Jefferies analyst Mark Lipacis is taking his stance on the Semiconductors space to neutral from bullish following the Q3 earnings season. The earnings reports revealed two yellow flags, Lipacis tells investors in a research note. One, the companies have benefited from an inventory restock since Q2 and are forecasted to outship manufactures thru the first half of 2017, the analyst contends. And two, semi days of inventory has declined, historically a leading indicator of SOX peaks, Lipacis contends. He feels a more neutral stance on the sector is warranted and prefers product cycle stories NVIDIA (NVDA), AMD (AMD), MACOM (MTSI) and Inphi (IPHI).

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Wednesday's total option volume of 42.3 million contracts resulted in net open interest growth of 4.78 million calls and 3.88 million puts. Tesla (TSLA), Meta Platforms (Facebook) (META), Ford (F) and NVIDIA (NVDA) saw the greatest growth. Top five new positions opened include 42k Tesla (TSLA) Aug-24 185 calls, 35k Taiwan Semi (TSM) Aug-24 110 calls, 30k Capri Holdings (CPRI) May-24 35 calls, 29k Ford (F) 4/26 weekly 13.5 calls and 26k Tesla (TSLA) 5/3 weekly 75 puts.

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Microsoft (MSFT) is scheduled to report results of the third quarter of its fiscal year 2024 after the market close on Thursday, April 25, with a conference call scheduled for 5:30 pm ET. What to watch... To see the rest of the story go to thefly.com. See Story Here

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