Market Overview
Oct 14 Hotter-than-expected inflation data sent the Nasdaq to a sharply lower close on Wednesday, with worries about more interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve pummeling shares of Oracle, CoreWeave and other AI stocks sensitive to higher borrowing costs.
Regarding the options market, a total volume of 73,335,053 contracts was traded, of which 54% were call options.
Top 10 Option Volumes
Top 10: NVDA, TSLA, AAPL, MU, SPCX, INTC, META, AMZN, GME, MSTR
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NVIDIA closed at USD 221.30, down 3.16%, after moving between USD 219.64 and USD 226.00 during the session.
Large options trades in NVIDIA showed a cautious tilt despite a call-heavy headline volume ratio. A long-dated synthetic put worth USD 0.85 million signaled deliberate downside positioning, while a USD 0.80 million bull call spread reflected capped bullish conviction. The offsetting structures left overall flow with a slight bearish edge, as traders favored defined-risk hedges and restrained directional plays over aggressive upside speculation.
A synthetic put position with a net debit of USD 850.00 thousand was established through buying the 190.0 put and selling the 300.0 call, both expiring on 2027-06-17, making this a clearly bearish structure. Both legs were out of the money versus the reference stock price of 221.30, and the strategy reflects a downside view with defined premium outlay rather than an outright stock short. By combining long put exposure with short call exposure, the trader is effectively positioning for weaker NVIDIA shares over the longer term while using the call sale to partially finance the put purchase.
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A bullish call spread with a net debit of USD 800.00 thousand was also opened via the purchase of the 250.0 call and sale of the 275.0 call, both expiring on 2026-12-18. With both call strikes out of the money relative to the current stock price, this is a directional upside bet that targets a measured advance rather than an unlimited rally. The structure is a classic bull call spread, entered for a net debit, indicating the trader is willing to pay premium for bullish exposure while capping upside in exchange for lower cost.
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Unusual Options Activity
NEBIUS closed at 186.01 USD, down 10.08%.
Large options activity featured a $19.50 million net-debit call spread betting on upside through 2027, alongside a $2.18 million synthetic put that added a bearish hedge. The dominant structure combined long 2027 $220–$230 calls with short $300 calls, expressing bullish conviction with capped extreme upside, while the synthetic put constructed via long $100 puts and short $300 calls introduced selective downside protection without triggering a wholesale turn defensive.
A call spread structure with a net debit of $19.50 million was the largest featured trade, built as a three-leg calendar/diagonal-style call combination: long 5,000 Mar 19, 2027 $230 calls, long 5,000 Feb 19, 2027 $220 calls, and short 10,000 Jan 15, 2027 $300 calls, with all strikes out of the money versus the $186.01 reference stock price. Because the package contains both bought calls and sold calls, it is best read as a spread strategy rather than a synthetic position, and its size should be judged by the stated net debit of $19.50 million. Strategically, this looks like a bullish but structured upside expression: the trader paid premium to gain exposure to a higher move over time while partially financing that exposure by selling farther-out upside calls, suggesting a directional bet on appreciation but with some cap on extreme upside in exchange for lower upfront cost.
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A synthetic put position with a total size of $2.18 million also stood out, combining the purchase of 6,000 Jan 15, 2027 $100 puts worth $1.42 million with the sale of 1,200 Jan 15, 2027 $300 calls worth $759,600.00, and both legs were out of the money at the current stock reference. Under the classification rules, a buy put paired with a sell call is a synthetic put, and this construction conveys a distinctly bearish stance because it benefits from downside pressure while taking on risk if the stock rallies sharply through the short-call strike. Overall, the large-trade flow leans bullish: the dominant trade by far was a sizable net-debit call spread package expressing upside conviction, and although the synthetic put introduces a clear bearish hedge or downside bet, the broader block activity still points to traders positioning for higher prices with selective premium-selling and risk-defined structures rather than a wholesale turn defensive.
Source: Tiger Trade APP