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Friday, August 2, 2024

Unusual Options Activity Fri 8/2/24

The following options are exhibiting notable trading, potentially indicating changing sentiment toward the underlying stocks, and/or potentially representing positioning for increased volatility.


Bullish Call Activity:

  • HOOD Weekly Aug02 19.5 calls are seeing interest with the underlying stock down 10% (volume: 2.5K, open int: 80, implied vol: ~95%, prev day implied vol: 68%). Co is confirmed to report earnings August 7 after the close.
  • GME Weekly Aug09 22 calls (volume: 6.9K, open int: 5.4K, implied vol: ~82%, prev day implied vol: 66%).  Projected U.S. spending on video game hardware, content and accessories fell -5% yr/yr to $4.6B in June 2024, according to Circana. Co is expected to report earnings early September.
  • KVUE Aug 21 calls (volume: 28.5K, open int: 39.5K, implied vol: ~38%, prev day implied vol: 32%). 1720 contracts traded in a single transaction. Co is confirmed to report earnings August 6 before the open.

Bearish Put Activity:

  • SHOP Weekly Aug02 54 puts are seeing interest with the underlying stock down 7% (volume: 10.9K, open int: 8.1K, implied vol: ~68%, prev day implied vol: 55%). Co is expected to report earnings early August
  • SNAP Weekly Aug09 9 puts are seeing interest with the underlying stock down 27% (volume: 6.9K, open int: 1.7K, implied vol: ~60%, prev day implied vol: 54%). 2000 contracts traded in a single transaction. Co reported earnings last night and is expected to report its next quarterly earnings report late October.

Sentiment: The CBOE Put/Call ratio is currently: 0.92, VIX: (25.33, +6.74, +36.6%).

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