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by orsorna 12 days ago
Over two weeks ago, calls outnumbered puts 5 to 1 according to an article by SeekingAlpha. I am wondering if this flip is too reactive. I can't discount the "Musk premium" that keeps people enamored with his securities and cause unpredictability.
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That just means lots of people are writing calls[1]

[1] ie are happy to be synthetically short the stock and see a demand for the calls