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Sunday, October 4, 2026

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Number of the Day

  • 31 — the Fear & Greed Index — Fear

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On the Radar

10

Viral Right Now

15

Pre-Market Pulse

6
  • S&P 500 fut 7,777.25 +0.69%
  • Nasdaq fut 31,061.75 +0.98%
  • Dow fut 51,477.00 +0.46%
  • VIX 15.31 -6.59%
  • 10-yr yield 5.28% +0.76%
  • Dollar (DXY) 101.92 -0.01%

Fear & Greed

31 · fear

Stocks Moving

15
  • Gainers
  • HPAIW $0.0321 +221.0%
  • AMOD $3.49 +198.3%
  • CYCUW $0.0365 +146.6%
  • SDEV $7.48 +104.4%
  • AMODW $0.0286 +104.3%
  • Losers
  • ASTLW $0.0037 -62.6%
  • SBFMW $0.0251 -52.1%
  • DRCT $0.9100 -39.7%
  • RDACU $6.10 -38.7%
  • SMX $3.82 -38.0%
  • Most active
  • NIVF 303,219,873 shares
  • FNGR 253,381,339 shares
  • AMOD 194,430,485 shares
  • FLUX 167,246,330 shares
  • SCNX 163,386,037 shares

Unusual Activity

3
  • NKE calls heavy — put/call 0.58
  • GOOGL calls heavy — put/call 0.44
  • AAPL calls heavy — put/call 0.51

Crypto

3
  • BTC $85,287 +0.74%
  • XRP $1.50 +0.86%
  • ETH $2,700 +0.59%

The Long Read

On This Day

4
  • 2017 — Joint Nigerien-American Special Forces are ambushed by Islamic State militants outside the village of Tongo Tongo.
  • 2010 — The Ajka plant accident in Hungary releases a million cubic metres of liquid alumina sludge, killing nine, injuring 122, and severely contaminating t…
  • 2006 — WikiLeaks is launched.
  • 2004 — SpaceShipOne wins the Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight.

Birthdays

4
  • Rishabh Pant, Indian cricketer (29)
  • Yuju, South Korean singer (29)
  • Ella Balinska, English actress (30)
  • Jeonghan, South Korean singer (31)

Recipe of the Day

Dad Joke of the Day

  • Why are mummys scared of vacation? They're afraid to unwind.

🧠 Daily trivia

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