Speculative frenzy in options market could be a warning sign for stocks

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Traders wearing masks work, on the first day of in person trading since the closure during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, U.S., May 26, 2020.Heightened activity in options on big tech stocks and other names, like Walmart, shows a highly speculative appetite among investors that could be a contrarian warning about the stock market.

Analysts have been monitoring the higher than normal activity, particularly in call options — those that investors buy when they expect a stock price to rise. "It's just way to express a lot of speculation," said Peter Boockvar, chief investment strategist at Bleakley Advisory Group. "If you're going to speculate, what better way than in the options market."'

 

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Pro HighFreq. BlackBox trading always spikes—As the retail dumb$ & 401k trading other people’s$ gets in at the top. 🌷

Pro Go sit down, you hacks write the same three stories over and over. Stocks go up stocks go down end of story

Pro Lol, but Tesla being worth nearly the same as the rest of the entire auto industry isn’t?

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