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SOFI

SoFi Technologies, Inc.Close $18.22EOD only
Max Pain
$16.00
Next expiry Jun 5, 2026
Expected Move
±$1.14
6.3% from close
Price Gap
-2.22
Distance to max pain
IV Rank
86
High premium
P/C OI
0.49
Slightly call-heavy
Consensus
8.5/10
Bullish tilt
Published snapshot: May 29, 2026 close
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Published Snapshot
May 29, 2026 close
SOFI Flow Report
Analysis based on market close April 13, 2026

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Flow Verdict

BiasBullish
Confirmation: Sustained net premium inflow (net premium > $5M) concentrated in $17–$20 calls and failing to see matched large put buying at $15–$16 over next 1-3 sessions; spot holds ≥$17.00 into Friday expiries.
Invalidation: Net premium flips negative (net premium < -$2M) or P/C volume ratio rises above 1.2 with meaningful put buying at $15–$16 strikes; spot breaks and closes below gamma flip ~$15 with accelerating put OI buying.
Confidence:
9 / 10
base 5; +2 GEX/flow strongly aligned; +1 GEX positive (pinning); +1 spot 0.3% from MP; +0.5 VIX 19

Watch next session: $17.00–$18.00 call flow and OI changes (especially $17 call OI/vol activity); Put volume/rolls at $16.00–$16.50 (protective buying that could erode dealer positive GEX)

Flow Summary

Net premium: +$9.7M bullish

P/C volume ratio: 0.42 — heavy call-dominant intraday volume

P/C OI ratio: 0.56 — call-skewed open interest but not extreme

Clear bullish flow: dealers are long gamma (GEX +$80.5M) and flow has concentrated premium into near-spot calls ($17–$19) while puts are clustered down at $15–$16. Net premium of $9.7M and P/C volume ratio 0.42 show fresh call demand, which combined with positive GEX supports a pin around $17 and upside pressure into the $18–$19 call walls.

Notable Prints

#1
SOFI 2026-04-17 $16.50 Put
Vol: 10,422
OI: 4,100
Vol/OI: 2.5x
IV: 55.7%
Notional: ~$219,000
Intent: Protective put / short-dated hedge into Friday expiry (buyers insulating downside from $16.50 area)
Dual read: Bought puts (bearish/protective) or sold puts as part of spread/close (neutral); given overall call flow and the concentration of put OI at $16.00/$15.00, the trade reads as protective buying.

Read-through: Shows selective downside hedging at ~3% below spot; size is meaningful for short-dated protection but not large enough to flip overall bullish flow. Reinforces dealer gamma support around $16.50–$17.00.

#2
SOFI 2026-04-24 $17.50 Call
Vol: 4,000
OI: 2,390
Vol/OI: 1.7x
IV: 52.9%
Notional: ~$176,000
Intent: Directional call buys or position roll/leg of a spread to retain upside exposure into next weekly expiry
Dual read: Bought calls (bullish) or sold/overwritten calls against stock positions (neutral); context (net premium positive, large call OI clusters) favors fresh call buying.

Read-through: Adds to concentrated near-term call demand just above spot; supports push toward $17.50–$18.00 pin concentration and increases dealer short-gamma to the upside (i.e., dealer delta selling above strikes).

#3
SOFI 2026-04-24 $18.50 Call
Vol: 3,027
OI: 1,324
Vol/OI: 2.3x
IV: 49.8%
Notional: ~$48,432
Intent: Small-to-mid directional upside buying (speculative) to pick up leverage into the following week
Dual read: Bought calls (bullish) or small sales/writes (neutral); size and price indicate speculative upside rather than institutional structural hedging.

Read-through: Supports the broader call-demand picture above $18, but not large enough alone to create a major resistance. Helps keep dealer gamma positive near $17–$18 band.

#4
SOFI 2027-03-19 $25.00 Call
Vol: 3,268
OI: 1,557
Vol/OI: 2.1x
IV: 64.9%
Notional: ~$656,668
Intent: Long-dated directional bullish speculative or structured position (buying LEAP calls or call-heavy spreads)
Dual read: Open long-dated calls (multi-month bullish view) or dealer-structured sells creating OI (complex); given large notional, likely institutional/speculative accumulation of long-dated upside.

Read-through: Indicates longer-term institutional upside conviction (sizeable notional) but low gamma effect near-term; keeps structural call OI wall in $18–$25 range relevant for longer-term resistance.

#5
SOFI 2026-04-24 $19.50 Call
Vol: 1,040
OI: 519
Vol/OI: 2.0x
IV: 50.0%
Notional: ~$4,160
Intent: Small directional call purchases
Dual read: Speculative buys or small spreads; size is noise relative to larger prints.

Read-through: Minor incremental call interest further supporting call skew but immaterial to near-term pin.

Institutional Positioning

Call additions: $17.00–$20.00 (heavy premium at $17.00, $17.50, $18.00, $19.00) and structural OI wall out to $25.00

Put additions: $15.00–$16.50 concentrated protective put OI (notable open interest at $16.00 = 57,452 and $15.00 ~30k), plus short-dated $16.50 buying into 4/17 expiry

GEX/DEX consistency: Yes — positive Total GEX $+80.5M and DEX +112.8M shares align with bullish flow and near-term pinning at $17. Dealers are net long gamma and positioned to buy into weakness toward $16–$17.

OI clusters: $19 call OI = 91,807; $22 call OI = 88,974; $16 put OI = 57,452; $15 put OI = 71,305 (these clusters create a call wall / resistance between $18–$25 and a put floor around $15–$16).

Hedging evidence: Moderate protective put activity (short-dated $16.50 volume + OI), limited evidence of large-scale collars; long-dated $25 calls suggest buy-and-hold bullish exposure rather than immediate delta-hedge pressure.

Max pain context: Max pain concentrated at $17 across near expirations (4/17 MP = $17, spot $17.05). Given pinning regime and dealer positive gamma, spot is likely to oscillate toward $17 into expiries.

Signal vs Noise

~SOFI 2026-05-15 $2.00 Call (IV 763.3%, Last $14.60) — likely an illiquid/strange-quoting instrument or corporate/lot-specific trade; treat as noise unless matched by other activity.
~Long-dated $25.00 call flow (2027-03-19) — meaningful notional but low near-term gamma; reads as directional/speculative accumulation rather than immediate pressure on spot.
~High-frequency changes at deep OTM strikes (e.g., $19.50 small prints) — many are small notional and part of spread activity, not standalone directional signals.
~Expiration-driven short-dated hedges (4/17 $16.50 put) — protective structures into Friday; these are directional for tail risk but also common expiry hedging and can be transient.

Key Conclusions

🐂Net premium +$9.7M and P/C volume 0.42 show clear call-dominant flow concentrated at $17–$19.
📌Spot is essentially pinned to $17 (MP 4/17 = $17) with GEX concentration +$16.4M at $17.50 and +$15.0M at $17.00 reinforcing near-term magnet.
🛡️Short-dated protective buying at $16.50 (Vol 10,422, OI 4,100) signals selective downside hedging but not a large systematic put accumulation to reverse bullish flow.
🧭Key support levels cluster around $16.00–$17.00 (put OI floor and gamma flip ~ $15 supporting downside), resistance cluster and structural call wall sits $18.00–$25.00.
🎯Watch for continued call premium and OI build at $17.00–$18.00 — sustained increases would confirm further upside while sizeable put buying at $16.00–$16.50 would invalidate the bullish thesis.
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