$Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT)$Let me first express amazement at just how much money some people have to gamble with.The U.S. presidential election results will be announced this Wednesday, November 6th. Whether Harris or Trump prevails will dictate the direction for DJT's stock price.The open interest landscape across DJT options depicts starkly divergent expectations. On the call side, the highest open interest strike is the January 2025 $70 calls:$DJT 20250117 70.0 CALL$ While on the put side, the highest open put strike is the $2.5 puts also expiring in January 2025:$DJT 20250117 2.5 PUT$ Such a polari

Option Trades (Week 45 - 2024) Sold 1 contract of  $SOFI 20241206 14.0 CALL$ . Strategy is still to sell put and DCA if assigned on long term investments and sell calls to collect premiums/trim when in excess. LFGP!

Option Trades (Week 45 - 2024) Sold 1 contract of $HIMS 20241206 18.5 PUT$ , good results, poor price movement. Selling between 0.25 to 0.30 delta daily as it is still close to technical supports.

Ah, telling me about discounts after I've already placed my orders.Although the sell-off was rather abrupt, I still view it as pre-emptive risk release. The longer-term uptrend remains intact, providing dip-buying opportunities.$Apple (AAPL)$I was second-guessing my $230 put sale from earlier this week as too aggressive. Someone paid over $2 million to buy those $230 puts at the open, essentially fading my position:Buy $AAPL 20241122 230.0 PUT$ Ultimately it may not matter if earnings disappoint, as a rebound could materialize post U.S. election next week.The initial expectation was a rally into the vote, then a sell-off. But the reverse script of a pullback first, followed by a

$Microsoft (MSFT)$Leaning bullish into earnings, but uncertain if an initial gap higher will be sustained through Thursday's close.Options are pricing a 4.4% earnings move, which has historically overstated MSFT's actual reaction. Favoring put sales around the $430 strike or lower seems optimal:Sell $MSFT 20241115 430.0 PUT$ With volatility elevated, long calls run risk of decay accelerating into November opex. Puts may be preferred for capturing upside.$Meta Platforms, Inc. (META)$META presents the opposite scenario compared to MSFT, where the options may be underpricing the magnitude of the earnings move.Current at-the-money straddle i

Option Trades (Week 44 - 2024) Sold 1 lot each. Aim is still to collect income on red days on strikes between 0.25 to 0.30 delta. Not timing or guessing the market as they price better than any of us. Only if the strike prices are close or below moving averages. LFGP!$MARA 20241129 15.5 PUT$  $IREN 20241129 8.5 PUT$  $CLSK 20241129 10.0 PUT$  

Option Trades (Week 44 - 2024) Sold 1 lot of $HOOD 20241129 22.5 PUT$ . HOOD was down on missing estimates and dragged further by the drop in crypto. Growth is still good, adding base on market pricing. Do not doubt the market, LFGP!

Option Trades (Week 44 - 2024) Opened 1 lot of $CIFR 20241129 4.5 PUT$ , $CLSK 20241129 11.0 PUT$ , $IREN 20241129 9.0 PUT$ each respectively. Continue to collect income on red days, adding on strikes between 0.25 to 0.30 delta and on different strikes, expiring 4 weeks out. Lets Freaking Go Please! (LFPG).

Option Trades (Week 44 - 2024) Sold one lot of $SOFI 20241129 14.0 CALL$ covered as the price recovered. Technicals are still strong, pointing at a possibility to reach $14. Nevertheless, continue to collect income. Lets Freaking Go Please! (LFGP)

Option Trades (Week 44 - 2024) Opened 1 lot of $HIMS 20241129 18.5 PUT$ adding onnews from LLY that affected $Hims & Hers Health Inc.(HIMS)$  . Still a decent company to hold long term. Add on such opportunities.

$Tesla (TSLA)$ Waking up to see the stock price today left me dumbfounded - I thought we were targeting $260 for next week? How did it get there in a single day?No issue being wrong on my prediction, ramps like this are music to bullish ears. I mainly feel for the funds who sold those $262.5 calls as part of a covered call position and got blown through. Based on Thursday's trend, it seems highly unlikely Tesla stays below $262 next week.To be fair, the $262.5 strike wasn't an unreasonable one for institutions to sell - it represented a major long-term resistance level. Even if tagged, a pullback was likely to ensue eventually.But Musk hasn't been playing by conventional rules lately. $260 was the target? He just mashed the accelerator and blew ri

