Edited by Peter Hillerberg1 min readStories are generated from ORTEX data and reviewed by the ORTEX team. How we publish
Options flow is tilting toward financials this week. Q3 earnings season opens with a cluster of major bank reports, and options traders are positioning ahead of the prints.
JPMorgan Chase leads the queue. Its RSI has dropped to 35, near oversold territory, suggesting put hedging may have been building ahead of results. Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley all report this week.
UnitedHealth Group is another name drawing attention. It reports Q3 results alongside the bank cohort. Its RSI sits at 41, and analysts see 30% upside to their target prices. That gap tends to attract call-side activity before prints.
Semiconductors remain the highest-volume options arena. Micron Technology tops ORTEX positive-bet rankings for the past seven days. It is up 263% year-to-date. NVIDIA follows closely, with a $5.7 trillion market cap and 42% analyst return potential. Both carry modest short scores below 30, meaning negative options flow is not dominant.
Lululemon stands out on the bearish side. The stock is down 55% this year. Its short score of 58 is one of the highest in the screen. Days-to-cover sits at 3.0.
General Motors is also flagged. JP Morgan cut its industrials targets this week, which typically prompts fresh put activity in cyclicals. Tesla is down 17% year-to-date and due to report Q3 results soon. Options bets on Tesla remain among the largest by volume in the US market.
ORTEX alt data adds a relevant signal: an American Electric Power-linked reactor logged output 10.0 standard deviations below its own history on 29 September, a severe outlier. Energy supply shocks of this magnitude can drive unusual protective options flow in the utilities sector.
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