$18.67B in options premium crossed the scanner on July 7–July 11. 76,576 signals fired, 533 of them graded A. Here is what the tape showed — the numbers first, the read below.
The Tape
- Total premium: $18.67B
- Signals fired: 76,576
- Grade A signals: 533
- Buy/sell lean: 68% buy ($12.74B buy vs $5.92B sell)
Top Tickers by Premium
- MU — $2.02B across 8,383 signals
- SNDK — $1.80B across 6,550 signals
- QQQ — $1.71B across 9,430 signals
- SPY — $1.40B across 10,021 signals
- META — $884.36M across 3,902 signals
The Notable Prints
The highest-conviction graded prints of the period:
- ARM 270 Call Sell — $76.10M block, at bid, 42 DTE, Grade B. Outcome: LOSS (-28.5%).
- NDX 29000 Put Sell — $34.60M block, above ask, 44 DTE, Grade A. Outcome: LOSS (-24.8%).
- AMD 500 Call Sell — $32.41M block, below bid, 44 DTE, Grade A. Outcome: WIN (+38.2%).
- NVDA 195 Call Buy — $30.14M block, below bid, 73 DTE, Grade A. Outcome: WIN (+42.3%).
- NVDA 195 Call Sell — $30.04M block, below bid, 73 DTE, Grade A. Outcome: WIN (+42.8%).
The Read
Five prints stand out by size — and the honest read is that size didn't guarantee anything.
Two of the five resolved as losses. The ARM $76.1M 270-call block (Grade B) closed -28.5%, and the NDX $34.6M 29,000-put block (Grade A) closed -24.8% — the two largest tickets of the week, both red. Worth saying plainly: NDX carried our top conviction grade and still lost. A Grade A score reflects the structure of a print — its size, aggression, and alignment — not a guarantee of how it resolves.
The AMD $32.4M 500-call block (Grade A) closed +38.2%.
The two NVDA 195-call tickets need a caveat. A ~$30.1M "buy" and a ~$30.0M "sell" hit the same strike, same 73 DTE, same below-bid execution, within $100K of each other. That is almost certainly two legs of a single structure — not two independent whale bets pointing in opposite directions. We list both because both crossed the tape, but reading them as separate bullish and bearish conviction signals would be double-counting one position. Taken as the single play it is, it resolved green.
Netted down to distinct positions, this list is four plays — two winners, two losers — inside a week that leaned 68% buy across $18.67B in premium. The biggest tickets were close to a coin flip, and the two that missed were among the largest of them. Size and grade tilt the odds; they don't erase the risk.
How These Signals Are Graded
Every print on the tape is scored, not just listed. Grade A signals clear the top conviction gate — size, aggression, and structure aligned. Every graded signal's resolved outcome is tracked publicly on our track record, win or lose.
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