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Someone Bought $20M of Meta Calls Before Earnings. Here's the Tell.
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0:00lesson
Options tape analysis: earnings vs. momentum
- Unusual options activity reveals market sentiment
- Focus on Meta's Q2 earnings on July 29th
- Three call trades with different expirations
- Distinguish between event-driven and re-rating bets
- Volatility crush affects post-earnings option value
1:45META· ticker
Meta — $656.70, 14% rebound
- Closed at 656.70 on Monday
- 14% gain from $577 low
- Q2 earnings: July 29th
- Options activity: $20.6M in calls
- Three trades across expirations
3:21META· ticker
July 31st 685 call — earnings event bet
- Strike: 685, stock ~669 at trade
- 2.4% OTM
- Premium: $14.2M, volume: 4,061
- 85% on ask side
- Expires post-earnings
5:02lesson
Volatility crush and break-even math
- Break-even = strike + premium
- Meta needs ~$16 move to profit
- Volatility collapses post-earnings
- Delta + volatility = option price
- Direction right ≠ profit if move too small
6:48META· ticker
August 21st 780 call — AI re-rating bet
- Strike: 780, stock ~631 at trade
- 23.5% OTM
- Premium: $2.4M
- Expires 23 days post-earnings
- Betting on sustained AI monetization
6:49META· ticker
July 24th 775 call — momentum chase
- Strike: 775, stock ~656.70
- 18% OTM
- Premium: $3.9M
- Expires before earnings
- No earnings event exposure
6:50lesson
AI monetization vs. CapEx risk
- Market shifts from AI spending to revenue
- High margins: Micron 85–87%
- Meta’s AI monetization: cloud, API, Iris chip
- Compute capacity: 7GW in 2026, 14GW in 2027
- CapEx: $125–145B in 2026
6:51lesson
Signal vs. noise: options hierarchy
- July 31st 685 call: strongest signal
- August 21st 780: re-rating bet with time
- July 24th 775: likely noise
- Open interest confirms positioning
- Re-rating depends on AI revenue shift
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