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Thursday, October 15, 2026

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Number of the Day

  • 30 — the Fear & Greed Index — Fear

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On the Radar

10

Viral Right Now

15

Pre-Market Pulse

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  • S&P 500 fut 7,753.75 -0.21%
  • Nasdaq fut 29,864.00 -1.06%
  • Dow fut 52,024.00 +0.32%
  • VIX 17.36 +13.69%
  • 10-yr yield 5.19% -0.52%
  • Dollar (DXY) 102.04 -0.50%

Fear & Greed

30 · fear

Economic Calendar

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  • 05:00 · United States — IEA Monthly Report →  
  • 05:40 · United States — FOMC Member Bowman Speaks →  
  • 06:00 · United States — IMF Meetings →  
  • 07:00 · United States — MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate → 7.50%
  • 07:00 · United States — MBA Mortgage Applications → -2.7%
  • 07:00 · United States — MBA Purchase Index → 139.3

Earnings Today

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  • TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. — $2308.6B, pre market, $4.45 exp
  • SCHW The Charles Schwab Corporation — $165.9B, pre market, $1.66 exp
  • PLD Prologis, Inc. — $126.6B, pre market, $1.58 exp
  • BNY The Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation — $95.7B, pre market, $2.26 exp
  • USB U.S. Bancorp — $88.6B, pre market, $1.32 exp
  • PNC PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) — $87.6B, pre market, $4.97 exp
  • MRSH Marsh — $84.5B, pre market, $1.96 exp
  • IBKR Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. — $39.6B, after hours, $0.67 exp

Stocks Moving

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  • Gainers
  • MGOL $14.57 +3838.8%
  • DFSCW $0.0199 +86.0%
  • GLND $3.90 +76.5%
  • TGL $0.4500 +61.9%
  • GLNDW $1.01 +53.0%
  • Losers
  • ASGI.RT $0.0001 -98.6%
  • WFF $0.1750 -91.8%
  • NWGL $0.2600 -78.2%
  • BCAT.RT $0.0010 -71.4%
  • RPGL $15.49 -65.2%
  • Most active
  • SDST 286,770,014 shares
  • WFF 223,100,013 shares
  • TGL 205,619,683 shares
  • NIVF 203,526,780 shares
  • GLND 175,003,228 shares

Unusual Activity

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  • CIFR calls heavy — put/call 0.36
  • AMZN calls heavy — put/call 0.49
  • BAC calls heavy — put/call 0.77
  • PLTR puts heavy — put/call 1.21

Crypto

3
  • BTC $80,924 -2.96%
  • XRP $1.31 -4.83%
  • ETH $2,362 -5.60%

Housing

4

On This Day

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  • 2018 — 13-year-old American girl, Jayme Closs, is kidnapped from her Barron, Wisconsin home after her parents were both murdered.
  • 2016 — One hundred and ninety-seven nations amend the Montreal Protocol to include a phase-out of hydrofluorocarbons.
  • 2013 — The 7.2 Mw Bohol earthquake strikes the Philippines. At least 215 were killed.
  • 2008 — The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst percentage drop in the Dow's history.

Birthdays

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  • Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark (21)
  • Melki Sedek Huang, Indonesian activist and sex offender (26)
  • Bailee Madison, American-Canadian actress and singer (27)
  • Ben Woodburn, Welsh footballer (27)

Recipe of the Day

Dad Joke of the Day

  • A butcher accidentally backed into his meat grinder and got a little behind in his work that day.

🧠 Daily trivia

In "Call Of Duty: Zombies", completing which map's main easter egg will reward you with the achievement, "Little Lost Girl"?

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