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Posted March 22, 2024 at 10:00 am
NVDA‘s option trading has taken the lead, surpassing giants like TSLA and SPY, to become the most actively traded options by dollar value, reaching an impressive $2.7 billion. Our curiosity piqued, we turned to MarketChameleon’s advanced tool that specializes in parsing the trade tape and identifying multi-leg strategies.
Among the insights garnered, one particular call spread emerged as notably popular: the 22-Mar-24 885 : 890 call spread, expiring in just one day.
NVDA Multi-Leg Option Trade Analyzer
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This call spread was executed 40 times between 9:30 am and 2:52 pm. The Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) for this $5 spread stood at $4.44, indicating a robust interest level. What made this trading activity remarkable was its nature—not a singular large transaction, but a cumulative series of trades throughout the day.
This distribution suggests a growing volume, particularly towards the latter half of the trading period.
The spread’s journey across multiple exchanges, trading at various prices, highlighted potential liquidity challenges. Traders possibly navigated through multiple dealers across different exchanges, bidding up the price as NVDA’s stock value climbed, illustrating the strategic maneuvering required to fill these orders over time.
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MarketChameleon’s analysis revealed that this specific call spread has been a recurring trade in the market, trading nearly every day since March 4. Starting at $1.90 and ascending to $3.45 by March 20, this strategy showcased significant gains. The volume notably intensified on March 15, trading at a VWAP of $2.15, setting the stage for the recent surge in activity.
For the buyers of this spread to reap maximum rewards, NVDA’s closing above $890 on March 22 is crucial. Given the stock’s current position at $913 and with one day remaining, prospects seem promising for this limited risk strategy to yield significant returns amidst the stock rally.
Marketchameon‘s multi-leg trade analyzer helped highlight the 22-Mar-24 885 : 890 NVDA call spread, that might otherwise have remained obscured by the day’s extensive trading activity. This tool efficiently helped us monitor the spreads growth in both volume and price as the expiration approached.
This reveals insights into strategic opportunities that marry risk management with potential returns, highlighting the analytical depth required to uncover potentially hidden yet rewarding trading prospects.
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Originally Posted March 21, 2024 – NVDA’s Most Traded Call Spread
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not sure this is so “limited risk” strategy. Of course risk is capped at the cost of spread but it is rather a high probability/low income/high risk spectrum given the buyer loses everything NVDA goes from 913 to 885. It is 3% but with this stock we have seen more.