Options markets are sending clear signals this week. Semiconductors dominate both sides of the trade — with bulls and bears fighting hard for the same names.
Micron Technology tops the bearish bets ranking over the past seven days. That stands out sharply. The stock is up 127% year-to-date. Negative options flow into a name that has already more than doubled is a classic fade signal. Traders may be betting the rally has run too far.
SanDisk tells a similar story. Up an eye-watering 464% year-to-date, it also ranks near the top for negative bets. Both stocks appear in the top names for positive bets too — meaning the options market is deeply split. That tug-of-war in itself is notable.
NVIDIA sits in the top five for both bullish and bearish flow. It carries the widest expiry ladder of any single name, running daily contracts all the way out to July. That breadth of open expiries signals extreme market attention.
On the bullish side, Alphabet and Amazon see the strongest positive options bets. Both have RSI readings above 74, suggesting momentum traders are piling into calls.
RXO is a name to watch. Options headlines flagged it heading into earnings "on a surge — but the options market just flinched." Only two expiry dates are available for RXO: May 15 and June 18. That thin options structure, combined with a sudden drop in bullish sentiment, points to hedging ahead of its Tuesday print.
The broader theme: semiconductor names are absorbing the most options volume. Iran war fears and macro uncertainty are pushing traders to hedge aggressively — even in stocks already deep in rally territory.
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