VECTOR RIDGE / 17 SEPTEMBER 2026
Market Report
Quant Picks, trading models & insider activity
Book and selections observed around 16:27-16:28 New York time; daily stock moves around 16:15. This is a dated snapshot.
In this report
- Trading Terminal: energy leads a mixed model book
- Quant Picks: strength across several refining stocks
- Price Radar and Price Ranges: examining the entry after a rally
- Insider Watch: reading the transaction behind the headline
- Macro and Portfolio Pro: adding the broader investment context
- Explore the Vector Ridge research platform
Vector Ridge brings quantitative trading models, stock selection, price ranges and investment research into a connected platform. Today's report shows how those tools can work together: energy leads the open model book, several refining stocks have advanced since joining Quant Picks, and Price Radar puts strong daily moves into the context of published ranges.
Trading Terminal: energy leads a mixed model book
The Rapid Trade view in the Vector Ridge Trading Terminal showed eight open positions: five long and three short. Valero had the strongest positive mark at +4.49% since entry. Netflix and Applied Materials had the largest negative marks. Four positions were positive and four negative.
| Position | Direction | Open mark since entry |
|---|---|---|
| Valero - VLO | Long | +4.49% |
| Caterpillar - CAT | Short | +1.67% |
| Occidental - OXY | Long | +1.28% |
| NXP - NXPI | Long | +0.76% |
| Johnson Controls - JCI | Short | -0.81% |
| Eli Lilly - LLY | Short | -1.13% |
| Applied Materials - AMAT | Long | -2.08% |
| Netflix - NFLX | Long | -2.57% |
These are individual open model marks, not today's portfolio return. Shared positions are counted once. Vector Ridge Trading Terminal
Entry prices explain an important difference in Occidental. The current long entered at $58.54 and was ahead 1.28%. A separate long entered at $61.91 yesterday and closed today at -4.27%. Tracking both positions gives a fuller account of the model activity.
Selected completed trades included an NXP short at +3.96%, a Huntington Ingalls short at +1.73%, and a J.B. Hunt long at -2.69%. Vector Ridge's Verified Performance page provides the documented model-history framework; these observations are model outcomes rather than broker fills.
Quant Picks: strength across several refining stocks
Vector Ridge Quant Picks, within Investor Desk, lets readers examine selected stocks alongside their addition dates and subsequent price performance.
Valero showed +58.4% since its June 30 addition. Among stocks added August 31, Marathon Petroleum was up 13.0%, Phillips 66 11.2%, and HF Sinclair 14.8%. The pattern extends across several refining companies, alongside positive marks in the two open energy longs.
Two other selections made substantial daily moves: Illumina rose a displayed 7.1%, with +14.8% since its August 31 addition; Hewlett Packard Enterprise rose 7.7%, with +42.3% since May 29. The list also contains weaker selections: Glaukos was down 10.1% since August 31. These are stock-selection tracking figures with different starting dates. Explore Quant Picks
Price Radar and Price Ranges: examining the entry after a rally
Price Radar adds useful context to those moves. Illumina's displayed $245.18 price sat near its $246.19 upper range. HPE at $61.06 remained below $61.75.
That connects two research questions: which selected stocks are moving, and where their prices stand relative to the published boundaries. Vector Ridge also provides Price Ranges within the Trading Terminal. A range is a reference for research and planning; an upper-boundary reading alone does not establish a reversal. Open Price Radar
Insider Watch: reading the transaction behind the headline
Insider Watch brings ownership disclosures into Investor Desk. For this report, we checked the underlying filings for two transactions.
TeraWulf director Michael Bucella purchased 6,085 shares for approximately $90,000 on September 15, disclosed September 16. The filing identifies a purchase rather than a stock award. TeraWulf SEC filing
NetApp CEO George Kurian sold 40,000 shares for approximately $7.7 million on September 14, disclosed September 16. The SEC filing establishes that the sales followed a 10b5-1 plan adopted June 15. Our interpretation is that this carries less weight as evidence of a newly formed bearish view than a discretionary sale decided now. NetApp SEC filing
Macro and Portfolio Pro: adding the broader investment context
Vector Ridge Macro assigned its largest probability to reflation at 41.6% in the September 17 snapshot. Portfolio Pro showed a 15.0% energy target in its August 31 Core Growth model weights. These add economic and allocation context, with separate measurement dates; the allocation is not a new trade or an explanation of today's open positions. Macro | Portfolio Pro
Explore the Vector Ridge research platform
The Trading Terminal includes Rapid Trade, Swing Trade, Overnight Trade and Day Trade, alongside Price Ranges and Risk Management. Investor Desk also includes Fundamental Picks, Daily Brief and Earnings, complementing the stock-selection, ownership, portfolio and macro tools covered above. View the product range
Data Vault provides a market-history catalog. Atlas AI is a research and backtesting workspace in closed beta, with separate approval required. Mobile App and Live Alerts support access to research updates. Data Vault | Atlas AI | Live Alerts
For the educational framework, Vector Ridge's free book, How to Master Modern Markets, covers its approach to market research and trading decisions. Read the book
Explore Vector Ridge Investor Desk and the Trading Terminal to examine the tools behind this report.
Research commentary. Prices are dated displayed observations, not verified official closing quotes. Model outcomes and selection returns are not audited client-account returns. Past performance does not guarantee future results.