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AMD

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.Close $278.39EOD only
Max Pain
$240.00
Next expiry Apr 24, 2026
Expected Move
±$15.60
5.6% from close
Price Gap
-38.39
Distance to max pain
IV Rank
100
High premium
P/C OI
1.14
Slightly put-heavy
Consensus
6.5/10
Bullish tilt
Published snapshot: Apr 17, 2026 close
End-of-day snapshot

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Published Snapshot
Apr 17, 2026 close
AMD Flow Report
Analysis based on market close April 20, 2026

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Flow Verdict

BiasBullish
Confirmation: Large positive GEX (+$64.4M), concentrated intraday call flow at 277.5/287.5 and heavy short-dated put pinning; regime flagged Bullish/Pinning; net premium large.
Invalidation: Spot reversion below major put strikes (275–282.5) with sustained selling or VIX jump driving put demand and GEX flip; sizable call prints fail to hold price.
Confidence:
7.5 / 10
base 5; +2 GEX/flow strongly aligned; +1 GEX positive (pinning); -1 spot 10.0% from MP; +0.5 VIX 19

Watch next session: Price vs 287.5/280 support/resistance; GEX changes and gamma flip level; VIX moves and put volume/IV expansion

Flow Summary

Net premium: +$126.7M bullish

P/C volume ratio: 0.65

P/C OI ratio: 1.07

Pinning regime: bullish dealer gamma and large call prints support higher price near current levels, but concentrated short-dated puts keep downside risk if selling resumes.

Notable Prints

#1
AMD 2026-04-24 $282.50 Put
Vol: 2,623
OI: 107
Vol/OI: 24.5x
IV: 50.9%
Notional: ~$2.9M
Intent: Unclear flow intent

Read-through: Needs contextual interpretation.

#2
AMD 2026-04-24 $285.00 Put
Vol: 2,003
OI: 120
Vol/OI: 16.7x
IV: 50.4%
Notional: ~$2.6M
Intent: Unclear flow intent

Read-through: Needs contextual interpretation.

#3
AMD 2026-05-08 $335.00 Call
Vol: 2,140
OI: 142
Vol/OI: 15.1x
IV: 64.2%
Notional: ~$379K
Intent: Unclear flow intent

Read-through: Needs contextual interpretation.

#4
AMD 2026-05-01 $335.00 Call
Vol: 1,451
OI: 126
Vol/OI: 11.5x
IV: 58.3%
Notional: ~$54K
Intent: Unclear flow intent

Read-through: Needs contextual interpretation.

#5
AMD 2026-04-24 $275.00 Put
Vol: 14,619
OI: 1,846
Vol/OI: 7.9x
IV: 51.4%
Notional: ~$9.8M
Intent: Unclear flow intent

Read-through: Needs contextual interpretation.

Institutional Positioning

Call additions: Notable call buys near 277.5/287.5 (short-dated) and 335/400 (longer-dated), suggesting directional buy-side interest but could include spread/vol trades.

Put additions: Concentrated short-dated puts 275–285 (largest OI at 275), consistent with protective hedges or sold-put flow; both plausible.

GEX/DEX consistency: Positive GEX (+$64.4M) and DEX (+78.7M shares) align with short-dated pinning/bullish flow as a probability, not a certainty.

OI clusters: Largest OI pockets: puts 275–285 and calls clustered at 277.5/287.5 and 400; size concentrated in near expiries.

Hedging evidence: Elevated put OI and IV point toward hedging/collar activity as a plausible explanation, though speculative positioning can't be ruled out.

Max pain context: Spot > theoretical max pain; short-dated gamma makes drift toward 280–290 more likely into expiry, but outcome is probabilistic and short-horizon.

Signal vs Noise

~Signal: concentrated short-dated put OI at 275–285 indicates structured hedge or sold-put support.
~Signal: GEX/DEX alignment increases chance of short-dated pinning rather than proving it.
~Noise: isolated high-IV distant calls (350+) and low-size prints look like one-offs and add uncertainty.

Key Conclusions

📌Short-dated pinning to ~280–285 is a higher-probability scenario given flow, but remains uncertain and short-horizon.
⚠️Large near-term put concentrations and elevated IV raise tail-risk if spot falls toward strikes; distant high-IV calls appear noisy.
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