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JCE Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund
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JCE
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Key stats
About
- Exchange
- XNYS
- Market Cap
- $0.3B
- List Date
- 2007-03-28
- CIK
- 0001385763
- Homepage
- https://www.nuveen.com
Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund is a diversified closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to seek attractive total return with less volatility than the S&P 500 Index. The Fund invests in a portfolio of actively managed large-capitalization U.S. common stocks, using the sub-adviser's proprietary quantitative process designed to provide the potential for long-term outperformance. Additionally, the Fund seeks to reduce the volatility of its returns relative to the returns of the Equity Portfolio over extended periods by writing (selling) index call options and/or call o…
Fund profile
- Expense ratio
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- Assets
- $287M shares × price, Oct 26, 2026
- Trailing yield
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- Average daily volume
- $469K 30 sessions
- Holdings
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- Listed
- Mar 28, 2007 NYSE
Costn/a
Liquidity22
Scale54
Diversificationn/a
Moves with. US large-cap stocks (58% of its variance, beta 0.84); Value over growth (4% of its variance, beta -0.07). These factors explain 61% of its daily moves over the last year.
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Summary
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No summary data available for this symbol yet.
Each spoke is this symbol's rank within its sector (0–100; the dotted ring marks the sector median at 50). Higher is more constructive for a long. One spoke — News sentiment — is an absolute reading, not a sector rank. Grayed spokes have no data. A fuller shape is a summary, not a recommendation.
Chart
Seasonality
| Month | '21 | '22 | '23 | '24 | '25 | '26 | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.65% | -9.55% | -1.66% | -2.44% | 2.35% | 1.46% | -1.53% |
| Feb | 1.71% | -7.30% | -3.41% | 4.20% | -2.46% | -1.55% | -1.47% |
| Mar | 4.68% | 15.17% | -3.22% | 0.64% | -5.63% | -7.01% | 0.77% |
| Apr | 6.83% | -14.15% | -1.05% | -2.65% | -1.93% | 7.87% | -0.85% |
| May | 0.86% | -3.18% | 0.73% | 4.63% | 4.59% | 2.66% | 1.71% |
| Jun | 0.55% | -8.75% | 1.43% | 5.34% | 3.13% | -1.51% | 0.03% |
| Jul | 1.57% | 10.33% | 3.14% | -0.87% | -0.58% | 0.12% | 2.29% |
| Aug | 2.02% | -1.53% | -1.60% | 4.73% | 3.62% | 2.25% | 1.58% |
| Sep | -2.23% | -17.38% | -4.75% | 1.52% | 0.36% | -1.28% | -3.96% |
| Oct | -0.87% | 28.13% | -2.18% | -2.03% | 1.46% | 0.89%* | 4.23% |
| Nov | -0.41% | -7.40% | 7.03% | 5.29% | -0.19% | -- | 0.86% |
| Dec | 9.81% | -1.24% | 2.89% | 1.19% | 0.29% | -- | 2.59% |
| Total | 27.51% | -22.96% | -3.22% | 20.77% | 4.65% | 3.29% | 5.01% |
Technical Indicators
Quick-reference for reading the values below. Indicators combine to confirm a view — no single one is a trade signal on its own.
Trend Indicators
- SMA 20 / 50 / 200 — price above = uptrend, below = downtrend. SMA 50 crossing SMA 200 is the golden/death cross.
- EMA 12 / 26 — faster-reacting averages; 12 above 26 is short-term bullish.
- MACD — bullish when MACD > signal (green badge), bearish when below. Divergence from price often precedes reversals.
- ADX (14) — trend strength regardless of direction. <20 range, 20–25 weak trend, 25–50 trend, >50 strong trend.
- +DI / −DI — +DI > −DI favors bulls; the reverse favors bears. Read alongside ADX.
Momentum Oscillators
- RSI (14) — <30 oversold, >70 overbought. 40–60 is neutral; trending names can stay extreme.
- Stochastic %K / %D — <20 oversold, >80 overbought. %K crossing %D is an early momentum signal.
- Williams %R — inverted scale: <−80 oversold, >−20 overbought.
Oscillators work best in range-bound markets; in strong trends they give premature reversal signals.
Volume & Volatility
- Bollinger Bands — price at upper band = overbought, lower = oversold. Narrow bands (squeeze) often precede expansion.
- OBV — cumulative volume; rising OBV confirms uptrend, falling OBV confirms downtrend. Divergence from price is a warning.
