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Latest — 01 Apr 2026

Ainvest Option Flow Digest - 2026-04-01: $162M Institutional Hedging Frenzy — Oil, Tariffs, and a $99M SPY Put Spread on the Eve of Liberation Day

Institutions deployed $162M across 11 tickers — SPY $99M tail-risk hedge, MELI $20M fence trade, USO $4.4M oil crash bet expiring in 9 days, and NKE $8.6M short call on a 9-year low. Full breakdown inside.

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🎤 LYV - $2.1M Put Bet Before Trial Verdict Drops!

Institutional whale drops $2.1M on LYV options. Someone just quietly loaded up on $2.1 MILLION in LYV puts this afternoon at 13:24:50, buying 3,000 contracts of the $150 strike expiring May 15 — with open interest of just 26 con Full analysis inside.

🦁 MELI: A $20M Fence Trade Just Bet on LatAm's Amazon Bouncing Back!

Institutional whale drops $20M on MELI options. Someone just engineered a $20M three-way options structure on MercadoLibre — simultaneously buying a $1920 call, selling a $1500 put, and capping gains with a $2400 call, all expir Full analysis inside.

🐻 NKE $8.6M Short LEAPS Call Alert — 10,000 Contracts Sold OTM on a 9-Year Low!

Institutional whale drops $8.6M on NKE options. Someone just sold 10,000 LEAPS call contracts on Nike expiring December 2027 — a single-session premium haul of $8.6 million — with the stock sitting at a fresh 9-year low of $45.2 Full analysis inside.

💊 NVO $3M Whale Alert - Deep ITM Call Bet on Novo Nordisk's Rebound!

Institutional whale drops $3M on NVO options. A single $3 million block trade just hit the NVO tape — a deep in-the-money September call at the $25 strike with spot at $36.75, representing $11.75 of intrinsic value per contrac Full analysis inside.

🐻 SOXX: $4.8M LEAPS Put Signals Long-Term Semiconductor Hedge Conviction!

Institutional whale drops $4.8M on SOXX options. Someone just laid out $4.8 MILLION on a long-dated SOXX put with over 9 months until expiration! This is a deliberate, macro-level hedge — not a short-term speculative bet. With th Full analysis inside.

🐻 SPY: $99M MEGA PUT SPREAD — The Biggest Macro Hedge of 2026

Institutional whale drops $99M on SPY options. Someone just deployed a $99 MILLION put spread complex on SPY — 74,999 contracts across three strikes — executed in a 14-second burst at 10:53 AM. This scores an EXTREME 788/10 on Full analysis inside.

🎬 WBD: $2.5M Bet That the Paramount Deal Dies — Or That It Closes at a Price That Destroys Equity Value

Institutional whale drops $2.5M on WBD options. Someone just spent $2.5 MILLION buying deep out-of-the-money puts on Warner Bros. Discovery — specifically the September $21 strike, a full 24% below spot with 170 days on the cloc Full analysis inside.

🐂 XLB $6.2M Short Put Ladder — Institutional Bulls Defend the Materials Floor!

Institutional whale drops $6.2M on XLB options. Someone just collected $6.2 MILLION in premium by selling puts at three different strikes across two expirations on XLB — the Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF — all at exactly 14:1 Full analysis inside.

XLC $4.2M Defensive Put — Whale Hedges Communication Services Ahead of Earnings Gauntlet

Institutional whale drops $4.2M on XLC options. Someone just dropped $4.2 MILLION on XLC September 2026 $95 puts — a 170-day bet that the Communication Services SPDR ETF falls 14.6% from current levels. With 20,000 contracts pri Full analysis inside.