2.6 trillion in S&P 500 call options traded in a single day. Wall St is nothing but a bunch of parasites looking to suck the game until it dies. No more upside left for semis after this insane run?

I always talk about how there’s always a game on Wall St. Lessons from my dad. They run the game until they suck the life out of it then they move on to the next one. Wall St is nothing but a bunch of parasites looking to suck the game …

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Trump signs executive order expanding retirement savings options, more household money gets pulled into markets

Order boosts access to 401k and IRA accounts for more workers.. President called participation numbers “incredible”.. Some wonder whether this quietly channels more household money into markets while easing long term pressure on government programs.. President Trump signed an EO on April 30 to launch TrumpIRA.gov in 2027. It utilizes …

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Inflation expectations over the next 12 months plunge from over 5% to under 3.5% according to the Bond Market. Institutions are loading up on call options at the fastest pace ever recorded

Inflation expectations over the next 12 months plunge from over 5% to under 3.5% according to the Bond Market byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts Institutions are loading up on call options at the fastest pace ever recorded 📈🤯👀 pic.twitter.com/y6QmeCNC70 — Barchart (@Barchart) April 17, 2026 IMHO Sec Bessent is reading the tape correctly: …

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WSB trader reports drop from roughly $3 million peak to $50,000 after SPY options blowup

via WSB: https://preview.redd.it/maicyws3o2tg1.png?width=1392&format=png&auto=webp&s=2ce18951b27493bf5cca58fabaed9a948cc8d577 https://preview.redd.it/6nok0zs3o2tg1.png?width=1308&format=png&auto=webp&s=cfc73344605d254129cc4644a925e58cfb63c9fd https://preview.redd.it/2i9m0ys3o2tg1.png?width=733&format=png&auto=webp&s=2e90ad02950b23f88bd894de5a53ef5ea9d68d83 https://preview.redd.it/qswb10t3o2tg1.png?width=1381&format=png&auto=webp&s=787e13dec5f1a99e7ab1a9497e098482ca4f5304 https://preview.redd.it/xjcjuws3o2tg1.png?width=1368&format=png&auto=webp&s=82d3ce72b9ecfbce3e30272662fdacf7ed80f436 Long time lurker, first time poster (was hoping to never post loss porn here) Reposting because I didn’t include some of my trades and the original post got taken down. Would be impossible to post all of the trades that blew my account …

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Pentagon prepares four options for next stage of war. Trump believes ground troops will be necessary to force Iran to surrender.

BREAKING: The Pentagon is developing military options for a "final blow" in Iran that could include the use of ground forces and a massive bombing campaign, per Axios. US officials provide 4 "final blow" options: 1. Invading or blockading Kharg Island, Iran's main oil export… — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) …

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The Fed has no choice. If oil goes up to $150-200 it’s over. Yet we act as if Iran is obliterated and everything is awesome. The TACO traders get trapped. Trump has 3 options left in the Iran war. All 3 are catastrophic. The real war hasn’t even started yet.

The Fed has no choice. If oil goes up to $150-200 it’s over. Yet we act as if Iran is obliterated and everything is awesome. This is complete lunacy. https://t.co/xRRCIi61UV — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) March 26, 2026 Markets are losing hope of any logical solution in the Middle East: pic.twitter.com/DgXPiTeIVE …

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Trump threatens to obliterate Iranian powerplants in 48 hours if Strait of Hormuz is not fully opened. Iran has 2 options left in this war. Both are catastrophic.

President Trump gives Iran exactly 48 hours to open the Strait of Hormuz, or he will blow up all of their power plants in the country. If a country’s power plants were destroyed, the effects would be immediate. Most areas would lose electricity, and water systems would fail as pumps …

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Trump trapped in Iran, all options terrible

SungHoon Lee, IQ 276 @sungleeiq 🚨🚨🚨 TRUMP HAS 3 OPTIONS LEFT ON IRAN. ALL OF THEM ARE TERRIBLE. 🚨🚨🚨 Day 8 of the Iran war and the President is cornered. Here are his only moves: OPTION 1: Declare victory and retreat. → The U.S. loses the Middle East FOREVER → …

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Pete Hegseth: “Our job is to provide options, and we will have options for the president should Iran decide not to take a deal”… Chuck Schumer: “Look, this is serious. The administration has to make its case to the American people.”

