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27 dated public stances tracked since 2026-01-05, most recently 2026-10-30. Each line carries the date and the venue it came from; quotation marks mean verbatim. Methodology.
The stances below are c8alpha's editorial distillation of Carter Worth's public commentary — television, podcasts, and interviews — compiled by automated transcript analysis and dated to the episode they came from. They may lag the speaker's current view and may contain extraction errors. Text in quotation marks is verbatim from the episode; everything else is our paraphrase. Carter Worth is not affiliated with c8alpha and has not endorsed this page. Nothing here is investment advice.
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2026-10-30
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Raw direction-aware returns on public statements — long calls credited when the price rose, shorts when it fell, shorts capped at −100% — in a rising market this mostly measures who was long, not who has skill. Returns run from the stance date; calls are rarely closed publicly, so fixed 90-day / 180-day / 1-year horizons are used. A horizon shows only once it has fully matured, and only at 5+ scored stances. “% correct” is the share of those scored calls whose direction-aware return was positive at the horizon — in a rising market a bullish call is correct by default, so read it beside the market, not alone.
Scored calls
Every tracked call with at least one matured horizon: the rows behind the Returns line above. A dash is a horizon that has not matured yet.
| Date | Name | Call | 90d | 180d | 1y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-05 | NVO | bullish | -31.8% | -8.4% | — |
Most-argued themes
| Theme | Stances | Lean | Mix | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADBE | 1 | 1 bullish | 2026-10-23 | |
| BANKS | 1 | 1 bearish | 2026-09-15 | |
| BKX | 1 | 1 bearish | 2026-10-13 | |
| CRWV | 1 | 1 bearish | 2026-10-21 | |
| GM | 1 | 1 bearish | 2026-10-21 | |
| GOOGL | 1 | 1 bearish | 2026-10-30 |
Tracked stances
bullish / bearish is a view they argued; owns / short is a position they said they hold.
2026-10-30
long AAPL / short AAPL
hedge
CNBC (uncut) · uncut_tv
Apple's enduring relative strength going into earnings makes it vulnerable to profit-taking or an exogenous gap lower, warranting at minimum a covered-call overlay and a trim of the position
“I would, at a minimum, sell calls against longs, but I've been kind of trim as well”
CNBC uncut 2026-10-30 17:53 ET (5 min)
Healthcare was at 25-year relative lows vs S&P in June and is now in a catch-up trade that is likely to continue as it reclaims historical relative performance
“in June, we were at 25-year relative lows at the S&P... it is also just playing catch-up, and likely to continue”
CNBC uncut 2026-10-30 17:33 ET (5 min)
Alphabet broke a well-defined multi-year technical pattern on record volume of 140 million shares and is down 13% on the week; the dust has not yet settled and trying to catch a bottom is premature
“it's usually better to let the dust settle. I would not step in there and buy”
CNBC uncut 2026-10-30 17:38 ET (5 min)
2026-10-23
long OIH / short ENERGY
pair
CNBC (uncut) · uncut_tv
OIH has underperformed XLE by 2700 basis points over six months — a spread seen only ~7 times in 30 years — making a convergence trade long oil-services (OIH) against extended integrated oils (XLE) compelling on both absolute and relative bases
“play the laggards against the now increasingly extended Exxon and Chevron”
CNBC uncut 2026-10-23 17:39 ET (5 min)
After a 50% run from $525 to $775 and a subsequent 18% sell-off, META's sequencing leaves it at a level where rebound potential is high relative to the prior move's magnitude
“this pullback actually leaves it at a level where rebound potential is high”
CNBC uncut 2026-10-23 17:04 ET (5 min)
Semis followed the same pattern as gold — an epic multi-year run that generates an equally epic giveback, and once the group rolls over after the initial bounce it does not recover quickly
“that's semi's I would not be involved here”
CNBC uncut 2026-10-23 17:09 ET (5 min)
Adobe is an idiosyncratic tech name that was left for dead and is now starting to carve out a bottom, unlike the broader semi group which remains structurally impaired
“something left for dead, like Adobe, for instance”
CNBC uncut 2026-10-23 17:09 ET (5 min)
2026-10-21
short WMT / short TJX
basket
RiskReversal Media · video
WMT and TJX both ricocheted 6–7 weeks off their lows into well-defined technical resistance, making the combined move overdone and worth fading via call sales or risk reversals
“a rally to a difficult level... right to either sell calls or do a risk reversal”
Short Sellers Are Exhausted. That’s the Warning Sign
2026-10-21
short GS / short GS
other
RiskReversal Media · video
After GS's multi-month sell-off there is no identifiable catalyst for a large directional move before next-Friday expiration, making a short strangle an attractive premium-decay trade at an annualized 16% yield
“we sold the 955, 810 strangle... $3 and 60 cents... 40 basis point yield for 9 days”
Short Sellers Are Exhausted. That’s the Warning Sign
2026-10-21
SPACEX
bullish
RiskReversal Media · video
After an aggressive sell-off, aggressive ricochet, and a brief 8-session consolidation, the technical structure favors longs with the gap fill near $150 as an ideal entry
“if one had to be in or had to be out... I'd be long”
Short Sellers Are Exhausted. That’s the Warning Sign
