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PLTR

Palantir Technologies Inc.Close $142.76EOD only

Max Pain

$136.00

Next expiry Apr 17, 2026

Expected Move

±$3.14

2.2% from close

Price Gap

-6.76

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Middle-high premium

P/C OI

0.98

Balanced positioning

Consensus

6.0/10

Bullish tilt

Published snapshot: Apr 16, 2026 close

End-of-day snapshot

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Published Snapshot

Apr 16, 2026 close

PLTR Flow Report

Analysis based on market close April 15, 2026

Directional Theta Gang Flow Earnings Consensus

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

Flow Verdict

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Confirmation: Sustained call premium flow into the $140-$150 area with continued large-sized prints (including the 2026-04-17 $139 ITM block) and dealer GEX staying net long (Total GEX: $+105.1M). Continued bid-side prints at $140-$145 and call-led net premium above today's baseline (Net premium: +$31.8M) would confirm.

Invalidation: A session in which put-side net premium dominates (net premium flips negative) and put volume spikes above call volume (P/C volume ratio >> 1) or price decisively breaks below the near-term support band around $137-$135.

Confidence:

7.5 / 10

base 5; +2 GEX/flow strongly aligned; +1 GEX positive (pinning); -1 spot 5.3% from MP; +0.5 VIX 18; note: massive front-week ITM call print (Vol 29,163) increases conviction in near-term call demand but is partially offset by sizable front-week protective put flow.

Watch next session: Follow-through in call prints at $140-$145 (especially 2026-04-24 and 2026-05-01 expiries); Price action vs the tight 2-day EM: $137.48 (low) failure to hold toward $140 would weaken the bullish read

Flow Summary

Net premium: +$31.8M bullish

P/C volume ratio: 0.49

P/C OI ratio: 0.98

Call demand dominates the session but is concentrated and punctuated by a very large front-week ITM call print (PLTR260417C00139000, Vol 29,163 OI 7,220) that materially shifts dealer hedging needs. Heavy call premium at $138-$144 and large OI at $140/$150 point to directional accumulation into the $140-$150 corridor; however sizable front-week put prints (notably PLTR260417P00136000 Vol 6,661 OI 1,720) indicate tactical defensive hedging that tempers outright conviction and suggests positioning is a mix of offensive upside exposure with short-term protection.

Notable Prints

PLTR260417C00139000

Vol: 29,163

OI: 7,220

Vol/OI: 4.0x

IV: 49.5%

Notional: multi-million call block

Intent: Large directional call accumulation / block buy; likely opening long calls or a dealer-facilitated block which forces delta-hedging buying of stock (strong upside intent into front-week).

Dual read: Could be dealer compression/legging of a larger structured trade, but size and immediacy favor genuine long-call demand.

Read-through: Significantly increases near-term upside pressure and amplifies dealer positive GEX gamma exposure around $140-$142, making the $140 pin magnet more powerful unless rapidly offset by put demand.

PLTR260417P00136000

Vol: 6,661

OI: 1,720

Vol/OI: 3.9x

IV: 47.7%

Notional: ~$306K

Intent: Tactical protective put buying into the front-week (defensive hedge around very near-term risk/earnings), likely opened as insurance against a short-term pullback.

Dual read: May be part of collars tied to call buys, reducing net directional exposure; but volume suggests genuine protective activity.

Read-through: Limits upside gamma on a short-term basis; demonstrates institutions are layering protection even while adding calls.

PLTR260424C00148000

Vol: 5,564

OI: 835

Vol/OI: 6.7x

IV: 48.6%

Notional: ~$1.25M

Intent: Near-term call accumulation at $148 for the 2026-04-24 expiry; likely directional bullish bets targeting the 1-week EM top (~$151.17).

Dual read: Could be financed with selling higher calls, but concentrated activity at nearby strikes ($140-$145) supports fresh long exposure interpretation.

Read-through: Adds conviction that dealers will need to hedge to the upside into the $145-$150 resistance zone, reinforcing short-term upward pressure.

