U.S. equity markets are heading into Power Hour with a strong, definitive bullish bias, reversing the down-trending narrative of the last 48 hours. The market's momentum is entirely anchored by the morning's in-line July CPI print [BLS data], which successfully neutralized short-term fears of an aggressive Federal Reserve interest rate hike on September 16. Institutional desks are aggressively allocating capital before the closing bell, leaning heavily into mega-cap technology and high-beta artificial intelligence infrastructure names.
📈 Bitcoin & Strive Inc. (NASDAQ: ASST) Update
- Bitcoin (BTC): Hovering at $64,215.10, grinding steadily toward the top end of its intraday range. Crypto desks are keeping volume steady, treating the equities rally as a green light to maintain long positions heading into the evening.
- Strive Inc. (ASST): Is currently trading down 2.14% at $12.35, as retail option buyers flood the tape with short-dated call options, looking past yesterday's HC Wainwright price target cut to $36.00.
📊 Strive Inc. (NASDAQ: ASST) Institutional Order Flow
Institutional order flow for Strive Inc. (ASST) heading into the final stretch of Wednesday's session shows a heavily clustered focus on the options market. This activity indicates targeted macro hedging rather than massive multi-million share block prints on the open stock tape.
Overall equity volume for ASST is light today at ~285,000 shares traded (well below its multi-month average volume), which is concentrating today's smart-money footprints into highly specific block trades on the options tape:
🔎 Active Block Trades & Options Tape Prints
- The Dec '26 Out-Of-The-Money Call Block: A sweep of 1,200 contracts hit the tape for the December 18, 2026, $30.00 Calls at an asking price of $0.95. This blocks an aggressive premium bet that aligns directly with yesterday's HC Wainwright institutional price target adjustment down to $36.00.
- The Sept '26 Put Protection Sweep: An institutional order filled 750 contracts of the September 18, 2026, $10.00 Puts at the bid for $0.45. This block likely represents a protective collar or downside hedge by an existing equity holder preparing for potential structural volatility if tomorrow's upcoming wholesale PPI print triggers macro turbulence.
- The Jan '27 Distant Call Sweep: A massive block trade of 2,500 contracts crossed the tape for the deep out-of-the-money January 15, 2027, $40.00 Calls at a mid-market price of $0.65. This positions a long-horizon asymmetric bet on a massive structural breakout for Bitcoin heading into the late winter cycles.
🗒 Order Flow & Sentiment Analysis
- Institutional Call Skew: Despite a drop in retail social chatter today, the institutional flow is leaning over 68% bullish on a delta-adjusted basis. This shows that while short-term spot traders are backing away from the stock's immediate $12.79 price boundary, larger entities are quietly acquiring cheap long-dated premium upside.
- Absence of Equity Dark Pool Prints: There are currently zero block prints over 50,000 shares hitting the equity dark pools today. This confirms that institutions are content to accumulate exposure via the options chain rather than shifting massive blocks of underlying shares prior to tomorrow's CPI/PPI macro dust settling.
Comment bellow: If you like me to track the open interest changes on these specific option strikes tomorrow morning to see if these institutional block trades are holding their positions?
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