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Fri, Feb 20th, 2026
Unusual Options Activity Alert: If You Own These 3 Stocks, It’s Time for a Protective Collar

Thursday’s unusual options activity included three stocks with 50%-plus gains over the past year. With the VIX up 20% in the past week, if you bought any of these a year ago, a protective collar is in...

CAT : 760.63 (+0.01%)
W : 81.57 (+2.51%)
LUV : 52.30 (+0.42%)
DAL : 69.59 (+3.19%)
Palo Alto Networks Stock Has Tanked But Its Free Cash Flow is Strong - Time to Buy PANW?

Palo Alto Networks' adjusted free cash flow (FCF) was up 27% year-over year. Moreover, on a trailing 12-month basis, it was 37.9% of sales, up from 34.4% a year ago. As a result, its value is significantly...

PANW : 150.86 (-0.09%)
3 Steps to a Simple Trading System

We only need to use three things to develop a simple trading system: Trend, Fundamentals, and Filters.

LEJ26 : 242.000s (-0.59%)
$CNSI : 1,076.24 (+0.74%)
Gold futures price analysis

We analyze the overnight move in gold futures alongside all the geopolitical events crowding the trade

GSJ26 : 5,092.00 (+1.89%)
21,000 Reasons Cogent Communications’ Unusual Options Activity Screams Bull Call Spread

The internet company had two options yesterday in the top 10 Vol/OI ratios. They were its only unusually active options despite volume 18 times higher than its 30-day average. I’ve got 21,000 reasons...

CCOI : 17.88 (-32.04%)
How to Find the Best Stocks for This Cash-Generating Options Strategy

Options expert Rick Orford explains his criteria for finding the best cash-secured put option candidates.

How to Buy IBKR for an 8% Discount, or Achieve a 27% Annual Return

Yesterday, with Interactive Brokers (IBKR) trading at $74.90, the March put option with a strike price of $70 was trading around $1.55. Traders selling this put would receive $155 in option premium.

IBKR : 74.08 (+0.12%)
Has Palantir Bottomed? Probably, Based on Huge, Unusual Put Options Activity in PLTR

Palantir stock may have hit a bottom after several tranches of large, unusual volume in out-of-the-money PLTR put options traded today. Palantir's strong free cash flow and FCF margins imply a higher price...

PLTR : 136.00 (+0.82%)
3 Option Ideas to Consider this Wednesday for Income and Growth

Today, we are using some moving average filters to find bullish stocks and then looking at a couple of different trade ideas.

NVDA : 189.78 (+1.00%)
NKE : 64.96 (-0.99%)
DAL : 69.59 (+3.19%)
Options Traders’ Relaxed Hedging Against Visa (V) Stock May Offer a Hidden Bullish Signal

Despite a historically bad start to the new year, credit card giant Visa hasn’t sparked panicked hedging. That’s quite telling for V stock.

V : 321.21 (+0.71%)

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BREAKING 🚨: UnitedHealth $UNH forms a Death Cross ☠️ for the first time since January 2025 🤯 The last one sent shares plunging 57% over the next 6 months 📉📉 https://t.co/73A6IHLnzV
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Options Traders are the most bearish on stocks in more than 12 months after the equity put/call ratio soared to 1.28 🐻👻🤯👀 https://t.co/DgMnkNKJyP
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Nasdaq $QQQ Just Sent a Chilling Signal — Right Before Nvidia $NVDA Earnings 🚨 Is The Party Over? 👻https://t.co/CiDM2Us8tJ
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U.S. Dollar on track for its best week since October 💵🤑📈 https://t.co/te3vyqa2N7
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Alphabet $GOOGL fell below its 50-day moving average last week and now sits right at the 100-day 🚨 If that breaks, a return to the 200-day MA might be in play 🤯👀 https://t.co/K89Q7efcUj
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Crude Oil Breakout Time? 🚨 Now trading at its highest price since August 📈 https://t.co/B4xVeTw6dp
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JUST IN 🚨: U.S. Treasury just bought back $1.56 Billion of their own debt 🤯👀 https://t.co/DzU2ga65uy
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BREAKING 🚨: CocoaCocoa has now traded red for 9 consecutive days, its longest losing streak since February 2017 🍫📉 https://t.co/1jj8eZuIeb
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Biggest Buyers and Sellers of U.S. Debt 🚨 https://t.co/k5yOSskooh
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