yesterday i flagged 116,279 contracts opening in the $NVDA aug-28 230 calls.
the print landed and it gapped to 222 as of 6:49 CT β up 6% from 209.66.
but the strike is 9.7% above that close, and those expire tomorrow. the catalyst is spent and the move still isn't there.
12:25 CT: market-wide net premium -$129.5M, extreme bearish.
$QQQ on its own: +$26.6M, second-biggest inflow on the board.
they're hedging the index and buying tech into the same print. that's an nvda trade, not a market view.