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Stock bears obliterated as Nasdaq 100 logs top 10 bullish stat of past decade

Cnbc · 🇺🇸 public United States · · 588 words · By Oliver Renick
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What to know about Investor Sentiment

From the opening bell on Tuesday it was clear stocks were heading for a rally unlike many in recent memory.

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Techniques found 1
Topics 3

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What happened

From the opening bell on Tuesday it was clear stocks were heading for a rally unlike many in recent memory.

Why it matters

The Cboe trading floor in Chicago erupted out of the gate with a raucous roar and didn't let up until the closing bell as the S&P 500 extended a four-day gain to just shy of six percent, lifting the benchmark gauge for U.S.

Common ground

stocks firmly out of a two-month range that had bears convinced their moment was just around the corner.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 16 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the biggest single-day change in volatility pricing for those contracts in five years and the ninth biggest shift in a decade, according to index options analytics service Nations Indexes”
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While the 42% jump mentioned in Claim 2 is found in one source, the specific historical ranking (biggest in five years, ninth in a decade) is not explicitly detailed in the provided evidence snippets.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — AEW Dynamite, also known as Wednesday Night Dynamite or simply Dynamite, is an American professional wrestling television program produced by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It curre…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — College Basketball on TNT Sports is the de facto title of college basketball coverage produced by TNT Sports for TNT, TBS, and TruTV. TBS initially broadcast two regular-season games in the early-1980…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Nasdaq-100 is a stock market index made up of equity securities issued by approximately 100 (currently 101) of the largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. The Nasdaq-1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasdaq-100
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Claim 2: “The price of one-standard-deviation out-of-the-money QQQ calls... increased by 42% Tuesday”
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One web search result explicitly confirms that the price of one-standard-deviation out-of-the-money QQQ call options jumped 42% on Tuesday according to Nations Indexes. No other independent sources corroborate this specific figure.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — AEW Dynamite, also known as Wednesday Night Dynamite or simply Dynamite, is an American professional wrestling television program produced by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It curre…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AEW_Dynamite
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — College Basketball on TNT Sports is the de facto title of college basketball coverage produced by TNT Sports for TNT, TBS, and TruTV. TBS initially broadcast two regular-season games in the early-1980…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Basketball_on_TNT_Spor…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Nasdaq-100 is a stock market index made up of equity securities issued by approximately 100 (currently 101) of the largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. The Nasdaq-1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasdaq-100
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Claim 3: “superstar hedge fund manager Leopold Aschenbrenner's Situational Awareness had been in the midst of forced selling of billions of dollars worth of popular AI names”
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No evidence was found after searching for Leopold Aschenbrenner or the fund 'Situational Awareness' engaging in forced selling of AI stocks.
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Claim 4: “On Tuesday, crude oil slipped back below $80 after President Trump suggested a deal with Iran was nearing”
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Claim 5: “The Nasdaq 100 rallied 3.3% Tuesday to 29,733”
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The evidence provides general information about the Nasdaq 100 but does not contain the specific closing value of 29,733 or the 3.3% rally for the Tuesday mentioned.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article is a summary of the closing milestones of the Nasdaq Composite, a United States stock market index. Since first opening at 100.00 on February 5, 1971, the Nasdaq Composite has increased, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closing_milestones_of_the_Nasd…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nasdaq updates the components of the Nasdaq-100 periodically, typically in response to acquisitions, or in conjunction with the annual rebalancing. As of July 2026, 540 companies have been components …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_components_of_the_N…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Nasdaq-100 is a stock market index made up of equity securities issued by approximately 100 (currently 101) of the largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. The Nasdaq-1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasdaq-100
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Claim 6: “The same out-of-the-money call-pricing metric in SPDR S&P 500 Trust (SPY) options recorded the seventh-biggest jump in the past three years”
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No evidence was provided regarding the SPY options call-pricing metric or its ranking as the seventh-biggest jump in three years.
