To The Moon

$Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)$

For AMD, new call option positions are mostly bearish. It’s worth noting that institutions didn’t choose to roll bullish spreads on Wednesday.

Based on past experience, when there’s a short squeeze, the stock price usually pushes up close to the short strike, which is around 170.

$NVIDIA(NVDA)$

Similar to AMD, new call option activity is primarily bearish. The 185 level is a key resistance.

Bears are watching from the sidelines and aren’t committing heavily to puts—bearish open interest is just average. There probably won’t be any major downside before earnings.

Looking for a weekly close in the 175–185 range.

$Apple(AAPL)$

Apple also experienced a short squeeze. Institutions rolled their spreads by selling the 217.5 call $AAPL 20250815 217.5 CALL$  and buying the 227.5 call $AAPL 20250815 227.5 CALL$ .

Apple is well-suited for selling puts, with a bearish target of 210.

$Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$

Same story—a squeeze. Institutions rolled their bullish call spread at 185–190, selling the 185 call $PLTR 20250815 185 CALL$  and buying the 190 call $PLTR 20250815 190.0 CALL$ .

$Coinbase Global, Inc.(COIN)$

Another squeeze. Institutions rolled their call spread expiring August 15, 317.5–337.5: sold the 317.5 call $COIN 20250815 317.5 CALL$ , bought the 337.5 call $COIN 20250815 337.5 CALL$ .

$Tesla Motors(TSLA)$

Another short squeeze here too. Institutions rolled their call spread by selling the 330 call $TSLA 20250808 330.0 CALL$  and hedging with a buy on the 337.5 call $TSLA 20250808 337.5 CALL$ .

$Cboe Volatility Index(VIX)$

With Trump announcing tariffs, macro risk has temporarily settled. Seeing large roll trades in VIX, institutions are setting up long-dated bearish combos:

Buy $VIX 20251217 24.0 CALL$ , sell $VIX 20251217 21.0 CALL$ , and buy $VIX 20251022 21.0 PUT$ .