Bulls did the paying this week: the bulk of the flagged premium landed in calls swept at the ask rather than resting in the book. Every trade below cleared the same bar our live flow feed applies: aggressive ask-side execution and verified order sides.
Missed last week's recap? View it here.
The Week's Top Flow
$162K PureCycle Technologies put sweep
$162K in $PCT puts expiring November 2026 (88 days out), swept into the offer on Monday and flagged live on X the moment it printed. The strike sits roughly 25% out of the money.
$336K Riot Platforms call sweep
$336K in $RIOT calls expiring October 2026 (52 days out), swept at the ask on Tuesday and flagged live on X within minutes of the print. The strike sits roughly 20% out of the money.
$182K Capricor Therapeutics call sweep
$182K in $CAPR calls expiring December 2026 (115 days out), swept at the ask on Tuesday and flagged live on X the moment it printed. The strike sits roughly 3% out of the money.
Strategy Corner
The week's standout multi-leg position was a $6.2M $MSTR put spread: sold the Dec $100 puts, bought the Jun $100s for a net debit.
Runner-up: a $5.2M $TSEM put spread (sold the Sep $170 puts, bought the Sep $200s).
By the Numbers
| Metric | This week |
|---|---|
| Alerts posted | 36 |
| Total premium flagged | $45.5M |
| Bullish vs bearish | 25 / 11 |
| Largest single print | $19.6M NVDA calls |
| Most-flagged ticker | RIOT (2 alerts) |
| Multi-leg strategies flagged | 8, led by $6.2M MSTR spread |
How Last Week's Flags Resolved
We score every flag and delete nothing. From the Aug 21-27 cohort:
- $MRNA 10/16 $155C · stock +14.4%, option +112.6%
- $CAPR 12/18 $8C · stock +12.9%, option +33.3%
- $GSHD 09/18 $75C · stock +0.7%, option +21.2%
12 of 38 flags closed green the next session. Next-session scoring is the strictest possible window: plenty of the positioning we flag is built to play out over weeks, not overnight. Flow shows you where they are positioned; it is not a guarantee of direction, and we publish the full scoreboard either way.
The Week Ahead
Earnings from Broadcom (Wed), Palo Alto Networks (Tue), and Dell Technologies (Tue), with 37 more names on the calendar. Also on watch: a regulatory deadline for Trilogy Metals expected Tuesday; a data release for MARKET expected Tuesday. When flow starts printing against these events, it hits the live feed first, and you can track dealer positioning into the prints with gamma exposure.