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web search NEUTRAL — The price of one-standard-deviation out-of-the-money QQQ call options, contracts with an implied 16% chance of success, jumps 42% on Tuesday, according to Nations Indexes.
https://tradersunion.com/news/financial-news/show/2908974-na…
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web search NEUTRAL — Free stock-option profit calculation tool. See visualisations of a strategy's return on investment by possible future stock prices. Calculate the value of a call or put option or multi-option strategi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Today we're pushing the GMKtec K12 and its AMD Ryzen 7 H 255 processor to the absolute limit with 21 Games.Amazon...
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Claim 7: “Nasdaq 100 options volumes are tracking 18% above July's pace this month”
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web search NEUTRAL — Data is currently not available. Symbol. 100 Day Price Change (%). % Weighting.Data reflects weightings calculated at the beginning of each month. Data is subject to change. **Green highlights the top…
https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/gme
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web search NEUTRAL — Top Stories On E-Mini Nasdaq 100 Index Continuous Contract. Read full story.Oil futures rose Friday, but finished down on the week. WTI settled up 1.2% at $78.18 a barrel, but down 7.7% for the week. …
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/future/nq00
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web search NEUTRAL — Unlike options trading volume, open interest is not updated during the trading...
https://www.investopedia.com/trading/options-trading-volume-…
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Claim 8: “the gains were supplemented by a two percent rally in materials and industrial stocks”
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Claim 9: “the S&P 500 extended a four-day gain to just shy of six percent”
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The provided evidence contains general S&P 500 information and a mention of a 12% gain in a different context (short week), but nothing confirming a specific four-day gain of 'just shy of six percent'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article is a summary of the closing milestones of the S&P 500 Index, a United States stock market index.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closing_milestones_of_the_S&P_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 companies with large market capitalizations, including two share classes…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S&P_500_companies
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 (Standard and Poor's 500) is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States that are considered to have large market ca…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P_500
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Claim 10: “the 10-year yield stopping short of last year's highs”
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Claim 11: “The forward 12-month price-to-earnings ratio is 19.6, below the five-year average”
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Claim 12: “Cboe Volatility index (VIX) rose alongside stocks -- something that only happens about 20% of the time, according to data compiled by CNBC and Convex Asset Management”
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No evidence was found after searching for the VIX/stock correlation claim and the specific data from CNBC and Convex Asset Management.
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Claim 13: “bringing the tech-heavy index to within three percent of its June 3 record after a more than 10% intraday decline through last Wednesday”
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No evidence was provided that confirms the Nasdaq 100's proximity to a June 3 record or a 10% intraday decline through the previous Wednesday.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Nasdaq-100 is often abbreviated as NDX, NDQ, NAS100, or US100. The Nasdaq-100 index is a public float weighted/capitalization-weighted index, with a maximum weight of 24% for the largest component…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasdaq-100
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web search NEUTRAL — The Nasdaq 100 stock price has ranged from 22,841.42 to 30,762.20 over the past 52 weeks. From a Technical Analysis Perspective, Is Nasdaq 100 a Buy or Sell?
https://www.investing.com/indices/nq-100
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web search NEUTRAL — Explore the Nasdaq 100 index components, ranked by company weight from largest to smallest. While the index is heavily weighted toward technology companies, it also includes leading firms from sectors…
https://www.slickcharts.com/nasdaq100
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Claim 14: “Treasury yields fell, crude oil dropped and beaten-down tech stocks rallied”
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The evidence mentions Treasury yields and oil prices moving in various directions across different timeframes, but no single source confirms the specific combination of yields falling, oil dropping, and tech rallying on the specific Tuesday in question.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tuesday is a 2023 fantasy drama film written and directed by Daina O. Pusić in her feature directorial debut. A co-production between the United Kingdom and the United States, the film stars Julia Lou…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following events occurred in April 1982:
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following events occurred in November 1974:
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Claim 15: “S&P earnings are on pace to grow 47% in the second quarter... according to FactSet”
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Claim 16: “The Invesco Equal-Weight S&P 500 ETF RSP added 1.4%, bringing its year-to-date gain to 14%, edging out the S&P 500's 13% advance”
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