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Ainvest Option Flow Digest - 2026-04-17: 🚢 $265.8M Whale Tape — Two 0DTE Exits Worth $101M, a $56M Earnings Hedge on META, and Two LEAP Bets Through 2027

$265.8M across 12 names today — split between profit-taking and directional bets. SNDK $65M + MU $36M 0DTE exits before binary events. VSAT $76M diagonal roll. META $56M bear call spread 12 days before Q1 earnings. Two fresh LEAP calls on ASHR + IREN. Plus XYZ bull call spread into Block earnings, a

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🐂 CENX $1.4M Call Buy on June $65s — Aluminum Tariff Tailwind Plus Smelter Restart

A $1.4M CENX options block hit the tape on April 17, 2026. Someone just loaded up $1.4 MILLION on CENX June $65 calls this morning at 10:08 AM — betting Century Aluminum breaks to new highs within the next two months. This trade landed the day after Mt. Holly's expanded smelter poured its first… See

🐻 META $56M Bear Call Spread Into Q1 Earnings — Whale Caps Upside at $710 Two Days Before Print

A $56M META options block hit the tape on April 17, 2026. Someone just constructed a $56 MILLION bear call spread on META at 10:34 this morning — selling 11,000 contracts of the $665 call and simultaneously buying 11,000 contracts of the $710 call, both -05-01, collecting a $22M net credit. This… Se

🐋 MU $36M 0DTE Deep-ITM Call Hits — Whale Unwinds $55M of Calls Over Two Days at $415 Strike

A $36M MU options block hit the tape on April 17, 2026. A whale just sold another $36M worth of deep in-the-money $415 calls on their expiration day — and this is a direct continuation of yesterday's ([date]) $19M print at the same strike and expiry. That's $55M total across two consecutive… See the

🐋 SNDK $65M 0DTE Deep-ITM Call Sale — Whale Closes Another Leg Before Nasdaq-100 Inclusion Monday

A $65M SNDK options block hit the tape on April 17, 2026. A whale just dumped $65 MILLION worth of SNDK calls this morning — and this is the SECOND massive exit in two days, following a near-identical $67M deep-ITM call sale yesterday on [date]. The $580 strike calls expiring TODAY (0DTE!) with… See

🐂 XOP $4.3M Combined Call+Put Trade — Whale Leans Bullish on Oil Through Summer

A $4.3M XOP options block hit the tape on April 17, 2026. Two separate institutional players just put a combined $4.3 MILLION on XOP in a single morning — one selling puts below the market, the other buying calls above it. Together they're screaming the same message: oil prices have more upside… See

🐂 ASHR $2.4M LEAP Call Buy — Whale Bets on China A-Shares Rally Through 2027

A $2.4M ASHR options block hit the tape on April 17, 2026. Someone just loaded up $2.4 MILLION on ASHR $35 calls at 12:02 this afternoon — a LEAP option with 21 months of runway, placed when ASHR was trading at $34.88. This isn't a short-term gamble; this is a long-dated institutional bet… Se

🐂 DOW $1.1M Call Buy — Smart Money Front-Runs Q1 Earnings & Iran PE Supply Shock

A $1.1M DOW options block hit the tape on April 17, 2026. Someone just dropped $1.1 million on DOW calls at 10:05 AM this morning — 10,000 contracts of the $37.50 strike, with volume more than doubling open interest (10K vs. 4.5K OI). That's a fresh opening bet, not a hedge. With… Se

🐻 IGV $3M Put Buy — Whale Hedges Software Sector Heading Into Earnings Cluster

A $3M IGV options block hit the tape on April 17, 2026. Someone just dropped $3 MILLION on IGV puts this afternoon at 12:26:58, buying 22,174 contracts of the $75 strike expiring — at a price ABOVE the ask, signaling urgency and conviction. This is a directional bearish bet on the… See the fu

🐋 IREN $9.2M LEAP Call Buy at Ask — Whale Bets on AI Cloud Moonshot Through 2027

A $9.2M IREN options block hit the tape on April 17, 2026. Someone just loaded up $9.2 MILLION on IREN LEAP calls at 11:24 this morning — buying 7,000 contracts of the $55 strike expiring at the ask price, a signal that screams urgency. With IREN at $47.77 and a transformative $9.7 billion… S

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