PLTR260424C00144000

Vol: 4,838

OI: 459

Vol/OI: 10.5x

IV: 48.9%

Notional: ~$1.8M

Intent: Fresh directional call accumulation into the 1-week expiry at $144; complements the larger $139/$140 activity and shows coordinated buying across strikes and expiries.

Dual read: Could be part of diagonal/calendar structures financing May exposure, but immediate effect is additional upside delta demand.

Read-through: Supports continued move toward the $145-$150 resistance band if followed by more call prints.

PLTR260501C00138000

Vol: 1,991

OI: 205

Vol/OI: 9.7x

IV: 50.8%

Notional: ~$1.7M

Intent: May be a roll or deliberate May-dated ITM call accumulation ahead of earnings (2026-05-04); indicates willingness to carry upside risk through earnings.

Dual read: Could be expiry roll from front-week calls; ITM nature suggests a directional carry rather than pure hedge.

Read-through: If held, it increases medium-term upside exposure and dealer hedging into the May earnings window.

Institutional Positioning

Call additions: Significant call buys clustered $138-$148 across 2026-04-17, 2026-04-24 and 2026-05-01 (notably the massive 2026-04-17 $139 ITM block and heavy $144/$148 weeklies). Top premium and volume are concentrated around $138-$140 and $140-$150 OI walls.

Put additions: Front-week protective put activity concentrated at $136-$139 (PLTR260417P00136000 and other $136-$139 front-week prints) indicate tactical hedging; longer-dated put OI clusters remain at $130, $120, $110 as structural protection but were not the driver of today's flow.

GEX/DEX consistency: Flow now more strongly amplifies the existing positive Total GEX ($+105.1M). The massive ITM call block forces dealer delta-hedging buying which raises effective positive gamma exposure around $140-$142, reinforcing pinning at the $140 GEX concentration (+$25.2M).

OI clusters: Largest OI remains $140 CALL (38,930) and $130 PUT (26,764). New large intraday prints intensify the $140-$142 corridor as a magnet while the multi-tiered call walls at $150-$155 continue to present near-term resistance.

Hedging evidence: Clear evidence of paired behavior: aggressive upside accumulation (large calls) accompanied by targeted short-dated puts for protection (front-week $136-$139). This mix points to institutions adding asymmetric upside exposure while limiting tail risk near-term.

Max pain context: Max pain pins are clustered low ($135-$137 across expiries) and the spot sits above MP. Current call-heavy flow and positive GEX may hold price above the MP band in the near term, but MP around $135-$137 remains an attractor if call flow fades.

Signal vs Noise

~Very large intraday volume at PLTR260417C00139000 (Vol 29,163 vs OI 7,220) may include market-maker legging or block compression — interpret as directional only if follow-up prints continue.

~Multiple small OTM long-dated call premiums at far strikes (e.g., $350, $330 aggregated premium) are noise relative to the concentrated front-month flow (these show in top premium strikes but are not economically relevant to near-term dynamics).

~High-frequency front-week put prints (e.g., PLTR260417P00138000/00139000) are likely tactical hedges around earnings/near-term risk rather than a broad reversal signal.

~Some prints (e.g., 2026-05-01 ITM calls) could be expiry-rolls from front-week positions; watch for offsetting sells in nearby expiries to classify as roll vs fresh risk.

Key Conclusions

🐂Front-month call demand concentrated at $138-$144 and heavy GEX at $140-$142 favors further upside or pinning into the $140-$150 corridor (Total GEX: $+105.1M; Net premium: +$31.8M).

🧭Near-term support cluster sits near $137-$135 (Max pain and deterministic support), watch $137.48 (2d EM low) as the key fail level that would invalidate the bullish flow.

🧾Tactical front-week put buys at $136-$139 represent defensive hedging around short expiries/earnings — they limit immediate upside gamma but do not overwhelm call accumulation.

Read the Flow analysis for PLTR for 2026-04-15. Each report is a market-close snapshot with regime read, key levels, and strategy context that translates options positioning into an actionable setup.