The S&P has logged back-to-back annual drawdowns of 10–20% and elevated under-the-surface dispersion signals longs are vulnerable to another episode, warranting hedges
“I would hedge longs, I think”
Short Sellers Are Exhausted. That’s the Warning Sign
CoreWeave's chart looks poised to break below well-defined support lows, with a heavily debt-laden balance sheet whose CDS trades near 1,100 bps confirming distressed risk
“this feels as though it's going to break below these well-defined lows. I would be short this”
Short Sellers Are Exhausted. That’s the Warning Sign
GM's chart showed a lackluster multi-month base before gapping down on disappointing earnings with no follow-through bounce, signaling continued technical weakness
“if I had to be directional here, I guess I would be short”
Short Sellers Are Exhausted. That’s the Warning Sign
2026-10-13
long LVS / long WYNN / long MGM
basket
CNBC Fast Money Final Trade · video
The S&P Casino/Gaming subindustry is farther below its 150-day MA than at any point except COVID and GFC lows — levels that historically produced large snapbacks — making all three names a tradeable bounce candidate
“I am a buyer here for a perspective bounce for a trade”
Chart Check: Bank's Slide After Lackluster Earnings
Microsoft has rallied back to former highs forming a potential triple top after going virtually nowhere for a year, making selling calls against a long position the tactically appropriate response at resistance
“Microsoft I would sell calls against the long position is right back to those former highs”
Chart Check: Bank's Slide After Lackluster Earnings
Palantir offers a better chart setup than Microsoft, which is sitting at a triple-top resistance level after a year of going nowhere
“I like Palanteer better than Microsoft here”
Chart Check: Bank's Slide After Lackluster Earnings
2026-10-13
BKX
bearish
CNBC Fast Money Final Trade · video
Bank stocks display deteriorating chart patterns with intraday fades confirming the prior weeks of selling pressure — only 2 of 24 BKX components are up despite earnings, spanning money-center banks, broker-dealers, and super-regionals alike
“these are bad patterns...I would continue to play for lower prices”
Chart Check: Bank's Slide After Lackluster Earnings
Homebuilders are in a slow, protracted established downtrend with no catalyst for reversal — unlike casinos which collapsed from near 52-week highs, builders have been grinding lower for months with no reason to be long
“It's in a downtrend. Bad things live in downtrends.”
Chart Check: Bank's Slide After Lackluster Earnings
Micron's chart pattern is deteriorating amid rising competitive pressure from Chinese memory makers, with downside risk back toward the August lows; selling calls is the prudent defensive action for holders
“Not a good look...the downside risk is certainly to...those August lows”
Chart Check: Bank's Slide After Lackluster Earnings
2026-09-15
long NVDA / short SMH
pair
CNBC Fast Money Final Trade · video
NVDA has been a defensive outperformer versus the broader semi complex over the past three months, making a long NVDA / short SMH pair attractive as SMH continues to roll to new lows while NVDA holds
“I'd rather be long Nvidia and short the socks”
One Day Before the Fed: Financials Rolling Over, Energy Won't Quit
2026-09-15
short AMZN / short AMZN
other
CNBC Fast Money Final Trade · video
Amazon has pulled back in an orderly flag after a massive rerating to 280, and elevated short-term implied volatility makes selling a strangle with wide break-evens a high-probability yield trade over a 10-session window
“we think we've got this one”
One Day Before the Fed: Financials Rolling Over, Energy Won't Quit
Crude oil faces an imminent 7–9% headline-driven selloff, and energy equities (XLE) are already refusing to respond positively to oil's gains — a classic non-confirmation signaling exhaustion
“I'm short oil. I would be short oil and things that are related to it”
One Day Before the Fed: Financials Rolling Over, Energy Won't Quit
Progressive is exhibiting a bearish-to-bullish technical reversal pattern, making it the standout positive setup in the financial sector while most peers are rolling over
“progressive PGR is a bearish to bullish reversal”
One Day Before the Fed: Financials Rolling Over, Energy Won't Quit
BNY Mellon, Northern Trust, and State Street have been massive outperformers far extended above trend and are now accelerating lower with significant air between current prices and any meaningful technical support
“a lot of air between where they are now and any sort of support”
One Day Before the Fed: Financials Rolling Over, Energy Won't Quit
Phillips 66 and Marathon Petroleum are high-flying energy refiners that are now extended above trend — the same technical profile as financial trust banks that are already rolling over
“PSX and MPC those have the risk of giving ground here”
One Day Before the Fed: Financials Rolling Over, Energy Won't Quit
The industrial sector ETF is showing the same stalling/rolling pattern as other former leaders, driven by heavy pressure in bellwethers like Caterpillar, GEV, and Cummins Engine
“there's just general heaviness...these are uptrends that are stalling”
One Day Before the Fed: Financials Rolling Over, Energy Won't Quit
Novo Nordisk has completed a bearish-to-bullish technical reversal, signaling a buy entry
“Novo and Nardis on the men. A bearish to bullish reversal buy.”
90d -31.8% · 180d -8.4%
Final Trade: NVO, JPM, COST, MPC
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