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MU

Micron Technology, Inc.Close $455.07EOD only
Max Pain
$420.00
Next expiry Apr 24, 2026
Expected Move
±$33.02
7.3% from close
Price Gap
-35.07
Distance to max pain
IV Rank
82
High premium
P/C OI
1.16
Slightly put-heavy
Consensus
6.5/10
Consensus signal
Published snapshot: Apr 17, 2026 close
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Published Snapshot
Apr 17, 2026 close
MU Flow Report
Analysis based on market close April 20, 2026

Historical consensus-supported lens with full content, report chain context, and metric rail.

Flow Verdict

BiasMixed
Confirmation: Positive GEX (+$38.3M) and pinning gamma with concentrated put OI below spot support modestly bullish for range/pinning.
Invalidation: Spot sits ~5.5% above measured MP and sizeable near-term call prints/volume at 442–457 suggest asymmetric upside risk that can break pinning.
Confidence:
7.5 / 10
base 5; +2 GEX/flow strongly aligned; +1 GEX positive (pinning); -1 spot 5.5% from MP; +0.5 VIX 19

Watch next session: Spot vs MP moves and whether price gravitates toward put OI cluster; GEX/delta shifts and large print fills or block trades; VIX and liquidity around near-term 4/24 expirations

Flow Summary

Net premium: +$165.9M bullish

P/C volume ratio: 0.95

P/C OI ratio: 1.19

Mixed flow: pinning gamma and positive GEX support a pinned range, but spot above MP and heavy near-term calls create meaningful upside invalidation risk; monitor fills, GEX/delta and spot drift.

Notable Prints

#1
MU 2026-05-29 $280.00 Put
Vol: 10,685
OI: 157
Vol/OI: 68.1x
IV: 82.0%
Notional: ~$1.7M
Intent: protect
Dual read: sell-side/hedge

Read-through: downside hedge

#2
MU 2026-05-29 $300.00 Put
Vol: 3,007
OI: 147
Vol/OI: 20.5x
IV: 78.9%
Notional: ~$767K
Intent: protect
Dual read: sell-side/hedge

Read-through: near-term downside

#3
MU 2026-04-24 $442.50 Call
Vol: 1,843
OI: 143
Vol/OI: 12.9x
IV: 68.4%
Notional: ~$3.2M
Intent: speculate
Dual read: buy-side/spread

Read-through: short-dated upside

#4
MU 2026-12-18 $370.00 Put
Vol: 5,724
OI: 449
Vol/OI: 12.8x
IV: 66.4%
Notional: ~$30.6M
Intent: protect
Dual read: portfolio hedge

Read-through: long-dated bearish

#5
MU 2026-04-24 $535.00 Call
Vol: 3,704
OI: 324
Vol/OI: 11.4x
IV: 75.5%
Notional: ~$137K
Intent: speculate
Dual read: buy-side/vol

Read-through: tail upside

Institutional Positioning

Call additions: Short‑dated Apr24–May01 calls concentrated 442–457 strikes (large flow/OI) — supports upside pinning as a probable outcome (~60% confidence) but sensitive to gamma flip timing and intraday flows

Put additions: May/Dec puts clustered at 280,300,370 and front‑month 385; suggests medium‑term downside protection but mixed tenor and size reduce conviction

GEX/DEX consistency: GEX +$38M and DEX +65.5M shares broadly consistent with call‑heavy, short‑dated flows, yet magnitude near gamma flip makes pin outcome timing fragile

OI clusters: Call OI peaks ~445–447.5; put OI concentrated below spot ~280–370 — clusters indicate focal levels but can reprice quickly with spot/IV moves

Hedging evidence: Long‑dated Dec370 puts plus short‑dated puts/calls imply collars and directional hedges rather than pure directional bets

Max pain context: Spot ~13% above gamma flip; flow/GEX increase probability of pin near high‑440s/450s but outcome depends on near‑term vol and orderflow persistence

Signal vs Noise

~Signal: large short‑dated call OI + positive GEX increase probability of pin toward 440–450s (prob ~60%), but narrow confidence band until gamma flip is passed
~Signal: concentrated May/Dec put buys point to deliberate medium‑term protection rather than incidental selling
~Noise: isolated high‑volume deep OTM prints (e.g., 280) may be outliers — verify trade‑level details and whether IV moves persist before treating as skew signal
~Noise: single large prints should be treated cautiously; require follow‑through volume or sustained IV change to confirm

Key Conclusions

📌Probable pin near high‑440s/450s (~60%); confidence falls if gamma flip shifts or short‑dated flows reverse
⚠️Treat isolated deep‑OTM/high‑volume prints as potential outliers — confirm with trade‑level data and IV persistence before inferring long‑term skew
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