Options Spy: Institutions sell Tesla calls; GT has 300,000 lots of option sell orders
After the Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday (20) that it would keep interest rates unchanged, but indicated that it would raise interest rates again before the end of the year, the interest rate of the United States two-year Treasury bond, which is more sensitive to the Fed's interest rate policy, hit a new high in 2006, and large technology stocks led the decline, the Nasdaq Composite index closed down 1.5%, and the S&P 500 index fell nearly 1%.
The Federal Reserve announced the results of the latest meeting, maintaining the target range of the federal funds rate at 5.25% to 5.5%, as expected by the market, and the latest bitmap shows that 12 of the 19 decision-making members forecast that there will be one more rate hike this year, and then two rate cuts in 2024, two fewer than the forecast given in June. It suggests interest rates will stay high for longer than previously thought.
Turning to the economic outlook, Bauer thinks a soft landing is still possible in the U.S., but that's not his base case. While Bauer was speaking, the three major indexes fell to session lows and extended losses in late trading.
The 11 major S&P 500 sectors were led lower by rate-sensitive telecommunications services and technology stocks, with consumer staples and health care among the few bright spots.
In other news, with the U.S. government again on the brink of a shutdown, the White House issued a stark warning on Wednesday that key federal spending programs could be threatened.
According to the direction of the large open position of the option transaction, the institutions are generally bearish on Tesla.
Based on the expiration date of the sell call and the strike price, the agency believes that Tesla will not be able to break 277.5 before September 29 $TSLA 20230929 277.5 CALL$ .
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Option buyer open position (Single leg)
Buy TOP T/O:
$NVDA 20230922 470.0 PUT$ $AAPL 20230922 187.5 PUT$
Buy TOP Vol:
$X 20231215 25.0 PUT$ $EQX 20260116 2.5 PUT$
Other tech stocks:
$EQX 20260116 2.5 PUT$ $META 20230922 332.5 PUT$ $MSFT 20231013 355.0 PUT$
Note: This image data is from Tiger PC. This screening is a significant buy open position for options contracts in the market. The purchase of a call option means that the trader believes that the underlying has upward momentum, and the purchase of a put option means that the trader believes that the underlying has downward momentum. These contract openings typically indicate significant activity in the underlying stock, including whether the trader is willing to accumulate a long or short option position.
Option seller open position (Single leg)
Sell TOP T/O:
$AAPL 20230922 190.0 PUT$ $NVDA 20230922 470.0 PUT$
Sell TOP Vol::
$GT 20240419 9.0 PUT$ $TFC 20231215 32.5 CALL$
Other tech stocks:
$TSLA 20230929 277.5 CALL$ $MSFT 20260116 320.0 PUT$
$Goodyear(GT)$ has no recent news. The volume of put options sold in a single order reached 300,000 $GT 20240419 9.0 PUT$
Note: This image data is from Tiger PC. This screen is a significant sell open position for an option contract in the market. A sell of a call option means that the trader believes that the underlying trend has peaked, and a sell of a put option means that the trader believes that the underlying trend has bottomed. These contract openings typically indicate significant activity in the underlying stock, including whether the trader is willing to accumulate a long or short option position.
Options portfolio open position
Note: This image data is from Tiger PC. This screening is a significant portfolio of options contracts in the market. Portfolio opening includes a variety of underlying trends, requiring traders to further master the basic knowledge of options for analysis and judgment.
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