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Overnight Institutional Flow Signal · Technology
See the 2026-07-01 Morning BriefingThis is one candidate from GammaRips' nightly scan of 5,000+ tickers, curated into a small high-signal pool and tracked to its outcome — data, not a recommendation. New here? See how the pool is built → Or put your AI agent on this data →
Astera Labs stock surged 8.2% in mid-day trading today to reach $493.20, touching a new all-time high of $499.48, as a powerful combination of sector-wide momentum in AI connectivity and optical communications, a fresh analyst price target raise, and continued passive fund inflows from its recent Nasdaq-100 inclusion converged to push the stock to record territory.
The options flow represents aggressive out-of-the-money call buying at a strike ($530C) well above the current record price, indicating institutional speculation on further expansion rather than protection of existing equity.
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