Nvidia Options Market Prices in $281 Billion Swing Ahead of Earnings $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ options are pricing in a 5.51% move in the chipmaker's shares a day after reporting its fiscal second quarter financial results with Wall Street closely watching for evidence of robust artificial intelligence infrastructure demand and the company's outlook. Options-implied pricing indicates a projected share price swing that could translate to a massive $281 billion market-cap shift. That's lower than the historical average price change of 7%. As investors await the results, options traders are curiously underpricing volatility compared to past norms, even as the stock sits pinned between a heavy put wall and a call
QQQ Rebounds as Bullish Call Bet Targets Record Highs $Invesco QQQ(QQQ)$ rebounded Tuesday, trading back near $709. Tech stocks recovered from Monday's selloff, with $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ , $Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)$ , $Micron Technology (MU.US)$, $Intel (INTC.US)$, and $Broadcom (AVGO.US)$ moving higher, while lower Treasury yields also eased some valuation pressure on growth stocks. During the rebound, a large bullish QQQ options trade hit the tape, with roughly $8.5 million in premium betting on further upside over the next few months — potentia
Marvell Earnings Preview: Will Google Trigger Another Major Guidance Raise? $Marvell Technology(MRVL)$ , a leading data infrastructure semiconductor company, will report Q2 FY27 results after the U.S. market close on August 27. Following its recently expanded $Alphabet(GOOG)$ custom silicon partnership, the biggest question is whether management will materially raise its FY27 and FY28 revenue outlook. Core Financial Indicators – Revenue consensus is $2.71 billion, up 35% YoY, versus guidance of $2.70 billion. – GAAP gross margin consensus is 52.6%, up 2.2 points YoY, versus guidance of 53.1%. Non GAAP gross margin consen
Rocket Lab Shot Up 460% in a Year, Then Sank 50%. Here's Its Chart Rocket Lab shot up more than 460% over 12 months to hit a $151 all-time high on May 27, but fell back to Earth and sank some 50% in the nearly four months since then. Let's see what the space-launch firm's chart and fundamentals can tell us about what might happen next. Rocket Lab's Fundamental Analysis $Rocket Lab USA, Inc.(RKLB)$ released Q2 results earlier this month, posting a $0.02 adjusted loss per share on $234.1 million of revenue – easily beating the Street's expectations. Perhaps most notably, the firm's order backlog reached $2.4 billion during the quarter, representing 137% in year-over-year growth. Management also guided
Nvidia Short Volume Climbs 69% as Smart Money Takes Chip Off Table $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ saw its short volume jump 69% amid a tug-of-war between retail’s resilient dip-buying appetite and nervous smart money taking chips off the table. Shares slipped 2.9% Monday, two days ahead of its blockbuster earnings test, as Wall Street skeptics quietly sharpened their pencils. The daily short volume climbed to 12.5 million shares Friday, with institutional block orders flashing net outflows. Short volume metric represents the total number of shares borrowed and sold short during a single trading session, meaning bearish traders are actively betting against near-term price continuation. Over the weekend, Reuters reported t
Tesla Rebounds 20%: Are Options Betting on More? $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ jumped more than 5% on Friday to around $364. The stock has now rebounded more than 20% from its late-July low near $297, as progress in Robotaxi and Cybercab brings growth expectations back into focus. Meanwhile, TSLA options activity has picked up sharply, with Call volume concentrated around the $350–$370 strikes, suggesting traders are leaning into the rebound. Call Volume Surges as Bulls Step In TSLA options expiring within the next 30 days recorded roughly 3.78 million contracts in volume, including 2.4 million Calls versus 1.38 million Puts. The volume Put/Call ratio fell to 0.57. Call activity was particularly heavy between $350
SpaceX's $60 Billion Acquisition of Cursor Says AI Coding Is Real. Who Wins Next? AI coding is one of the most easily monetizable segments in the broader AI value chain. The recent completion of $Space Exploration Technologies Corp(SPCX)$ 's acquisition of Cursor on August 14 underscores strong capital interest in this space. Cursor has already achieved an annualized revenue of over $4 billion as of June this year, with a significantly higher share of enterprise customers. According to Battery Ventures' 2026 Enterprise Survey, Cursor's "any-use" adoption rate among enterprises stands at approximately 60%. Following the transaction, Anysphere's existing shareholders received a total of roughly 389.3 million shares of SpaceX Class A common sto
Memory Stocks Swing Wildly: Can AI and HBM Break the Traditional Cycle? Memory stocks rebounded broadly on Thursday, with $SK hynix (SKHY.US)$, $Seagate Technology (STX.US)$, $SanDisk (SNDK.US)$, $Western Digital(WDC)$ , and $Micron Technology(MU)$ all moving higher. The sector had been under pressure in recent sessions. On Wednesday, Treasury yields fell sharply and SK Hynix announced a massive share buyback, yet memory stocks still gave up early gains. The muted response to positive catalysts has brought one key question back into focus: Is the memory cycle approaching a peak, or are AI and HBM extending the traditional memory
Marvell Bears Spar With Bulls as Google Deal Bolsters Outlook $Marvell Technology(MRVL)$ bulls battled it out with bears looking to fade Wednesday’s gains that were fueled by a major commercial partnership with $Alphabet(GOOG)$ 's Google. Shares of the chipmaker swung between gains and losses Thursday after its 8% the previous session pushed eight of the 15 most commonly used technical indicators to flash warnings of a divergence or oversold conditions that could disrupt the rally. After yesterday's gains, the stock is now up 44% from its low on July 29. That could mean near-term caution or consolidation risk is elevated