Options signals are flashing red across two key sectors this week. Semiconductors and managed care are drawing the biggest bearish bets in the US market.
Lucid Group sits at the most bearish options score among mid-cap names. Its short score is 84.6 — the highest in the screen. Texas Pacific Land carries an extreme 18.3 days-to-cover. Options players are loading puts on both names.
On the chip side, bearish bets dominate. Micron Technology and NVIDIA top the negative options flow by dollar value this week. Micron is up 207% year-to-date. That kind of run attracts hedgers. Sandisk is up over 410% YTD and sits atop the negative bets table too. Traders are using options to protect or fade these extremes.
Health care is a flashpoint. Mark Cuban called on investors to pressure insurers directly. UnitedHealth has a 44 RSI — technically weak. Its short score sits at 31.6. Options activity on Humana and UNH skewed bearish this week.
Riot Platforms is the standout bullish outlier. Shares are up 62% YTD and rose roughly 19% premarket on Monday. Its short score of 62 suggests bears remain exposed. Call activity in RIOT has been elevated.
On the positive flow side, industrials and utilities dominate. Enterprise Products Partners, Kinder Morgan, and Dominion Energy all show 100% positive options bets over the past week — a clean sweep toward calls.
The broader tone is mixed. Chips face profit-taking pressure after massive runs. Energy and utilities attract income-driven call buyers. Crypto proxies like RIOT stand out as pockets of speculative call interest.
This is not financial advice.
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