Micro caps

Ocean Power Technologies (OPTT)

$0.720 +2.9% on the day·+33.3% in a year·close Oct 13, 2026

Your signal

Sell40 / 100

Sell: 40 is at or below your Sell line of 40. Trend (+28% vs 200-day) scores 94 and lifts it; Off the high (−88% from its 1-year high) scores 0 and holds it back.

Every factor in this score has a tested record: each was checked month by month since 2011 on numbers public at the time.

Factor you weight	OPTT	Points	Weight	Adds
Plays in	30%	30	40	12.0
Off the high	−88% from its 1-year high	0	30	0.0
Trend	+28% vs 200-day	94	30	28.2

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All 18 factors for OPTT

Factor	OPTT	Points	What it is
Plays in	30%	30	The share of the plays you count that hold it now.
Analysts' upside	–	–	How far analysts' average 12-month target sits above the price (3+ analysts). −20% scores 0, +50% full marks; at most 50 while the price is below its 200-day average, since targets lag a falling price.
Analysts' rating	–	–	The analysts' average recommendation: strong buy scores 100, hold or worse 0.
P/E	loss	0	Price over the last four quarters' earnings per share. Lower ranks higher; a loss scores 0. Source: SEC filings to 2026-07-31.
Forward P/E	loss expected	0	Price over next year's expected earnings. Lower ranks higher; an expected loss scores 0. Source: Yahoo Finance.
PEG	–	–	P/E divided by expected earnings growth. Lower ranks higher; around 1 is often read as fair for the growth.
Price to sales	2.3×	67	Market value over the last 12 months' revenue. Lower ranks higher. Source: SEC filings to 2026-07-31.
Price to book	0.8×	96	Price over book value (assets minus debts) per share. Lower ranks higher. Source: SEC filings to 2026-07-31.
Dividend yield	none	0	Dividends over the last year as a share of the price. Higher ranks higher; no dividend scores 0. Source: Yahoo Finance.
Earnings growth	–	–	Earnings per share over the last four quarters against the four before (the latest quarter on a year earlier where filings aren't available). Higher ranks higher.
Revenue growth	−50%	0	Revenue over the last four quarters against the four before (the latest quarter on a year earlier where filings aren't available). Higher ranks higher. Source: SEC filings to 2026-07-31.
Profit margin	−1,824%	1	Net profit as a share of revenue. Higher ranks higher. Source: SEC filings to 2026-07-31.
Return on equity	−616%	0	Profit as a share of shareholders' equity. Higher ranks higher. Source: SEC filings to 2026-07-31.
Debt to equity	1.17×	24	Debt against shareholders' equity. Lower ranks higher; negative equity scores 0. Source: SEC filings to 2026-07-31.
Off the high	−88% from its 1-year high	0	How far the price sits below its highest close of the last year: 100 points at the high, none at 30% or more below. The exit rule: a stock that keeps falling loses points whatever else it has going for it.
Trend	+28% vs 200-day	94	How far the price sits above its 200-day average. Higher ranks higher.
1-year momentum	+33%	66	The price change over the last 12 months. Higher ranks higher.
Low crash exposure	9/10 · very high	10	The storm test: 100 for no exposure, 10 points off per point of exposure.

The read

Test a theory on OPTT

30 of the 100 plays hold OPTT right now.
The breakout and momentum plays mostly say out.
It closed 28% above its 200-day average and 88% below its 52-week high.
Crash exposure reads very high: it moves about 16.3× its index and fell about 1.8× as far as its index in past crashes.

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Plays in30 / 100Every play Be The Puck tests, in 7 families.

Crash exposureVery high9 of 10 on the storm test Mayer Multiple1.28×Price ÷ its 200-day average (+28%). Higher than on 90% of days since 2008. Above 2.4 is Mayer's overheated zone.

The most accurate play in each family

Each family's play whose calls went the right way most often, tested on 351 stocks since 2005, and what it says about OPTT now.

