VICI Options Bulls Clash with Rising Short Interest

Options traders have spent four consecutive sessions piling into [VICI](/s/us/vici) calls at an unusual pace. The put/call ratio hit 0.36 on May 13 — nearly two standard deviations below its 20-day mean of 0.57. That's the most one-sided bullish options positioning in two months.

At the same time, short sellers are quietly building positions. Those two signals are now pulling in opposite…