$Circle Internet Corp.(CRCL)$ $Robinhood(HOOD)$ $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ 📈🔥🧠 $CRCL Defies Gravity: From Fringe to Flow King in a Single Session 🔥🧠📈
The algorithms didn’t see this coming. But I did.
Today, $CRCL rewrote the tape with a 19% surge, a $29M call wall, and the kind of net drift that usually belongs to the Mag 7.
🚨 Flow Spike of the Day: $29M Call Premium Stuns Tape Watchers
While the big names were coasting, $CRCL came from left field and racked up one of the highest unusual call volumes on the board:
▪️ $29.04M in ≤90DTE calls
▪️ Only $1.17M in puts
▪️ Net call dominance from bell to close
That kind of asymmetry isn’t just retail enthusiasm, it’s a high-conviction whale signal, and it landed $CRCL at #3 for total unusual options premium flow across the entire market, outside the usual suspects.
📊 13% of All Unusual Premium, 5% of All Unusual Volume
It wasn’t a one-off.
On 16Jul25, $CRCL held 5.24% of all unusual volume and captured a massive 13.92% of the premium.
Volume exploded to 44M shares, turnover ran to $9.79B, and the amplitude hit 19.65%—textbook options-driven equity momentum.
💡 Institutional Footprint or Retail Frenzy? Watch the Drift
The intraday premium drift paints the story:
▪️ Calls steadily climbed all session, tracking underlying price
▪️ Puts drifted negative, never gaining traction
▪️ Underlying topped at $239.70 before settling around $233
That’s not randomness, it’s either a tactical long gamma build-up or a carefully distributed call ladder play before earnings on 12Aug25.
📉 Price Discovery in Motion: $CRCL Builds Its Real Trading Range
The 52-week high of $298.99 isn’t relevant in this context.
$CRCL only recently transitioned to public markets through an uplisting, so earlier pricing reflects pre-merger or SPAC-related volatility, not current float dynamics.
What we’re seeing now is genuine price discovery shaped by live volume, options flow, and institutional activity.
Key technical levels will form as the tape evolves, providing a clean foundation for traders tracking breakout momentum or looking for a constructive reversion setup.
⚖️ Order Book & Liquidity Hints
Despite the run, the bid-ask remained relatively tight ($231.40 x $231.60), showing real-time price stability under heavy volume. That kind of liquidity resilience during a 19% day is another clue we’ve got institutional positioning in play, not just momentum chasers.
🧠 My Strategic View
I’m not calling a top. I’m watching for continuation confirmation if volume and flow stay aligned.
But I’m also respecting that the stock gained over $37 in one session and is nearing a massive pre-earnings inflection.
A pullback to $221–$206 would be technically constructive and offer an asymmetric risk-reward setup ahead of 12Aug25.
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- JimmyHua·2025-07-17thx1Report