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My latest Signals episode covers packaging products through the lens of scarcity and abundance, the importance of data moats, and what we can learn from Taylor Swift. Inspired by a @TDCowen AI dinner hosted by Erica Yoon where I presented alongside @JimTousignant and @GunnerBrown. Data moats emerged as the lynchpin for financial firms leveraging AI, LLMs and alt-data. Also inspired by @benthompson coverage of the Eras tour on @sharptechpod, obviously. Enjoy and subscribe for free to get irregular updates. @FinTechStudios @EdgeStructure @pointfocal focusignal.com/p/31-scarcity…

We're releasing a new equity accessibility score @pointfocal in our off-exchange liquidity monitoring product. We're using venue classifications and trade characteristics to score individual stocks. Useful for trade strategies, algo routing and market structure geeks.

Cracking a business model requires the right people, at the right time, in the right space. You need creativity, grit, and luck. I spoke about it on Signals: Making Something Users Want Fintech & Financial Technology Information Value Active Management focusignal.com/p/29-cracking…

My latest Focus Signal piece, Venue Shapes looks at how to see off-exchange activity differently. Accessing liquidity intelligently reduces the risk of incurring higher trading implementation costs. See it featured on @TabbFORUM. Subscribe at @pointfocal.

🔊Signals Episode 23: NYFIL Reprise. Hook, pitch, close. The story of @pointfocal's pitch to the @FinTechLab. focusignal.com/p/23-nyfil-re…

From $TSLA's '22 Impact Report: "As the world needs to strive for a substantial positive impact, we won’t be referring to ESG. Instead, we’ll talk about Impact." From @util_co's Week In Impact. And why we call our Util content Impact Analytics. focusignal.com/p/esg-and-imp…

📶 New Signals: Stacking Portfolio Analytics Stacking portfolio analytics is the art and science of performance. It is stacking probabilities together to gain an edge. From uncommon knowledge to rare signal with earnings and market structure information. focusignal.com/p/stacking-po…

- Statements about company purpose or ethics are PR. - PR is an unreliable proxy for ESG-as-risk and ESG-as-impact. From @util_co's latest Week In Impact. It matters whether your ESG ratings are informed or misinformed. weekinimpact.com/p/zero-ftx-…?

Market Structure Sentiment, 10/27: -Futures aren't tracking underlying stocks -ETFs diverging from stocks they track -Passive $ led $SPY recent strength -Broad Sentiment over 6 (Scale: 1-10) -Short Volume 48.5% -750 earnings today Source: @_TimQuast @EdgeStructure morning note.

Episode 20 of Signals is out 🔊 Twenty! -@substack -GTM -@STA_National Market Structure Conference @NYSE @NasdaqExchange @CBOE @memxtrading @KCGHQ @Dougielarge @ltabb @aosipovich @ischmerken @BruceMorris @fintechfrank @IEX @iexcloud @JimToesSTA focusignal.com/p/twenty#deta…

.@STA_National kicking off in DC with @JimToesSTA

Short volume activity is market-maker behavior insight. And not all market participant behaviors are equal. Dramatic changes in short volume levels can precede dramatic price movements. $BIIB and $TWTR are 2 recent examples in my latest Signals piece. focusignal.com/p/short-volum…

New section of Focus Signal: Signals I always envisioned creating a section focused on the analytics we build at Point Focal. This 1st post is the result of answering a user’s questions about our analytics.

My new favorite visuals from the Focus List show how short volume bottomed across the $SPY going into expirations last week.

Here's a view of market structure sentiment with Y = demand (605 best-ex) from trend and X = supply (606 short volume) from trend. @EdgeStructure Up & to the right = high demand, low supply. Down & to the left = low demand, high supply. $SBUX, $MOH, $NLOK have poor profiles.

Nearly 30% of $SPY market structure sentiment profiles have topped. What's your portfolio look like? @EdgeStructure + @pointfocal

🔊Weekend Signals Pod 17 Useful Illusions: Perspective on Soccer, Fintech, and @pointfocal "One thing we do in technology is hide the truth from reality."

My new @substack Focus Signal post explains why market structure sentiment matters. And why we brought @EdgeStructure into @pointfocal. US equity 605 best-ex and 606 short-volume are incredible data sets. But it's what you create with the data and how you use it that matters.