Edited by Peter Hillerberg1 min readStories are generated from ORTEX data and reviewed by the ORTEX team. How we publish
Bank stocks are the centre of options activity this week. WFC, GS, BAC, C and UNH all face Q3 earnings prints in the days ahead. The queue of major prints is driving elevated hedging demand across the financials sector.
UNH carries a $337 billion market cap and an RSI of just 40.9. That oversold reading ahead of a scheduled earnings call points to cautious options positioning. Analysts still see 29.9% upside, yet the stock sits flat versus a year ago.
GS shows an RSI of 29.1, near technically oversold territory. The stock is nearly flat year-to-date despite a bull market backdrop. Options watchers flagging the low RSI tend to see elevated put volumes ahead of prints.
On the bullish side, TRV (Travelers) leads the insurance names with a 100% positive options flow reading over the past week. The stock is up 27.7% year-to-date. Insurers broadly are drawing call activity as peers post strong results.
NRG Energy stands out as an outlier. It is down 33.2% year-to-date yet carries a high positive options score. ORTEX alt data adds context: a linked nuclear reactor recorded output 10 standard deviations below its own history as of 29 September, per ORTEX Alt Data. That sharp drop in output may be driving defensive put interest alongside speculative recovery calls.
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and Vail Resorts register the most negative options scores among large caps. Alnylam is down 43.5% year-to-date. Vail carries 17.8 days to cover, one of the highest DTC readings in the US market.
Chip names including NVDA and MU attract the heaviest negative bets in raw dollar terms, consistent with geopolitical uncertainty and recent South Korean tech stock sell-offs following weakness in AI-linked US names.
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