Wall Street Whales Make Waves: TSLA, SPY & Biotech Bets Dominate the Tape ๐๐ฏ๐
Traders may have been snoozing Friday, but Big Money came out swinging in options, darkpools, and ETF bets. Hereโs what they know that you donโt (yet).
๐ง Stocks may have snoozed to the weekend, but the options tape? That thing was screaming. Here's your punchy, plain-English breakdown of what Big Money was up to behind the curtain today ๐
๐ฐ Big Money Flow โ ETF Edition
$SPY: $51.87M ๐ฅ
Mostly puts ($45.16M). Thatโs hedging energy or someone betting the house collapses by Monday. Either way, theyโve got conviction.
$QQQ: $17.88M ๐ง
Fair balance of calls and puts. Classic tech tug-of-war. Traders are eyeing that $487.5 strike with laser focus.
$GLD: $3.09M ๐
Quietly stacking callsโsomebodyโs worried about Trump tweets wrecking the dollar (again).
๐ฆ Big Money Flow โ Non-ETF
$TSLA: $46.7M ๐ธ๐ฅ
Massive call buying. Elon fans riding the โTariff Talks = Tesla To The Moonโ narrative.
$MSTR: $42.13M ๐คฏ
Calls out the wazoo. Darkpool heat + options flow = someoneโs betting on Bitcoinโs cousin from another corporate mother.
$NVDA: $17.69M ๐ง
AI whisper trades showing up again. HODLers and hedgers alike still active.
$RUN: $16.75M ๐
Thatโs a lot of premium on a $7.50 strike. Solar squeeze or just a badly aimed YOLO?
โ ๏ธ Unusual Options Activity
๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ $ILMN (Illumina): Calls with +28% expected move ๐
6,900 contracts dropped like itโs hot. Genomics play or someone betting on a biotech M&A headline over brunch?
๐ฏ $META: $600 strike sweepers loading up ๐ฅ
Calls flying in with sizeโclearly Zuck found another AI chatbot to hype.
๐ป $WOLF & $XPEV: Puts lighting up like a Christmas tree ๐
High IV, low faith. Someone thinks EVs are due for a parking brake pull.
๐ณ๏ธ Darkpool Highlights
$AVGO: $220M ๐ฅ
$SGOV: $203M ๐คซ
$QQQ: $201M (yes, again) ๐
Translation? Institutions are very active in the ETFsโand itโs not for fun. $QQQโs darkpool flow was nearly $1B across multiple prints. Someoneโs prepping for a move.
๐ Flow Scanner โ Whatโs Buzzing
$SPY $530 Puts x10: Hitting over and over. They want downside insurance yesterday.
$NVDA $115 Calls x11: Big boy bets stacking up for more AI juice.
$TSLA $300/$320/$345 Calls: Spread of strikes, all buying. Feels like someone knows somethingโor just doesnโt care about price anymore. Classic Tesla energy.
๐ฃ T&Gโs Take:
Big Money didnโt flinch at the chop. In fact, they leaned in with cash like theyโre reading the script in advance. $SPY got heavily hedged, $TSLA and $MSTR saw huge upside conviction, and the biotech crowd mightโve just started whispering "merger."
Darkpools are murky, but when $QQQ flows rack up $200M+ in one sessionโyou pay attention. Smart moneyโs either bracing for post-Geneva fireworks or loading for a rip.
Keep your eyes on:
๐ฏ $TSLA for follow-through
๐ต๏ธ $ILMN for a surprise pop
โ ๏ธ $SPY/$QQQ if the weekend headlines disappoint