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Options positioning watch: GOOGL — 2026-07-20 (0 DTE).

Put/call volume ratio: 0.46; put/call OI ratio: 0.61. Calls traded 31,401 contracts versus 14,476 puts. The nearest ATM straddle around $347.50 prices an approximate ±$6.54 move, or 1.9% of spot, through expiry. Near-OTM IV skew proxy: puts above calls by 5.0…

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Options positioning watch: GOOGL — 2026-07-20 (0 DTE).

Put/call volume ratio: 0.46; put/call OI ratio: 0.61. Calls traded 31,401 contracts versus 14,476 puts. The nearest ATM straddle around $347.50 prices an approximate ±$6.54 move, or 1.9% of spot, through expiry. Near-OTM IV skew proxy: puts above calls by 5.0…

$GOOGL

What is an IPO?

What is an initial public offering? What is an IPO? Companies issue shares and raise funds from the public to expand the scale of their businesses, which is the development path of most well-run companies. Before going public, most companies are privately owne…

Earnings quality watch: GOOGL near $346.77 — FY2026 Q1 ending 2026-03-31.

Comparable-period growth: revenue +21.8% YoY; net income +81.2% YoY; diluted EPS +81.9% YoY. Quality check: net margin 56.9% (+1866 bp YoY); YTD SEC free-cash-flow proxy $10.12B (-46.6% YoY). Valuation snapshot: trailing P/E 26.5x; forward P/E 23.7x; EV/EBITDA…

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