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NVDA

NVIDIA CorporationClose $198.87EOD only
Max Pain
$180.00
Next expiry Apr 17, 2026
Expected Move
±$4.52
2.3% from close
Price Gap
-18.87
Distance to max pain
IV Rank
100
High premium
P/C OI
0.85
Slightly call-heavy
Consensus
6.0/10
Bullish tilt
Published snapshot: Apr 15, 2026 close
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Published Snapshot
Apr 15, 2026 close
NVDA AI Consensus Report
Analysis based on market close April 15, 2026

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

Conviction
6.0

out of 10

Score 6 because on balance positioning, GEX and flow align to support a $200 pin, but conviction is capped by two asymmetric invalidators: a binary earnings event in 35 days that can wipe out premia and the recent large put prints that could signal protective buying or imminent mean reversion — both can rapidly reverse the current setup.

Where Perspectives Agree

Market consensus is a bullish pin toward $200—dealer short-gamma and sustained bullish flow create a magnet into the $200 area, making selling premium into that level the highest-probability play pre-earnings.

Where They Diverge

Flow and directional views both show institutional accumulation and GEX pinning into $200, but the earnings persona warns of elevated term-structure risk into May‑20 that could reprice options and flip the trade post-event; additionally, same‑day put blocks introduce short-term ambiguity that undermines the unbroken continuation thesis.

Top Trade
via theta

Sell 2026-04-17 $200/$205 call spread for credit (theta premium sell into pin, expires pre-earnings).

Key Risk

A decisive break below $190 (clearing near-term MP support) would flip dealer positioning out of short-gamma, remove the $200 magnet, and accelerate downside toward $180 as stop‑runs and gamma decay compound losses.

Read the AI Analyst Consensus for NVDA for 2026-04-15. This synthesis report combines directional, theta, flow, and earnings perspectives into one conviction view with setup, trigger, and invalidation context.