Trend followingHoly GrailOUT42% of 12,813 calls rightOn OPTT: right 31 of 72 · Out since Jul 29, 2024 Breakouts & channelsP&F Double TopOUT37% of 36,314 calls rightOn OPTT: right 135 of 390 · Out since Sep 28, 2026 Momentum12-1 MomentumOUT44% of 8,156 calls rightOn OPTT: right 8 of 16 · Out since Dec 31, 2025 Mean reversionBollinger ReversionOUT64% of 53,095 calls rightOn OPTT: right 133 of 178 · Out since Sep 14, 2026 Volume & money flowMoney Flow IndexIN59% of 13,925 calls rightOn OPTT: right 37 of 73 · In since Jun 26, 2026 Candles & chart patternsEngulfing SwitchIN50% of 38,976 calls rightOn OPTT: right 60 of 125 · In since Oct 6, 2026 CalendarHalloween IndicatorOUT54% of 12,345 calls rightOn OPTT: right 19 of 39 · Out since Apr 30, 2026

A call is right when the stock rose after an in call or fell after an out call. Trend plays are built to take many small losses for a few big wins, so their hit rates run lower; being right often isn't the same as making the most money. How we test a play.

OPTT, day by day

How to read candlesticks

Each candle is one trading day: the box spans the open and close, the thin line the day's high and low. Hollow boxes closed up, filled boxes closed down. Toggle the averages to see the trend the plays read. Dots above the candles mark news and company filings: hover or tap one to see the story and how the stock moved from the last close before it, against the market on the same days.

What moved OPTT lately

Its biggest move against the S&P 500 in the last 30 sessions, the news read on each, and how reliably that kind of news has moved stocks before. How it's measured

Mon Sep 14+2,382.3% against the S&P 5003.2× a normal day

OPTT +2,381.8%, the S&P 500 −0.5% that session; +1,818.3% against the S&P 500 over five sessions.

No earnings report, rating change, 8-K filing or news story on OPTT was found for this session. Be The Puck's headline archive for OPTT starts Oct 2, so news stories from that day aren't in it. The S&P 500 moved −0.5%. The 5 other Micro caps stocks Be The Puck covers moved +3.8% on average, so most of the move was its own.

Next earnings report

Mon Dec 14, 2026

From Yahoo Finance's calendar; dates can move. Analysts expect earnings per share of -0.90.

Over its last 12 reports, OPTT's typical move against the S&P 500 at the first close after the report was ±9.5% (median size, either way); it finished ahead of the index 1 times.
OPTT after beats of 5% or more: ahead of its index at the first close after the report 1 of 11 times (median −2.6%).
OPTT after misses of any size: behind its index at the first close after the report 14 of 18 times (median −2.5%).
Across all covered stocks, beats of 5% or more were followed by a gain against the index 64% of the time and misses by a drop 62% of the time.

Whether a report beats is only known once it is out, so these say how the stock has reacted, not which way it will go.

Two years of calls, week by week

InOutShare of plays in

One row per play, grouped by family. When most rows turn green at once, the trend is broad. When they split, the plays disagree and the stock is usually chopping sideways.

Every play on OPTT

All 100 plays, by family.

Trend following11 of 30 in Breakouts & channels0 of 15 in Momentum5 of 17 in Mean reversion6 of 15 in Volume & money flow3 of 9 in Candles & chart patterns1 of 3 in Calendar4 of 11 in

Calls right: how often the play's calls on OPTT went the right way since 2005. Record columns: play / buy and hold, annual return and worst drawdown since 2007. Click a column to sort.Sort with the menu above the list.

