The options market is flashing divergent signals this week. Positive bets are piling into defensive and real asset names. Meanwhile, bearish flow is hitting insurers and consumer discretionary stocks.
Prologis and HCA Healthcare both hit 100% positive options flow over the past seven days. That is a full sweep of bullish bets. General Dynamics and Automatic Data Processing also show 100% positive flow — unusual for two stocks sitting well below their 52-week highs.
On the bearish side, Progressive Corporation shows 0% positive options flow this week. The insurer is down 14.8% year-to-date and heading into earnings with no bullish options bets recorded. sits at the same 0% positive reading despite a 40% YTD gain — a sharp divergence between price and options sentiment.
RXO heads into Tuesday's earnings with a short score of 65 and 14.4 days to cover. The logistics stock is up 72% year-to-date. Options traders flinched this week despite that strong rally. That combination of high short interest and cautious options flow is worth watching.
Cytokinetics carries the highest options score among mid-cap names this week. Short interest sits at 6.4 days to cover. Analysts see 34% upside. Options activity is concentrated in near-term May expiries, pointing to traders pricing in a catalyst.
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