The Option Block 1507: Walking the Razor's Edge of a Solar Storm

Options flow shows traders making unusually bearish, multi-year bets on Canadian Solar while chip-sector sentiment splits sharply between winners and losers.

• Canadian Solar puts: With CSIQ at ~$11.10 (down ~22% YTD from a wild 2024 run from $14 to $33.50 and back), a trader bought ~6,000 Jan 2029 $5 puts (>50% OTM) for ~$1.15–$1.20, prompting the hosts to call them 'deeply cynical' bets the company could be worthless within two-plus years.
• First Solar options frenzy: FSLR (+1% to $179.84) got an analyst upgrade with a $270 price target; hosts tracked thousands of contracts across Oct/Nov/Jan/March/June strikes and concluded it looked like an earnings-related calendar spread ('funky Christmas tree calendar'), selling near-term premium while buying November exposure around earnings.

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