Play	Call	Since	Next move	Calls right	Annual return	Worst drawdown
Trend following
PB EMABitcoin Playboy · daily	OUT	Sep 29, 2026 −47.1%	Enter above $1.12 (+55.3%)	23% 130/570	−71.1% / −35.1%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Bull Market Support BandBenjamin Cowen · weekly	IN	Sep 18, 2026 −65.9%	Exit below $0.756 (+5.0%)	28% 23/81	−32.1% / −35.7%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Ripster EMA CloudRipster · daily	OUT	Oct 1, 2026 −29.4%	Enter above $1.09 (+52.1%)	19% 62/327	−68.6% / −35.3%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Trend TemplateMark Minervini · daily	OUT	Aug 12, 2026 +260.0%	Not on one close	43% 6/14	−29.0% / −35.0%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Stage AnalysisStan Weinstein · weekly	IN	Sep 18, 2026 −65.9%	Exit below $0.620 (−13.9%)	28% 8/29	−26.4% / −35.1%	−99.9% / −100.0%
Stage 2 + Mansfield RSStan Weinstein · weekly	IN	Sep 18, 2026 −65.9%	Exit below $0.620 (−13.9%)	18% 7/39	−33.5% / −35.2%	−100.0% / −100.0%
10-Month SMAMeb Faber · month-end	IN	Sep 30, 2026 −46.3%	Exit below $0.437 (−39.4%)	31% 9/29	−7.1% / −35.6%	−89.8% / −100.0%
200-Day RulePaul Tudor Jones · daily	IN	Sep 14, 2026 −73.6%	Exit below $0.565 (−21.5%)	15% 18/123	−65.5% / −35.4%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Golden CrossMarket tradition · daily	IN	Aug 4, 2026 −86.7%	Not on one close	48% 10/21	−12.6% / −35.4%	−99.4% / −100.0%
Granville 200-DayJoseph E. Granville · daily	IN	Sep 16, 2026 −60.4%	Exit below $0.565 (−21.5%)	18% 9/49	−48.4% / −35.3%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Hull Moving AverageAlan Hull · weekly	IN	Sep 18, 2026 −65.9%	Exit below $0.771 (+7.1%)	36% 40/111	−34.6% / −34.6%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Kaufman Adaptive MAPerry J. Kaufman · daily	OUT	Sep 28, 2026 −56.9%	Enter above $0.856 (+18.9%)	22% 151/689	−69.7% / −35.3%	−100.0% / −100.0%
TEMA CrossoverPatrick G. Mulloy · daily	OUT	Oct 5, 2026 −25.0%	Not on one close	30% 68/226	−55.9% / −35.5%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Seykota 15/150Ed Seykota · daily	IN	Sep 14, 2026 −73.6%	Not on one close	27% 4/15	−31.7% / −34.6%	−99.9% / −100.0%
Guppy Multiple MAsDaryl Guppy · daily	OUT	Oct 9, 2026 −15.3%	Enter above $2.01 (+179.7%)	29% 25/85	−32.6% / −35.7%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Ichimoku CloudGoichi Hosoda · daily	OUT	Aug 12, 2026 +260.0%	Not on one close	30% 25/84	−37.4% / −34.6%	−100.0% / −100.0%
SupertrendOlivier Seban · daily	OUT	Oct 5, 2026 −25.0%	Enter above $1.44 (+100.7%)	30% 37/125	−60.1% / −35.1%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Williams AlligatorBill Williams · daily	OUT	Oct 6, 2026 −32.1%	Not on one close	42% 90/215	−22.3% / −35.1%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Vortex IndicatorEtienne Botes & Douglas Siepman · daily	OUT	Sep 15, 2026 −64.9%	Not on one close	31% 179/574	−68.4% / −35.4%	−100.0% / −100.0%
