{"id":64472,"date":"2025-06-11T02:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T07:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tradestation.com\/insights\/?p=64472"},"modified":"2025-06-11T07:58:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T12:58:43","slug":"intel-calls-raptor-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tradestation.com\/insights\/2025\/06\/11\/intel-calls-raptor-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Product Breakthrough? Intel&#8217;s Call Activity Surges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Intel is surging on signs of a product breakthrough, and options traders are piling in.<\/p>\n<p>Unusual activity was detected yesterday in the once-dominant chipmaker. These were some of the most active contracts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More than 54,000 13-June 22 calls traded, with the initial blocks pricing for $0.05. Premiums surged as high as $0.80, but most of the large transactions crossed the tape for about $0.30. Volume was more than 48 times open interest at the strike, a sign of new money being put to work.<\/li>\n<li>Some 32,000 13-June 22.50 calls changed hands from $0.02 to $0.57.<\/li>\n<li>About 27,000 13-June 21 calls traded for $0.13 to $1.55, but most of the big blocks priced for $0.29 to $0.33.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradestation.com\/insights\/2024\/05\/12\/the-basics-of-options\/\">Calls<\/a> fix the level where investors can purchase a security. They can gain value rapidly when a stock appreciates, but also expire worthless if it doesn&#8217;t move quickly enough.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday&#8217;s activity followed reports that the performance of INTC&#8217;s Raptor Lake chips improved by 14 percent in a recent test. That suggested the 56-year old company could regain ground in the PC market lost to Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). The news comes less than three months after Lip-Bu Tan was hired as INTC&#8217;s new CEO.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_64478\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64478\" class=\"wp-image-64478 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/INTC_20250610-1024x490.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/INTC_20250610-1024x490.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/INTC_20250610-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/INTC_20250610-768x367.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/INTC_20250610-1536x734.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/INTC_20250610-1080x516.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/INTC_20250610.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-64478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Intel (INTC), daily chart, with select patterns and indicators.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>INTC was the biggest gainer in the S&amp;P 500 yesterday, climbing 7.8 percent to $22.08. However, it&#8217;s lost about two-thirds of its value in the last five years as management struggled to produce thinner processors. It&#8217;s also lagged in the AI race.<\/p>\n<p>The stock has clung to a price range from early last decade but is now trying to push above its 50- and 200-day moving averages. That could make some traders hope for a rebound.<\/p>\n<p>Overall option volume in the stock was more than 3 times greater than average on Tue, according to TradeStation data. Calls accounted for a bullish 78 percent of the total.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<p><em>Options trading is not suitable for all investors. Your TradeStation Securities\u2019 account application to trade options will be considered and approved or disapproved based on all relevant factors, including your trading experience. See\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theocc.com\/Company-Information\/Documents-and-Archives\/Options-Disclosure-Document\">www.TradeStation.com\/DisclosureOptions<\/a>. Visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tradestation.com\/Pricing\">www.TradeStation.com\/Pricing<\/a>\u00a0for full details on the costs and fees associated with options<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Margin trading involves risks, and it is important that you fully understand those risks before trading on margin. The Margin Disclosure Statement outlines many of those risks, including that you can lose more funds than you deposit in your margin account; your brokerage firm can force the sale of securities in your account; your brokerage firm can sell your securities without contacting you; and you are not entitled to an extension of time on a margin call. Review the\u00a0Margin Disclosure Statement at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uploads.tradestation.com\/uploads\/margin-disclosure-statement.pdf\">www.TradeStation.com\/DisclosureMargin<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intel is surging on signs of a product breakthrough, and options traders are piling in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":64474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,30],"tags":[129,319],"class_list":["post-64472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-options","category-technology","tag-amd","tag-intc","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Product Breakthrough? 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