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7/21/25

Opendoor call volumes hit 1 million for first time ever as gamma squeeze accelerates

The door might be open, but there’s a traffic jam as everyone tries to rush through it.

Shares of Opendoor Technologies are up more than 60% on Monday, briefly breaching $4, as enthusiasm over the potential turnaround story — and the desire to chase momentum in a stock that mooned last week — continue to produce massive flows into the name.

Daily volumes and the total value of money spent trading the stock each hit a record before the session was two hours old. That’s despite the company having been about 7x larger back in 2021.

And call volumes breached 1 million for the first time ever, setting a daily record for the fifth consecutive session.

Opendoor is the easiest example of the gamma squeeze we discussed earlier playing out.

Call options volumes are accelerating and migrating up the chain, with increasing demand for the options that are out of the money but getting closer to being money-good.

For instance, the most active contract today is the call option with a strike price of $4.50 that expires this Friday. This contract had no open interest prior to today. All of these are new bets, made today, with the rush into these wagers with embedded leverage putting upward pressure on the shares.

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Lululemon sinks after slashing full-year guidance as tariffs, sales weigh on margins

Lululemon shares sank 13% in after-hours trading Thursday after the yoga-wear retailer massively slashed its full-year outlook.

Adjusted earnings per share came in at $3.10 for the second quarter, versus Wall Street’s forecast of $2.86. Revenue landed at $2.5 billion, compared with analyst estimates of $2.54 billion.

The real problem: Lululemon heavily cut its full-year guidance, and is now projecting earnings of $12.77 to $12.97 per share, a steep drop from its prior forecast of $14.58 to $14.78, and well shy of Wall Street’s $14.40 estimate.

The retailer faced more margin pressure during the quarter, citing higher markdowns, tariffs, and other costs, though some of that was partially offset by higher pricing and lower product costs.

Lulu shares were down 45% year-to-date before the report.

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Broadcom rallies after CEO says 2026 AI revenue outlook will “improve significantly” as the chip designer adds a new major customer

Broadcom is booming. The chip designer posted a small top and bottom line beat in its fiscal Q3, and the details and its guidance are even more encouraging.

Revenues: $15.95 billion (estimate $15.84 billion)

Adjusted diluted earnings per share: $1.69 (estimate $1.67)

Shares initially whipsawed in reaction to these numbers, but then rallied strongly after CEO Hock Tan said the outlook was for AI revenues to improve “significantly” in fiscal 2026 during the conference call with analysts thanks to the addition of a new big buyer.

“Last quarter, one of these prospects released production orders to Broadcom, and we have accordingly characterized them as a qualified customer for XPUs, and in fact, have secured over $10 billion of orders,” he said. “And reflecting this, we now expect the outlook for fiscal 2026 AI revenue to improve significantly from what we had indicated last quarter.”

Unlike Nvidia, whose data center business came in slightly shy of estimates in its most recent quarter, Broadcom’s AI sales managed to come in ahead of expectations, with $5.2 billion in revenues versus the anticipated $5.1 billion.

For the current quarter, management expects sales of $17.4 billion and adjusted EBITDA of approximately $11.67 billion. That compares to the Street’s view of $17.05 billion and adjusted EBITDA of $11.3 billion.

And again, its AI business is besting the sell side’s view, with an outlook for $6.2 billion in AI semiconductor revenues versus an expected $5.84 billion.

Shares were up more than 30% year to date heading into this report, slightly trailing Advanced Micro Devices but ahead of industry leader Nvidia.

Salesforce’s slump shows the market still thinks AI is coming for software. But what if it doesn’t?

There wasn’t much proof of disruption in Salesforce’s numbers. Meanwhile, it’s trading around its lowest price-to-earnings ratio ever.

Salesforce slump shows why the AI software trade remains interesting

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Rivian lays off workers as it readies its cheaper SUV and braces for the end of the EV tax credit

With the $7,500 federal EV tax credit set to end on September 30 and a new, lower cost electric SUV due to launch next year, Rivian is on the hunt to cut costs.

That means layoffs.

The EV maker confirmed it’s laying off workers on its commercial team, with the cuts amounting to less than 1.5% of its workforce, according to Wall Street Journal reporting. The company had about 14,900 employees at the end of December.

Rivian lost $1.12 billion in its second quarter and downwardly revised its full-year loss forecast to between $2 billion and $2.25 billion. Its shares are up about 2% year to date.

It’s been a similarly bumpy trading day for Rivian rival Lucid, which continues to post fresh all-time lows on investor distaste for its 1-for-10 reverse stock split that took effect on Tuesday.

Exclusive | EV Maker Rivian Lays Off Workers as It Preps Launch of Cheaper SUV

Exclusive | EV Maker Rivian Lays Off Workers as It Preps Launch of Cheaper SUV

The EV maker confirmed it’s laying off workers on its commercial team, with the cuts amounting to less than 1.5% of its workforce, according to Wall Street Journal reporting. The company had about 14,900 employees at the end of December.

Rivian lost $1.12 billion in its second quarter and downwardly revised its full-year loss forecast to between $2 billion and $2.25 billion. Its shares are up about 2% year to date.

It’s been a similarly bumpy trading day for Rivian rival Lucid, which continues to post fresh all-time lows on investor distaste for its 1-for-10 reverse stock split that took effect on Tuesday.

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