On April 26th, there were unusual orders, but looking at a few with especially large trading volumes might not reveal much, because major technology companies happened to release their financial reports that week, and it was also Friday, so some investors would adjust their positions, roll over contracts, and some would close positions.If more attention is paid to the movements of unclosed orders that are in the money (especially deep in the money), one might be able to detect some large orders.There are investors starting to buy the $55 calls for $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ with an average price of $20.81, betting on a rise above $170 within a month.After the financial report led to a sharp drop, there are investors who have bottom-fished the $380 calls

$Snap Inc(SNAP)$ announced its Q1 financial performance, soaring 24% after hours. The Q1 financial performance Revenue saw a 21% year-on-year increase in first-quarter revenue to $1.195 billion, exceeding the expected $1.12 billion, mainly due to improvements in the advertising platform and increased demand for direct response advertising solutions Adjusted EBITDA is $46 million, expected to be -$67.6 million. DAU is 422 million, market expectations were at 420 million. Free cash flow is $38 million. Content platformDaily Active Users (DAU) reached 422 million, a 10% year-on-year increase in global content viewing time and audience numbers increased year-on-year,Spotlight and creator stories contributing the most Focus is on deepening content enga

What to do after a big surge of $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ ? Two indicators worth paying attention to. Short positions. Since this week, due to the financial report event, short positions have actively reduced their positions, and it was not until April 23 that they continued to increase some speculative chips. However, the rise after hours is enough to make them cover, because the short covering of Tesla is generally about 1.2 days, and the trading frequency is very fast. According to the short trading situation of the previous quarter, the days after the financial report are often the most active trading period for short positions. Considering the sharp drop after the financial report of the previous quarter, the short positions have more advantage. S

The seven giants are adjusting, but US stocks are starting to differentiate. Except for NVIDIA as a necessity, the other companies are facing expenditure, profit, and tests. The performance so far this year, except for Tesla plummeting, the rest have surged and then fallen back. In the unusual options activity on April 23, the shadows of the small-cap stock $iShares Russell 2000 ETF(IWM)$ and the emerging markets ETF $iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF(EEM)$ appeared. IWM's small-cap stock put option 8% out-of-the-money for next month is relatively neutral, implying that some investors are betting on the performance of small-cap stocks next month; the emerging markets are a 17% out-of-the-money call for Dece

The "Fear and Greed" index has once again fallen back into the "Fear" rangeOrdinary investors may easily overlook the options of $Cboe Volatility Index(VIX)$ , reflecting the volatility of $S&P 500(.SPX)$ . It is a cost-effective "hedge" underlying.Remember the following points:- Index option trades are all cash settled, so there is no "stock acceptance" situation in Sell PUT trades.- VIX is the market's expectation of **future** volatility within 30 days, not a measure of current or past volatility.- VIX options have a "Rule Of 16", precisely 15.87, which is the square root of 252 (the number of trading days in a year). If VIX is at 16, SPX is expected to fluctuate 1% daily; if VIX is 24, daily fluctu

The market experienced its worst week in the past half year, except for the $Apple(AAPL)$ that rebounded last week, and the revalued $Alphabet(GOOGL)$ can barely support the market. Most other individual stocks have basically collapsed. Among the big tech stocks that fell the most in the past week is $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$ but options activity indicates further actions by some large investors. As many tech stocks' IV Percentage has now returned to over 80%, it implies that the market is worried about further volatility. Sellers are hoping for higher IV, which might match the current trading conditions. In particular, the Call in June 2026 for META has seen

$Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ CEO Elon Musk tweeted and mocked $Disney(DIS)$, saying he was very excited to join Disney as 'Chief Diversity Officer,' in order to mock Disney for excessively incorporating 'diversity' elements in their works, and for their deliberate political thing. （我什么意思也没有）Of course, Disney's main issue now is not addressing these controversies, but rather the proxy fight. Therefore, Disney's recent stock price has also shown relatively strong performance. In short, activist investor Trian has launched a challenge to the board seats, aiming to challenge the current structure and management model. A proxy fight refers to shareholders coming together to use corporate governance rules to pressure th

Who is she?In a surprise move, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has selected 38-year-old San Francisco lawyer Nicole Shanahan as his running mate, shaking up the 2024 election landscape. 图片Kennedy, 70, announced Shanahan's selection on Tuesday, citing their shared skepticism of the two-party system "controlled by corporations." Shanahan, a lawyer and entrepreneur, has provided significant funding to a super PAC supporting Kennedy's campaign. The age and gender gap between the two candidates is seen as a strategic move by Kennedy to appeal to younger voters and diversify his ticket. "Nicole is the daughter of immigrants who has overcome tremendous obstacles to achieve the American dream," Kennedy said at the announcement event. 图片Shanahan, who was previously aligned

The Nvidia GTC 2024 kicked off, and Lao Huang unexpectedly brought out the real deal, three important 'nuclear bombs': Blackwell have improved 25 times compared to the previous generation, making it the world's most powerful chip. The reasoning performance of the GB200 NVL72 compared to the H100 has been increased by up to 30 times. Launching the AI project Project GR00T to assist humanoid robots. However, Nvidia's stock price opened high and closed low, with a mere 0.7% increase at the close, making it the second worst performance on the day of the GTC conference in the past 8 years. I think mainly it's due to 'Sell the News', where market expectations are largely met and there has been some profit-taking before the event.The current status of several AI stocks also shows differences. Nvi

BTC hits a new high, also the best-performing asset so far this year. However, there is a differentiation among assets based on BTC as the underlying asset. Among the assets that have kept up with BTC so far this year, besides the platform $Coinbase Global, Inc.(COIN)$ that barely meets the criteria, there is only $MicroStrategy(MSTR)$ who beats.However, since March, two mining companies, $Marathon Digital Holdings Inc(MARA)$ and $Riot Blockchain, Inc.(RIOT)$ , have performed very weakly. This might be because in the rebound last year, mining companies were leading the way with gains surpassing BTC, essentially pre-price

Cathie Wood's current strategy is typical of buying low and selling high. Below is the holding and stock price chart of Coinbase Global, Inc. (COIN) (yellow represents stock price, purple represents holding).Below is $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ Below is $Roku Inc(ROKU)$ BTW, it is COIN the largest position in $ARK Innovation ETF(ARKK)$ , instead of TSLA

The tender offer for $Macy's(M)$ has unsurprisingly been increased, which was also expected. Investment consortiums Arkhouse Management and Brigade Capital, after further contact with the management and obtaining more financial information about the company, raised their previous offer of $21 per share to $24 per share.A customer exits the Macy's flagship department store in midtown Manhattan in New YorkMacy's management team is diligentI think at least they are motivated and committed to serving more stakeholders, aligning with the interests of small shareholders, large shareholders, and company employees. The key is that the increased offer is also beneficial to them. Therefore, their initial rejection of the $21 offer and