• unusually heavy buying: 650 contracts traded by 10:03 AM, with 92.3% of the flow being buyer‑initiated. That’s a high buy ratio in a relatively large volume.
• What makes it more intriguing is that the trade came even as implied volatility was dropping (~6.5%), suggesting the buyers were not just chasing volatility but intentionally loading optionality.
From an equity perspective, another trade that’s been making waves is in rare-earth/mining stocks like MP Materials and USA Rare Earth. When China announced further export controls on rare-earth elements, those names spiked sharply—investors saw this as a direct geopolitical/strategic move playing into supply constraints for critical tech industries.
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