NVDA earnings play

u/willbabu · Reddit — r/options · February 15, 2026 at 19:44 · ⬆ 30 pts · 💬 26 comments  | View on Reddit ↗
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Author is bullish NVDA into earnings, holding shares and March calls while citing low forward valuation, hyperscaler capex, and a Supreme Court tariff catalyst.

NVDA — LONG Author is bullish NVDA into earnings, holding NVDA shares plus March 20 calls on NVDA (underlying proxy: NVDA), and argues NVDA trades at roughly 38x forward earnings despite 55% YoY growth and a $65B revenue target, versus Walmart near 44x and AMD being behind on technology. The causal mechanism is that hyperscalers are locked into over $600B of AI capex for 2026 while NVDA is supply-constrained, with TSMC CoWoS expansion and Q1 chips already sold, so a Q1 guidance print above $70B on Feb 26 could force short covering. Catalysts cited are the Supreme Court tariff decision expected around 2/20-2/25, which could remove billions in tech-hardware supply-chain costs, and Jensen Huang's earnings call days later. Main stated risk is the binary earnings options trade going wrong, which the author jokes could lead to a Wendy's application.

Positions:

35 nvda $190 3/20 calls

38 nvda $180 3/20 calls

14 nvda $175 3/20 calls

-60 nvda $170 5/15 puts (part cash secured part naked)

*6400 nvda shares (not options but nvda position)

My DD:

1: nvda is trading at a historical discount (you are buying a stock with 55% yoy growth with a pe less than Walmart)

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NVDA long into earnings on low valuation, capex, tariff catalyst
Author is bullish NVDA into earnings, holding NVDA shares plus March 20 calls on NVDA (underlying proxy: NVDA), and argues NVDA trades at roughly 38x forward earnings despite 55% YoY growth and a $65B revenue target, versus Walmart near 44x and AMD being behind on technology. The causal mechanism is that hyperscalers are locked into over $600B of AI capex for 2026 while NVDA is supply-constrained, with TSMC CoWoS expansion and Q1 chips already sold, so a Q1 guidance print above $70B on Feb 26 could force short covering. Catalysts cited are the Supreme Court tariff decision expected around 2/20-2/25, which could remove billions in tech-hardware supply-chain costs, and Jensen Huang's earnings call days later. Main stated risk is the binary earnings options trade going wrong, which the author jokes could lead to a Wendy's application.
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