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Derivatives Intelligence

Futures and Options Agents

Deterministic futures curve, open-interest, implied-volatility, skew, Greeks, and strategy-family analytics. Scenario guidance only — not guaranteed signals.

Futures agents10
Options agents7
Strategies1

Agent Trade Advice

15 ideas · 1D bars

Daily bars; direction from an EMA/regression/ADX vote; volatility from the median of Parkinson, Garman-Klass, EWMA, and close-to-close estimators; stops and targets from Wilder ATR.

Stocks

SellMicrosoft1D
56% confidencespot 386.24

Sell Microsoft: down trend with strength 0.43, ADX 21 and low volatility.

Entry 381.76390.72Stop 411.83Target 341.45R:R 1.75
HoldNVIDIA1D
50% confidencespot 196.49

NVIDIA: no edge — trend is down with strength 0.44, ADX 18; wait for a cleaner structure.

HoldS&P 500 ETF1D
49% confidencespot 751.59

S&P 500 ETF: no edge — trend is up with strength 0.26, ADX 22; wait for a cleaner structure.

HoldApple1D
48% confidencespot 313.15

Apple: no edge — trend is flat with strength 0.24, ADX 24; wait for a cleaner structure.

HoldNasdaq 100 ETF1D
47% confidencespot 723.57

Nasdaq 100 ETF: no edge — trend is up with strength 0.20, ADX 17; wait for a cleaner structure.

HoldTesla1D
37% confidencespot 416.89elevated volatility

Tesla: no edge — trend is flat with strength 0.17, ADX 15; wait for a cleaner structure.

Futures

SellWTI Crude futures1D
70% confidencespot 68.50

Sell WTI Crude futures: down trend with strength 0.75, ADX 30 and low volatility.

Entry 67.1269.88Stop 76.38Target 54.71R:R 1.75
SellGold futures1D
62% confidencespot 4177.10

Sell Gold futures: down trend with strength 0.57, ADX 37 and low volatility.

Entry 4144.244209.96Stop 4364.86Target 3848.52R:R 1.75
HoldS&P 500 futures1D
50% confidencespot 7589.50

S&P 500 futures: no edge — trend is up with strength 0.35, ADX 16; wait for a cleaner structure.

HoldNasdaq futures1D
49% confidencespot 29959.25

Nasdaq futures: no edge — trend is up with strength 0.26, ADX 15; wait for a cleaner structure.

Options

SellGold futures30D
58% confidencespot 4177.10long putiv data sparse

Long Put on Gold futures: underlying trend is down (strength 0.57) with stable realized volatility (0.93x its recent baseline).

Exp. 30D move ±7.84%Range 3849.624504.58
SellNVIDIA30D
54% confidencespot 196.49long putiv data sparse

Long Put on NVIDIA: underlying trend is down (strength 0.44) with stable realized volatility (0.90x its recent baseline).

Exp. 30D move ±11.91%Range 173.09219.89
StructureS&P 500 futures30D
51% confidencespot 7589.50calendar spreadiv data sparse

Calendar Spread on S&P 500 futures: underlying trend is up (strength 0.35) with stable realized volatility (0.90x its recent baseline).

Exp. 30D move ±4.99%Range 7210.787968.22
StructureS&P 500 ETF30D
49% confidencespot 751.59calendar spreadiv data sparse

Calendar Spread on S&P 500 ETF: underlying trend is up (strength 0.26) with stable realized volatility (0.92x its recent baseline).

Exp. 30D move ±4.77%Range 715.74787.44
StructureNasdaq 100 ETF30D
47% confidencespot 723.57calendar spreadiv data sparse

Calendar Spread on Nasdaq 100 ETF: underlying trend is up (strength 0.20) with stable realized volatility (0.93x its recent baseline).

Exp. 30D move ±8.29%Range 663.59783.55

Explainable analytics, not broker-ready execution advice. Deterministic gates and your own risk limits stay in charge of any live order.

CL consensusbearish

Futures consensus is bearish with 0.5 agreement.

CL curveBackwardation

CLN26/CLQ26: 0.6 · CLQ26/CLU26: 0.5

GC curveMixed curve

GCQ26/GCV26: -0.5 · GCV26/GCZ26: 0.4

Options setupLong Call

Bullish upside idea: pay premium for call exposure when the agent expects the underlying to rise and IV is not too expensive.

Futures Layer

Curve + Direction + Flow Agents

CL / GC
Futures curve

CL

Backwardation
CLN2675.2
CLQ2674.6
CLU2674.1

CLN26/CLQ26: 0.6 · CLQ26/CLU26: 0.5

Futures curve

GC

Mixed curve
GCQ262,324
GCV262,324.5
GCZ262,324.1

GCQ26/GCV26: -0.5 · GCV26/GCZ26: 0.4

AgentBiasConfidenceScoreSummary
futures curvecurve bullish74%7.4

CL curve is backwardation with M1-M2 spread 0.6.

futures directionalbearish86%8.6

CL directional model is bearish: regression slope -1.743%/bar (R² 0.91) with -3.22% five-bar momentum.

futures event supplymixed81%8.1

Event/supply risk score is 0.72.

futures flow oibearish76%7.6

Open interest flow shows short_building.

futures meta consensusbearish40%4

Futures consensus is bearish with 0.5 agreement.

futures curvemixed55%5.5

GC curve is mixed with M1-M2 spread -0.5.

futures directionalbearish68%6.8

GC directional model is bearish: regression slope -0.311%/bar (R² 0.39) with 3.9% five-bar momentum.

futures event supplyneutral62%6.2

Event/supply risk score is 0.35.

futures flow oimixed48%4.8

Open interest flow shows short_covering.

futures meta consensusmixed29%2.9

Futures consensus is mixed with 0.5 agreement.

Options Layer

Vol Surface Snapshot

GC_OPTIONS
IV rank68
IV percentile72
Front ATM IV17.6%
Back ATM IV15.1%
Skew score0.05
CALL · 2,32543IV 17.6% · Δ 0.51
PUT · 2,27524.5IV 24% · Δ -0.31
Options Agents

IV, Skew, Term, Greeks, Strategy

Daily
AgentBiasConfidenceScoreSummary
options greeks riskneutral66%6.6

Greeks risk scan completed with deterministic threshold checks.

options implied volvol expansion82%8.2

IV is cheap versus realized volatility; expected move is 5.05%.

options meta consensusneutral36%3.6

Options consensus is neutral with 0.5 agreement.

options skew smileneutral70%7

Options skew is balanced.

options strategy recommendermixed72%7.2

long call fits bullish bias with cheap IV and balanced skew.

options underlying contextbullish70%7

Underlying context is bullish.

options vol termneutral68%6.8

Vol term structure is balanced.

Scenario Guidance

Current Options Playbook

Latest distinct

This section should show the latest distinct options strategy families from the worker — not every historical repeat. Each card explains when the family is useful, what the current agent saw, and what would invalidate it.

GC options · 1DLong Call

Bullish upside idea: pay premium for call exposure when the agent expects the underlying to rise and IV is not too expensive.

Current read: long call fits bullish bias with cheap IV and balanced skew.Risk: Scenario guidance only; not broker-ready execution advice.Invalidation: Invalidate if underlying bias, IV regime, or event risk changes.72% confidence