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Options Flow Week Ahead: TSLA, AAPL + Earnings (April 20)

Week ahead options flow for April 20–24. TSLA led accumulation with $32M in calls. Full earnings calendar plus Friday's Grade A prints.

TSLA printed $32M in call accumulation last week. AAPL and GOOGL stacked behind it. Friday closed with three large institutional prints — all calls — across mega-cap tech and semis. The market is walking into a heavy earnings week with institutional positioning already in motion.

What Institutions Positioned Into the Week

TSLA drew $32M in call accumulation across 262 signals last week. One contract saw 10 repeat entries — that kind of options accumulation is rarely noise. The lean was calls throughout.

AAPL logged $15.1M in call-side flow across 6 signals. Max 9 hits on a single contract. Quiet by signal count — not by dollar weight.

GOOGL ran $9.8M in call accumulation across 10 signals, with one contract seeing 12 repeat entries. That contract stood out. GOOGL also showed up in Friday's Grade A prints — the same name, two sessions of positioning.

Several other tickers saw comparable patterns last week. Those contracts are tracked in the live feed.

Earnings This Week

Over 60 companies report the week of April 20, led by GE, DHR, COF, and DHI on Tuesday. Steel, financials, industrials, and homebuilders all hit the tape before Thursday.

Date Ticker Time EPS Est
Mon Apr 20 AGNC After Close $0.37
Mon Apr 20 ALK After Close $-1.36
Mon Apr 20 BCBP TBA $0.21
Mon Apr 20 BOH Before Open $1.34
Mon Apr 20 BOKF After Close $2.38
Mon Apr 20 CADE TBA $0.83
Mon Apr 20 CCNE TBA $0.82
Mon Apr 20 CLF Before Open $-0.39
Mon Apr 20 CWBC TBA $0.57
Mon Apr 20 DX Before Open $0.35
Mon Apr 20 FLXS After Close $0.88
Mon Apr 20 FVCB TBA $0.34
Mon Apr 20 GNTY TBA $0.82
Mon Apr 20 HBCP After Close $1.42
Mon Apr 20 HIT TBA $-0.03
Mon Apr 20 ISTR TBA $0.69
Mon Apr 20 JBIO Before Open $-0.49
Mon Apr 20 MNSB TBA $0.46
Mon Apr 20 NNOX Before Open $-0.20
Mon Apr 20 NTST After Close $0.07
Mon Apr 20 NVCR TBA $-0.52
Mon Apr 20 RBB After Close $0.46
Mon Apr 20 SFBS After Close $1.52
Mon Apr 20 SMBK Before Open $0.79
Mon Apr 20 STLD After Close $2.84
Mon Apr 20 UBX After Close $-0.38
Mon Apr 20 VBTX TBA $0.56
Mon Apr 20 WASH After Close $0.78
Mon Apr 20 WNEB TBA $0.21
Mon Apr 20 WTFC After Close $3.03
Mon Apr 20 ZION After Close $1.45
Tue Apr 21 ADC After Close $0.49
Tue Apr 21 AMED TBA $1.33
Tue Apr 21 ARR TBA $0.75
Tue Apr 21 AUB Before Open $0.88
Tue Apr 21 BBNX After Close $-0.50
Tue Apr 21 BRKL TBA $0.65
Tue Apr 21 BWB After Close $0.42
Tue Apr 21 CALX After Close $0.38
Tue Apr 21 CB After Close $6.80
Tue Apr 21 CBSH Before Open $0.90
Tue Apr 21 CMA TBA $1.29
Tue Apr 21 COF After Close $4.60
Tue Apr 21 COOP Before Open $3.77
Tue Apr 21 CPF TBA $0.75
Tue Apr 21 CYH After Close $-0.10
Tue Apr 21 CZNC TBA $0.59
Tue Apr 21 DGX Before Open $2.37
Tue Apr 21 DHI Before Open $2.17
Tue Apr 21 DHR Before Open $1.96
Tue Apr 21 ECX TBA $-0.07
Tue Apr 21 EFX Before Open $1.72
Tue Apr 21 ELS After Close $0.55
Tue Apr 21 EQT After Close $2.14
Tue Apr 21 EWBC After Close $2.52
Tue Apr 21 FOR Before Open $0.64
Tue Apr 21 FPAY After Close $0.35
Tue Apr 21 GE Before Open $1.64
Tue Apr 21 GPC Before Open $1.78
Tue Apr 21 HAFC After Close $0.72

Friday's Standout Flow

META saw call buying via sweep into the close. Large, directional, aggressive — not a hedge.

GOOGL printed a block call trade on Friday. Same name that logged 12 repeat entries on a single contract earlier in the week. The Friday block adds a second data point in the same direction.

TSM came in with a block call trade as well. Semis with that kind of print heading into a week this heavy on industrial and financial earnings means someone is looking across the tape, not just at the sector.

What to Watch Monday

Three accumulation names, three Friday prints, and a calendar stacked with financials, industrials, and large-cap earnings through Tuesday. GOOGL is the thread that runs through both accumulation and Friday's flow — that kind of repetition across a week rarely happens without intent. The live scanner shows exactly how these positions are being built in real time, contract by contract, as new signals come in across the week. Every strike, every expiration, every accumulation pattern — tracked at /methodology. Start your free 7-day trial.

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