Mystery trader drops $100M in premium on 2-week AI stock calls expiring Oct 2
toptickcrypto · x · 2026-09-18
- ZeroHedge reports an unidentified trader spent roughly $100 million in premium on 2-week AI stock call options expiring Oct 2.
- Positions include: 20k INTC Oct2 115 calls (up to $7.3MM), 3,500 MRVL Oct2 250 calls ($3.85MM), 4,200 SNDK Oct2 1600 calls ($41MM), and 10k MU Oct2 1000 calls ($44MM).
- A massive short-term bullish bet on the AI trade; the quoter jokes, "you don't have to make it back the way you lost it, brother."
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