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Options sentiment turned bullish on CCI Crown Castle this week. The tower REIT heads into its Q3 print with an RSI of 71.75 and 18.6% analyst upside on the table. The stock is down 10.4% year to date, which is drawing buyers hoping for a catch-up trade.
MU Micron Technology logged the highest positive options bets in the US market over the past seven days. The stock has risen 260% year to date. Its ORTEX stock score sits at 99.25 out of 100, signalling broad-based quality and momentum.
Bank earnings dominated the broader backdrop. BAC, BNY, UNH and all face Q3 scrutiny this week. Options flow in financials picked up ahead of the prints, with traders positioning ahead of what could be a macro-read quarter.
ACVA ACV Auctions sits at the centre of a timing crunch. ORTEX's Index Rebalance Radar forecasts a Russell 3000 deletion announcement on 12 October, with $579K of forced selling to follow. Daily volatility runs at 5.3%, so short-dated puts are pricing a bumpy exit.
Adding a macro layer, Japan machine tool sales hit JPY 147,354m in August, the largest August reading since 2009 and 27% above year-ago levels, per ORTEX Alt Data. That points to sustained industrial capex, a backdrop that lifts sentiment in semiconductor and industrial options books broadly.
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