Whale Tracker

NEUTRAL — WATCH

No clear whale direction for LRCX. Bullish and bearish signals roughly cancel out. Insiders are net buyers (959,928 shares bought vs 341,604 sold) — bullish conviction from management. Strong institutional ownership at 88.7% with 4 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)

2.29

BEARISH

CALL VOLUME

9,680

PUT VOLUME

22,121

TOTAL VOLUME

31,801

UNUSUAL STRIKES

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

TypeStrikeExpiryVolOIRatio

PUT$1252026-05-082,7505847.4x

PUT$2382026-05-081,71010116.9x

PUT$2452026-05-299388011.7x

PUT$2752026-05-29717.0x

PUT$2502026-05-082,1043446.1x

PUT$2352026-05-221,5402685.7x

CALL$3252026-05-22199424.7x

PUT$2552026-05-29296813.7x

CALL$2802026-05-29183533.5x

CALL$2702026-05-081,5264473.4x

High Volume Contracts — Vol > 500 (10 contracts)

TypeStrikeExpiryVolume

PUT$1252026-05-082,750

PUT$2302026-05-082,485

PUT$2502026-05-082,104

PUT$2382026-05-081,710

PUT$2352026-05-221,540

CALL$2702026-05-081,526

CALL$2622026-05-081,367

PUT$2452026-05-29938

PUT$2452026-05-08921

CALL$2782026-05-08829

P/C OI RATIO

1.06

TOTAL OI

256,886

CALL OI

124,490

PUT OI

132,396

Put/Call volume ratio: 2.29 (bearish)
Total options volume: 31,801 (calls 9,680 / puts 22,121)
Top unusual: PUT $125.0 exp 2026-05-08 — vol/OI 47.4x
12 unusual strikes detected (4C / 8P)

👤 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.

74% BUY

26% SELL

SHARES BOUGHT (6m)

959,928

SHARES SOLD (6m)

341,604

NET INSIDER FLOW

+618,324

FORM 4 FILINGS (90d)

Recent Insider Transactions (0 buys / 5 sells / 5 grants)

TypeInsiderSharesDate

SELLHARTER AVA6,0102026-04-27

SELLHARTER AVA1,5002026-03-04

SELLBETTINGER DOUGLAS R50,0572026-03-04

SELLHARTER AVA4,0002026-03-02

SELLBETTINGER DOUGLAS R40,3292026-03-02

GRANTHARTER AVA7,1062026-02-27

GRANTVAHEDI VAHID9,0532026-02-27

GRANTVARADARAJAN SESHASAYEE12,5472026-02-27

GRANTFERNANDES NEIL J8,2742026-02-27

GRANTCORREIA CHRISTINA16,1592026-02-27

Insider buying: 959,928 shares
Insider selling: 341,604 shares
24 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

88.7%

ACCUMULATION vs DISTRIBUTION

40% ACCUMULATING

60% DISTRIBUTING

NET SHARES FLOW

-21,420,431

FLOW SCORE

+0.11

ADDING

SELLING

Institutional Position Changes (QoQ)

ActionInstitution% HeldQoQ ΔShares Δ

▲ ADDINGBlackrock Inc.10.74%+8.1%+10,002,690

▲ ADDINGFMR, LLC2.13%+14.3%+3,329,941

▲ ADDINGNORGES BANK1.70%+9.4%+1,831,588

▲ ADDINGInvesco Ltd.1.82%+7.7%+1,637,511

▬ HOLDVanguard Group Inc10.49%+0.2%+209,561

▬ HOLDGeode Capital Management, LLC2.70%+0.4%+127,754

▬ HOLDMorgan Stanley1.59%+0.1%+23,834

▬ HOLDState Street Corporation4.77%-0.2%-131,598

▼ TRIMMINGAmeriprise Financial, Inc.1.86%-8.2%-2,065,796

▼▼ HEAVY SELLJPMORGAN CHASE & CO1.88%-60.8%-36,385,916

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

ActionFundQoQ ΔShares Δ

▬ HOLDVANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Mar-0.9%-370,483

▬ HOLDVANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund+1.4%+449,619

▬ HOLDInvesco QQQ Trust, Series 1-1.5%-411,458

▬ HOLDFidelity Concord Street Trust-Fidelity 500 In+0.2%+27,127

▬ HOLDiShares Trust-iShares Core S&P 500 ETF+0.2%+40,029

▬ HOLDSPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST-State Street SPDR S&P -2.0%-302,960

▬ HOLDVANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Growth Index Fu-4.6%-648,917

▬ HOLDSELECT SECTOR SPDR TRT-State Street Technolog-3.9%-377,194

▼▼ HEAVY SEVanEck ETF Trust-VanEck Semiconductor ETF-21.2%-2,400,263

▬ HOLDVANGUARD WORLD FUND-Vanguard Information Tech+2.5%+212,561

Institutional ownership: 88.7%
Smart money flow: 4 adding / 2 selling / 4 hold
Net shares removed by institutions: -21,420,431
Biggest mover: JPMORGAN CHASE & CO sold 36,385,916 shares (-60.8%)

🕶 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

2.3%

DAYS TO COVER

2.5

SI CHANGE (MoM)

↓ 3.2%

SQUEEZE RISK

MINIMAL

SHARES SHORT

26,059,416

PRIOR MONTH

26,933,774

FLOAT SHARES

1,245,493,682

AVG VOLUME

10,170,988

Short interest: 2.3% of float
Days to cover: 2.5
Short interest MoM: ↓ 3.2%
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: 2.3% of float
[dark_pool] Days to cover: 2.5
[institutional] Institutional ownership: 88.7%
[institutional] Smart money flow: 4 adding / 2 selling / 4 hold
[insider] Insider buying: 959,928 shares
[insider] Insider selling: 341,604 shares
[options_flow] Put/Call volume ratio: 2.29 (bearish)
[options_flow] Total options volume: 31,801 (calls 9,680 / puts 22,121)