❝Our job is to provide options, and we will have options for the president should Iran decide not to take a deal❞ The US is keeping all options open in its approach to Iran while urging the country to negotiate a deal, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said… pic.twitter.com/HgcKyHnFfy — …

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Retail investors are fueling a new meme-stock mania, driving 6 million daily options contracts in unprofitable small-cap stocks while most of the market barely participates. Fund managers are running almost no cash.

Appetite for risk is incredibly strong: Options trading volumes in loss-making Russell 2000 stocks have risen to ~6 million contracts per day, an all-time high. Volumes have more than doubled since April and surpassed the previous record set during the 2021 meme-stock mania. By comparison, options activity in profitable stocks …

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All options on the table for Venezuela.

President Donald Trump was briefed this week on options for military operations inside Venezuela as he continues to mull a path forward in the country, four sources told CNN. Trump has yet to decide on how to proceed, and he continues to weigh the risks and benefits of launching a …

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Chipotle just admitted its customers can’t afford to eat. The 25–35 age group is broke, buried in debt, and running out of options. QSR foot traffic fell ~3.4% YoY in August

This is how recessions start, one empty table at a time. If 30-year-olds can’t afford Chipotle, what happens when the real slowdown hits. Either Chipotle has collapsed as a brand or young Americans are out of money. Or, both. What is happening here? pic.twitter.com/1gIAEzmrf1 — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) October …

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Bloody day in cryptoland: Bitcoin nuked to $110k, 163k traders liquidated, $900m gone. Ethereum and altcoins hammered after $14.7b options expiry

The blockchain blinked. Then it bled. It began with a ghost. A whale dormant for 5 years rolled over and crushed the market. “A dormant whale woke up after 5 years and sold 24K BTC worth $2.7 billion. The single move crashed Bitcoin to $111K and erased $50 billion in …

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Retail mob triggered options chain reaction that ended in losses, speculators hijack options market with social media frenzy

Boom turns bust as reckless call buying backfires. "Instead of using #options as part of a larger strategy to protect #portfolios from losses, individuals are mostly #speculating…with reckless buying organized on social media acted like a force-multiplier. Because options #market makers need to hedge call contracts, they buy… pic.twitter.com/7JKs4zB9sg — …

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S&P options frenzy spins out of control with traders warned of brutal fallout when the speculation ends; Just as we test ATHs, volume is quickly fizzling out

Flash warning for brutal unwind ahead. S&P call option volume has become completely unhinged. While the #speculation is currently working, which is drawing more investors into the scheme, this will eventually have very bad outcomes. pic.twitter.com/gsVGIEbUzD — Lance Roberts (@LanceRoberts) June 25, 2025 $NVDA Just as we test ATHs, volume …

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Bearish bounce fools traders again, 200-day wall holds strong, put-call ratio spikes to 1.61 on $SPY options, traders brace for sudden 2% plunge risk…

The market we have now is a bearish phase within a secular uptrend. A sustained uptrend typically doesn’t return until the event that triggered the downturn becomes irrelevant. However, if that event is about to be resolved, the market can skyrocket, breaking above the 200-day… — optionGeek (@StockShark16) April 15, …

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TRUMP CONSIDERS IRAN’S OFFER FOR INDIRECT NUCLEAR TALKS—MILITARY OPTIONS STILL ON THE TABLE

🚨🇺🇸TRUMP CONSIDERS IRAN’S OFFER FOR INDIRECT NUCLEAR TALKS—MILITARY OPTIONS STILL ON THE TABLE The White House is seriously weighing Iran’s proposal for indirect nuclear negotiations, with Oman likely to mediate. While Trump prefers direct talks, he remains open to… https://t.co/6lWzfdF3kL pic.twitter.com/suPnboU2XO — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 2, 2025 US CONSIDERS …

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The Fed’s balance sheet is now down 23.8% since its peak. $TLT call options volume was the 2nd highest in history on Wednesday

The Fed's balance sheet is now down 23.8% since its peak. pic.twitter.com/r8nxZ4AJHu — Augur Infinity (@AugurInfinity) January 17, 2025 $TLT call options volume was the 2nd highest in history on Wednesday 🚨 pic.twitter.com/2DcZ7eMUGf — Barchart (@Barchart) January 17, 2025 I highly recommend you watch @TruthGundlach full 1hr video from today. …

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