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SMCI options flip to puts after 33% drop tied to China AI-smuggling charges

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SMCI options flip to puts after 33% drop tied to China AI-smuggling charges
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Super Micro Computer (SMCI) tumbled 33% after charges against individuals linked to the company, including a co-founder, for aiding AI technology smuggling to China. Traders piled into put options, driving up put volume and signaling a sharp shift from pre-news bullish call positioning, which was under-hedged before the announcement.

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  1. Super Micro Computer options: bulls ambushed, bears scramble  Seeking Alpha
  2. Super Micro Co-Founder Charged With Smuggling Chips to China  Bloomberg
  3. US charges 3 tied to Super Micro Computer with helping smuggle billions of dollars of AI chips to China  Reuters
  4. Super Micro Board Shakeup Puts Export Controls And AI Server Growth To Test  Yahoo Finance
  5. Super Micro: Ignore Bad Optics (NASDAQ:SMCI)  Seeking Alpha

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