Options desk

The Desk

Tape Mon 24 Aug 10:48 ET

$26,266

17 names · 50 contracts

Blotter

Open book — cost vs mark

$26,850 cost · $26,266 market. HSY off. PEP/AMPL shares not in these numbers.

Trades

$14,538.38$15,291.00

NameOptionsStopCostMark

AAPL

Apple

1× Nov ’26 $300CClose below $304$2,343.00$2,543.00

AMPL

Amplitude

2× Jan ’27 $10C, 2× Jan ’27 $12.5C, 1× Jan ’27 $15CClose below $10.80$1,420.00$1,581.00

DOW

Dow

3× Jan ’27 $35CCut on loss of $29.50$557.40$588.00

FIVN

Five9

3× Jan ’27 $40CClose below $29.50$990.00$990.00

GFS

GlobalFoundries

1× Jan ’27 $55CClose below $46.40$970.00$450.00

GLD

SPDR Gold

1× Jan ’27 $415CTrail: close below $413 (200-day)$2,860.00$3,785.00

MRK

Merck

2× Jan ’27 $150CClose below $145$2,429.00$2,429.00

SDGR

Schrödinger

2× Dec ’26 $20CClose below $17.40$595.00$440.00

SGRY

Surgery Partners

6× Jan ’27 $17.5CClose below $13.50$523.98$555.00

SONY

Sony

2× Jan ’27 $25CClose below $21.50$350.00$350.00

UBER

Uber

2× Jan ’27 $80CClose below $72.50$1,500.00$1,580.00

Overlays

$12,312.00$10,975.00

NameOptionsStopCostMark

DRAM

Roundhill Memory

1× Dec ’26 $59CClose below $53$1,130.00$700.00

DT

Dynatrace

2× Jan ’27 $45CClose below $45$1,720.00$1,680.00

MITK

Mitek

2× Jan ’27 $12.5C, 3× Jan ’27 $12.5CClose below $16$3,155.00$3,240.00

NEXT

NextDecade

10× Jan ’28 $5CWeekly close below $6.00$3,372.00$3,280.00

NVDA

Nvidia

1× Jan ’27 $225CClose below $207 — tape out, not a Wednesday sale$2,395.00$1,565.00

VIX

VIX

3× Dec ’26 $28CNo price stop — time stop end of October if still under 18$540.00$510.00

Booked $26,850.38 · marked $26,266.00