Semis Are About to Implode
https://youtu.be/448MIVtCiww The S&P 500 just ripped 100 handles. Underneath the surface, the semi trade is breaking. Intel’s implied volatility hit one of the highest readings on a 15-year chart while the stock keeps climbing. That is not how healthy rallies behave. AMD broke two times its expected move on earnings with zero vol crush. Volume hit 1.2 million option contracts on a name that usually trades 100,000 to 200,000. When out-of-the-money calls get priced this high, retail eventually stops buying them. Demand collapses and the stock turns and implodes. We are days away from that moment in semis. The same exact setup is showing up across Intel, AMD, and Micron. In tonight’s video, I show you what is breaking under the surface: Intel’s 9-day option chain shows a hard inverted skew with at-the-money calls at 89 vol and out-of-the-money calls climbing higher Intel’s 165 calls 72 days out are pricing