Notes
BREAKING: Economic Advisor Hassett has said: there was no insider trading at the White House.
Meanwhile, here are some unusual tariff trades nearly perfectly timing the news:
I want to show you one of the biggest unusual plays this week.
You can see before Trump posted "buy" on Truth Social, traders opened $QQQ $TQQQ and $SPY calls.
RIGHT BEFORE THE NEWS, someone opened $SPY 509 calls, expiring THAT DAY!!!
Those calls were up 2100% in one hour.
They made millions.
You can see all volume was literally opened THAT DAY!!! (That little green arrow). You can see all volume is new opening volume (not only on the Zero days, but also on the weekly $QQQ and $TQQQ calls). This is especially odd given IVR on these was around 82 this morning, with IV through the roof. The traders really wanted to trade directionally...
In fact, using Unusual Whales' net premium, you can see people have been loading calls trading for a reversal, following these opening calls.
Unusual.




I want to show you one of the biggest unusual plays this week.
You can see before Trump posted "buy" on Truth Social, traders opened $QQQ $TQQQ and $SPY calls.
RIGHT BEFORE THE NEWS, someone opened $SPY 509 calls, expiring THAT DAY!!!
Those calls were up 2100% in one hour.
They made millions.
You can see all volume was literally opened THAT DAY!!! (That little green arrow). You can see all volume is new opening volume (not only on the Zero days, but also on the weekly $QQQ and $TQQQ calls). This is especially odd given IVR on these was around 82 this morning, with IV through the roof. The traders really wanted to trade directionally...
In fact, using Unusual Whales' net premium, you can see people have been loading calls trading for a reversal, following these opening calls.
Unusual.




Good night to everyone:
Just broke down numerous of these trades on the Unusual Whales Youtube, including a trader making $10 million in one day, on his $600 calls on $SPY.
You can see the Youtube vid here:
The US Treasury Secretary was asked about the stock market today, and he said: "I don't see anything unusual today".
My question, US Treasury Secretary, is what about yesterday and people trading before tariff pauses.
Yesterday was very unusual:
I will continue to update you of trades as they are picked up.
Remember, always follow the flow.
Let me know what tooling you want us to build further!
Good morning to everyone, but especially these traders:
Good night to everyone, but especially these traders:
For those wondering, I highlighted numerous unusual option trades below.
Let's look at gains on these.
The $QQQ calls expiring next Friday, the trader put $2.45 million on the trade.
They are up, at the moment, over 600%. The 0dte $SPY $510 call traders finished up 3000%...
Probably the best option trades you will see in your lifetime on the indices.
Unusual.



Alright, I think people knew of the tariff pause and traded it beforehand.
You can see before Trump posted "buy" on Truth Social, traders opened $QQQ $TQQQ and $SPY calls
RIGHT BEFORE THE NEWS, someone opened $SPY 509 calls, expiring TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those calls are up 2100% in one hour.
You can see all volume was literally opened TODAY!!!!!!!!!! (That little green arrow). You can see all volume is new opening volume (not only on the Zero days, but also on the weekly $QQQ and $TQQQ calls). This is especially odd given IVR on these was around 82 this morning, with IV through the roof. The traders really wanted to trade directionally...
In fact, using Unusual Whales' net premium, you can see people have been loading calls trading for a reversal, following these opening calls. Very clear example here.
Insane, someone knew.