- Vol SMA 20 / Vol ROC — today's volume vs. 20-day average. Positive ROC with price move = conviction.
- ATR / True Range — average daily $ move; sizing and stop-loss reference.
- HV 20 / 30 / 60 — realized (historical) volatility. Compare to IV on the options cards: IV > HV = rich premium.
Confluence matters: trend + momentum + volume agreeing carries far more weight than any single indicator. For how these feed the spread scanner score, see the algorithm docs →
Trend Indicators
SMA 20: $17.02
SMA 50: $16.98
SMA 200: $16.25
Current: $17.00
EMA 12: $17.03
EMA 26: $17.00
MACD: 0.0346 | Signal: -0.0085
BULLISH
ADX (14): 10.61
RANGE
+DI: 16.88
−DI: 19.34
Momentum Oscillators
RSI (14): 50.10
NEUTRAL
Stoch %K: 40.62
Stoch %D: 48.15
Williams %R: -57.69
Volume & Volatility
BB Upper: $17.24
BB Lower: $16.80
NEUTRAL
OBV: 1,494,333
Vol SMA 20: 29,772
Vol ROC: -56.37%
ATR: $0.24
True Range: $0.07
HV 20: 11.9%
HV 30: 11.3%
HV 60: 12.2%
Data Summary
Data Points: 500
Last Updated:
Date Range: 2024-10-28T00:00:00 – 2026-10-26T00:00:00
AI Analysis
Here is my analysis report for JCE stock:
Executive Summary
Overall Assessment: NEUTRAL with confidence level 6/10
Key Drivers: Moderate volatility, neutral momentum signals, and recent news headlines.
Primary Risks: Potential mean reversion from recent gains, lack of earnings catalysts, and moderate volatility.
2-3 Sentence Investment Thesis: JCE stock is currently trading in a consolidation phase, with mixed technical and fundamental signals. While the stock has seen strong price appreciation recently, its moderate volatility and lack of earnings catalysts may limit further upside potential.
Recent News Sentiment Impact: The recent news headline highlights the fund's performance, but does not significantly impact my analysis.
Technical Analysis
Trend Direction: Short-term - neutral; Medium-term - uptrend; Long-term - uptrend
Support/Resistance Levels:
- Upper Bollinger Band: $16.70 (resistance)
- Lower Bollinger Band: $16.06 (support)
Momentum Signals:
- RSI interpretation: Neutral range 30-70
- MACD signal: Bullish momentum with a bullish crossover above the signal line
- Bollinger Bands position: Neutral, indicating a consolidation phase
Volume Analysis:
- Volume SMA 20: 43221.95
- On-Balance Volume (OBV): 1412783.28
- Volume Rate of Change: -16.12% (negative)
News & Sentiment Analysis
Recent Headlines Summary: The recent news headline highlights the fund's performance, but does not significantly impact my analysis.
Sentiment Assessment: Neutral
Catalyst Identification: No significant earnings or product launch catalysts identified in the near term.
Market Narrative: The market narrative is neutral, with no strong bullish or bearish signals.
Risk & Volatility Assessment
Risk Interpretation: Moderate risk due to stock's beta and volatility levels.
Volatility Regime: Current volatility is moderate compared to historical levels.
Options Market Signals:
- IV rank: N/A (positive = implied richer than realized)
- Put/call ratios: Not available
- Unusual activity: No unusual options activity identified
Downside Protection: Support levels are present at $16.06, with a stop-loss level set at $15.50.
Market Context & Positioning
Sector Performance: JCE is relatively strong compared to its sector peers.
Institutional Activity: Moderate institutional interest signals based on volume patterns.
Correlation Analysis: The stock has a moderate correlation (0.84) with the broader market, indicating it generally follows market trends.
Relative Valuation: JCE is trading within a consolidation phase, with no clear relative valuation signal.
Key Levels & Action Items
Critical Price Levels:
- Upper Bollinger Band: $16.70 (resistance)
- Lower Bollinger Band: $16.06 (support)
Breakout/Breakdown Levels:
- Breakout level: $17.00
- Breakdown level: $15.50
Time-Sensitive Catalysts: No significant earnings or product launch catalysts identified in the near term.
Risk Management: Set stop-loss levels at $15.50 and consider reducing position size based on moderate volatility.
Please note that this analysis is neutral due to mixed signals, and it's essential to consider both bullish and bearish cases before making any investment decisions.