AroonTushar S. Chande · daily	IN	Sep 17, 2026 −62.7%	Not on one close	36% 79/221	−43.4% / −35.1%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Parabolic SARJ. Welles Wilder Jr. · daily	OUT	Oct 8, 2026 −20.0%	Enter above $2.80 (+289.1%)	40% 148/367	−61.2% / −35.4%	−100.0% / −100.0%
ADX TrendJ. Welles Wilder Jr. · daily	OUT	Sep 11, 2026 +554.5%	Not on one close	33% 45/138	−63.1% / −35.1%	−100.0% / −100.0%
MACD Zero LineGerald Appel · daily	OUT	Oct 9, 2026 −15.3%	Enter above $2.03 (+181.6%)	26% 40/151	−30.2% / −35.4%	−99.9% / −100.0%
Zweig 4% ModelMartin Zweig · weekly	OUT	Sep 25, 2026 −64.2%	Enter above $0.884 (+22.8%)	39% 129/330	−7.8% / −35.2%	−98.1% / −100.0%
MAMA/FAMA CrossJohn F. Ehlers · daily	OUT	Oct 5, 2026 −25.0%	Not on one close	27% 59/217	−51.8% / −35.4%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Schaff Trend CycleDoug Schaff · daily	OUT	Aug 17, 2026 +278.9%	Not on one close	39% 67/170	−39.9% / −35.5%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Zero Lag EC CrossJohn F. Ehlers & Ric Way · daily	OUT	Oct 8, 2026 −20.0%	Enter above $1.93 (+167.5%)	26% 39/150	−29.3% / −35.2%	−99.9% / −100.0%
DP Trend ModelCarl Swenlin & Erin Swenlin · daily	IN	Sep 15, 2026 −64.9%	Not on one close	33% 24/73	−31.6% / −35.2%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Elder Triple ScreenAlexander Elder · daily	OUT	Aug 14, 2026 +242.9%	Not on one close	39% 52/134	−31.2% / −36.0%	−99.9% / −100.0%
Holy GrailLinda Bradford Raschke & Larry Connors · daily	OUT	Jul 29, 2024 +213.0%	Not on one close	43% 31/72	+5.1% / −35.4%	−58.3% / −100.0%
Breakouts & channels
Four-Week RuleRichard Donchian · daily	OUT	Oct 12, 2026 +2.9%	Enter above $2.38 (+230.6%)	34% 31/90	−38.9% / −35.1%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Turtle System 1Richard Dennis & William Eckhardt · daily	OUT	Sep 28, 2026 −56.9%	Enter above $2.38 (+230.6%)	33% 23/70	−47.3% / −35.4%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Turtle System 2Richard Dennis & William Eckhardt · daily	OUT	Aug 12, 2026 +260.0%	Not on one close	27% 16/60	−53.6% / −35.4%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Clenow TrendAndreas F. Clenow · daily	OUT	Aug 12, 2026 +260.0%	Not on one close	32% 13/40	−54.2% / −35.2%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Darvas BoxNicolas Darvas · daily	OUT	Jun 5, 2026 +148.3%	Not on one close	43% 39/90	−16.1% / −35.1%	−97.1% / −100.0%
Keltner ChannelChester W. Keltner & Linda Bradford Raschke · daily	OUT	Sep 29, 2026 −47.1%	Enter above $1.87 (+159.8%)	33% 34/102	−57.8% / −35.3%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Bollinger BreakoutJohn Bollinger · daily	OUT	Sep 30, 2026 −46.3%	Enter above $2.73 (+279.2%)	30% 58/194	−67.3% / −35.3%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Chandelier ExitChuck LeBeau · daily	OUT	Sep 29, 2026 −47.1%	Enter above $2.73 (+279.2%)	35% 59/168	−54.0% / −35.2%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Wilder Volatility SystemJ. Welles Wilder Jr. · daily	OUT	Sep 28, 2026 −56.9%	Enter above $1.32 (+84.0%)	35% 48/139	−48.2% / −35.1%	−100.0% / −100.0%
