Semiconductor stocks are dominating options flow this week. Sandisk Corporation and Micron Technology rank at the top of the bullish positive-bets leaderboard. Both stocks are up sharply year-to-date — Sandisk by 429% and Micron by 90%. Call buyers have piled in, with positive bets outpacing bearish ones across the memory chip space.
NVIDIA and Advanced Micro Devices also sit near the top of bullish options flow. NVDA carries a $4.82 trillion market cap. Analysts see 36% upside from current levels. Options traders appear to agree — positive bets dominate the week's flow for both names.
The bearish side of the ledger tells a different story. Meta Platforms and Microsoft are both attracting heavy negative bets. Meta is down 7.8% year-to-date. Microsoft is off 14.3%. Put activity has been elevated in both. Options traders are hedging against further weakness heading into results.
Intel stands out as a split-sentiment name. The stock has surged 170% year-to-date. Yet it sits among both the top bullish AND bearish bets. That two-way flow signals real uncertainty about whether the rally has legs.
In the background, geopolitical tension — including ongoing Middle East conflict — is keeping energy options active. MaxLinear, up 348% year-to-date, shows an RSI of 87.5. That is deeply overbought. Options markets may soon reflect mean-reversion risk.
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