Why Pump Tesla
The reason is simple: Tesla's year-to-date return is still negative, down 9%. Can Musk tolerate that?
So it's very simple to stay bullish on Tesla — enough to sell at-the-money puts like $TSLA 20261106 400.0 PUT$ .
Yes, there was a big sell call order at 440: $TSLA 20270115 440.0 CALL$ . But I don't think it's a big problem. For a more conservative put sale, you can pick the 380 or 390 strike: $TSLA 20261106 380.0 PUT$ .
Also, watch heavyweight stocks that still haven't turned positive for the year. They're probably the next group to get pumped.
The bulls see Monday's rally as short-term short covering. A bull call spread was opened: buy 95 call $INTC 20261030 95.0 CALL$ , sell 105 call $INTC 20261030 105.0 CALL$ . These same-day-expiry bullish big orders are usually closed 1–2 days after opening — today or tomorrow.
On a monthly view, the expectation is Intel reaches 98 by November: $INTC 20261120 98.0 CALL$ to 115. This bounce is smaller than September's high.
Sadly, Intel probably won't make a new high this year. Who would've thought that by year-end everyone suddenly got poor — so poor that even gold can't rally.
Good news: the 100K-contract this-week 755–745 put spread was closed.
Bad news: bears opened a new November 750–725 put combo: $SPY 20261120 750.0 PUT$.
Good news: the bearish position was opened as a spread, not single legs, and the contract count is lower than before. That shows bears lack confidence.
Bad news: bulls lack confidence too — call opening volume is still below put opening volume.
Overall, this fits a bottoming setup. Now just see if it can bounce back above 770. If it can't, it still has to fall.
QQQ's opening activity is similar to SPY. The difference is there's always a mysterious big player lurking in QQQ. For example, on Monday someone opened same-day-expiry bullish 720 calls: $QQQ 20261030 720.0 CALL$ .
$VanEck Semiconductor ETF(SMH)$
There aren't really any serious bearish big orders in the semi ETF now — just some call selling. Overall, the market thinks this semi bounce is limited, which fits the idea at the top: take care of the heavyweight stocks that are lagging in gains.
But how the trend actually goes still needs more watching.
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was $407.46 , already 1.83% above $400 . Net GEX was positive at about +109.9 million , and spot was above the $391.58 zero-gamma level by 3.90% . That combination generally favors dealer hedging that dampens intraday moves rather than accelerates them.
The $400 call wall is still the largest single call-GEX concentration, so it can act as a pivot/pinning level on pullbacks. But once price holds above it, the hedging flow associated with that strike is less likely to cap upside directly.
The next meaningful call-GEX concentrations are $410 and $420 . Open interest also peaks at $420 calls (4,939 contracts) , slightly above $400 calls (4,776). Therefore, $410 is the nearer friction point and $420 the more substantial near-term upside supply/positioning zone .
The $395 put
特斯拉（TSLA）观察列表为407.46美元，已经比400美元高出1.83%。净 GEX 为正值，约为 +1.099 亿美元，现货比 391.58 美元的零伽马水平高出 3.90%。这种组合通常有利于交易商对冲，从而抑制盘中波动，而不是加速盘中波动。400美元的看涨期权墙仍然是最大的单一看涨期权-GEX集中度，因此它可以作为回调时的枢轴/锚定水平。但一旦价格保持在该水平之上，与罢工相关的对冲资金就不太可能直接限制上涨空间。下一个有意义的看涨期权-GEX浓度是410美元和420美元。未平仓合约也达到 420 评级美元（4,939 份合约）的峰值，略高于 400 评级美元（4,776 份合约）。因此，410 美元是更近的摩擦点，420 美元是更实质性的近期上行供应/定位区。395 美元看跌期权