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1. Join the nuclear power team! $Meta Platforms (META.US)$ Yesterday, it rose by 3.5%, reaching an all-time high in stock price, with options trading volume of 0.5967 million contracts, an increase of 44.13% compared to the previous trading day, and the call ratio grew to 70.9%. On the options chain, the most traded was a call option expiring this Friday with a strike price of $610, with nearly 0.04 million contracts traded yesterday.
The most profitable options for Meta yesterday were a call option expiring this Friday with a strike price of $680, which increased tenfold overnight; additionally, several call options expiring this Friday with strike prices of $645, $660, and $665 made over six times the profit.
On the news front, meta platforms is seeking up to 4 gigawatts of new nuclear power to find reliable electrical utilities for its datacenter. According to a statement on Tuesday, meta is asking developers to submit proposals to provide reactor capacities ranging from 1 gigawatt to 4 gigawatts starting in the early 2030s. Commercial nuclear reactors can generate about 1 gigawatt of electrical power, enough to meet the electricity needs of around 0.75 million ordinary households.
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2,$Palantir (PLTR.US)$ Yesterday, it rose 6.88%, and the stock price reached a new high! The overnight options trading volume was 1.0446 million contracts, which is an increase of 20.22% compared to the previous day, with the call ratio climbing to 56.4%. On the options chain, the highest volume was for the call option expiring this Friday at an exercise price of $70, with nearly 0.05 million contracts traded.
Due to Palantir's nearly 7% rise yesterday, multiple call options expiring this Friday gained more than five times. Among them, the most profitable call option expiring this Friday has an exercise price of $74 and made a sevenfold profit overnight.
In terms of news, Palantir announced that its two cloud computing services have obtained advanced authorization from the FedRAMP program. It is understood that the Palantir Federal Cloud Service is a cloud-hosted product developed for delivering Palantir software, while the Palantir Federal Cloud Service - Supporting Services is a cloud-hosted environment that provides secure cloud services based on FedRAMP high baseline to deliver commercial software to federal government clients.
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$Intel (INTC.US)$ Yesterday, it fell by 6.10%, with implied volatility rising to 36.41%. Overnight options trading was 0.6055 million contracts, with a call ratio of 73.9%. On the options chain, trading in call options was vigorous. The most traded overnight was a call with a strike price of $27, expiring on December 27 of this year, with over 0.04 million contracts traded. The puts expiring this Friday with strike prices of $22.5 and $22 made over three times profit.
In another search for unusual options activity, it was found that the largest single options transaction volume yesterday reached $2.014 million, selling 9500 contracts of call put options expiring on June 18, 2026.
Following the announcement of CEO Pat Gelsinger's retirement, intel has begun evaluating the interest of several external candidates, including former board member Chen Liwu, for the CEO position. It is reported that discussions about a new CEO candidate at intel are still in the early stages and no candidates have been confirmed. Recently, intel announced that Executive Vice President and chief financial officer David Zinsner and Michelle Johnston Holthaus would serve as interim co-CEOs, while the company's board of directors is looking for a new CEO.
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Options are contracts that give the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an asset at a fixed price on or before a specific date. The price of options is influenced by various factors, including the current price of the underlying asset, the strike price, the expiration date, andImplied volatility。
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