P&F Double TopA.W. Cohen & Thomas J. Dorsey · daily	OUT	Sep 28, 2026 −56.9%	Enter above $1.35 (+86.9%)	35% 135/390	−44.0% / −35.1%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Chande Kroll StopTushar S. Chande & Stanley Kroll · daily	OUT	Aug 12, 2026 +260.0%	Enter above $1.88 (+161.1%)	28% 70/254	−62.5% / −35.0%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Acceleration BandsPrice Headley · daily	OUT	Sep 28, 2026 −56.9%	Not on one close	37% 29/78	−12.0% / −35.1%	−91.7% / −100.0%
TTM SqueezeJohn F. Carter · daily	OUT	Oct 13, 2025 +33.3%	Not on one close	44% 36/82	−9.6% / −35.3%	−95.5% / −100.0%
NR7 BreakoutToby Crabel · daily	OUT	Sep 28, 2026 −56.9%	Enter above $0.720 (+0.0%)	29% 144/503	−55.2% / −35.5%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Bollinger SqueezeJohn Bollinger · daily	OUT	Sep 16, 2025 +46.9%	Not on one close	47% 15/32	−3.1% / −35.9%	−81.8% / −100.0%
Momentum
12-Month MomentumMoskowitz, Ooi & Pedersen · month-end	IN	Sep 30, 2026 −46.3%	Exit below $0.529 (−26.6%)	53% 10/19	−13.6% / −34.7%	−96.1% / −100.0%
12-1 MomentumNarasimhan Jegadeesh & Sheridan Titman · month-end	OUT	Dec 31, 2025 +140.0%	Flips at next check	50% 8/16	−22.1% / −34.7%	−99.1% / −100.0%
Dual MomentumGary Antonacci · month-end	IN	Sep 30, 2026 −46.3%	Exit below $0.588 (−18.3%)	47% 7/15	−15.8% / −34.7%	−97.6% / −100.0%
Stocks on the MoveAndreas F. Clenow · daily	OUT	Aug 2, 2023 +28.6%	Not on one close	22% 4/18	−2.0% / −35.0%	−46.6% / −100.0%
52-Week HighThomas J. George & Chuan-Yang Hwang · month-end	OUT	Jan 31, 2025 +9.1%	Not on one close	100% 2/2	+2.9% / −35.5%	−60.2% / −100.0%
Levy Relative StrengthRobert A. Levy · weekly	IN	Sep 18, 2026 −65.9%	Exit below $0.676 (−6.1%)	22% 17/76	−35.8% / −36.0%	−100.0% / −100.0%
MACD Signal CrossGerald Appel · daily	OUT	Sep 30, 2026 −46.3%	Enter above $2.53 (+251.9%)	34% 130/377	−35.5% / −35.4%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Elder ImpulseAlexander Elder · daily	OUT	Sep 28, 2026 −56.9%	Enter above $1.05 (+46.0%)	25% 176/699	−70.6% / −35.4%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Know Sure ThingMartin J. Pring · daily	OUT	Oct 5, 2026 −25.0%	Not on one close	33% 100/300	−54.4% / −35.3%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Coppock CurveEdwin S. C. Coppock · month-end	IN	Sep 30, 2026 −46.3%	Exit below $0.413 (−42.6%)	33% 10/30	−26.0% / −35.2%	−99.7% / −100.0%
CCI +100Donald R. Lambert · daily	OUT	Sep 22, 2026 −66.0%	Not on one close	32% 111/348	−60.0% / −35.1%	−100.0% / −100.0%
TRIX Signal CrossJack K. Hutson · daily	OUT	Oct 5, 2026 −25.0%	Not on one close	36% 85/237	−46.7% / −35.2%	−100.0% / −100.0%
TSI Zero LineWilliam Blau · daily	OUT	Oct 9, 2026 −15.3%	Enter above $2.01 (+178.7%)	27% 39/142	−28.9% / −35.2%	−99.9% / −100.0%
13612W MomentumWouter J. Keller & Jan Willem Keuning · month-end	IN	Sep 30, 2026 −46.3%	Exit below $0.491 (−31.8%)	34% 21/61	−12.5% / −34.7%	−96.0% / −100.0%
Market-State MomentumMichael J. Cooper, Roberto C. Gutierrez Jr. & Allaudeen Hameed · month-end	OUT	Dec 31, 2025 +140.0%	Flips at next check	42% 5/12	−23.2% / −37.0%	−98.9% / −100.0%
