To The Moon

As questions about "soft landing" rise, investors are looking to big-box retailers' profits to glimpse the resilience of the U.S. consumer. Earnings were in focus as investors returned to the market after the U.S. Presidents' Day holiday, with leading U.S. retailers Wal-Mart and Home Depot making their debuts. Home Depot said demand had failed to pick up amid "sticky" inflation. Walmart's upbeat sales outlook and increased dividend sent its stock to a record high. Recent economic data has challenged the view that inflation will fall to the Fed's 2 percent target without a severe recession, prompting investors to scale back bets on a spring rate cut. Nvidia's earnings report released after the bell on Wednesday received additional market attention and was seen as a potential turning point for U.S. stocks. With only a handful of large-cap stocks driving most of the market's gains, hopes are high for the AI-focused chipmaker, and a weaker-than-expected earnings report from Nvidia would likely prompt a quick pullback. U.S. banking regulators have been asking whether regional lenders face any fallout from the $New York Community Bank's (NYCB) problems, several sources said, a sign that concerns remain about the health of the industry. Two banking executives, a legal person and an industry person said banks have spoken with regulators. Those regulators include the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and state banking agencies, the sources said. Orders for put options sold on bank stocks: $C 20240301 56.0 PUT$ $PNC 20240419 135.0 PUT$ * 10:30 ~ 11:30 every day, real-time sharing of exclusive screening options large order, welcome to click to subscribe. FANNG option active $Apple(AAPL)$ buy call option $AAPL 20240223 175.0 CALL$ $Amazon.com(AMZN)$ buy call option $AMZN 20240315 167.5 CALL$ $NVIDIA Corp(NVDA)$ sell put option $NVDA 20240328 520.0 PUT$ Option buyer open position (Single leg) Buy TOP T/O: $VEEV 20240419 220.0 PUT$ $CRWD 20260116 330.0 CALL$ Buy TOP Vol: $TEVA 20240301 13.0 PUT$ $CCJ 20240301 45.5 CALL$ Option seller open position (Single leg) Sell TOP T/O: $PNC 20240419 135.0 PUT$ $NVDA 20260618 730.0 CALL$ Sell TOP Vol: $AZN 20240419 62.5 PUT$ $KKR 20240301 102.0 CALL$ 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.