【July 21st US Stock Options Leaderboard】

$Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSM)$ and $NVIDIA (NVDA)$ 's options flow demonstrates distinctly different market sentiments. TSM leads with a transaction volume of $326 million in bullish options, but the net selling reached $199 million, accounting for over 60%. Coupled with significant one buy and one sell between the strike prices of "200 → 220", it shows that institutions are taking the opportunity to structurally reduce positions after the strongest Q2 earnings report in history, intending to lock in profits. In contrast, while NVDA ranks second, the selling pressure is relatively mild, and the overall sentiment is more cautious.

Additionally, $Tesla (TSLA)$ made it to both the bullish and bearish lists: $134 million Call options paired with $178 million Put options, and the net selling of Calls reached $17.2366 million, with a Put-to-Call ratio as high as 2.9:1, indicating that capital is actively building defensive positions ahead of the earnings report on July 23rd.

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