Frog in the PanZhi Da, Umit G. Gurun & Mitch Warachka · daily	OUT	Sep 30, 2010 −99.9%	Not on one close	100% 2/2	+1.5% / −34.7%	−10.5% / −100.0%
PMO Signal CrossCarl Swenlin · daily	OUT	Sep 1, 2026 +323.5%	Not on one close	32% 86/270	−41.6% / −35.5%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Mean reversion
RSI 30/70J. Welles Wilder Jr. · daily	OUT	Jul 30, 2026 +350.0%	Not on one close	68% 27/40	−13.6% / −35.4%	−99.6% / −100.0%
RSI(2) PullbackLarry Connors & Cesar Alvarez · daily	IN	Sep 28, 2026 −56.9%	Sell above $0.793 (+10.1%)	53% 44/83	−12.8% / −35.4%	−92.6% / −100.0%
Double 7sLarry Connors & Cesar Alvarez · daily	IN	Sep 28, 2026 −56.9%	Sell above $1.06 (+47.2%)	53% 44/83	−16.6% / −35.4%	−96.8% / −100.0%
Bollinger ReversionJohn Bollinger · daily	OUT	Sep 14, 2026 −73.6%	Not on one close	75% 133/178	+32.3% / −35.3%	−93.0% / −100.0%
Stochastic 20/80George C. Lane · daily	IN	Jun 11, 2026 +140.0%	Not on one close	65% 45/69	−18.9% / −35.3%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Williams %RLarry Williams · daily	OUT	Sep 15, 2026 −64.9%	Enter above $0.926 (+28.6%)	59% 116/198	−51.3% / −35.4%	−100.0% / −100.0%
DeMark 9-CountTom DeMark · daily	IN	Jul 22, 2026 +300.0%	Not on one close	54% 21/39	−27.4% / −35.3%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Mayer MultipleTrace Mayer · daily	IN	Oct 1, 2026 −29.4%	Sell above $1.37 (+89.7%)	82% 28/34	+51.6% / −35.4%	−100.0% / −100.0%
ConnorsRSI PullbackLarry Connors & Cesar Alvarez & Matt Radtke · daily	OUT	Jul 29, 2026 −84.0%	Not on one close	78% 56/72	+33.4% / −35.5%	−30.0% / −100.0%
Laguerre RSIJohn F. Ehlers · daily	OUT	Sep 28, 2026 −56.9%	Enter above $1.04 (+44.7%)	48% 136/284	−18.5% / −35.3%	−99.9% / −100.0%
StochRSI 20/80Tushar S. Chande & Stanley Kroll · daily	OUT	Sep 15, 2026 −64.9%	Enter above $0.852 (+18.3%)	51% 196/386	−28.8% / −35.3%	−100.0% / −100.0%
IBS ReversionAlexander S. Pagonidis · daily	OUT	Oct 9, 2026 −15.3%	Buy below $0.720 (0.0%)	56% 1080/1925	−17.0% / −35.2%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Connors %bLarry Connors & Cesar Alvarez · daily	IN	Oct 13, 2026 0.0%	Sell above $2.15 (+199.2%)	57% 13/23	−5.6% / −35.4%	−86.1% / −100.0%
Fisher TransformJohn F. Ehlers · daily	OUT	Oct 8, 2026 −20.0%	Enter above $0.702 (−2.6%)	37% 345/925	−55.8% / −35.4%	−100.0% / −100.0%
1-Month ReversalNarasimhan Jegadeesh & Bruce N. Lehmann · month-end	OUT	Sep 30, 2026 −46.3%	Buy below $1.37 (+89.9%)	57% 56/98	−26.3% / −35.1%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Volume & money flow
On-Balance VolumeJoseph E. Granville · daily	OUT	Sep 8, 2026 +350.0%	Not on one close	24% 122/512	−38.5% / −35.3%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Chaikin Money FlowMarc Chaikin · daily	OUT	Sep 11, 2026 +554.5%	Not on one close	40% 65/162	−31.2% / −35.1%	−99.9% / −100.0%
Money Flow IndexGene Quong & Avrum Soudack · daily	IN	Jun 26, 2026 +188.0%	Not on one close	51% 37/73	−21.8% / −35.4%	−99.9% / −100.0%
Negative Volume IndexNorman Fosback & Paul Dysart · daily	IN	Jul 29, 2026 −84.0%	Not on one close	52% 15/29	−8.4% / −34.9%	−98.3% / −100.0%
