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iv-flow confirmed momentum

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In plain terms

Ride a stock's trend only when option buyers are leaning the same way: calls getting pricier into an uptrend, puts getting pricier into a downtrend.

How it works

Takes separate 25-delta call and put implied-vol innovations as an options-flow signal and only trades the underlying's price momentum when the option market agrees. Call IV richening relative to put IV is read as bullish demand confirming up-trends; put IV richening relative to call IV is read as bearish demand confirming down-trends.

Live results

117 times picked on its own · 329 times inside a blend (324 beat the stock) · updated 2026-07-06

This strategy is a frequent ingredient in blends that combine a few strategies on one stock. It has contributed to 329 such blended picks (324 of which beat simply holding the stock). Picking it on its own is only one of the ways it shows up.

How its picks scored vs. buy & hold

Each pick is graded on a recent year it was never tuned on, against simply owning the same stock

Where its edge concentrates

Share of picks in each company-size group that beat buy & hold

How often it trades

Active vs. patient. Bars on the left mean it waits for rare setups; bars on the right mean it trades often

Return vs. buy & hold

How much each pick beat or trailed simply owning the stock over the test year (extreme microcap moves trimmed)

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Data dependencies

Options surface daily
End-of-day OPRA option chains used by IV-skew family.
Daily prices
Adjusted-close OHLCV for every US-listed ticker; primary price feed.

Expected edge

Momentum that is corroborated by directional implied-vol flow should be more persistent and less prone to reversal than raw price momentum.

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