROWTH FUND OF AMERICA-15.7%-1,123,527
▬ HOLDSELECT SECTOR SPDR TRT-State Street Technolog-3.7%-226,242
▼ TRIMMINGVanEck ETF Trust-VanEck Semiconductor ETF-19.7%-1,361,207
- Institutional ownership: 85.1%
- 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 interest: 1.7% of float
- Days to cover: 2.1
- Short interest MoM: ↓ 0.7%
- Squeeze risk: MINIMAL