Force IndexAlexander Elder · daily	OUT	Jul 30, 2026 +350.0%	Enter above $1.29 (+78.6%)	25% 102/406	−49.2% / −35.1%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Buff AveragesBuff Dormeier · daily	OUT	Oct 9, 2026 −15.3%	Not on one close	33% 117/356	−36.8% / −35.3%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Chaikin OscillatorMarc Chaikin · daily	OUT	Sep 11, 2026 +554.5%	Not on one close	39% 148/381	−15.4% / −35.1%	−97.8% / −100.0%
Volume Flow IndicatorMarkos Katsanos · daily	OUT	Mar 18, 2026 +105.7%	Not on one close	30% 32/106	−38.3% / −34.5%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Klinger OscillatorStephen J. Klinger · daily	IN	Sep 21, 2026 −68.7%	Not on one close	34% 234/696	−33.7% / −36.0%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Candles & chart patterns
Engulfing SwitchSteve Nison & Thomas N. Bulkowski · daily	IN	Oct 6, 2026 −32.1%	Not on one close	48% 60/125	−23.9% / −35.4%	−99.6% / −100.0%
HikkakeDaniel L. Chesler · daily	OUT	Aug 1, 2025 +38.5%	Not on one close	39% 22/56	−14.7% / −34.7%	−97.5% / −100.0%
Turtle Soup Plus OneLinda Bradford Raschke & Larry Connors · daily	OUT	Dec 2, 2025 +75.6%	Not on one close	53% 18/34	−3.2% / −35.2%	−62.7% / −100.0%
Calendar
Halloween IndicatorSven Bouman & Ben Jacobsen & Yale Hirsch & Jeffrey Hirsch · daily	OUT	Apr 30, 2026 +100.0%	Buys Oct 30	49% 19/39	−25.1% / −35.2%	−99.8% / −100.0%
Best Six + MACDYale Hirsch & Jeffrey Hirsch · daily	OUT	Apr 24, 2026 +94.6%	Enter above $1.73 (+140.0%)	50% 19/38	−29.8% / −35.4%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Seasonal TimingSy Harding · daily	OUT	Apr 29, 2026 +105.7%	Window opens Oct 16	37% 14/38	−32.0% / −35.4%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Santa Claus RallyYale Hirsch & Jeffrey Hirsch · daily	OUT	Jan 5, 2026 +111.8%	Buys Dec 23	61% 23/38	+6.5% / −35.2%	−38.4% / −100.0%
Turn of the MonthJosef Lakonishok & Seymour Smidt & Robert A. Ariel · daily	OUT	Oct 5, 2026 −25.0%	Buys Oct 29	50% 231/466	+4.6% / −35.2%	−97.4% / −100.0%
Presidential Sweet SpotYale Hirsch & Jeffrey Hirsch · daily	IN	Sep 30, 2026 −46.3%	Sells Jun 30	40% 4/10	−18.4% / −35.2%	−98.5% / −100.0%
Pre-HolidayRobert A. Ariel & Josef Lakonishok & Seymour Smidt · daily	OUT	Sep 4, 2026 +278.9%	Buys Nov 24	49% 173/354	−7.2% / −35.2%	−85.3% / −100.0%
January BarometerYale Hirsch & Jeffrey Hirsch · month-end	IN	Dec 30, 2022 +60.0%	Not on one close	39% 7/18	−26.6% / −36.0%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Weekend EffectKenneth French & Josef Lakonishok & Seymour Smidt · daily	IN	Oct 12, 2026 +2.9%	Sells Oct 16	44% 886/2031	−45.4% / −35.2%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Pre-FOMC DriftDavid Lucca & Emanuel Moench · daily	OUT	Sep 16, 2026 −60.4%	Buys Oct 27	54% 168/310	+15.2% / −35.2%	−69.3% / −100.0%
Lunar CycleKathy Yuan, Lu Zheng & Qiaoqiao Zhu · daily	IN	Oct 2, 2026 −29.4%	Sells Oct 16	46% 222/481	−22.5% / −35.2%	−100.0% / −100.0%
Benchmark
Buy & HoldJohn C. Bogle · benchmark	IN	Apr 25, 2007	Always in	–	−35.5%	−100.0%

