{"id":4073,"date":"2026-04-23T19:01:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.finznest.com\/blog\/traders-are-betting-on-big-moves-in-intel-on-earnings\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:01:15","slug":"traders-are-betting-on-big-moves-in-intel-on-earnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finznest.com\/blog\/traders-are-betting-on-big-moves-in-intel-on-earnings\/","title":{"rendered":"Traders are betting on big moves in Intel on earnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"SpecialReportArticle-ArticleBody-6\" data-module=\"ArticleBody\" data-test=\"articleBody-2\" data-analytics=\"SpecialReportArticle-articleBody-6-2\"><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\" style=\"top:0;left:0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbed\" id=\"ArticleBody-InlineImage-108255964\" data-test=\"InlineImage\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<p>Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, California, on Jan. 22, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Justin Sullivan | Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>Semiconductor stocks are powering the U.S. equity market to records in recent days and traders are predicting that means a big swing in shares of <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"SpecialReportArticle-QuoteInBody-1\">Intel<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"\/><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span> after earnings after the bell Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Options are pricing in a $6.23 move on the report, a roughly 9% swing. That wouldn&#8217;t be out of the ordinary for the chipmaker: Shares slid as much as 18% after reporting fourth-quarter earnings in January before staging a 50% rally just this month alone.<\/p>\n<p>The semiconductor group is up 145% in the past year, and Intel&#8217;s been a key leader, climbing more than 230% over that period. <\/p>\n<p>The catch is, the stock has dropped after three of its last four earnings reports.<\/p>\n<p>Sentiment looks like it&#8217;s shifting more bullish this time around. There are about as many puts trading as calls, but options traders are paying beefier premiums in upside calls, with total call premiums nearing $100M versus $50M in puts, according to data compiled by SpotGamma.<\/p>\n<p>One big bullish trader this morning spent $2.2 million buying 3,200 $70 strike calls expiring June 18. Given the stock&#8217;s recent history of dropping after earnings, that seems less like a bet on the direction Friday and more that the stock will find footing in its long-term uptrend that&#8217;s been in play since last summer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ArticleBody-googlePreferredSourceContainer\" data-module=\"GooglePreferredSource\" data-id=\"SpecialReportArticle-GooglePreferredSource-6\">Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, California, on Jan. 22, 2026. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Semiconductor stocks are powering the U.S. equity market to records in recent days and traders are predicting that means a big swing in shares of Intel after earnings after the bell Thursday. 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