$Delta Air Lines (DAL.US)$ options are on course for the highest put-call ratio since May after earnings released Thursday morning missed analysts' estimates for a second straight quarter.
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The company reported that adjusted earnings fell to $1.50 a share in the three months that ended Sept. 30, from $2.03 a year earlier. An...

$JPMorgan (JPM.US)$ saw bearish unusual trading activities in the options market even as the stock resumes its rally toward a record high.
On Tuesday, an active buyer paid more than $2 million in premium for put options that give the ho.der the right to sell 100,000 JPMorgan shares at $210 each by Jan. 16, 2026. That's one of the 11 bearish trades posted since Sept. 30, according to exchange data tracked by moomoo.
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$Super Micro Computer (SMCI.US)$ saw heavy trading in call options as the stock jumped 17% after the company reported that it's shipping more than 100,000 graphic processing units (GPUs) a quarter.
The GPUs were deployed for some of the largest artificial intelligence (AI) factories ever built, and other chip scale packages, the company said in a press release posted on its website Monday. The company also said more than 2...

$Cassava Sciences (SAVA.US)$ tumbled by about 14% after the company said it agreed to pay a $40 million in monetary penalty as part of a settlement of allegations by the Securities and Exchange Commission that its reports on a clinical trial "negligently contained materially misleading statements and omissions."
The SEC investigation included the company's regulatory disclosures regarding its phase 2b clinical trial of simufila...

$Coinbase (COIN.US)$ bears are selling millions of dollars in call optionsat a time when the stock is outperforming its peers in the crypto world.
The cryptocurrency exchange saw its shares climb 5.8% to $190.31 as of 1:40 p.m. in New York as $Bitcoin (BTC.CC)$ advanced 1% to the highest since July. That compares with a 0.4% gain for the company's Bloomberg peers, and the S&P 500's 0.01% decline.
While the gain of more than $1...

$Micron Technology (MU.US)$'s biggest intraday share price gain since 2011 is boosting the appeal of call options that give the holders the right to buy the stock at $115.
More than 102,000 call options with the $115 strike price changed hands as of 1:21 p.m. in New York across 20 expiration dates, data tracked by moomoo showed. That's the most for any strike price for call and put options in contracts stretching throu...

$Intel (INTC.US)$ bulls are pouring millions into the lagging chipmaker even as technical indicators flash warning signs that the rally could be losing steam.
Inflows outpaced outflows by $139.7 million as of 3:24 p.m. on Tuesday. That would be the straight net inflow into Intel. The bulls are also taking positions in put options that could become profitable if the stock price climbs above $30 over the next tw...

$Alibaba (BABA.US)$ investors and speculators are piling into call options that give the holders the right to buy its American depositary shares at $100 each after Tuesday's rally took the ADSs to the highest in more than a year.
As of 12:16 p.m. in New York Tuesday, more than 98,500 call options with the $100 strike price changed hands across 19 expiration dates that stretch through Jan. 15, 2027, according to data tracked...

$Palantir (PLTR.US)$ is seeing increasing volume in put options as bulls and bears spar to gain control of the market.
Shares of the data-analysis software provider opened Monday as much as 1.7% lower on its first day of trading as a constituent of the $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ after Raymond James analyst Brian Gesuale lowered his rating on the stock. The rating was revised to market perform from outperform, as the analy...

$Nike (NKE.US)$ bulls are piling onto the options market Friday amid investor enthusiasm after the athletic footwear and apparel maker brought back a retired executive to lead the rebound of the company that has lost almost 22% of its market value this year.
Shares of the company rallied 6.45% to $86.19 at 12:56 p.m. in New York after the company said the previous day that retired executive Elliott Hill will succeed John Donahoe as...