MMR

Wells Fargo Joins Bank Earnings Deluge

Options traders are swarming the bank name

Managing Editor
Oct 11, 2024 at 11:19 AM
facebook X logo linkedin


Banking giant Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) is one of several big finance firms that are fresh off an early morning earnings report. WFC is up 5% to trade at $60.73 at last check, boosted by its third-quarter top- and bottom-line wins. Wells Fargo posted third-quarter earnings of $1.52 on revenue of $20.37 billion.

Today's pop has WFC breaking above recent resistance at the 120-day moving average and $58 level. In fact, the shares, which are pacing for their best  daily percentage pop since Feb. 15, are poised to close above $60 for the first time since July.

Unsurprisingly, options traders are moving in, with 56,000 calls across the tape so far today, volume that's 4 times the average intraday amount. Most popular is the October 60 call. Short-term options traders have been call-heavy as well, per the stock's Schaeffer's put/call open interest ratio (SOIR) of 0.86, which stands in the 6th percentile of readings from the past 12 months.

 

AI has exploded ever since ChatGPT set the world on fire near the end of 2022.

Numerous companies with connections to artificial intelligence have seen their stocks soar.

That includes Nvidia, the poster boy of AI.

Its stock has skyrocketed 716% since ChatGPT’s debut. But here’s the thing …

While everyone’s still counting their money from this first AI boom … Nvidia and countless others have moved on to the next stage.

That includes Big Tech, which is currently making a series of peculiar investments in a few strange companies. This has nothing to do with tech. At least on the surface …

Yet, these strange investments could be the early ripples of a massive wave …Without them, ChatGPT could stop operating … Amazon, Google, Microsoft and more could see profits drop drastically.

In fact, Elon Musk says these investments are critical when it comes to solving the number one problem facing AI.

Now, Silicon Valley legend Michael Robinson has identified two companies that could play a significant role in the solution.

Their stocks just may be the key to AI 2.0.

Find out more about these two companies today.
 (ad)