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AMD

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.Close $245.04EOD only
Max Pain
$215.00
Next expiry Apr 17, 2026
Expected Move
±$13.72
5.6% from close
Price Gap
-30.04
Distance to max pain
IV Rank
100
High premium
P/C OI
1.10
Slightly put-heavy
Consensus
6.0/10
Consensus signal
Published snapshot: Apr 10, 2026 close
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Published Snapshot
Apr 10, 2026 close
AMD Flow Report
Analysis based on market close April 8, 2026

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Flow Verdict

BiasNeutral-to-Bearish
Confirmation: Price holds >$232 with continued call premium accumulation at $230-$250 and declining short-dated put flow
Invalidation: Sustained short-dated put buying pushing price toward $215 (max pain) or net premium flips negative
Confidence:
6.5 / 10
base 7.0; -0.5 because flow mixed: +$109.0M net premium (bullish) vs heavy short-dated put buying and MP below spot

Watch next session: Short-dated (2026-04-10/04-17) put volume at $230/$225/$227.5; Call premium accumulation at $240-$250 (net premium and GEX movement)

Flow Summary

Net premium: +$109.0M bullish

P/C volume ratio: 0.97 — roughly balanced (slight call bias intraday)

P/C OI ratio: 1.07 — modest put-heavy positioning in OI (contrasts with today's premium flow)

Large net premium and positive GEX point toward dealer buy-puts / seller-of-vol activity that mechanically supports the stock near-term. However concentrated, unusual short-dated put buying at/just below spot (exp 2026-04-10) signals either protective hedging or aggressive bearish directional bets, creating a mixed read. Gamma is pinning and max pain is substantially lower ($215), so dealers are positioned to dampen moves but the short-dated put flow could force downside if it continues.

Notable Prints

#1
AMD 2026-04-10 $230.00 Put
Vol: 18,154
OI: 790
Vol/OI: 23.0x
IV: 57.1%
Notional: ~$5,627,740
Intent: Protective put buying or fresh directional put buying into the 2-day expiry (hair-trigger hedge)
Dual read: Bought puts (bearish/insurance) OR dealers sold into flow (overwritten/hedged by dealers, neutral-ish)

Read-through: High short-dated activity at the $230 strike (≈1% from spot) is a bearish/hedging signal that could pressure price into the $224-$239 2d EM band if renewed. Because OI is low vs volume, many are new/one-off positions rather than closing.

#2
AMD 2026-04-10 $227.50 Put
Vol: 15,942
OI: 197
Vol/OI: 80.9x
IV: 59.1%
Notional: ~$3,618,234
Intent: Very short-dated directional put buying or urgent hedging (exp 4/10, 2% from spot)
Dual read: Aggressive buy of protection (bearish) OR part of a defensive roll/close into expiry (non-directional)

Read-through: Extreme volume vs tiny OI indicates near-term, likely retail or institutional hedge initiation into expiry — raises probability of short-term downside/volatility around Friday.

#3
AMD 2026-04-10 $225.00 Put
Vol: 17,529
OI: 964
Vol/OI: 18.2x
IV: 61.2%
Notional: ~$2,804,640
Intent: Protective put buying and/or spread leg into expiry
Dual read: Protective (institutional/portfolio hedge) OR sold (dealer-led) to create positioning; context favors buys given heavy volume across strikes

Read-through: Significant short-dated interest at $225 adds a near-term support test level if those are sold into (dealers hedging delta) — but if buyers persist, could indicate downside risk toward max pain ($215).

#4
AMD 2026-04-10 $232.50 Put
Vol: 5,781
OI: 129
Vol/OI: 44.8x
IV: 56.2%
Notional: ~$2,427,570
Intent: Immediate downside hedge (ITM put) or speculative bearish bet into expiry
Dual read: Bought as insurance (portfolio protection) OR sold by market makers responding to demand (neutral)

Read-through: ITM activity exactly at spot shows urgency — buyers are willing to pay ITM premium into the weekend, increasing risk of near-term pin toward lower EM bound if flow continues.

Institutional Positioning

Call additions: $220-$250 calls (notable premium flow at $230: Call $33,962,470; $220: Call $27,179,890; $250: Call $15,803,243) — institutions appear to add call exposure across 220-250 strikes in multiple expiries

Put additions: Concentrated short-dated put buying at $230/$227.5/$225 (exp 2026-04-10) and sustained OI at $200 puts (20,293 OI) — mixture of immediate hedges and longer dated downside protection

GEX/DEX consistency: Yes — GEX +$104.8M and DEX +77.3M shares indicate dealers are long gamma/pinning, which aligns with call premium accumulation; however short-dated put flows create localized gamma demand that can conflict with dealer positioning intraday

OI clusters: Large call OI clusters at $180 (25,030), $220 (19,053), $200 call (19,400), $230 call (12,279), $250 call (13,902). Large put OI at $200 (20,293), $190 (15,610), $175 (15,458), and concentrated near-term puts at $225-$232.5. These create call-side resistance pockets above and put-side support/magnets below, with a significant OI concentration pulling gamma flip toward ~$200.

Hedging evidence: Clear evidence of short-term protective put buying (4/10 expiries) — consistent with portfolio hedging into a falling max-pain regime. Little sign of widespread collars; activity reads more like standalone put protection or directional put buys.

Max pain context: Max pain short-term is $215 (4/10) and trends lower to $210 across subsequent weeks; spot (231.82) sits ~7.8% above MP per the confidence note — dealers are positioned to pin, but short-dated put flow increases downside risk toward MP.

Signal vs Noise

~Heavy 4/10 activity is concentrated in the front-week expiry; some prints are likely expiration-driven hedges (not necessarily fresh directional convictions).
~High volume / low OI (extreme vol/oi ratios) at 4/10 strikes often reflect opening of protective positions or option-to-stock conversions ahead of expiry rather than large, multi-week directional bets.
~Large established OI at $200 puts (20,293 OI) is structural positioning (long-dated protection or synthetics) — do not interpret that as new intraday bearish intent.
~Call premium at $230 and above appears as genuine premium flow (net premium +$109.0M) rather than a single-structure spread; some mid-dated roll activity into $250/$260 strikes is possible but not dominant.

Key Conclusions

🔁Flow is mixed: big net premium and positive GEX argue for dealer pinning, but heavy short-dated put buying (4/10) elevates near-term downside risk.
⚠️Front-week put prints at $230/$227.5/$225 are the highest-probability catalysts for near-term movement — continued buying would likely pressure price toward the 2d EM lower bound $224.05 and max pain $215.
🛡️Evidence points to active protective hedging rather than pure long-term bearish conviction: many front-week trades show extremely high volume-to-OI ratios (opening hedges).
📌Key technical/derivative magnets: $230-$235 range has concentrated GEX pinning (+$15.7M at $230, +$10.9M at $235) so expect mean-reversion pressure into that band absent persistent put buying.
🐻Max pain trend is downward (next expiries $215 → $210) — if put buying persists into the weekend, skew and positioning could shift price pressure lower across the next week.

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