If the market cracks: the storm test

How the storm test works

ExposureVery high9 of 10 points

Market swings2/3
Past crashes2/2
Debt3/3
Run-up2/2

It moves about 16.3× its index.
It fell about 1.8× as far as its index in past crashes.
It operating profit doesn't cover its interest.
It is up 380% in two years, a run-up size that crashed about half the time in history.

Past crashes, peak to low

Financial crisis Oct 2007 to Mar 2009 · never got back

OPTT−75%

S&P 500−57%

COVID crash Feb 2020 to Mar 2020 · back to its old high Jun 2020

OPTT−52%

S&P 500−34%

2022 bear market Jan 2022 to Jun 2022 · back to its old high Jan 2025

OPTT−68%

S&P 500−25%

Beta16.32Moves about 16.3× as much as the S&P 500 week to week.
Downside capture−2,530%In months the S&P 500 fell, this fell -2530% as much on average (it often rose anyway).
Two-year change+380%Run-ups of 100%+ crashed 40% or more within two years about half the time (Greenwood, Shleifer & You).
From 52-week high−88%
Debt to equity0.79×
Interest cover−16.6×

A crash marks every stock down; debt decides which companies come through. The storm test scores both halves: how hard the stock swings with the market, and how much debt it carries into a downturn. It describes fragility; it does not predict a crash.

The business behind the price

How to judge these numbers

Specialty Industrial Machinery · Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., a maritime domain awareness company, provides maritime solutions in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Australia, and Asia. The company offers maritime solutions, including Data as a Service (DaaS), Robotics as a Service (RaaS), and Power as a Service (PaaS).

Size and valuation
Market cap	$6.5M	What the whole company is worth at today's price: share price × shares outstanding.
Revenue (last 12 months)	$4.3M	Total sales. The market values it at 1.5× sales.
P/E ratio	n/a	Lost money over the last year, so there is no profit to divide by.
Price to book	0.8×	Price against the company's net assets (its equity) per share.

Profit and growth
Profit margin	−1,823.6%	Spends more than it brings in.
Revenue growth	−50.3%	The last four quarters' sales against the four before.
Return on equity	−615.9%	Yearly profit as a share of shareholders' money in the business.
Free cash flow	−$4.2M	Burning cash: needs savings or new money to keep going.

Balance sheet
Total equity	$12.5M	What it owns minus what it owes.
Total debt	$9.8M	Loans and bonds it has to pay back, with interest.
Cash	$7.4M	Cash and short-term investments on hand.
Debt to equity	0.79×	Moderate.
Interest cover	−16.6×	Operating profit divided by interest. Under 2× means one bad year could make the interest hard to pay.

Wall Street
Average analyst target	$45.00	6150% above the close, from 2 analysts (range $45.00 to $45.00).

P/E, price to sales and book, growth, margin and return on equity from the company's SEC filings for the quarter to 2026-07-31; other company figures from Yahoo Finance, fetched Oct 14, 2026. Analyst targets are opinions, not forecasts Be The Puck checks.

Reports for Be The Puck Members.

OPTT: the briefWhat the plays, the levels and the business say, in plain English. Rebuilt nightly.Members Micro caps: what the plays sayEvery covered name in the sector, side by side.Members Debt decides who survives a crashThe storm test on every covered stock.Members Is this a bubble?The gauges in October 2026, and what history says about timing.Members

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