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Options Market Statistics: Micron Stock Rallies After Hours as Results Beat Expectations, Options Pop

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Options Newsman wrote a column · Jun 28, 2023 19:44
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$NVIDIA(NVDA.US)$ shares fell by 1.81%, closing at $411.17. Its options trading volume is 1.09 million. Call contracts account for 47.5% of the whole trading volume. The most traded calls are contracts of $420 strike price that expire on June 30th. The total volume reaches 75,721 with an open interest of 10,790. The most traded puts are contracts of a $400 strike price that expires on June 30th; the volume is 96,445 contracts with an open interest of 17,693.
Late Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported the Commerce Department could further block sales of AI chips to China without obtaining a special license first. Both Nvidia and $Advanced Micro Devices(AMD.US)$ have launched new AI chips this year. The ban would follow upon similar actions last year that threatened $400 million in Nvidia sales, but the company found a workaround in supplying a version of products that avoided the ban. At the close, Nvidia shares were up 185% in 2023, and AMD shares were up 70% for the year.
$Micron Technology(MU.US)$ shares rose by 0.42%, closing at $67.07. Its options trading volume is 0.33 million. Call contracts account for 59.3% of the whole trading volume. The most traded calls are contracts of $67 strike price that expire on June 30th. The total volume reaches 17,627 with an open interest of 3,387. The most traded puts are contracts of a $64 strike price that expires on June 30th; the volume is 10,562 contracts with an open interest of 3,920.
Micron shares rallied after hours after the chipmaker reported fiscal third quarter revenue that beat analyst estimates. The company reported $3.75 billion of revenue for the quarter, above the $3.65 billion analysts polled by FactSet expected. Losses were also smaller than expected, at $1.43 per share on an adjusted basis, compared to $1.61 expected by Wall Street.
$SoFi Technologies(SOFI.US)$ shares rose by 2.66%, closing at $8.87. Its options trading volume is 0.32 million. Call contracts account for 73.2% of the whole trading volume. The most traded calls are contracts of $9.5 strike price that expire on June 30th. The total volume reaches 68,452 with an open interest of 16,385. The most traded puts are contracts of a $8.5 strike price that expires on June 30th; the volume is 18,356 contracts with an open interest of 24,120.
SoFi's business took a hit from the continued extension of the pause on student loan repayments. Further, rising interest rates took a toll on its home loan originations. In addition, the recent banking crisis posed challenges for the financial services company. However, the pause on the student loan repayment is coming to an end in September, implying that SoFi could witness an uptick in loan originations. While student loan refinance volumes are expected to recover, SoFi indicated that it doesn't expect the revenue from student refinancing to reach pre-pandemic levels in 2023.
SoFi's balance sheet remains strong despite macroeconomic weakness. Its deposits grew by $2.7 billion quarter-over-quarter and exceeded $10 billion in total deposits. Impressively, over 90% of its consumer deposits come from "sticky direct deposit members," according to the company's CEO. Further, 97% of its deposits are insured. SoFi's cash and cash equivalents increased by $1.1 billion to $2.5 billion in Q1. Additionally, its on-balance sheet delinquency rates and charge-off rates were healthy at the end of the first quarter and remained below pre-COVID levels.
Options Market Statistics: Micron Stock Rallies After Hours as Results Beat Expectations, Options Pop
Unusual Stock Options Activity
Some notable put activity is being seen in $Royal Caribbean(RCL.US)$ which is primarily being driven by activity on the Jan 19th 52.5 put. Volume on this contract is 37,000 versus open interest of 601, so it's likely that nearly all of the volume represents fresh positioning. Shares of RCL were up 1.68%.
Options Market Statistics: Micron Stock Rallies After Hours as Results Beat Expectations, Options Pop
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Options Market Statistics: Micron Stock Rallies After Hours as Results Beat Expectations, Options Pop
Source: Benzinga, Dow Jones, CNBC
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Source: Benzinga, WSJ
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