$8.03M moved through State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($SPY) options on Friday in a 2-leg trade built around the $739 to $742 strikes. It reads as a vertical put spread, a trade about how far SPY moves and when, more than a simple call on direction.
Evercore raised its price target on Space Exploration Technologies to $275.00 from $230.00 and kept its Buy rating. The new target sits 88.9% above where the stock trades. A higher target from a firm that already liked the stock says its numbers are still moving up.
CoreWeave is back in the headlines on Friday, with the coverage centered on earnings expectations and valuation. The stock is down 11.7% at $61.52. The market is clearly reacting, so the question is whether the move has legs.
Regions Financial reported $0.71 a share against $0.66 a share analysts expected for 2026Q3. A beat is the ticket in; guidance and margins decide whether the stock keeps it.
A $1.49M sweep hit $SOXL Oct 16 $100 puts on Friday, the kind of size that gets noticed on SOXL's options tape. The buyer paid up to get filled, on a strike already 2.6% in the money.
$35.3M moved through SK hynix Inc. ($SKHY) options on Friday in a 2-leg trade built around the $200 strike. The legs lean bearish: the bought side profits as SK hynix falls, and the sold side helps pay for it.
Piper Sandler raised its price target on SERVICENOW to $175.00 from $140.00 and kept its Buy rating. The new target sits 24.9% above where the stock trades. A higher target from a firm that already liked the stock says its numbers are still moving up.
Citizens Financial reported $1.41 a share against $1.39 a share analysts expected for 2026Q3. A beat is the ticket in; guidance and margins decide whether the stock keeps it.
Space Exploration Technologies is back in the headlines on Friday, with the coverage centered on company-specific news. The stock is down 1.8% at $145.96. So far the market is taking it in stride, and headlines that do not move a stock often matter less than they sound.
$1.46M moved through VanEck Semiconductor ETF ($SMH) options on Friday in a 2-leg trade built around the $525 to $530 strikes. It reads as a vertical put spread, a trade about how far SMH moves and when, more than a simple call on direction.
Options positioning in CoreWeave is stacking up around the $60 strike into Oct 16, 3% below where the stock trades at $61.88. Net gamma reads negative, a setup where hedging can speed moves up instead of slowing them down.
A $7.7M large options trade hit $NBIS Nov 20 $180 calls on Friday, the kind of size that gets noticed on Nebius's options tape. The buyer paid up to get filled, on a strike 5.7% above the stock.
Tesla is back in the headlines on Friday, with the coverage centered on company-specific news. The stock is down 1.6% at $356.46. So far the market is taking it in stride, and headlines that do not move a stock often matter less than they sound.
KeyBanc raised its price target on CrowdStrike to $265.00 from $245.00 and kept its Buy rating. The new target sits 16.6% above where the stock trades. A higher target from a firm that already liked the stock says its numbers are still moving up.
M&T Bank reported $5.04 a share against $4.93 a share analysts expected for 2026Q3. A beat is the ticket in; guidance and margins decide whether the stock keeps it.
Options positioning in Space Exploration Technologies is stacking up around the $145 strike into Oct 16, 0.8% below where the stock trades at $146.14. Net gamma reads negative, a setup where hedging can speed moves up instead of slowing them down.
CoreWeave is down 10.5% at $62.36, one of its sharper moves of the past two months. Drops this size shake out weak hands and test where real buyers are willing to step in.
A 2-leg, $4.34M options structure landed in $CSCO on Friday, built around the $100 to $160 strikes. The legs lean bullish: the bought side profits as Cisco Systems, Inc. Common Stock (DE) rises, and the sold side helps pay for it.