Generated
News
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JCE Options Activity & IV Rank
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Spread Scanner GPU
Each spread is ranked by a composite score built in three stages. Full documentation →
Stage 1 — Base Score (GPU scanner)
score = P(profit) × (credit / spread_width)
P(profit) from short leg delta (1 − |delta|), penalised above 85%. Credit uses mid-price to handle illiquid chains fairly.
Stage 2 — Skew Adjustment (±25% cap)
RR and BF (30-delta) from the persisted per-symbol skew snapshot — wing strikes picked by real greeks.delta, not a moneyness proxy. Put skew boosts bull puts, penalises bear calls. High butterfly boosts iron condors. Calendars are skew-neutral.
Stage 3 — Technical Overlay (±50% cap, 5 groups)
Group 1 · Directional Bias (±0.25)
- RSI <40 bullish / >60 bearish
- MACD crossover + histogram trend
- Price vs SMA 50 & SMA 200
Group 2 · Momentum (±0.10)
- Stochastic %K <20 / >80
- Williams %R <−80 / >−20
Group 3 · Volatility (up to −0.25 / +0.15)
- Blended ATR + straddle expected-move penalty
- Bollinger Band signal (+ counter-trend penalty)
- BB width — vol contraction boost for ICs
Group 4 · IV Regime (±0.15)
- IV rank ≥ 75 → strong boost for credit spreads
- IV rank < 25 → penalty (selling cheap vol)
Group 5 · Liquidity (penalty up to −0.10)
- Min open interest across all legs
- OI < 100 → −0.10 · OI < 500 → −0.05
score = base_score × skew_multiplier × tech_multiplier
Both multipliers are shown per spread. Beta is informational only — ATR already captures realized vol. Full algorithm documentation →
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Skew (Wing IV − ATM IV)
DTE:
Wing Δ:
Wing vs ATM
IV(put wing) − IV(ATM), in vol pointsHow much the OTM put trades above (or below) the at-the-money strike. Measures the height of the put-side tail relative to ATM — i.e. how expensive crash insurance is on this name.
- Positive (typical) — wing IV > ATM IV. Standard equity put skew: portfolios bid up crash protection, so OTM puts trade richer than ATM.
- Near zero or negative (unusual) — wing IV ≤ ATM IV. Flat or inverted put side. Common when there's no fear demand, in tightly mean-reverting names, or right after an earnings catalyst clears.
- Percentile vs own 3-yr history: high = wings rich (good time to sell wing premium); low = wings cheap (good time to buy protection).
- Not directional — high or low wings don't predict up or down moves. It's a price tag on tail insurance, not a forecast.
Risk Reversal
IV(call wing) − IV(put wing), equal delta on each sideWhich side of the smile is the market paying up for? Measures the tilt of the surface — call skew vs put skew at matched deltas.
- Negative (typical) — puts richer than calls. Standard equity behavior: hedging demand makes puts carry a premium. Most large-caps sit in the −1 to −5 vol-point range.
- Strongly negative (< −5 pts) — heavy downside hedging, elevated fear, or an upcoming catalyst (earnings, FDA, macro event). Worth flagging.
- Positive — calls richer than puts. Unusual for equities; signals bullish momentum, short-squeeze positioning, or takeover/M&A speculation.
- Near zero — symmetric surface. Market sees roughly equal up/down risk. Rare for large-caps; more common in commodities and FX.
Reading them together
Wing-vs-ATM tells you how expensive the tails are. Risk Reversal tells you which side is favored. Combined:
- High wing percentile + deeply negative RR → strong put bid; stress or major event priced in. Owning protection costs a premium; selling put premium is dangerous.
- Low wing percentile + near-zero RR → complacency; insurance cheap and balanced. Good environment to add cheap downside hedges.
- Positive RR + elevated wings → call-side fear-of-missing-out; common in squeeze setups. Upside calls expensive, downside puts not bid.
14 DTE / 10d
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30 DTE / 10d
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Extreme reading.
Historically these have been contrarian — on the small set of observed earnings-day cases, large negative wing-vs-ATM gaps (calls pricing much richer than puts at the same delta) preceded sharp drops in the underlying within 1-12 days. Not financial advice and the dataset is small.
Percentile is the rank of today's reading within ~3 years of this symbol's own history. High percentile = wings are rich relative to history; not a directional signal. Skew is read off the chain in real time, not from CBOE SKEW.