$Apple (AAPL)$Regardless of earnings reaction, the longer-term trend still appears bullish. Yesterday, a trader was quietly accumulating 20,000 contracts of the $180 strike calls expiring in late 2025 - $AAPL 20251219 180.0 CALL$ Multiple smaller-sized buys allowed this to fly under the radar of conventional large order analysis.I'm not anticipating a major earnings disappointment from Apple this quarter. Their results tend to be relatively stable. I've taken an aggressive put sale approach into the event:Sell $AAPL 20241101 230.0 PUT$ $20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF - iShares

$Nvidia (NVDA)$Nvidia has exhibited remarkable control over its share price the past two weeks, closing at $138 on 10/18 and $141.54 on 10/25 - right at or just below the strikes that institutions were heavily selling calls against.This week, the institutional covered call strategy is:Sell $NVDA 20241101 147.0 CALL$ Buy $NVDA 20241101 155.0 CALL$  with 90,000 contracts eachThe strong results from Tesla and Netflix kicked off earnings season on a positive note. There tends to be a correlated move, either up or down, during peak earnings weeks. Combined with dealers raising their strike prices, it appears downsi

$Tesla (TSLA)$Following earnings, institutions rolled their Tesla covered call positions higher:Sell $TSLA 20241101 262.5 CALL$ Buy $TSLA 20241101 282.5 CALL$ Given Tesla's history of volatile moves, I conservatively sold the $250 calls last week against my stock holdings - matching the short call strike of the institutional covered call trade as a hedge. This cautious approach paid off as shares pushed through $250.But now with stock potentially being called away, what's the best course for next week's positioning?Based on the new $262.5/$282.5 call spread, dealers seem to be pricing a likely move to $260 for

$Nvidia (NVDA)$The pullback to the $140 area is nothing major, just a normal retracement.There was even a notable covered call roll into higher strikes: $NVDA 20241220 170.0 CALL$ Since this $170 call trade printed as a "sell", it's another case of differing interpretations.Looking at this trader's prior roll from October's $135 strikes to November $155 calls, I'm inclined to view this latest trade as maintaining their spread strategy by closing the $155 calls and rolling up to the $170 strikes for December expiration.Of course, if you interpret it as an outright $170 call sale, that's fine too - just be sure to hold stock against any short call positions.The pullback does prese

An overview of institutional covered call rolls for the new week:$Nvidia (NVDA)$Sell $NVDA 20241025 142.0 CALL$ Buy $NVDA 20241025 148.0 CALL$ Institutions closed out the $138 and $145 strikes while opening the $142 and $148 calls. The higher strikes signal continued bullish sentiment on Nvidia this week.However, there are three call strikes with over 100,000 contracts of open interest expiring this week: $142, $148, and $150. Plus $140 still has 71,000 open after last week's rally attempt.So while a push through $142 seems manageable, capping gains below that strike like last week could prove challenging for

$Nvidia (NVDA)$ASML pre-announced disappointing Q3 results, with orders down 50%, sending semiconductor stocks tumbling. However, ASML's CEO noted: "Other end markets will take longer to recover, while AI continues to show strong development and upside potential."Nvidia dropped 5%, which is fairly contained considering the recent run-up. The key upcoming catalyst is Taiwan Semi's earnings guidance on the 17th.In a surprise move ahead of earnings, the "Million Dollar Man" decided to roll his position higher, keeping the same December expiry but rolling the $110 calls ($NVDA 20241220 110.0 CALL$ ) up to the $125 strikes (

On Thursday, $Nvidia (NVDA)$ call options saw an explosion in opening activity, with 16 different strikes seeing over 10,000 contracts traded.Two key expirations stood out:The largest trade was a 41,000 contract opening buy in the December 20th $110 calls, likely an add-on to the "Million Dollar Man's" existing position.A massive purchase across the March 21, 2025 upside strike chain, focusing on far out-of-the-money calls.Let's analyze whether these enormous trades signal continued bullishness on Nvidia.$NVDA 20241220 110.0 CALL$ Regular readers will be familiar with the "Million Dollar Man" who rolled his calls up to the December $120/$110 call spread back on August 30th, open

The short answer: ASML's decline doesn't seem to be impacting Nvidia, at least based on current options positioning.$Nvidia (NVDA)$In theory, ASML's sell-off should spark further pullback in Nvidia, but options flows suggest otherwise.On Tuesday, both call and put openings were fairly normal - no aggressive lower strikes on the upside, nor any gapping put openings from outright bears.Key institutional flows included:The "Billion Dollar Man" rolling his $NVDA 20241220 125.0 CALL$  position higherAn unknown institution rolling their $NVDA 20241220 130.0 CALL$  upAnother spread trade in