INTC what goes down surely must go back up??

u/Hyroglypics · Reddit — r/smallstreetbets · January 23, 2026 at 20:41 · ⬆ 2 pts · 💬 1 comments  | View on Reddit ↗
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Author is going long INTC with short-dated options, betting on a bounce after profitable earnings short.

INTC — LONG The author says shorting INTC earnings was lucrative and is now using all those gains to go long in anticipation of a bounce. The stated mechanism is a mean-reversion bounce after the earnings-driven decline, with a catalyst/horizon of the rest of January. The author notes the options were bought with short expiry dates, which is the main stated risk.

shorting earnings was lucrative. using all the gains to go long in anticipation of a bounce. let see how the rest of Jan goes. literally just bought these with short expiry dates.

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Long INTC bounce after earnings drop
The author says shorting INTC earnings was lucrative and is now using all those gains to go long in anticipation of a bounce. The stated mechanism is a mean-reversion bounce after the earnings-driven decline, with a catalyst/horizon of the rest of January. The author notes the options were bought with short expiry dates, which is the main stated risk. Reported returns track the underlying asset, not option P&L.
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