Volatility Surface
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Volatility Smile
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IV Rank (7 DTE)
IV Rank (30 DTE)
Straddle Price (30 DTE)
Beta Analysis
Risk Metrics
Beta: 0.8790
Alpha: -2.57%
Correlation: 0.7764
R-Squared: 60.3%
Stock Volatility: 14.4%
Market Volatility: 12.7%
Analysis Details
Benchmark: SPY
Data Points: 251
Period: 252 trading days
Data Points: 251
Period: 252 trading days
Interpretation:
Moderate volatility - stock generally follows market
Moderate volatility - stock generally follows market
Beta & Alpha Over Time
Notable investors who own JCE
1 of 37 tracked investors
| Investor | Value | Share of their portfolio | Rank | Q/Q shares | Source |
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| Rockefeller Capital Management Family office Rockefeller family | $153K | #2742 of 4729 | 0.0% | 13F |
Hedge funds, activists, holding companies and family offices we track, from their latest 13F (quarter-end value) and Form 4 filings in the last 3 years. Family offices · all institutions
JCE Institutional Ownership (13F)
Latest filings — 2026-09-30Institutional managers with $100M+ AUM file Form 13F-HR quarterly, due 45 days after quarter end. Holdings are reported gross at quarter-end market value — they are a snapshot, not a real-time position.
- Shares — long equity positions in this name, aggregated across share classes.
- Calls / Puts — notional value of long call / put exposure where this ticker is the underlying.
- % of Float — holder's reported shares divided by the latest diluted shares outstanding. Sums above 100% indicate large custodian / prime broker positions where the same shares are reported by multiple filers.
- Custodian badge — filers with more than 5,000 holdings are typically broker-dealers / custodians reporting customer-held shares, not active managers.
Each filer is counted once at its latest 13F-HR filing. New filings are ingested on a weekly cadence.
| # | Filer | Notional Value | % of Total | Period |
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| # | Filer | Notional Value | % of Total | Period |
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JCE Insider Trading (Form 4)
Latest: 2017-04-17Form 4 filings — insider beneficial-ownership changes by officers, directors, and 10%+ holders. Filed within 2 business days of transaction.
| Filed | Reporter | Role | Action | Shares | Avg Price | Net $ | Link |
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| 2017-04-17 | Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC | Sell (S) | −5,240 | $13.88 | -$72.7K | EDGAR | |
| 2010-12-23 | Gifford R Zimmerman | Chief Administrative Officer | Sell (S) | −1,000 | $13.08 | -$13.1K | EDGAR |
| 2007-11-27 | Gifford R Zimmerman | Chief Administrative Officer | Buy (P) | +1,000 | $15.54 | $15.5K | EDGAR |
| 2007-08-06 | John P Amboian | Buy (P) | +11,500 | $13.05 | $150.1K | EDGAR |
Codes: P = open-market purchase · S = open-market sale · A = grant/award · M = option exercise · F = tax withholding at vest · G = bona-fide gift · D = disposition to issuer · J = other (described in filing footnote — typically 401(k), trust, inheritance) · W = will/inheritance. Only P / S codes carry directional signal.
ETF Holders
| # | ETF | Provider | Weight | $ Exposure | ETF AUM | As Of |
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Fundamentals
Quarterly filings sourced from SEC 10-Q / 10-K reports. TTM tiles aggregate the most recent four quarters; bars show the last ~12 quarters oldest → newest.
Metrics
- Revenue — top-line sales. Look for consistent YoY growth; seasonal businesses need same-quarter comparisons (Q4 '24 vs Q4 '23).
- Net Income — bottom-line profit after all expenses. Can be volatile from one-time items; red bars = net loss.
- Diluted EPS — net income per share assuming options/converts are exercised. Direct input to the P/E ratio.
- Operating Cash Flow — cash generated from core operations, before capex and financing. Harder to manipulate than net income; growing OCF is a quality signal.
How to read the bars
- Sequential growth — quarter-over-quarter trend. Accelerating bars are a momentum signal.
- YoY growth — compare to the same quarter a year earlier to remove seasonality.
- Quality — OCF should roughly track Net Income over time. Large divergence (net income ≫ OCF) flags accruals risk.
- Margins — scan the bar ratios: Net Income / Revenue tells you margin trend without needing a separate chart.
TTM (trailing-twelve-month) smooths seasonality and is used for the P/E calculation. Filings appear 30–90 days after the period closes.