today let's delve into what's happening with Sophie breaking down the latest data points and helping you understand the current situation hello everyone welcome to daily stock update if you are new to the channel be sure to subscribe to the channel and turn on post notifications by hitting the Bell so you never miss any of our uploads and also enter our giveaway but before that alert this is not a financial advice video now let's talk about Sophie as we approach the end of the trading day Sophie is up by 7.14% trading between a low of $764 and a high of $8.30 there's a lot of excitement and fear of missing out fomo surrounding Sophie right now even though the broader Market is also performing well interestingly there's no specific news from Sophie itself nor any new filings with the SEC so what's driving Sophie higher the answer lies in the general optimism linked to nvidia's earnings and more specifically a firm's strong earnings report a firm revealed its earnings after hours yesterday highlighting that despite higher interest rates consumers are still taking out loans and Sophie has been handling this trend well this suggests that the consumer side of the economy remains strong which bodess well for Sophie additionally today's economic data reinforces this positive sentiment the GDP came in at 3% which is better than the expected 2.8 8% and initial jobless claims were slightly lower than forecasted at 231,000 compared to 232,000 these numbers indicate a strong economy and that's good news for Sophie on the Federal Reserve front there's currently a 67.5% chance of a 25 basis point rate cut which seems likely to happen between now and September 18th it's unlikely that any new data will change this Outlook we can expect at least a 25 basis point cut with a possible 50 basis point cut in November this scenario is favorable for Sophie another key point is the high trading volume for Sophie today with 74.7 million shares traded compared to the average of 41.2 million this significant increase includes large transactions most of which are over $100,000 and are predominantly buys this influx of big money into Sophie is a strong positive signal for example one notable transaction was for $1.23 million which reflects growing confidence in Sophie in the dark pool where trades are often associated with shorting we've also seen some large transactions today like $1.72 million and $ 1.73 million trades the dark poool activity is somewhat unusual today typically when there's broad Market optimism Sophie tends to move higher but this often comes with some form of manipulation however today today we're not seeing the usual negative manipulation in borrow rates suggesting that this could be a turning point where shorts start to acknowledge that sopie might continue its upward momentum short sellers are currently returning around 648,000 shares breaking the recent Trend currently 17.83% of Sophie's free float is being shorted which amounts to 186.65 million shares this shift is another optimistic sign for Sophie's future today we've also seen significant options activity with $18 million in call options and $4.6 million in put options the sentiment in the options Market is evenly split with 50% of today's activity being optimistic investors seem to believe that Sophie stock could rise above $8.50 and some are even betting on it reaching over $10 by January 2025 this optimism is reflected in the open interest for options with strong positions at the $7.50 and $8 levels suggesting that if the positive momentum continues Sophie could experience a nice upward movement as of now Sophie is trading at $83 sitting between the R1 and R2 levels the $7.98 Mark is expected to serve as strong support while $843 is the next Target resistance although today didn't see enough momentum to break through that resistance tomorrow could be different especially with positive PC data retail investors are also getting involved today and while Sophie's stock is still considered overbought the overall optimism is keeping the stock strong unless tomorrow's PC data disappoints it's unlikely that we'll see a significant pullback in conclusion Sophie is riding a wave of optimism right now the economic data is strong short sellers are retreating and the options Market is showing confidence in Sophie's future the stocks technical indicators are also positive pointing towards the potential for new hives whether it's reaching $10 by January or maintaining support at current levels Sophie investors have plenty of reasons to be optimistic friends that's all we have for you today what is your opinion about today video get involved and let us know in the comments down below thanks for watching