The week ending 1/8/21 saw a record high in TSLA options volume, with the stock surging nearly 20%. Traders have been flooding into weekly options as the way to express their views on the stock which was just recently added to the S&P500 Index. We view increased buying of call options as a driver for […]
Stock
PLTR & Options Hedge Walls
PLTR stock was a reddit/wallstreetbets darling, and its stock price benefitted from large call options action. Lately large put contracts have been coming in, and pushed the stock lower. Our analysis shows that the 25 strike holds lots of gamma, and much of that gamma is in the forms of puts. Consequently we note this […]
XOM Call Activity
XOM stock has bounced sharply since November as positive news regarding Covid vaccines sparked a relief rally. Much of the way traders expressed their bullish sentiment was in call buying, with 11/9 seeing an incredible surge in XOM calls – but this was also seen in other “back to normal” stocks like Carnival Cruises (CCL). […]
TSLA S&P500 Add Shenanigans
Note that last candle, which closes the stock at $695 – the days high. Did someone really just pay $695 for $TSLA shares? pic.twitter.com/zi5UrJopbq — Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) December 18, 2020 TESLA TRADING VOLUME AT 180 MILLION AS STOCK SETTLES AT END OF SESSION, TURNOVER AT $122 BILLION — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) December 18, 2020 […]
TSLA into the S&P500
In TSLA the largest gamma area was $600 heading into today. The stock traded down to $605 earlier this AM, $620 now. The largest volume & OI region is >=$650 44% of TSLA gamma exp on close of12/18, by which time ~$50bn of TSLA stock needs to be bought by S&P indexers
TSLA Timeline into the S&P500 Add
TSLA will be added to the S&P500 Index next week, and will be approximately 1.5% of the index. We covered the mechanics of this add, here. The chart below highlights the key recent events, and some relevant future dates. The “$” markets indicate where Musk has received a bonus in the form of TSLA options. […]
BlackBerry BB Options Decay
Blackberry stock surged after news it was working with AMZN. This led to massive call buying, which likely helped to push the stock up as dealers must delta hedge. You can see the stock pushed up near 10, and is currently down at $7. As call buyers stopped theta stepped in, and all those calls […]
PLTR Surges on Call Buying
PLTR stock is up 20% today and as much as 80% in a week. While Citron has initiated a short into this rise, bullish Palantir posts are heavy on reddit/WSB. Our options data shows traders have concentrated their bets at the $30 strike, with a lot of that position expiring today, 11/27. We mention this […]
TSLA Added to the S&P500
Last night the S&P announced that TESLA (TSLA) would be added to the S&P500 (SPX) Index by Monday 12/21. What this effectively means is that anyone that has funds (pensions & other large asset managers) indexed to the S&P500 will need to purchase TSLA stock, and will sell whichever stock(s) TSLA is replacing(TBD). As TSLA […]
PTON
Our HedgeWall and large options gamma strikes sit at 100 in Peloton stock (PTON) Update: PTON did have a nice bounce off of the 100 strike, most interesting is the liquidity that appeared at that level. Note the green spike in rightmost column, and the deep red as circled below.